Taliban fails to capture Badghis provincial center; suffers heavy losses
Jul 10, 2021, at 02:34 am
Afghan security forces have pushed off the Taliban offensive to capture Naw-e-Kala city, a key provincial center in northwestern Afghanistan, media reports say. The insurgent group has suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield, Afghan security officials claimed.
Amid COVID job losses, ‘high food prices are hunger’s new best friend’, WFP warns
Jul 10, 2021, at 02:20 am
New York: Job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with high food prices are making it hard for millions of families to get enough to eat, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday.
Sri Lanka extends all types of visas to foreigners for another 30 days
Jul 10, 2021, at 02:05 am
Colombo: Sri Lanka has extended the validity period of all types of visas for foreigners currently staying in the country till 8 August, considering the ongoing restrictions on international travel.
New UN report reveals impact of COVID on human trafficking
Jul 10, 2021, at 01:52 am
New York: A new study released on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the devastating impact of COVID-19 on victims and survivors of human trafficking and highlights the increased targeting and exploitation of children during the course of the pandemic.
Pakistan: Police arrest man for torturing and stripping a woman
Jul 09, 2021, at 09:58 pm
Islamabad: Police arrested a man in Pakistan capital Islamabad after a video surfaced on social media where he could be seen allegedly torturing and stripping a woman and a man.
Pakistan: Former MPA shot dead in Attock
Jul 09, 2021, at 09:54 pm
Taxila: Unknown man shot dead former Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) from Attock and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Malik Shahan Hakmeen Khan in Pakistan's Attock city on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Local journalists demonstrate over police atrocities against scribe
Jul 09, 2021, at 09:52 pm
Rahim Yar Khan: Local journalists and the Pakistan Saraiki Party (PSP) members recently set up a hunger strike camp outside the Bhong police station to demonstrate against alleged police torture against mediapersons.
Afghanistan forces clear Qala-e-naw city from Taliban
Jul 09, 2021, at 09:48 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan security forces have driven out Taliban terrorists from Qala-e-naw city of western Badghis province as the insurgents are on a spree in the war-ravaged nation seizing territories and mounting attacks amid the final withdrawal by foreign troops.
China publishes 'sickening' cartoon to mock Fourth of July weekend violence in USA
Jul 09, 2021, at 09:36 pm
Beijing: The Chinese state media has published a 'sickening' cartoon which mocked the violence that gripped American cities over the Fourth of July weekend, media reports said.
Uyghurs: British lawmaker asks govt to back political boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
Jul 09, 2021, at 09:27 pm
London: An influential group of British lawmakers have said PM Boris Johnson-led government should back a political boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to pressure the Chinese government over the "genocide" of Uyghurs and other ethnic groups in the northwest province of Xinjiang.
Chinese shows aggression to Taiwan by warplane breaching
Jul 09, 2021, at 09:20 pm
Beijing: The continuous breach of Chinese warplanes through the skies around Taiwan shows Chinese President Xi Jinping' aim to highlight Taiwan’s vulnerability while probing its defenses and testing the limits of the American commitment to ensure Taiwan’s self-defense.
China: WeChat deletes dozens of university LGBT accounts
Jul 09, 2021, at 09:09 pm
China's messaging platform WeChat has allegedly deleted more than a dozen LGBT accounts run by university students.
Pakistan’s women journalists are facing a wide array of threats, says writer
Jul 09, 2021, at 07:20 pm
Islamabad: A leading Pakistani writer has said Pakistan is one of the most dangerous places for journalists with women scribes facing more harassment, violence and threats.
Narayanganj: Shezan juice factory fire leaves three people dead
Jul 09, 2021, at 03:53 pm
Narayanganj: At least three workers died as a fire broke out in Shezan juice factory in Bangladesh city Narayanganj on Thursday afternoon, media reports said.
Pakistan: Russian gas line project stands in jeopardy
Jul 09, 2021, at 12:43 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline (PSGP), also known as North-South Gas Pipeline, is finding a tough situation as the Petroleum Division has started finalizing an alternate gas pipeline project by mid-July, media reports said.
