Explosion hits laboratory of China's top aerospace university, 2 die
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Nanjing: At least two people died as an explosion rocked the laboratory of China's top national aerospace university on Sunday, media reports said.
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:36 pm
Paris: Indian diaspora associations and friends of India in France demonstrated recently in Paris in front of the Pakistan Embassy against the country's state-sponsored terrorism acts in Jammu and Kashmir.
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:30 pm
Islamabad: A Pakistan Minister stirred controversy when he said Muslims across the world, including in 'India', wished for Pakistan cricket team's victory against arch-rivals India.
Entire PM Imran Khan govt must be sent packing: Pak Leader of Opposition over inflation
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Lashing out at Prime Minister Imran Khan over inflation in Pakistan, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif said the "entire government" should be "sent packing" and delay in the matter will be a "gross injustice" with the country.
Unknown armed men kill religious scholar in Afghanistan's eastern province
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:12 pm
Jalalabad/UNI/Xinhua: Unknown armed men shot dead a religious scholar who served as a prayer leader at a local mosque in Behsoud district of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, a local official said.
Sudanese people will resist against military coup: Foreign Minister
Oct 25, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Khartoum/UNI/Sputnik: Sudanese people reject the ongoing military coup and will fight against it, Foreign Minister Mariam Sadig al-Mahdi said on Monday.
Will close 2 offices in Hong Kong by end of year, says Amnesty International
Oct 25, 2021, at 10:40 pm
London/UNI/Sputnik: Amnesty International announced on Monday that it would close its two offices in Hong Kong by the end of 2021 after 40 years of working there and will move operations to the organization's other missions in the Asia-Pacific region.
Half of Afghanistan's population face acute hunger as humanitarian needs grow to record levels: UN
Oct 25, 2021, at 10:25 pm
Kabul: More than half the population of Afghanistan – a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report issued today by the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster of Afghanistan, co-led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the UN World Food Programme.
Opposition leader Maryam Nawaz slams Pak PM by sharing his old statement on Umrah trip
Oct 25, 2021, at 10:05 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Imran Khan over his visit to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz said he is on tour when the country is facing its worst inflation.
PM Sheikh Hasina must give security to Bangladeshi Hindus: ISKCON chief
Oct 25, 2021, at 03:30 pm
Dhaka/UNI: ISKCON Bangladesh chief Charu Chanda Das Brammachari has slammed the Bangladesh government over attacks on Hindus and demanded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to provide security to the minority community here.
US imported tens of millions of used medical gloves from Thailand: Reports
Oct 25, 2021, at 03:34 am
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Tens of millions of already used nitrile medical gloves were imported into the United States from Thailand during the pandemic, CNN reported on Sunday, citing its own investigation.
Afghanistan border forces beat up Tolo News correspondent: Reports
Oct 25, 2021, at 01:50 am
Afghanistan's border forces beat up a TOLO News correspondent near Torkham gate on Sunday while making a report about the situation at the crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, media reports said.
Colombia: Security officials capture most wanted drug lord Otoniel
Oct 24, 2021, at 10:58 pm
Bogota: Colombian security officials have arrested the country's most wanted drug trafficker.
Uganda: Explosion in Kampala leaves 1 dead
Oct 24, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Kampala: A bomb blast in Uganda's Kampala on Saturday left at least one person dead and five others hurt, officials said.
Joe Biden’s popularity drops more than that of any other US leader since end of WWII: Poll
Oct 24, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The approval rating of President Joe Biden went down in his first nine months of presidency more than that of any other US president since 1945, a new Gallup poll revealed.
Pakistan: Islamist group TLP's long march to Islamabad triggers tension; clashes claim lives
Oct 24, 2021, at 06:54 am
Islamabad: Tension prevailed in several regions of Pakistan on Saturday over banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)'s long march towards Islamabad from Lahore, forcing the government to sit for negotiations with the group that had been pressing for the expulsion of French ambassador over Prophet's caricature among other demands.
Pakistan denies any deal to allow US to use its airspace
Oct 24, 2021, at 02:36 am
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan Foreign Office on Saturday denied a media report claiming that the US is "nearing" a formalised agreement with Islamabad to allow Washington to use Pakistani airspace to conduct military and intelligence operations against Afghanistan.
Taliban rule: Musicians facing uncertain future in Afghanistan
Oct 24, 2021, at 12:48 am
Kabul: A large section of Afghanistan musicians are now saying they are facing the threat under the Taliban rule and they might not be able to continue with their profession.
Afghanistan: Taliban Forcibly Evict Minority Shia, says HRW
Oct 24, 2021, at 12:40 am
Kabul: Taliban in several provinces across Afghanistan have forcibly displaced residents partly to distribute land to their own supporters, Human Rights Watch said recently.
PTI is gifting people with inflation and unemployment: Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq
Oct 24, 2021, at 12:33 am
Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq slammed PM Imran Khan-led government and said it is helping people with nothing else but gifting them with inflation and unemployment and burdening the country with massive debts.
Oct 24, 2021, at 12:22 am
Islamabad: BBC Urdu journalist Asma Shirazi faced the wrath of PM Imran Khan-led government's ministers over her article where she criticised the current economic conditions in the country and reports relating to supernatural remedies around the Prime Minister’s private residence Bani Gala.
Oct 23, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Mass hunger strikes and demonstrations were held in north western part of Bangladesh on Saturday against recent violent communal attacks, temple vandalism, house looting, arson and killings taking place across the country.
Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah killing: Key suspect arrested
Oct 23, 2021, at 10:29 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested have arrested a person for is alleged involvement in the murder of Rohingya leader Md Mohib Ullah.
UNICEF sounds alarm over abductions of women and children in Haiti
Oct 23, 2021, at 10:23 pm
New York: The number of children and women abducted in Haiti until the end of August, has already surpassed last year’s total, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned this Thursday.
Pakistan: Internet services suspended in Lahore after deaths of 2 policemen by TLP workers
Oct 23, 2021, at 10:04 pm
Lahore/UNI: Pakistan Interior Ministry on Saturday ordered suspension of internet services in various parts of Lahore after two policemen were allegedly killed by some workers of banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) who mowed down them.
Russia, China hold first joint naval patrol in Pacific Ocean: Russian Defence Ministry
Oct 23, 2021, at 09:58 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Russian and Chinese warships conducted the first joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Ministry of Defence said on Saturday.
Pakistan's anti-terrorism police kills 9 IS terrorists in Balochistan
Oct 23, 2021, at 08:31 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Nine terrorists belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group were killed during a raid at their hideout in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, a police official said on Saturday.
Fears grow for the lives of 5 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons
Oct 23, 2021, at 06:50 pm
New York: Israel has been urged to either release or charge five Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. Grave concerns have been expressed for the lives of the prisoners by UN independent rights experts, who on Thursday, called on the Israeli Government to completely end the “unlawful practice “ of administrative detention.
Conditions worsen for stranded migrants along Belarus-EU border
Oct 23, 2021, at 06:23 pm
New York: At least eight people have died along the border between Belarus and the European Union, where multiple groups of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants have been stranded for weeks in increasingly dire conditions.
Libyan Government plan needed to end ‘dire situation’ of asylum seekers, refugees
Oct 23, 2021, at 06:11 pm
New York: The Libyan government must immediately address the dire situation of asylum-seekers and refugees, in a humane manner, consistent with international human rights law, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.