Afghanistan: 11 civilians killed in bomb blast
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:45 pm
Kabul: At least eleven civilians were killed and four others injured when an improvised bomb struck a vehicle in Afghanistan's central Daykundi province on Tuesday, the provincial police chief confirmed.
Pakistan opens border crossings with Afghanistan in NW province for pedestrians
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:40 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistan has announced to open the border crossings with Afghanistan in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province for pedestrian movement from Tuesday, which were closed due to COVID-19 in March, a government notification and officials said.
Japan's new Prime Minister Suga holds first phone talks with Putin: Reports
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:31 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, appointed earlier in September, held on Tuesday his first phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese media reported on Tuesday.
Illicit capital robbing Africa and its people of their future: UN trade and development chief
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:59 pm
New York: Every year, an estimated $88.6 billion, which is equivalent to 3.7% of Africa’s GDP, leaves the continent in the form of illicit capital, according to UN trade and development agency UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report 2020, launched on Monday.
Most countries failing to protect women from COVID-19 economic and social fallout
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:52 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic is “hitting women hard”, but most nations are failing to provide sufficient social and economic protection for them, the head of the UN gender empowerment agency said on Monday.
‘Eyes and ears’ of Human Rights Council facing funding crisis
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:36 pm
New York: The work of UN-appointed independent rights experts is at risk from a critical lack of funding, they warned on Monday.
Rights experts denounce death sentence against Nigerian singer who posted on WhatsApp
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:30 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Nigeria to immediately release a singer sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song he performed and shared on social media.
Australian PM announces digital business plan to drive economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:06 pm
Canberra/Xinhua: The Australian Government announced on Tuesday a digital business plan to enable businesses to take advantage of digital technologies to grow their businesses and create jobs in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
Fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, as UN chief urges an end to fighting
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:55 pm
New York: The UN chief is “extremely concerned” over renewed hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone that erupted on Sunday.
Yemen’s warring parties agree to free more than 1,000 prisoners
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:22 pm
New York/IBNS: At the end of a week-long meeting in Switzerland, the parties to the conflict in Yemen reached what the UN envoy there called “a very important milestone”, in agreeing to release a first group of detainees.
Ontario promotes public transit, launches free Wi-Fi on GO transit
Sep 29, 2020, at 05:06 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario government, with its commitment to improving public transit across the province, is offering free Wi-Fi, beginning Sept 28 for passengers on all GO buses and approximately for 50 per cent of GO trains, media reports said.
Canada: Montreal and Quebec City to be upgraded to COVID-19 red alert level
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:32 am
Quebec/IBNS: Christian Dubé, Quebec Health Minister, has confirmed while speaking on Radio-Canada's popular Sunday night talk show 'Tout le monde en parle,' that Montreal and Quebec City would move from orange to red alert, the highest alert level "in the coming days."
Ontario's second wave of COVID-19 projected to culminate in October
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:23 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Latest forecasts of COVID-19 Modelling Collaboration, a joint effort of scientists and physicians from the University of Toronto, University Health Network, and Sunnybrook Hospital projected Ontario's second wave of the virus to peak in mid- to late October, media reports said.
Friends of Canada-India with other groups demonstrate outside Chinese Consulate in Vancouver
Sep 29, 2020, at 01:28 am
Vancouver/IBNS: Friends of Canada- India, along with seven other organizations, has organized a protest against China in front of the Chinese Consulate Office in Vancouver on Sunday.
'US diplomats must obtain Beijing foreign ministry approval before meeting Hong Kong govt officials'
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:56 am
Washington/Hong Kong/Beijing: American diplomats must obtain approval from Beijing’s foreign ministry before they can meet with Hong Kong government officials or personnel from the city’s educational institutions and societies, reported South China Morning Post.
Balochistan genocide:Political activists meet UK Cabinet member
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:46 am
London: The Central Spokesperson of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) has said the group's delegation recently met the former chairman of the Conservative party in the UK and current state minister for Transportation Grant Shapps and briefed him about the ongoing genocide and oppression in Balochistan.
Erdogan says time came to end Armenia's 'occupation' of part of Azerbaijan
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:15 am
Ankara/Sputnik: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday the time had come to "end Armenia's occupation" of Azerbaijani land.
Pakistan: Supreme Court bars release of prime accused in journalist Daniel Pearl murder case
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:10 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday barred the Sindh government from releasing Omer Saeed Sheikh, main accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case.
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Shehbaz Sharif arrested as his bail is rejected
Sep 28, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President and Leader of Opposition in National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif, was arrested on Monday after his bail plea in the money laundering case was rejected by the Lahore High Court (LHC).
Protesters chant slogans, hurl abuses outside Nawaz Sharif's residence
Sep 28, 2020, at 11:30 pm
London/UNI: About two dozen men gathered outside Nawaz Sharif's London residence yelling slogans and hurling abuses against him.
Bangladesh registers 32 COVID-19 deaths, 1,407 cases
Sep 28, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh reported 32 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1,407 new cases in the last 24 hours, said a press release sent by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday.
Donald Trump’s ban on TikTok downloads in US halted: Court Documents
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:14 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: A US federal judge has blocked the ban of President Donald Trump’s administration on the downloads of TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, court documents show.
Donald Trump says New York Times report about him not paying federal income taxes ‘fake news’
Sep 28, 2020, at 02:15 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump says a New York Times report about his tax payments, which claims that Trump paid no federal income taxes during 11 years, is "fake news."
Bangladesh: Longest-serving attorney general Mahbubey Alam dies due to COVID-19
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:18 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh's longest-serving attorney general Mahbubey Alam, who was suffering from COVID-19, died at a hospital in Dhaka city on Sunday, media reports said.
Nepali PM KP Oli's personal physician tested positive for COVID-19
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:44 am
Kathmandu/Xinhua: Dr Dibya Singh, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's personal physician, has been infected with COVID-19, Nepali officials said.
Soldiers recruited to Afghan army amid increased violence
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:41 am
Kabul/Xinhua: A total of 959 newly graduated soldiers on Sunday joined the Afghan National Army (ANA), boosting the force amid an increase in the Taliban-led unrest, an army source said.
Death toll from Boko Haram ambush on Nigerian gov't convoy rises to 18
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:35 am
Abuja/Xinhua: Nigerian military confirmed on Sunday the death toll from the extremist group Boko Haram's ambush on a government officials' convoy in Borno state on Friday has risen to 18.
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:32 am
New York: Political and economic threats against Belarus “must end” the Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei told the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly on Saturday, accusing Western nations of trying to sow “chaos and anarchy” in the country.
Children in Pakistan are vulnerable to many forms of violence and exploitation: EU Chronicle
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:28 am
In its editorial, the EU Chronicle magazine has claimed that children in Pakistan are vulnerable to many forms of violence and exploitation.
Pakistani national becomes a victim of Chinese aggression, wife-son detained for being Uyghurs
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:18 am
Pakistani national Sakandar Hayat's life was turned upside down in recent months when his wife and son were detained by Chinese security officials as they are Uyghurs.