Australia to reopen international borders
Feb 07, 2022, at 03:58 pm
Canberra/UNI/Sputnik: Australia's international borders will reopen to tourists starting from February 21, provided that the arriving individuals are double vaccinated, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Monday.
China: Lockdown imposed on Baise city as COVID-19 cases rise
Feb 07, 2022, at 03:48 pm
Baise: Authorities have imposed a lockdown in Baise city of China after 98 people tested positive for COVID-19 in a preliminary screening test carried out on Sunday.
Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron discuss Ukraine crisis
Feb 07, 2022, at 02:49 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Sunday discussed the current situation in Ukraine with French President Emmanuel Macron over the phone, ahead of the latter's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House said.
Feb 07, 2022, at 04:58 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Muktijuddha Mancha members recently participated in a human chain and protest rally close to the National Museum in Dhaka for the immediate repatriation of 5,000 Bangladeshi students studying in China, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan's 46 pct population rejects Imran Khan's new political brand
Feb 07, 2022, at 04:28 am
Islamabad: Around 46 percent of the Pakistani population could not agree with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s self-proclamation of a new political brand and free of any corruption.
Pakistani labour group chief asks govt to ensure implementation of minimum wage demand
Feb 07, 2022, at 04:08 am
Islamabad: Muttahida Labour Federation (MLF) provincial president Mohammad Iqbal has asked the government to take strict action against those industries and organizations which are not paying the minimum wage of Rs 21,000 to the workers as per the official notification.
Feb 07, 2022, at 03:33 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday mourned the death of Indian singing legend Lata Mangeshkar and described her as a truly great singer the world has known.
Pakistani NGO describes rise in honour killing cases as 'alarming'
Feb 07, 2022, at 03:11 am
Islamabad: Non-governmental organization Sindh Suhai Sath has said Pakistan is witnessing an alarming rise in honour killing cases as 176 people became victims of the deadly custom last year.
Pakistan: Security forces kill suicide bomber in Tank
Feb 07, 2022, at 02:54 am
Rawalpindi: Security forces killed a suicide bomber during an operation conducted in Pakistan's Tank area, media reports said on Sunday.
Talks with banned TTP could not move ahead: Sheikh Rashid
Feb 07, 2022, at 02:34 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said talks with banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) failed to move forward.
Belarus, Russia to give joint response to possible war in Donbas : Alexander Lukashenko
Feb 07, 2022, at 01:39 am
Minsk/UNI/Sputnik: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that his country would coordinate a joint response with Russia if Ukraine started a war against Donbas.
Pakistani minister warns country may witness rise in terror activities
Feb 07, 2022, at 12:44 am
Islamabad: Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Saturday made an apparent reference to the recent spike in terrorist activities in the country and said such episodes may rise in the upcoming days.
Indonesia: Bus accident leaves 13 people dead in Yogyakarta
Feb 07, 2022, at 12:11 am
Yogyakarta: A bus accident in Indonesia's Yogyakarta area on Sunday left thirteen people dead, media reports said.
Firing incident: PTM members demonstrate in different Pakistani cities
Feb 06, 2022, at 11:56 pm
Peshawar: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) members on Friday demonstrated by organizing rallies in various cities across Pakistan against the recent firing allegedly by the security forces on their rally in Balochistan province.
Pakistani leaders condole Lata Mangeshkar's death
Feb 06, 2022, at 10:18 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhary mourned the demise of Indian singing legend Lata Mangeshkar and described her as the 'melodious queen' who ruled the world of music for decades.
Afghanistan: University professor claims his colleagues accused him of blasphemy
Feb 06, 2022, at 09:57 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistan professor has claimed his university colleagues have accused him of blasphemy.
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Feb 06, 2022, at 09:46 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday met in Beijing on the sidelines of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Members of Tibetan community hold march in Australia over China's human rights abuses
Feb 06, 2022, at 02:38 am
Sydney, Australia: A group of Tibetans participated in a peaceful march in the Australian city of Sydney against the alleged human rights abuses in China.
Pakistan: Christians members protest against lack of 'graveyards' in Swat
Feb 06, 2022, at 02:26 am
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: The Christan community members in Pakistan's Swat region recently protested against lack of 'graveyards' in the region, media reports said.
Pakistan: Sindh declares two islands as ‘protected forests’
Feb 06, 2022, at 02:08 am
Karachi, Pakistan: The Sindh government has declared two islands off the coast of Pakistan's Karachi city as “protected forests”, media reports said.
US-based organization recognizes Pakistan Army's 1971 genocide in Bangladesh
Feb 06, 2022, at 01:55 am
Virginia, US: United States-based organization Genocide Watch has recognized crimes committed by the Pakistani military forces against the Bengali population in Bangladesh in 1971 as 'genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes'.
Ethiopia: UNHCR rushing aid to 20,000 refugees fleeing clashes
Feb 06, 2022, at 12:43 am
New York: UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and partners are rushing life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees after they fled clashes in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, bordering Sudan and South Sudan.
Burkina Faso: Rising displacement adds to Sahel crises
Feb 06, 2022, at 12:00 am
New York: Insecurity in Burkina Faso, particularly in the region bordering Côte d’Ivoire, is pushing more people to seek safety both within and outside the country, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Friday.
Guterres: 'Let us build bridges between the faiths'
Feb 05, 2022, at 10:58 pm
New York: Marking the International Day of Human Fraternity on Friday, the United Nations’ Secretary-General issued a stark warning over rising hate speech, intolerance, discrimination and physical violence.
Olympic spirit needed now more than ever: UN chief
Feb 05, 2022, at 10:32 pm
New York: The qualities of fair play and solidarity that characterize the Olympics must shine throughout the games and beyond, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message to the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, on Friday.
Lone bomber carried out attack during evacuation from Kabul: US
Feb 05, 2022, at 10:26 pm
Kabul/UNI: US Department of Defence revealed that a single suicide bomber had carried out the attack that took the lives of 170 Afghan people and 13 US marines during the evacuation from Kabul in August 2021, the media reported on Saturday.
Former British-Pakistani parliamentarian Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offence
Feb 05, 2022, at 09:04 pm
London: Former British-Pakistani parliamentarian Lord Nazir Ahmed has been jailed for five and a half years for sexually abusing two children in the 1970s.
Plane with tourists crashes in Nazca Desert in Peru
Feb 05, 2022, at 04:57 pm
Buenos Aires/UNI/Sputnik: Seven people have died as a plane with tourists crashed in the Nazca desert in Peru, media reports said.
Feb 05, 2022, at 05:24 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Executives of the Fundraising website GoFundMe have been called to testify at Canada's House of Commons Public Safety and National Security Committee over releasing nearly $10.1M of funds raised for the truckers' convoy.
Canada: Ontario eases long-term care visitor restrictions after COVID-19 hospitalizations drops
Feb 05, 2022, at 04:42 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Visitor restrictions at Ontario long-term care homes are being eased as public health indicators are starting to improve and the rate of hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 continues to follow a downward trend of 2,634.