Nov 21, 2020, at 01:19 am
Ottawa: Canada's cyber security agency has warned that state-sponsored hackers from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are the biggest cyber threats to the people of the country.
Message sent to China: US House of Representative passes two resolutions on Hong Kong, Tibet
Nov 21, 2020, at 12:58 am
Washignton: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said the United States House of Representatives has passed two resolutions condemning China’s actions in Tibet and Hong Kong.
Taiwan rejects renewal of pro-China news channel’s licence
Nov 21, 2020, at 12:43 am
Taipei: Taiwan's regulators have rejected the license renewal for pro-China Chung T'ien Television's news channel CTi News, media reports said.
Germany: Four people injured in stabbing attack in Oberhausen
Nov 20, 2020, at 09:23 pm
Berlin/UNI: Four people have been injured as a result of the stabbing attack in the western Germany city of Oberhausen, German media reported, adding that the incident is likely to have no terrorist background.
Pakistan's key opposition leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif says Gilgit-Baltistan poll was 'rigged'
Nov 20, 2020, at 08:54 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has slammed the ruling PTI government for "rigging" the Gilgit-Baltistan elections.
Pakistan military had ties with Taliban, possibly Al Qaeda: Ex-US President Barack Obama
Nov 20, 2020, at 08:41 pm
Washington/UNI: In what could be viewed as a vindication of India and Afghanistan's stance that Pakistan uses terror proxies to achieve its strategic goals, former US President Barack Obama has said they kept the Pakistani establishment in the dark regarding the operation to kill Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, as it was known that certain sections of the Pakistani military had ties with terrorist groups.
Heartbreaking stories from refugees fleeing Ethiopia violence
Nov 20, 2020, at 04:03 pm
New York: In a briefing to journalists on Thursday, a senior UN humanitarian official in Sudan recounted moving testimony from refugees who are crossing the border from Ethiopia in their thousands, fleeing fighting in Tigray province.
Libyans charting way to secure and prosperous future, but challenges lie ahead
Nov 20, 2020, at 03:54 pm
New York: Following years of political instability and conflict, Libya is making substantial progress on the path to peace, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday.
Development funding and trade transparency needed, to stop COVID-19 dividing the world
Nov 20, 2020, at 03:24 pm
New York: The pandemic has redefined the world economy in ways that will deepen inequality and can only be reversed if a global transformation in attitudes towards trade and development allows the whole world to recover together, the UN trade body UNCTAD said, in a report published on Thursday.
Refugee resettlement numbers fall to lowest in two decades: UNHCR
Nov 20, 2020, at 03:19 pm
New York: Refugee resettlement numbers will be at a “record low” this year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday, with only 15,425 people resettled in the first nine months of 2020, compared to more than 50,000 in 2019.
Future of an entire generation at risk, as COVID-19 pandemic drags on
Nov 20, 2020, at 03:08 pm
New York: While symptoms among children infected with COVID-19 mostly remain mild, infections are rising and the longer-term impact on the education, nutrition and well-being of an entire generation of young people can be life-altering, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
US: Bangladeshi couple plead guilty to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS
Nov 20, 2020, at 02:20 pm
Philadelphia: United States Attorney William M. McSwain and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced that Shahidul Gaffar, 40, and Nabila Khan, 35, both residents of Pennsylvania, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support and resources to ISIS, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Ontario's 7-day average of COVID-19 infections falls to lowest point since Nov 13
Nov 20, 2020, at 04:59 am
Toronto/IBNS: Another 1,210 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ontario on Thursday, a third straight day of decreases, and down from 1,575 last Thursday, dropping the seven-day average to 1,369, the lowest since Nov 13, media reports said.
China is ready to cooperate with India, BRICS on Covid-19 vaccine creation: Xi Jinping
Nov 20, 2020, at 02:24 am
Beijing:Chinese President Xi Jinping has said his nation is ready to cooperate with India and other BRICS nations in the fight against COVID-19 and creating vaccines against the dreaded disease.
UAE temporarily suspends issuance of visit visa to several countries including Pakistan
Nov 20, 2020, at 02:09 am
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has temporarily suspended the issuance of visit visas to a dozen countries which also include Pakistan.
