Germans should brace for 4-5 months of Coronavirus curbs: Altmaier
Nov 16, 2020, at 02:43 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Coronavirus curbs will stay in place in Germany for four to five months, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said in an interview out Sunday, dashing hopes of a return to normal in time for Christmas.
Joe Biden won US presidential polls as it was rigged: Donald Trump
Nov 16, 2020, at 02:33 am
Washington/UNI: US President Donald Trump has first time publicly admitted that Joe Biden has won the elections, however, still maintained that the elections were rigged.
Gilgit Baltistan: Polling ends, vote counting begins in several places
Nov 16, 2020, at 02:14 am
Quetta: Vote counting in several cities across the politically crucial Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan has started as voting ended at 5 pm for the Assembly polls on Sunday.
Bangladesh records 1837 fresh COVID cases, 21 more deaths
Nov 16, 2020, at 12:27 am
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from Novel Coronavirus has reached 6,194, as 21 more people died from the disease in the past 24 hours.
US President Donald Trump lights 'diyas' at White House on Diwali
Nov 15, 2020, at 05:56 pm
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Saturday lit 'diyas' at The White House in Washington DC to celebrate Diwali and extended his greetings to the people on the occasion.
'Sal Mubarak': Joe Biden, Kamala Harris wish on Diwali
Nov 15, 2020, at 03:16 pm
Washington/IBNS: US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris last night (Saturday in the US) wished Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists on the occasion of Diwali.
Donald Trump says Georgia vote recount should stop as matching signatures not shown
Nov 15, 2020, at 02:19 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump on Saturday said the recount of votes in the state of Georgia should be stopped, hinting on the fact that there is room for fraud as matching signatures are not being shown.
Ex-Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull warns country to not buckle under pressure from China
Nov 15, 2020, at 04:03 am
Canberra: Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has cautioned that the nation should not “buckle under pressure” from an onslaught of trade actions from Beijing and change its stance on controversial bilateral issues with China.
Pakistan: Students in Gilgit-Baltistan slam Imran Khan govt, threaten to boycott assembly polls
Nov 14, 2020, at 11:45 pm
Islamabad/Quetta: Students of Karakoram University on Thursday protested in Gilgit region against the discontinuation of Prime Minister’s Fee Reimbursement Scheme.
Bangladesh records 14 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Nov 14, 2020, at 11:31 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 14 new COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Saturday.
Esper warned Trump against speedy Afghan pullout in memo before termination – Reports
Nov 14, 2020, at 10:58 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Mark Esper sent a classified memo to US President Donald Trump warning him against a rapid withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, shortly before he was "terminated" from his position as secretary of defense, media said Saturday.
Afghanistan: Buddhist stupa renovated
Nov 14, 2020, at 10:55 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Afghan government has announced the completion of restoration work a historic Buddhist stupa in the central province of Parwan.
Five Taliban members killed in south Afghanistan in attempted attack on police, says spokesman
Nov 14, 2020, at 10:52 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The police in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Friday repelled an attack of the Taliban movement on two stations and killed five insurgents in the clash, Jamal Nasir Barakzai, a spokesman for the provincial police headquarters, said on Saturday.
US slams China over passing “patriotism” resolution that disqualified Hong Kong lawmakers
Nov 14, 2020, at 10:20 pm
Washington: The United States has strongly condemned the “patriotism” resolution passed by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee on Nov 11, which disqualified four members of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council for exercising their mandates as lawmakers.
Nov 14, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Washignton: US President Donald J. Trump on Thursday signed an Executive Order to protect and restrain American investors from funding Communist Chinese military companies, including those designated by the Department of Defense in June and August of 2020.
Japan pledges $200mln in coronavirus aid to ASEAN - Reports
Nov 14, 2020, at 09:56 pm
Tokyo/Sputnik: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday promised to supply the coronavirus-hit Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with medical aid in excess of $200 million, national media said.