London: Protest held outside Chinese embassy to mark 12th anniversary of Urumqi massacre
Jul 09, 2021, at 12:37 am
London: Marking the 12th anniversary of the anti-Uyghur Urumqi massacre of 2009, members of the Uyghurs and the Tibetan communities demonstrated outside the Chinese embassy in London recently.
Blinken meets Uyghur internment camp survivors, calls for an end to China’s ongoing genocide
Jul 09, 2021, at 12:30 am
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with seven Uyghur internment camp survivors, advocates, and relatives of individuals detained in Xinjiang to express the United States’ commitment to work with allies and partners in calling for an end to China’s ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide against Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.
After wars, a new 'Drone' is haunting people in this remote Pakistani tribal village
Jul 09, 2021, at 12:25 am
Landi Kotal: The life of youth in Pakistan's remote Tirah Valley of Khyber tribal district seems to be in jeopardy due to a cheap local alcoholic drink named 'Drone'.
Dubai: Explosion hits container ship in Jebel Ali Port, no casualty
Jul 08, 2021, at 02:42 pm
Dubai: Dubai authorities said an explosion hit a ship in Jebel Ali Port in the city on Wednesday.
Inuk leader Mary Simon becomes Canada's 1st Indigenous governor-general
Jul 08, 2021, at 05:28 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Mary Simon, the Inuk leader and former ambassador, has been chosen as the first indegenous governor-general of Canada.
Afghan forces launch operations to retake fallen districts
Jul 08, 2021, at 12:16 am
Kabul: Afghan security forces have launched large-scale operations against the Taliban to retake the districts that had earlier fallen to the Taliban, said the country’s National Security Advisor Hamidullah Mohib. The Taliban militia has taken control of over 100 districts in the past weeks.
Afghanistan: Dozens of women take up arms in support of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces
Jul 08, 2021, at 12:01 am
Kabul: The political situation in Afghanistan is undergoing changes with the US troops withdrawing from the country and now amid the rise of the Taliban, several women in Feroz Koh took up arms to pledge their support to the Republic and the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.
Refugee influx from Afghanistan: Pakistan may follow 'Iranian model' if situation arises
Jul 07, 2021, at 11:54 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan may follow the ‘Iranian model’ if the country witnesses a refugee influx following the exit of US troops from Afghanistan and continuous territorial gains by Taliban groups, media reports said.
Pakistan: Two cops hurt during 'scuffle' with army officer's guard in Karachi
Jul 07, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Karachi: At least two police constables were hurt as they were engaged in a scuffle with a private guard of an army officer in Clifton region of Pakistan's Karachi city over a traffic-related issue, media reports said.
Pakistan: Opposition leaders end their protest as govt withdraws FIR lodged against them
Jul 07, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Quetta: Lawmakers in Quetta ended their protest at the Bijli Road police station in Quetta after the Balochistan government withdrew the FIR lodged against the opposition lawmakers for the chaos outside the provincial assembly building last month, media reports said.
Chinese banks facing unwanted headache as currency deposits pass US$1 trillion: Reports
Jul 07, 2021, at 11:15 pm
Beijing: Analysts have said Chinese commercial banks are facing a massive headache owing to the country's post-coronavirus export boom.
US troops to be out of Afghanistan by August end
Jul 07, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of next month, which is a little ahead of the September 11 deadline laid out by President Joe Biden, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters in a press briefing on Tuesday.
Afghan civilians form militias to fight Taliban as military desertion surges: Rome
Jul 07, 2021, at 11:03 pm
Rome/UNI/SPUTNIK: Afghanistan’s local population is forming militias to counter the Taliban Islamist radical movement (banned in Russia), as the number of desertion cases among the military is growing, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Wednesday.
Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse dies during an attack at his residence
Jul 07, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Port-au-Prince: Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse died during an attack in his private residence on Wednesday, officials said.
OHCHR voices deep concern over reported deaths of protesters in Kingdom of Eswatini
Jul 07, 2021, at 05:12 pm
New York: The eruption of violence in the Kingdom of Eswatini in recent days is “deeply concerning”, amid reports that dozens of people have been killed or injured during protests calling for democratic reforms, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.