Spain: Police apprehend 2 persons for smuggling dual-use equipment to Pakistani military companies
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Madrid: The Spanish Police have apprehended two people on charges of smuggling dual-use equipment and technology to Pakistani military companies, media reports said.
Illegal trafficking: Zimbabwe deports Pakistani diplomat
Jul 09, 2020, at 07:56 pm
In an embarrassment for Pakistan, Zimbabwe has deported a Pakistani diplomat for flouting multiple local and international laws related to illegal trafficking, media reports said.
Pakistan: Journalist Daniel Pearl murder case convict Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh may soon walk free
Jul 09, 2020, at 07:43 pm
Islamabad: In what could be a win for terrorists in Pakistan, the key convict in journalist Daniel Pearl muder case Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh may walk free soon.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan's COVID-19 handing has been indecisive: NSA member Tilak Devasher
Jul 09, 2020, at 07:32 pm
National Security Advisory Board Member Tilak Devasher has said Pakistan PM Imran Khan's dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak has been 'indecisive and tentative'.
Jul 09, 2020, at 05:42 am
Alberta/IBNS: Alberta's delayed dispersal of funds to oil and gas workers to clean up oil wells to keep oilfield service companies afloat has resulted in the slow recovery of the oil and gas industry sectors, media reports said.
Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration over foreign students' visa withdrawal order
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:01 pm
Massachusetts/IBNS: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have moved to sue the Donald Trump administration after the latter passed an order to not allow international students to take online-only courses in the United States for the upcoming semester.
China agrees to send WHO's team of experts to Beijing to trace COVID19 origin
Jul 08, 2020, at 07:17 pm
Beijing: The Chinese government on Wednesday agreed to send the World Health Organization's (WHO) team of experts to Beijing to trace the origin of the highly infectious coronavirus which has now hit nearly all the countries across the globe.
Panic-buying grips Melbourne ahead of second coronavirus lockdown
Jul 08, 2020, at 07:11 pm
Ottawa/Sputnik: Stores in Australia's second-largest city of Melbourne are struggling to manage a spike in demand for essential goods ahead of a six-week lockdown that takes effect on Wednesday night, media said on Wednesday.
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:25 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Three Taliban militants are dead and four others have sustained wounds in clashes with Afghan security forces in south-central Uruzgan province, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Bangladesh records 46 COVID-19 deaths 3,489 test positive in past 24 hrs
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:06 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from Coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 2,197 with 46 more people succumbing to the contagion in the last 24 hours.
Tibetan President in exile thanks US for imposing visa restrictions on China
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Leader of the exile Tibetan government Lobsang Sangay has expressed gratitude to United States for imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials under the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act.
Two police officers killed in bomb blast in Somali capital
Jul 08, 2020, at 03:39 pm
Mogadishu/Xinhua: A huge blast in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killed two police officers and injured one other early Wednesday.
'Communist China terrorist': Tibetan cycle rally against Beijing cheers for India
Jul 08, 2020, at 03:11 pm
Geneva/IBNS: In more support for New Delhi and booes for Beijing, several Tibetians held a cycle rally against China calling the country's Communist Party "terrorist" besides cheering for India before the UN complex in Geneva in Switzerland.
'International students are welcome,' says US a day after announcing withdrawal of visas
Jul 08, 2020, at 12:51 pm
Washington/IBNS: The United States on Tuesday said all international students seeking educational courses can visit the country, a day after announcing the White House may withdraw visas for foreign students if their classes get shifted to the online medium.
US notifies UN chief of withdrawal from WHO effective July 6, 2021: Spokesman
Jul 08, 2020, at 10:01 am
United Nations/Sputnik: Washington has officially notified UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) effective July 6, 2021, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Tuesday.
At least 8 people killed in terrorist attack in Syrian city bordering Turkey: Source
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:56 am
Damascus/Sputnik: A car stuffed with a bomb exploded in the town of Tell Abyad, which borders Turkey, in Syria's northern province of Raqqa killing at least eight people and injuring 27 others, a source told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Human rights through peacekeeping essential factor in beating coronavirus
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:51 am
New York: The UN human rights chief is calling for greater investment in the human rights components of peace operations - not least to monitor the impact of efforts to contain the global COVID-19 pandemic.
'New dynamic' needed to overcome negative impacts of COVID-19 worldwide
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:34 am
New York: The dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have laid bare “weaknesses in our systems and societies”, a top official told the UN’s key international forum on sustainable development which began on Tuesday, warning that “a new dynamic” is needed to overcome the negative shocks.
Independent rights expert speaks of 'anguish, stress and disempowerment' of poverty
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:27 am
New York: More than 70 million people are expected to fall into extreme poverty because of COVID-19, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Tuesday, as a leading rights expert slammed “greatly exaggerated” claims of global poverty eradication between 1990 and 2015.
Fresh evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Syrian conflict, probe finds
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:13 am
New York: Hospitals, schools and homes have all been targeted during Syria’s brutal and long-running conflict, said UN-appointed investigators, who on Tuesday condemned likely fresh war crimes committed by all parties.
Afghanistan: Security forces thwart suicide attack attempt
Jul 08, 2020, at 08:44 am
Kabul: The Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) thwarted have thwarted the attempt made by terrorists to conduct suicide attack in Afghanistan capital Kabul city.
British Journalist questions Muslim nations' silence over Chinese treatment towards Uyghurs
Jul 07, 2020, at 11:16 pm
Questioning the silence of the Muslim nations over China's continuous atrocities carried out against Uyghur Muslims, a noted British journalist said these nations only use the idea of Muslim solidarity when it suits them
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
Jul 07, 2020, at 10:53 pm
Brasilia/IBNS: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Tuesday that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus with mild symptoms.
At least 21 killed and 15 injured as bus falls into lake in Guizhou province of China
Jul 07, 2020, at 10:15 pm
Beijing/UNI: At least 21 people died when a bus carrying students plunged into a lake in South Western China on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Lack of PPEs force doctors to tender resignation in Punjab amid COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 07, 2020, at 10:04 pm
Islamabad: The frontline health workers seem to be receiving blows in Pakistan where 50 doctors tendered their resignations due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPEs), an essential for them combating COVID-19.
Russian FSB Detains IS Supporter Who Planned Terrorist Attack in Astrakhan Region
Jul 07, 2020, at 09:46 pm
Rostov-on-Don, Russia/Sputnik: A sympathizer of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia), who planned a terrorist attack in the Astrakhan region, has been detained, the spokesman of the regional department of the Federal Security Service (FSB) told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Jul 07, 2020, at 09:43 pm
Pakistan-born Canadian author Tarek Fatah has said it is time for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intervene and stop the slaughter and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people of Balochistan.
China 'Aggressively' Seeks US Officials' Support for Its COVID-19 Response - FBI
Jul 07, 2020, at 09:36 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has learned that China has been aggressively attempting to influence US federal and local officials into defending Beijing’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, most recently by asking a state senator to introduce a resolution on the matter, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Police Commander killed in suicide attack
Jul 07, 2020, at 09:27 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Police Commander of Kuz Kunar district in the eastern state of Nangarhar in the terrorism-affected country of Afghanistan was killed on Tuesday, when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in the district market.
Terrorist groups must not be allowed to exploit 'fragilities' caused by global health pandemic
Jul 07, 2020, at 06:08 pm
New York: As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the world’s health systems, economies and local communities, the UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted how the pandemic has laid bare vulnerabilities to “new and emerging forms of terrorism”, such as cyberattacks, bioterrorism and the misuse of digital technology.