Canada’s opposition Conservative leader concedes defeat in the national election
Sep 21, 2021, at 06:20 pm
Toronto/UNI/Sputnik: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief rival and Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole conceded defeat in the country’s national election on Tuesday.
Joe Biden-Antonio Guterres meet in New York, discuss COVID-19 issue
Sep 21, 2021, at 03:14 pm
New York: US President Joe Biden met UN chief Antonio Guterres here on Monday when they discussed the need to work with member states to end the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada's Liberals to win most seats in 2021 federal election: Projections
Sep 21, 2021, at 03:01 pm
Toronto/UNI/Sputnik: Canada’s Liberal Party led by Justin Trudeau will win the most seats in the country’s 44th national election, according to multiple projections.
Canada votes today to choose next govt as Trudeau faces tough challenge from Conservatives
Sep 21, 2021, at 07:35 am
Ottawa: Canada is voting today to choose its next federal government amid the pandemic with the electorate set to pick the 338 members of Parliament as opinion polls suggested a neck and neck fight between the Conservatives and the Liberals led by incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
US to lift travel bans for fully vaccinated air passengers from November
Sep 21, 2021, at 05:06 am
Washington/IBNS: The United States on Monday announced that it will lift Covid travel bans on all air passengers from November if they are fully vaccinated and undergo testing as well as contact tracing.
Afghanistan: Kabul airport officially opens for domestic, international flights
Sep 21, 2021, at 12:18 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Kabul's only airport has officially opened for domestic and international commercial flights, a source in the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority told Sputnik.
Security forces kill terrorist in northwestern Pakistan
Sep 20, 2021, at 11:36 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: A high-value terrorist target was killed when Pakistani security forces launched an operation in North Waziristan district of the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said on Monday.
Not paid salaries for months, govt employees in Afghanistan drive taxis, sell goods
Sep 20, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Kabul/UNI: Government employees in Afghanistan have been forced to take to new occupations as their salaries have not been paid for months.
WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus arrives in Kabul, to meet Taliban leadership
Sep 20, 2021, at 11:06 pm
Kabul/UNI: World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kabul on Monday, and is expected to meet with the Taliban leadership, including Prime Minister Mullah Hassan Akhund, his deputy Mullah Baradar, as well as government officials.
Pakistan: Security forces kill TTP commander
Sep 20, 2021, at 05:03 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces have killed key Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Safiullah in North Waziristan's Mir Ali area, media reports said on Monday.
Sep 20, 2021, at 04:18 pm
Kabul: The Islamic State-Khorasan terror group on Sunday claimed responsibility for the attacks on the Taliban in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, according to its propaganda outlet Amaq.
Afghanistan: Blast in Nangarhar targets Taliban vehicle, child dies
Sep 20, 2021, at 04:07 pm
Nangarhar: A blast rocked Afghanistan's Nangarhar region on Sunday which left a child dead and two people, including a Taliban forces member, injured, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Women protest in Kabul against Taliban's policies
Sep 20, 2021, at 03:40 pm
Kabul: A large number of women gathered outside the gate of the ministry of women affairs, a ministry which has now been changed by Taliban, on Sunday and protested against the policy of the insurgent.
Man throws explosive device at Rio de Janeiro consulate, China condemns
Sep 20, 2021, at 03:22 pm
Beijing: China has told Brazil that there should not be any repetition of an incident like the one on Thursday when a man threw an explosive device at its consulate general in Rio de Janeiro.
Pakistan: Jamia Hafsa students hoist Taliban flags in Islamabad
Sep 20, 2021, at 05:29 am
Islamabad: The chief of Lal Mosque and Jamia Hafsa, Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi, hoisted an Afghan Taliban flag at the top of the seminary here, triggering unrest on Saturday.
Pakistan: Growers march in Dadu to protest against water shortage
Sep 20, 2021, at 05:26 am
Dadu: A large number of growers marched in Pakistan's Dadu city on Saturday to protest against acute shortage of water at tail-end areas of Johi branch (channel) caused by “unabated theft of water” by influential political personalities of the area.
High-level govt role found in China’s Uyghur Internment Camps: Report
Sep 20, 2021, at 05:15 am
A new report has found that China's top policy, legislative and advisory bodies were closely involved in the creation of the “Re-Education Internment Campaign” in Xinjiang that has sent some 1.8 million Uyghurs to detention camps and drawn genocide accusations against Beijing, media reports said.
Joblessness spiked in Pakistan in 2018-19: Survey
Sep 20, 2021, at 04:28 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's unemployment rate jumped from 5.8 percent in 2017-18 to 6.9 percent in 2018-19, as per data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)recently.
Hong Kong group forced to delete content on Tiananmen crackdown
Sep 20, 2021, at 04:08 am
Hong Kong: A prominent pro-democracy group in Hong Kong has deleted its publications from the internet following a notice from the police authorities to take down their posts, media reports said on Sunday.
Antony Blinken speaks with UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss, discuss Afghanistan issue
Sep 20, 2021, at 03:45 am
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with newly appointed UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss on Friday when they discussed numerous issues including the ongoing developments in Afghanistan.
Afghan Human Rights body says Taliban insurgents occupying its buildings
Sep 20, 2021, at 03:18 am
Kabul/UNI: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has said that its office buildings have been occupied by the Taliban militia since August 15 when the Islamist group took over the country, and has appealed to the UN Human Rights Council to set up an independent body to monitor human rights violations in Afghanistan.
France says crisis in relations with US over AUKUS to affect new NATO concept
Sep 20, 2021, at 02:52 am
Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: France will discuss the new NATO strategic concept bearing in mind the crisis in its relations with the United States, which formed a new strategic partnership with London and Canberra behind its ally's back, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday.
Qatar Airways charter flight carries 28 Americans out of Afghanistan: State Department
Sep 19, 2021, at 10:16 pm
Washington: The US State Department on Saturday confirmed 28 Americans left Kabul city by boarding a Qatar Airways charter flight on Friday.
Pakistan: Unidentified people gun down police constable
Sep 19, 2021, at 09:53 pm
Kohat: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a police constable in Pakistan's Kohat region on Sunday, media reports said.
New Zealand reports 24 new cases of COVID-19
Sep 19, 2021, at 02:36 pm
Wellington/UNI/Xinhua: New Zealand reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, said the Ministry of Health.
Taiwan is afraid that China is weaponizing ‘bacteria bombs’
Sep 19, 2021, at 01:52 am
Taiwan, a region engaged in a conflict with China, has started biowarfare defence drills amid fears that Beijing has weaponised a number of deadly pathogens including coronaviruses.
China opposes European Parliament's interference in Taiwan affairs
Sep 19, 2021, at 01:26 am
Beijing/Xinhua: A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Saturday urged the European Parliament and its certain bodies to exercise caution in words and deeds on Taiwan-related issues, reiterating that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is a part of China.
Taliban allows resumption of secondary school lessons only for male students
Sep 19, 2021, at 01:16 am
Kabul/UNI: Since taking power over a month ago, the Taliban has been imposing restrictions on women’s education in universities and schools in Afghanistan.
At least three killed, several injured in series of blasts in Afghanistan's Jalalabad
Sep 19, 2021, at 01:02 am
Kabul/IBNS: At least three people have been killed and over 20 others have been seriously injured in a series of explosions that rocketed a few locations in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, local media reported quoting officials.
Australia now warns it might block China's bid to join global trading pact
Sep 19, 2021, at 12:45 am
Canberra: Australia has warned it might block China's bid to join a global trading pact, an episode which might further deteriorate the already strained relationship between the two nations.