Canada's ascending coronavirus cases a cause for concern, says Chief Public Health Officer
Sep 09, 2020, at 04:44 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada has reported an average of 545 new cases during the past week, up from 435 on Aug 31 and 390 on Aug 24, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, Theresa Tam, said on Tuesday, which is an increase in the average daily case count by 40 per cent over the same period.
Poor conditions rife in Pakistani women’s prisons: Human Rights Watch
Sep 09, 2020, at 04:30 am
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Human Rights Ministry has issued a report that says women in prison face poor conditions and receive inadequate medical care, Human Rights Watch has said.
Diplomatic Standoff: Two Australian journalists flown out of China
Sep 09, 2020, at 04:15 am
Beijing: Ending a five-day diplomatic stand-off, two journalists, who were working in China for Australia media, have flown home, media reports said.
Sep 09, 2020, at 02:02 am
Beijing: A noted scholar has claimed that China’s communist regime embezzles the COVID-19 crisis to muzzle the voice of dissents in Xinjiang and Tibet.
Sri Lanka to replace brakes on faulty Chinese train compartments
Sep 08, 2020, at 11:20 pm
Colombo: The Sri Lankan Railway department has said the brakes on faulty Chinese train compartments will be replaced, media reports said.
Shelling kills 2 children in Yemen's Hodeidah: medics
Sep 08, 2020, at 10:37 pm
Sanaa/Xinhua: Two children were killed on Tuesday when mortar shelling hit residential houses in Yemen's southern Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, local medics told Xinhua.
Nine foreign countries to join Russia's counter-terror drills Kavkaz in September - Shoigu
Sep 08, 2020, at 10:33 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Nine foreign countries will join the Kavkaz-2020 strategic counter-terror drills in Russia later in September, while nine other nations will send their military observers, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
Sep 08, 2020, at 06:15 pm
Thailand, a key ally of China, is slowly pushing back against Beijing and recently the country decided to not only postpone the procurement of two submarines from China but has also shelved the Chinese proposal for building a canal in the Bay of Bengal replacing it with its own project, media reports said.
Sep 08, 2020, at 06:01 pm
Islamabad: Lieutenant General (retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa last week decided to resign from his post as the special assistant to the prime minister on information and broadcast after an investigative report alleged corruption scams against him.
Japan's record GDP contraction revised down to annualized 28.1 pct in April-June quarter
Sep 08, 2020, at 03:51 pm
Tokyo/Xinhua: Japan's economy in the April-June period shrank an annualized real 28.1 percent from the previous quarter, downwardly revised from the 27.8 percent contraction initially reported, the government said in a report on Tuesday.
Extradition hearing against WikiLeaks founder opens in London's Old Bailey
Sep 08, 2020, at 03:33 pm
London/Xinhua: An extradition hearing opened on Monday at the Old Bailey courthouse in London against WikiLeaks founder, Australian Julian Assange.
Sep 08, 2020, at 01:39 am
Washington: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) on Monday joined a bipartisan group of Senators on a resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of China and rebid it to another country unless Beijing addresses its violation of human rights.
Birmingham stabbings: Police arrest one person
Sep 08, 2020, at 12:23 am
Birmingham: Police on Monday said they have arrested one person in connection with a series of stabbings that occurred in Birmingham city of London on Sunday.
WikiLeaks says about 40 activists prevented from accessing Asange's extradition hearing
Sep 07, 2020, at 11:07 pm
London/Sputnik: The WikiLeaks whistleblowing organization said Monday, citing unconfirmed reports, that about 40 activists lost their remote access to the extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Afghanistan: Roadside mine blast leaves one dead in Kandahar
Sep 07, 2020, at 09:51 pm
Kandahar: At least one person was killed as a roadside mine exploded in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar on Monday, media reports said.
Japan orders evacuation of over 1.1Mln people due to Typhoon Haishen
Sep 07, 2020, at 09:30 pm
Tokyo/Sputnik: More than 1.1 million people living in Japan’s four southwestern prefectures were ordered to immediately evacuate on Monday due to Typhoon Haishen, which has been raging across northeast Asia over the weekend, the NHK broadcaster reported.
Trump discusses G20 work, Middle East situation with Saudi King - Reports
Sep 07, 2020, at 05:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has held telephone talks with US President Donald Trump, discussing the work of the G20, the global fight against the coronavirus and the situation in the Middle East, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reports.
Boris Johnson sets October 15 as deadline for UK, EU to negotiate post-Brexit trade deal
Sep 07, 2020, at 05:18 pm
London/Sputnik: The United Kingdom and the European Union have until October 15 to agree on terms of a free trade agreement after Brexit, otherwise both parties better abandon the talks and "move on," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to say on Monday, according to a transcript released by his office.
Chinese deep-sea trawlers arrive in Karachi, Pakistani fishermen plan protest
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:33 am
Islamabad: Pakistani fishermen are planning to protest against the arrival of Chinese deep-sea trawlers in Karachi city, media reports said.
Bangladesh parliament adopts condolence motion regarding Pranab Mukherjee
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:10 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief over the death of former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and other departed souls including two lawmakers of the present parliament.
Bangladesh: Mosque explosion death toll rises to 24
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:05 am
Dhaka/UNI: Three more people who sustained burn injuries due to an explosion at a mosque in Narayanganj, died on Sunday, taking the death toll from the incident to 24.
2 Turkish soldiers wounded in shooting in north Syria
Sep 07, 2020, at 03:56 am
Damascus/Xinhua: Unknown armed men opened fire on Turkish soldiers in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Sunday, wounding two soldiers, a war monitor reported.
Chinese language imposition: Mongolians protest against China in Tokyo
Sep 07, 2020, at 01:59 am
Tokyo: Around 35 ethnic Mongolians living in Japan on Saturday demonstrated against China in Tokyo city against the policy to forcibly push Mandarin language education in Inner Mongolia region.
Vice governor of China's Qinghai Province under investigation
Sep 07, 2020, at 01:18 am
Beijing/Xinhua: Wen Guodong, vice governor of northwest China's Qinghai Province, has been put under disciplinary and supervisory investigation by the country's top anti-graft body for suspected severe violations of disciplines and laws.
Two wounded in bomb attack targeting US-coalition convoy in Iraq's Baghdad
Sep 06, 2020, at 11:07 pm
Baghdad/Xinhua: A security member and a civilian were wounded in a roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of trucks belonging to the U.S.-led coalition forces in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said on Sunday.
President Xi Jinping is a global threat like Hitler: China’s exiled Tiananmen leader
Sep 06, 2020, at 10:31 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Communist Party of China’s Xi Jinping is a major threat to global peace and the world needs to follow India in fighting his expansionism, an exiled Chinese student leader who had led the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest has said.
Birmingham stabbing leaves 1 person dead, murder investigation launched
Sep 06, 2020, at 10:20 pm
Birmingham: A random stabbing incident in England's Birmingham city on Sunday left one person dead, police said.
China has deep strategic interests in Pakistan: US report
Sep 06, 2020, at 09:48 pm
Washington/UNI: An official report by the US government has stated that China has deep strategic interests in Pakistan, which will ensure close relations between the two countries despite irritants.
Amazon bans sale of foreign seeds in US
Sep 06, 2020, at 06:26 pm
Washington/IBNS: Amazon has banned the sale of imported seeds in the United States after several Americans complained that they had received packets of seeds they had not ordered, mostly from China.
Multiple stabbings in UK's Birmingham, cops declare 'major incident'
Sep 06, 2020, at 05:41 pm
London/IBNS: The British Police on Sunday confirmed a "major incident" of multiple stabbings in the Birmingham city of England.