Pakistan: 6-yr-old allegedly raped, murdered in Nowshera, social media users demand justice
Aug 26, 2020, at 05:00 am
Nowshera: A minor girl was allegedly raped and then brutally murdered in Pakistan's Nowshera city on Monday, triggering massive protest on the social media platforms.
Dam construction: Residents of PoK demonstrate against China, Pakistan in Muzaffarabad
Aug 26, 2020, at 03:40 am
Muzaffarabad: Protesting against the construction of dams in the area, people demonstrated against Pakistan and China in Muzaffarabad region of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
RAB arrests two men, including a Rohingya, with 1.3 million yaba pills
Aug 26, 2020, at 12:02 am
Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have arrested two men with 1.3 million pieces of banned yaba pills in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar area, media reports said.
Three years on, Rohingya refugees ‘more vulnerable than ever’
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:54 pm
New York: Three years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, women, men and children – driven from their homes in Myanmar into camps across the border in Bangladesh – are more vulnerable than ever, UN agencies have reported.
Bangladesh: Local teenager allegedly rapes minor in Jamalpur
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Dhaka: A local teenager allegedly raped a five-year-old girl in Bangladesh capital Jamalpur, media reports said.
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:41 pm
New York: With Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and other terrorist groups attempting to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic for their own ends, the international community must respond with stronger collective action and cooperation, the top UN counter-terrorism official said on Monday.
Majority of Australians back int'l flights ban, COVID-19 patients tracking: poll
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Canberra/Xinhua: A majority of Australians support banning all international flights to the country and compulsory tracking for COVID-19 patients to prevent the spread of virus, according to a poll.
One step at a time: UN women’s health agency helping shift dangerous social norms
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:37 pm
New York: One of the largest chiefdoms in Zambia’s Eastern Province is challenging harmful social norms, including child marriage, risky initiation and impunity for perpetrators of sexual abuse, according to the UN women’s health agency, UNFPA.
IS suspect detained in Istanbul has plans for "sensational" terror attack
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:06 pm
Istanbul/Xinhua: The suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) detained by the Turkish police in Istanbul has plans to carry out a "sensational" terror attack, Demiroren news agency reported Tuesday.
Imprisoned rights defenders in Egypt at ‘grave risk’ of COVID-19, warn UN experts
Aug 25, 2020, at 10:04 pm
New York: A group of independent UN rights experts have raised alarm over “grave and unnecessary” risks faced by imprisoned human rights defenders in Egypt due to lengthy pre-trial detention.
Bangladesh: Human trafficking kingpin arrested
Aug 25, 2020, at 09:41 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh security officials have arrested an alleged human trafficker who smuggled a 14-year-old girl into India by promising her a job in Malaysia, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Actress injured in Kabul shooting
Aug 25, 2020, at 09:10 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistan actress, who is also an employee of the country's Interior Ministry, was injured in a shooting incident in Kabul city, media reports said.
Experts discuss emerging threat to the world order by Chinese Communist Party
Aug 25, 2020, at 05:49 pm
Scholars from different parts of the world gathered to discuss the emerging threat to the world order by the Chinese Communist Party in a webinar titled ‘Chinese Communist Party: An Existential Threat to Humanity and the Rules-based World Order’, organised by Usanas Foundation.
Ontario community members in Canada celebrate 74th Indian Independence Day
Aug 25, 2020, at 04:19 am
Toronto/IBNS: As India celebrated their 74th Independence Day on Aug 15, the diaspora community in Canada was not lagging behind as they pulled off a virtual gathering to join the occasion.
Erin O'Toole, Canada's new Conservative Party leader, gets 57 pct votes on final ballot
Aug 25, 2020, at 03:41 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Erin O'Toole became the new Canada's Conservative Party leader Aug 24 by getting 57 per cent of the votes on the third and final ballot, compared to 43 per cent for second-place contender Peter MacKay, media reports said.
