More than 500 people graduate from Afghanistan's Jihadist school
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:01 am
Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, a group that seized power in the South Asian country in 2021, has said more than 500 people have graduated from Jihadist schools in Helmand, Laghman, and Sar-e-Pol provinces.
School girls poisoned in Iran: Over 100 suspects arrested
Mar 13, 2023, at 12:15 am
Iranian authorities have arrested more than 100 people in connection with the recent suspected poisoning of girl students across the country, local media reports said.
Türkey-Syria quakes: Migration chief hails ‘proud and brave’ citizens of Antakya
Mar 12, 2023, at 11:37 pm
The head of the UN migration agency IOM, stood in the middle of the ancient Turkish city of Antakya on Saturday, and called on the international community to “strengthen its efforts” to ensure aid reaches the millions impacted by last month’s deadly earthquakes.
French Senate ratifies pension reform bill despite countrywide protest
Mar 12, 2023, at 09:11 pm
Paris: The French Senate on Saturday approved the country's pension reform plan, despite the hundreds of thousands of people who have taken to the streets to protest a significant policy change that could define President Emmanuel Macron's second five-year term.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 returns to Earth
Mar 12, 2023, at 08:36 pm
Los Angeles: NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft came down safely off the coast of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida on Saturday, NASA said.
One person killed, 8 injured in blast at cultural center in northern Afghanistan - Reports
Mar 12, 2023, at 01:30 am
Kabul: One person was killed, and eight others were critically injured on Saturday in a blast at a cultural center in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the Balkh province, Afghan broadcaster Ariana News reported.
UK, France seek to develop new cruise missile by 2030: Joint Declaration
Mar 12, 2023, at 01:24 am
London: London and Paris have flagged their intention to build a new jointly-developed cruise anti-ship missile by 2030, according to a statement released following a France-UK summit on Friday.
Turkey neutralizes interpol red notice terrorist of PKK, says Interior Minister
Mar 11, 2023, at 11:34 pm
Ankara: Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday that a top terrorist of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a subject of an Interpol red notice for internationally wanted persons, Hamiyet Yalcinkaya, was neutralized.
Over 4,000 illegal migrants arrived in Italy by sea in last 4 days: Reports
Mar 11, 2023, at 11:27 pm
Rome: More than 4,000 undocumented migrants have arrived in Italy via the Mediterranean Sea in the past four days, Italian broadcaster RaiNews24 reported on Saturday.
Syria: Guterres demands ‘renewed energy’ for peace as war enters 12th year
Mar 11, 2023, at 11:09 pm
New York: Support provided to Syria following the recent deadly earthquakes must be directed towards finding a political solution to the civil war, now entering its 12th year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday.
Pakistan: Three die in Swabi car attack
Mar 11, 2023, at 11:03 pm
Swabi: At least three people were killed when gunmen attacked their car in Razaar area of Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.
Ukraine: UN aid trucks reach frontline town of Chasiv Yar
Mar 11, 2023, at 10:53 pm
New York: A three-truck convoy of aid from UN agencies reached the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar on Friday, close to the most intense battle of the war on the eastern front, for the shattered city of Bakhmut.
Pakistan: Police, student, among four dead in Bannu firing
Mar 11, 2023, at 10:46 pm
Four people, including a policeman, died and six others were hurt when unknown assailants opened fire on them near a private school on DI Khan Road in Pakistan on Thursday.
UN observes first International Day against Islamophobia
Mar 11, 2023, at 10:42 pm
New York: The United Nations on Friday commemorated the first-ever International Day to Combat Islamophobia with a special event in the General Assembly Hall, where speakers upheld the need for concrete action in the face of rising hatred, discrimination and violence against Muslims.
Islamabad Police says journalist Abid Mir returned home, brother refuses claim
Mar 11, 2023, at 09:10 pm
Balochistan-based journalist and human rights activist Abid Mir has gone missing from Pakistan capital Islamabad.
300,000 flee ongoing violence in DR Congo in February alone: UNHCR
Mar 11, 2023, at 09:06 pm
New York: Humanitarians issued an alert on Friday for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where heavy fighting continues to uproot hundreds of thousands of people in east of the country.
Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners
Mar 11, 2023, at 09:02 pm
New York: UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Friday said they were “deeply disturbed” by reports of the systematic recruitment of prisoners across Russia by the private military contractor known as the Wagner Group, which is playing a major role in the fighting in Ukraine.
Afghanistan: Several journalists feared hurt as blast rocks Mazar-e-Sharif
Mar 11, 2023, at 08:56 pm
Kabul/Mazar-e-Sharif: Several people are feared to be hurt as a blast rocked PD2 in Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif province on Saturday, media reports said.
Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’
Mar 11, 2023, at 08:50 pm
New York: Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, have left nearly 130,000 people “looking death in the eyes” and nearly 50 million facing crisis levels of food insecurity, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
The oldest learner of Isle of Wight: 101-year-old Madge Brown receives honorary teaching degree
Mar 11, 2023, at 03:23 pm
London: 101-year-old Madge Brown and 94-year-old Sheila Gordon, who are both residents of the Isle of Wight, received their honorary degrees, decades after they qualified as teachers.
Germany: Berlin to soon allow women to swim topless in public pools
Mar 11, 2023, at 02:58 pm
Berlin: The German city of Berlin will soon allow women to swim topless in public pools, media reports said.
Pakistan: 5 terrorists killed during operations conducted in North and South Waziristan
Mar 11, 2023, at 02:38 pm
South Waziristan: At least five terrorists were killed by security forces during intelligence-based operations carried out in Pakistan's North and South Waziristan, media reports said on Saturday.
Taiwan tracks 7 Chinese military aircraft around nation: Reports
Mar 11, 2023, at 04:27 am
Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has said it tracked seven Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 am on Tuesday (March 7) and 6 am on Wednesday (March 8), media reports said.
Pakistan: UN officials call for investigation into Senator Kakar’s death
Mar 11, 2023, at 04:25 am
Islamabad: Four UN special rapporteurs on human rights have urged the Pakistani government to initiate the investigation into “the death in unclear circumstances of former senator Usman Kakar”.
World Uyghur Congress nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Mar 10, 2023, at 11:39 pm
Washington: The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
Pakistan: TTP terrorists attack Dahli check post, Levies Force sepoy die
Mar 10, 2023, at 11:15 pm
Washuk: Banned terrorists of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked Dahli check post in the country on Tuesday which left at least a Levies Force sepoy dead, media reports said.
Vessel to remove oil from stricken Yemen tanker could arrive by May
Mar 10, 2023, at 10:41 pm
New York: UN-led efforts to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea took a major step forward on Thursday with the announcement of a deal to purchase a vessel that will remove more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker that has threatened the region for years.
Ukraine: IAEA chief slams ‘complacency’ over stricken Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant
Mar 10, 2023, at 10:33 pm
New York: Amid the biggest reported missile attack on Ukraine in weeks, the UN’s atomic energy agency, IAEA, said on Thursday that Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant had to switch to backup generators once again, after losing all power.
Afghanistan: Women protest in Kabul to demand for education, work
Mar 10, 2023, at 09:26 pm
Kabul: Women in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Tuesday protested to demand access to education for women, which has been curtailed ever since Taliban forces snatched power in the country in 2021.
Ex-ISI chief being investigated for corruption: Minister
Mar 10, 2023, at 09:19 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that former chief of the Inter Services Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt-Gen Faiz Hamid(Retd) is being investigated for alleged corruption.