Afghanistan: Security forces arrest plotter of Kabul University terror attack
Nov 14, 2020, at 09:52 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan government on Saturday said the country's security forces have arrested the key mastermind behind the Kabul University attack.
Iran refutes presence of Al-Qaeda on its territory after reported Israeli operation
Nov 14, 2020, at 09:39 pm
Terhran/Sputnik: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday refuted the presence of al-Qaeda terrorist group (banned in Russia) in the country after The New York Times newspaper reported that Israeli agents had killed one of the group’s leaders in Tehran.
Iran rejects Al-Qaeda's presence in its territory after reported Israeli operation
Nov 14, 2020, at 09:30 pm
Terhran/Sputnik: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday refuted the presence of al-Qaeda terrorist group (banned in Russia) in the country after The New York Times newspaper reported that Israeli agents had killed one of the group’s leaders in Tehran.
Guterres ‘remains committed’ to maintaining 1991 ceasefire in Western Sahara
Nov 14, 2020, at 04:07 pm
New York: The UN chief has expressed “grave concern” at the possible consequences which could arise from an operation reportedly launched by the Moroccan Government on the southern border of Western Sahara, in response to a reported highway blockade by supporters of the pro-independence Frente POLISARIO.
Mozambique Cabo Delgado violence is a ‘desperate’ situation, warns Bachelet
Nov 14, 2020, at 03:58 pm
New York: There is increasing concern about the worsening security situation in Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights described on Friday as “desperate”.
South Sudan: ‘No child anywhere should suffer from polio’: UN health agency
Nov 14, 2020, at 03:53 pm
New York: Although South Sudan had recently been declared free from the wild poliovirus, the UN health agency said on Friday that 15 children under the age of five are reported to have been infected by a vaccine-derived form of polio, which has left them with irreversible paralysis.
Reported Ethiopia massacre: UN rights chief warns of spiralling situation, war crimes
Nov 14, 2020, at 03:47 pm
New York: Disturbing reports of an alleged massacre have surfaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, amid fighting between national and regional forces that may become impossible to control, the UN human rights chief warned on Friday.
US President Election 2020: Joe Biden wins Georgia further cementing his victory
Nov 14, 2020, at 03:31 pm
Washington/UNI: US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday won the state of Georgia, becoming the first Democratic candidate to do so since 1992, and further cementing his victory in the most closely fought presidential elections in American history.
Donald Trump may visit his supporters' rally in Washington on Saturday
Nov 14, 2020, at 03:18 pm
Washington/Sputnik: President Donald Trump said on Friday that he might attend his supporters' rally dubbed the Million MAGA March or the March for Trump, scheduled to take place on Saturday in the US capital.
Over 110 people detained during Friday protests in Belarus
Nov 14, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Minsk/Sputnik: More than 110 people were arrested on Friday during protests across the country which was sparked by the death of opposition activist Roman Bondarenko, the Vesna human rights center said.
Joe Biden to meet with national security experts next week
Nov 14, 2020, at 02:22 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President-elect Joe Biden will meet with national security experts next week, Biden transition team official Jen Psaki said in a press conference on Friday.
Nov 14, 2020, at 04:10 am
Brussels: During the European Parliamentary plenary of Nov 11, French MEP Nicolas Bay from the Identity and Democracy Group had strong words against European aid to Pakistan and Turkey in light of threats coming from both countries.
Uyghurs: Japan weighing a legal foundation for sanctions on China
Nov 14, 2020, at 02:35 am
Tokyo: With the atrocities carried out on Uyghur people in China gaining international attention now, Japan has begun weighing a legal foundation for sanctions like those imposed by the U.S. and Europe, media reports said.
European Parliament political group calls for China sanctions
Nov 14, 2020, at 02:26 am
Brussels: In a move which called for 'fresh diplomatic and trade sanctions against the Peoples Republic of China' the European Conservatives and Reformists Party of the European Parliament issued a statement on its website expressing its 'deepest concern at the expulsion of pro-democracy legislators from the Hong Kong Legislative Council', reported EU Chronicle.b