Afghanistan: Three people, including child, found murdered in Herat
Dec 19, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Kabul: Three people, including a child and a woman, have been found murdered under mysterious circumstances in Afghanistan's Injil district of Herat province, media reports said.
Dec 19, 2020, at 09:58 pm
New York: The UN chief on Friday welcomed the release of more than 300 schoolboys forcibly taken from their school in northwest Nigeria a week ago, although others reportedly remain missing.
COVID-19: Avoid ‘nationalistic footrace’ in choosing vaccines
Dec 19, 2020, at 09:56 pm
New York: As governments move to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their populations, choosing these treatments should not be viewed as “some kind of nationalistic footrace”, with some countries winning and others losing, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Friday.
Dec 19, 2020, at 09:39 pm
Islamabad: Netizen came down hard on Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party after the latter tried to troll India with a post related to cricket on Saturday.
Afghanistan issue: US-Taliban to meet on Jan 5, says Qureshi
Dec 19, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said the next rounds of talks between the US and Afghan Taliban over the issue of establishing peace in Afghanistan will be held on Jan 5.
You will have to go home: Maryam Nawaz Sharif warns PM Imran Khan
Dec 19, 2020, at 05:53 pm
Islamabad: PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz on Thursday attacked PM Imran Khan and said his government will "go home" even if it manages to hold Senate elections before schedule.
Chinese Communist Party is existential threat to US security and prosperity: Pompeo
Dec 19, 2020, at 05:50 pm
Washingon; US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the challenge from the Chinese Communist Party is existential.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slams Imran Khan govt, says ready to sacrifice Sindh govt
Dec 19, 2020, at 05:37 pm
Islamabad: PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has slammed PM Imran Khan-led government and said his party is ready to sacrifice its Sindh government to oust the ‘selected’ rulers.
Pakistan: Police arrest Pashtun leader Ali Wazir
Dec 19, 2020, at 05:34 pm
Peshawar: Police in Peshawar city of Pakistan on Wednesday arrested Member of National Assembly (MNA) and Pashtun leader Ali Wazir in a case registered against him and several leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Karachi after a recent public meeting.
Conflict, floods and COVID-19 push South Sudanese into extreme hunger
Dec 19, 2020, at 04:01 pm
New York: Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday for immediate humanitarian access to eastern South Sudan’s Pibor county, where people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger.
Thailand: UN rights office deeply troubled by treason charges for protestors
Dec 19, 2020, at 03:57 pm
New York: Thailand’s decision to charge protestors with treason is deeply troubling, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday following the arrest of at least 35 activists, including a teenager, in recent weeks
Fighting displaces over 500,000 in northern Mozambique, reports UN refuge agency
Dec 19, 2020, at 03:53 pm
New York: Attacks by armed groups in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia and Niassa provinces have displaced more than 530,000 people, many of whom have been forced to move multiple times, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Global challenges require global solutions, UN chief tells German parliament
Dec 19, 2020, at 03:48 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Bundestag, the German parliament, on Friday, where he warned of a deficit of international cooperation and underscored that global challenges require global solutions.
Integral to societies, migrants are central to COVID-19 recovery: Guterres
Dec 19, 2020, at 03:34 pm
New York: The UN marks International Migrants Day on Friday, highlighting their essential contribution to societies everywhere, and underlining migrants' central role in recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
UN rights experts ‘deeply troubled’ by impunity for killing of Palestinian children
Dec 19, 2020, at 03:29 pm
New York: UN independent human rights experts, on Thursday, called for an impartial and independent investigation into the killing of a 15-year-old child by Israeli security forces at a West Bank protest this month.
Bangladesh: Train-bus collision leaves 10 dead in Joypurhat
Dec 19, 2020, at 03:19 pm
Dhaka: The collision between a train and a bus in Bangladesh's Joypurhat area on Saturday left at least 10 people killed and six others hurt, media reports said.
Donald Trump signs bill that could block some Chinese companies from US exchanges
Dec 19, 2020, at 02:35 pm
Washington/Sputnik: President Donald Trump has signed legislation into law that could block some Chinese companies from engaging in exchanges in the US stock market, the White House said in a press release.
US blacklists China's leading drone manufacturer DJI, 59 other entities
Dec 19, 2020, at 06:52 am
Washington/Sputnik: The US Department of Commerce announced on Friday that it blacklisted China's leading drone manufacturer DJI as well as 59 scientific and industrial entities in the country for actions deemed contrary to the national security or foreign policy interest of the United States.
Afghanistan: Blast in Ghazni leaves 15 dead
Dec 19, 2020, at 05:03 am
Kabul: A blast in Ghazni province in Afghanistan on Friday left at least 15 people killed and 20 others injured, media reports said.
Health Canada, FDA closely watching for any adverse reactions of Pfizer vaccine
Dec 19, 2020, at 03:53 am
Canada/IBNS: Health Canada and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are being cautious for any unexpected side effects of COVID-19 vaccines after a health worker in Alaska (US), with no history of allergies, had a severe anaphylactic reaction to the vaccine, and after Britain reported two similar cases last week, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Freedom icon Bagha Jatin's statue vandalised in Kushtia
Dec 18, 2020, at 11:26 pm
Kushtia: A statue of freedom struggle movement icon Jatindranath Mukherjee, who was also known as Bagha Jatin, has been damaged by unknown people in Bangladesh's Kushtia region, media reports said.
UN committee on enforced disappearance registers ‘milestone’ 1,000th request to locate victims
Dec 18, 2020, at 04:10 pm
New York: The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) reached “a significant milestone” on Thursday after registering its 1,000th urgent request for governments to take action to locate victims.
Funding needed to halt ‘life threatening crisis’ facing refugees in Kenya
Dec 18, 2020, at 04:06 pm
New York: Amidst a “critical shortage” of resources, hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kenya will lack food unless new funds are swiftly received, the UN’s food relief agency warned on Thursday.
UNICEF supporting emergency food aid for UK children over holidays
Dec 18, 2020, at 04:00 pm
New York: Thousands of families in the United Kingdom impacted by COVID-19 are to receive “one-off…emergency” food assistance from UN Children’s Fund UNICEF over the upcoming holiday period and beyond, it has announced.
Nigeria: Hundreds of boys rescued, confirms officials
Dec 18, 2020, at 03:24 pm
Abuja: The Nigerian schools students, who were abducted recently, have been released, officials said.
Infamous Italian serial killer Donato Bilancia dies in prison of COVID-19
Dec 18, 2020, at 02:56 pm
Rome/Sputnik: Donato Bilancia, one of the most infamous serial killers in Italy, has died in prison of the coronavirus, Italian media reported on Thursday.
Twitter to introduce new function in 2021 to help users identify bots: Blog
Dec 18, 2020, at 02:33 pm
Washington/ Sputnik: Twitter announced on its blog that it will introduce next year a new function to allow users to distinguish between man-run and automated accounts.
Pentagon can not track lost weapons, aid to Afghanistan worth Billions: Report
Dec 18, 2020, at 02:30 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The US Defense Department has lost track of billions of dollars worth of military equipment supplied to the Afghan armed forces, has no effective mechanism for getting it back and expects loses to continue, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a report.
Canada would complete Covid-19 vaccination for all by Sept 2021, says CPHA
Dec 18, 2020, at 01:44 am
Canada/IBNS: The Public Health Agency of Canada (CPHA) has said that there should be enough COVID-19 doses for vaccinating every Canadian who wants to be inoculated by the end of Sep 2021.
French President Emmanuel Macron tests Covid-19 positive
Dec 17, 2020, at 09:24 pm
Paris: France's President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, Elysée Palace said on Thursday.