Pakistan bans Khatam-Ul-Ambia terror outfit
Aug 24, 2020, at 11:17 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan government has decided to ban another militant outfit- Khatam-Ul-Ambia taking the number of outlawed organisations to 77.
African American man shot in back by Wisconsin Police, hospitalized in serious condition
Aug 24, 2020, at 11:15 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: An African-American man was severely injured and hospitalized in a serious condition after being shot in the back by Wisconsin police at close range in the US city of Kenosha, sparkling protests, media and officials said on Monday.
New Zealand's largest city COVID-19 lockdown to continue for four more days
Aug 24, 2020, at 10:51 pm
Wellington/Xinhua: The COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand's largest city Auckland will continue at the current Alert Level 3 until Sunday night, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday.
Two explosions rock southern Philippines
Aug 24, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Manila/Xinhua: Two explosions hit the town of Jolo in the southern Philippine province of Sulu Monday noon, a military report said, adding that blasts "resulted in numerous casualties."
Bangladesh: Mother, children beaten up on charges of cattle theft
Aug 24, 2020, at 10:47 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Five people, including a woman, her two daughters and one son, were beaten up in a village in Cox’s Bazar on charge of cattle lifting.
New Zealand: Christchurch attacker planned to target 'third mosque'
Aug 24, 2020, at 09:49 pm
Wellington: Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch city last year, also planned to target a third mosque, media reports said.
Canada records 124,629 COVID-19 cases, 9,071 deaths
Aug 24, 2020, at 02:50 pm
Ottawa/Xinhua: There have been 124,629 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 9,071 deaths, said the Public Health Agency of Canada on Sunday.
Belarus: Opposition holds mass rally in Minsk despite ban
Aug 24, 2020, at 02:43 pm
Minsk/UNI: Opposition supporters in Belarus held a mass rally in the capital Minsk on Sunday despite a ban by the government, two weeks after a disputed election gave President Alexander Lukashenko another term in office with an 'overwhelming' majority.
Christchurch mosque shooting: Shooter Brenton Tarrant's hearing begins
Aug 24, 2020, at 02:13 pm
Wellington/UNI: Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand last year, faced the survivors of his attack as his sentencing hearing got under way in Christchurch.
COVID-19: US gives approval to use of blood plasma treatment
Aug 24, 2020, at 02:06 pm
Washington/UNI: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday gave emergency authorisation for the use of plasma to treat coronavirus patients, a BBC report said.
TikTok’s parent company says will sue US President Donald Trump administration over executive order
Aug 24, 2020, at 04:21 am
Beijing/Sputnik: Chinese-based video-sharing app TikTok says it will sue the administration of US President Donald Trump over the latter’s executive order banning transactions with the parent company ByteDance.
Bangladesh: NTV’s joint chief news editor Shahid dies due to coronavirus
Aug 24, 2020, at 04:09 am
Dhaka/UNI: Abdus Shahid joint chief news editor of Bangladesh private television channel NTV passed away after being infected with Covid-19 at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday morning. He was 63.
U.S.-led coalition hands over military base near Baghdad to Iraqi forces
Aug 24, 2020, at 03:58 am
Baghdad/Xinhua: The U.S.-led international coalition forces, tasked with fighting the Islamic State (IS) militant group, on Sunday handed over a military base in Taji Camp in the north of Baghdad to Iraqi forces, the official Iraqi news agency reported.
Afghanistan: Key Taliban member arrested
Aug 24, 2020, at 12:11 am
Kabul: Afghanistan defence officials on Sunday confirmed a key Taliban member who used to lead an insurgency group in Shakardara district of Kabul city has been arrested.
PoK: Journalist tries to remove national flag from Dadyal, faces torture
Aug 23, 2020, at 05:39 pm
Islamabad: An activist-journalist was allegedly tortured by the country's agencies and security forces after he tried to remove Pakistan's flag from a popular public place in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)'s Dadyal, media reports said.