China is ready to cooperate with India, BRICS on Covid-19 vaccine cration: Xi Jinping
Nov 20, 2020, at 01:40 am
Beijing:Chinese President Xi Jinping has said his nation is ready to cooperate with India and other BRICS nations in the fight against COVID-19 and creating vaccines against the dreaded disease.
Rift within Nepal Communist Party: Chinese envoy holds talks with KP Oli
Nov 20, 2020, at 01:23 am
Kathmandu: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi met Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and held talks for two hours, amid growing rift within the Nepal Communist Party.
EU financial support for Pakistan between 2014 and 2019 amounts to more than EUR 4 billion
Nov 20, 2020, at 01:17 am
Geneva: According to the EU Aid Explorer website, EU financial support (from the institutions and the Member States, including the UK) for Pakistan between 2014 and 2019 amounted to more than EUR 4 billion.
'China's borderland disputes are a tactic to win concessions on wider issues with its neighbours'
Nov 20, 2020, at 01:05 am
Beijing has long stoked and sustained borderland disputes as a tactic to win concessions on wider issues with its neighbors, an opinion piece by Swedish journalist and Asia expert Bertil Lintner published in Asia Times said.
Pakistan court sentences Hafiz Saeed to 10-years jail term in illegal funding case
Nov 19, 2020, at 11:36 pm
Lahore/IBNS: A Pakistan court here on Thursday sentenced "global terrorist" Hafiz Saeed to 10 years of imprisonment for his involvement in an illegal funding case, media reports said.
Justin Trudeau says Canadian Gov't. seeks to restore confidence in right to information regime
Nov 18, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Toronto/Sputnik: The Canadian government intends to act on recommendations made by the country’s Information Commissioner that will fix a faltering right to information regime within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.
US designates 2 senior leaders of Al-Shabab as global terrorists: Mike Pompeo
Nov 18, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The United States has designated two senior leaders of the al-Shabab terror organization as global terrorists, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in a statement on Tuesday.
Afghanistan, Pakistan officials met in Kabul to review Transit Trade Deal
Nov 18, 2020, at 10:38 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Coordination Authority (APTTCA) convened after a four-year delay in Kabul to review the transit trade agreement, which expires in February, and officials from both countries reaffirmed commitment to boost trade and investment, the Pakistan Embassy said.
South Australia state going into 6-day lockdown for authorities to boost contact tracing
Nov 18, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Canberra/Sputnik: Australia's state of South Australia will lock down for the next six days in order for the authorities to carry out contact tracing in a timely manner amid an accelerated spread of the coronavirus, South Australian Premier Steven Marshall said on Wednesday.
Member of European Parliament demands sanctions on Pakistan, Turkey
Nov 18, 2020, at 10:22 pm
Brussels/UNI: As France has been the target of a series of terror attacks recently, French Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jordan Bardella has called for strict sanctions against Turkey, Pakistan, Kuwait and Qatar.
Put digital technology to work ‘for those who need it most’: UN Secretary-General
Nov 18, 2020, at 03:48 pm
New York: While the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of digital technologies and the benefits of connectivity, it has also exacerbated inequalities, including basic online access, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in a video message to the closing session of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
UN releases $100 million to guard against famine
Nov 18, 2020, at 03:14 pm
New York: The United Nations released $100 million of emergency funding on Tuesday to stave off the risk of famine in seven countries most at risk from a hunger epidemic fueled by conflict, economic decline, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
UN-backed fund to address crisis in global sanitation and hygiene
Nov 18, 2020, at 03:05 pm
New York: A UN-backed fund, launched on Tuesday, is set to take on the centuries-old crisis centred around sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health, which now impacts more than four billion people across the world.
Commitment ‘crucial’ to strengthen Security Council, says UN Assembly President
Nov 18, 2020, at 02:43 pm
New York: Highlighting the importance of the UN Security Council to address peace and security challenges in an increasingly complex world, the President of the General Assembly has called on ambassadors to drive through “true reforms”, to make the body more effective.
Nov 18, 2020, at 06:45 am
London: Pakistani-origin Lord Nazir Ahmed, who in 1998 made history by becoming the first Muslim to be appointed a peer in Britain's House of Lords, has retired from Parliament after seeing a conduct report which has recommended his expulsion for sexually exploiting a vulnerable woman several decades ago.