US and EU decide to continue 'strong cooperation' on Chinese issue
Jan 31, 2021, at 09:29 pm
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell interacted recently when they decided to continue strong U.S.-EU cooperation on issues related to China.
Boris Johnson govt to open a new visa for Hong Kong BN(O) status holders
Jan 31, 2021, at 09:19 pm
London: The UK government will deliver on its commitment to open a new visa for Hong Kong BN(O) status holders on Jan 31.
US now dismisses China's threat against Taiwan
Jan 31, 2021, at 09:05 pm
Washington: A senior Pentagon official has recently dismissed the war threats made by China against Taiwan.
Daniel Pearl murder case: Sindh govt files review petition against acquittal of Omar Sheikh
Jan 31, 2021, at 08:20 pm
Islamabad: The Sindh government has filed a review petition in the Pakistan's Supreme Court against the acquittal of prime accused Omar Saeed Sheikh in the Daniel Pearl murder case, media reports said.
Pakistan: Oppn leader protests creation of national parks in Gilgit-Baltistan
Jan 31, 2021, at 08:09 pm
Islamabad: Opposition Leader in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Amjad Hussain Advocate has expressed reservations over the government's plan to create two national parks in the region, media reports said.
Hong Kong tussle: China derecognises British National Overseas passport as travel, ID document
Jan 31, 2021, at 07:40 pm
Beijing: China is all set to derecognise British National (Overseas) passports as travel and identification documents from Sunday, adding one more episode of tussle in the already tarnished relationship between Hong Kong and China.
Pakistan: Five CAA officials arrested for issuing fake licences
Jan 31, 2021, at 07:13 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's top investigation agency has arrested six people, including five Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials, for being allegedly involved in issuing fake licenses to pilots.
At least 70 children injured during days of protests in Lebanon’s Tripoli: UNICEF
Jan 31, 2021, at 02:18 pm
Beirut/Sputnik: Protests in Lebanon’s second-largest city, Tripoli, have led to the injury of at least 70 children over the course of one week, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
Bolivia to get 1 million Covid-19 vaccine shots in Feb under COVAX: President
Jan 31, 2021, at 02:07 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Bolivia expects to get nearly one million doses of coronavirus vaccines next month, Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced.
Joe Biden expected to deliver his first major foreign policy speech Monday: Reports
Jan 31, 2021, at 01:59 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden will give a speech presenting his foreign policy plans on Monday, the first such speech since his inauguration, NBC News reports citing a senior administration official.
Afghanistan: One person dies as two blasts hit Kabul
Jan 30, 2021, at 11:51 pm
Kabul: At least one person died and three others were hurt as two explosions rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.
Iraqi security forces arrest 7 ISIS terrorists in country's Northern Nineveh province
Jan 30, 2021, at 10:22 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Iraqi intelligence forces said on Saturday that they had arrested seven terrorists linked to the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, outlawed in Russia), who were plotting terrorist attacks in the northern province of Nineveh.
Afghanistan: Blast in Kandahar leaves three civilians dead
Jan 30, 2021, at 09:54 pm
Kabul: At least three civilians died in a blast that rocked Panjwayee district of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Saturday, media reports said.
Bangladesh will soon be a bridge between South, South-East Asia riding on economic progress: Experts
Jan 30, 2021, at 05:42 pm
Geo-politics experts Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi feel that the economic progress of Bangladesh will make it a bridge between South and South-East Asia.
EU must place social justice ‘at its core’ to lift people out of poverty
Jan 30, 2021, at 04:30 pm
New York: The European Union’s failure to lift 20 million people out of poverty by 2020, is “a defeat for social rights”, an independent UN human rights expert said on Friday, urging the bloc to boldly rethink its whole socio-economic approach.
Central African Republic: 200,000 displaced in less than two months
Jan 30, 2021, at 04:10 pm
New York: Violence and insecurity related to the recent elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 200,000 people to flee their homes in less than two months, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, warning tens of thousands are facing dire living conditions.
Uyghur: British Jewish national target China on Holocaust Memorial Day
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:51 pm
London: A leading British Jewish national said there are chilling similarities between contemporary events in China’s northwest Xinjiang province and the Holocaust.
‘Imminent’ Iran execution must be halted, urges UN human rights office
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:42 pm
New York: The imminent execution in Iran of a man who was allegedly tortured into confessing that he belonged to a jihadist group must be stopped, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Genocide was committed against the Uyghurs: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken targets China
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:39 pm
Washington: Newly confirmed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has targeted China and said the country's treatment towards Uyghur and Muslim minority population is genocide.
Guterres welcomes US decision to restore funding to UNFPA
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:10 pm
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General, on Thursday, welcomed the United States administration’s announcement to restore funding to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), calling it a “powerful message” for women and girls globally.
Myanmar: UN chief following developments ‘with great concern’
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:04 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for restrain in Myanmar, amid reports of rising tensions over the outcome of last year’s general elections.
Jan 30, 2021, at 02:56 pm
Washington: Newly appointed US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke to Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and urged him to “ensure accountability” in journalist Daniel Pearl murder case.
Afghanistan: Pakistan terror outfit chief Mangal Bagh killed in IED explosion
Jan 30, 2021, at 02:42 pm
Kabul: Pakistan's terror outfit Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh has been killed in an IED explosion in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, media reports said on Saturday.
Jan 30, 2021, at 05:38 am
Kathmandu: Nepali citizens recently demonstrated outside the Pakistani embassy in Kathmandu against the recent destruction of Hindu shrines in Pakistan and the persecution of minorities.
Aviation sector pleads for sector-specific aid as Canada considers new travel restrictions
Jan 30, 2021, at 05:10 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has been considering all week to announce new travel restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus variants.
China executes former top finance executive over corruption
Jan 29, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: China has executed Lai Xiaomin, the former chairman of state-owned Huarong Asset Management Cooperation, over corruption on Friday, a local court said.
Joe Biden’s commerce secretary hints to continue tough stand against Beijing
Jan 29, 2021, at 04:15 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden's nominee to head the country’s Commerce Department has informed the senators recently that she would use punitive tariffs and export restrictions against China.
Wuhan health worker claims Chinese authorities stopped him from sounding alarm on COVID-19
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:50 pm
A Chinese health worker in Wuhan region has said despite understanding that the COVID-19 virus was highly infectious and transmissible in early January last year, they were not allowed to reveal it.
Expert shows how China repeats 1959 Tibet script in Hong Kong
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:31 pm
A geo-political expert believes that the current socio-political re-engineering in Hong Kong — called the “Second Handover” by some — is following a script reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959.
COVID-19: Prioritize school meals in plans to reopen classrooms, UN report says
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:27 pm
New York: Although school feeding programmes are a lifeline for millions of boys and girls, nearly 40 billion in-school meals have been missed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published on Thursday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Office of Research: Inocenti, and the World Food Programme (WFP).