US: Car drives through Apple store in Hingham city, 1 dies
Nov 22, 2022, at 04:02 pm
Massachusetts: A car drove through an Apple store in Hingham town in the US which left at least one person dead, officials said on Tuesday.
China: Factory fire leaves 36 people dead
Nov 22, 2022, at 03:39 pm
Beijing: At least 36 people died as a fire broke out at a factory in China's Wenfeng District on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Two police stations vacated in South Waziristan amid ongoing law and order situation
Nov 22, 2022, at 12:08 am
Peshawar: Police officials have vacated two police stations in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district amid the ongoing law and order situation and stalled peace talks between Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the government, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan army is now using Chinese drones to crush rebellion in Balochistan: Reports
Nov 22, 2022, at 12:00 am
Quetta: The Pakistani Army, in their bid to crush the rebellion, are using Chinese-origin combat CH-4B drones in Balochistan, media reports said on Monday.
Australia: Science experiment goes wrong in Sydney school, 11 hurt
Nov 21, 2022, at 10:45 pm
Sydney: At least 11 students and a teacher were hurt as a science experiment went wrong at a school in the Australian city of Sydney, media reports said on Monday.
‘Join forces’ for peaceful, prosperous continent, urges UN chief on Africa Industrialization Day
Nov 21, 2022, at 09:41 pm
New York: On Africa Industrialization Day, Sunday, the UN chief urged everyone to “join forces to build a more sustainable, peaceful, and prosperous continent for all”.
Afghanistan: Eight people die as travel bus plunges into river in Khinjan district
Nov 20, 2022, at 11:32 pm
Kabul: At least eight people died when a travel bus fell into a river in Afghanistan's Khinjan district on Saturday, media reports said on Sunday.
US: Mass shooting at gay club in Colorado Springs leaves five people dead
Nov 20, 2022, at 11:19 pm
Colorado Springs: At least five people were killed in a mass shooting incident at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs region of the US on Saturday, media reports said.
Taliban renames American University of Afghanistan
Nov 20, 2022, at 10:16 pm
Kabul: The newly appointed Taliban Minister of Higher Education, Mawlawi Neda Mohammad Nadim has renamed the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) as the Afghan International University (AIU), media reports said.
Donald Trump's Twitter handle restored after Elon Musk's poll
Nov 20, 2022, at 04:21 pm
San Francisco: Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was restored after a thin majority of Twitteraties supported his return in a poll launched by the microblogging site’s new owner Elon Musk on Saturday.
Death of four-month-old baby triggers protests in COVID-hit China
Nov 20, 2022, at 05:39 am
Beijing: The death of a four-month-old baby in China in recent times has triggered public anger on social media as frustrations are mounting over Beijing's “Zero Covid” policy.
Nov 20, 2022, at 05:33 am
Lahore: Pakistani movie Joyland has issued a notification to ban its release in Punjab province, triggering yet another controversy surrounding the film.
Pakistan:Probe into over 200 complaints about missing persons begins
Nov 20, 2022, at 05:15 am
Islamabad: The Balochistan Home Department has commenced investigating the 222 complaints received from the heirs of missing persons in the province, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan govt gives damning assessment of Taliban’s 16-month rule
Nov 20, 2022, at 05:03 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has surprisingly given a damning assessment of the Afghan Taliban regime’s 16 months in power, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan-Afghanistan: Chaman border remained closed for fifth day, people remain stranded
Nov 20, 2022, at 04:53 am
Islamabad/Kabul: A large number of people were stranded and trucks lined up on both sides as the Chaman border between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed for the fifth day, media reports said.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un reveals his daughter
Nov 20, 2022, at 01:41 am
Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has appeared with his young daughter in public for the first time, confirming long-rumoured reports of her existence.
Afghanistan: Unidentified gunmen kill computer science student in Kabul, set body on fire
Nov 20, 2022, at 01:14 am
Kabul: Unidentified men killed a computer science student and set his body on fire in the west of Kabul region of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
UNHCR calls for ban on forced returns of asylum seekers to eastern DR Congo
Nov 19, 2022, at 10:06 pm
New York: The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reiterated its call for a ban on forced returns to eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected.
Rights experts call for greater global action to end child sexual exploitation and abuse
Nov 19, 2022, at 10:00 pm
New York: Countries must step up efforts to combat the global emergency of child exploitation and abuse, six UN-appointed human rights experts said on Friday.
Amid looming global food insecurity crisis, ‘breakthrough’ on fertilisers hailed
Nov 19, 2022, at 09:16 pm
New York: A “breakthrough” has been made on the potential distribution of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Russian-made fertiliser blocked in European ports and which are vital to avoid a global food insecurity crisis next year, a senior United Nations official said on Friday.
Taliban officials publicly flog boy, girl in Bamyan for alleged pre-marital affair
Nov 19, 2022, at 03:55 pm
Kabul: The Taliban lashed in public a young girl and boy who were allegedly in love with one another were ruled guilty of having premarital affairs by a Taliban court in the central Afghan province of Bamyan, media reports said on Saturday.
Fraud: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison
Nov 19, 2022, at 02:46 pm
Washington: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced for more than 11 years in prison for defrauding investors while running the failed blood testing startup.
Twitter: Elon Musk proposes new policy amid resignation chaos
Nov 19, 2022, at 02:29 pm
San Francisco: Twitter's new owner Elon Musk on Saturday announced his plan for content moderation on the popular microblogging app which will deal with freedom of speech and not freedom of reach.
Pakistan: $30b flood assessment grossly flawed, admits official
Nov 19, 2022, at 03:17 am
Islamabad: Undermining the authenticity of the Post-Disaster Need Assessment report that put the losses at over USD 30 billion, a top official has admitted that the Pakistani government did not have district-wise data of the population affected by the recent devastating floods in the country.
Pakistan: Eight security personnel killed in two separate incidents
Nov 19, 2022, at 03:13 am
Lakki Marwat, Pakistan: At least eight security personnel, which included six policemen and two soldiers, died in two separate incidents in Lakki Marwat and Bajaur districts of Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Kenya HR Commission declares Pak journalist Arshad Sharif’s death a planned murder
Nov 19, 2022, at 03:09 am
Nairobi: The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has described the death of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif as murder.
Chinese govt systematically imposing forced interethnic marriages on Uyghur women: Reports
Nov 19, 2022, at 03:02 am
Xinjiang: New research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has found, based on evidence from Chinese state media and policy documents, government-sanctioned profiles and testimonials, and accounts from women in the diaspora, that government-incentivized and forced interethnic marriages have been occurring in the Uyghur Region since 2014.
China’s stand may deprive Sri Lanka of USD 2.9 bn from IMF in early 2023: CPA chief
Nov 19, 2022, at 02:48 am
Colombo: Executive Director of the Centre of Policy Alternatives (CPA) Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu has said China’s unwillingness to accept the proposed debt restructuring might deprive economic-crisis-hit Sri Lanka of the USD 2.9 billion credit facility, from the IMF.
‘Credibility and relevance’ of UN on the line over Security Council reform, warns Assembly President
Nov 19, 2022, at 12:38 am
New York: The entire credibility and relevance of the United Nations will be called into question unless the General Assembly finally takes a lead on reforming the Organisation’s most powerful body responsible for peace and security issues, the Security Council.
Peru’s food crisis grows amid soaring prices and poverty: FAO
Nov 19, 2022, at 12:13 am
New York: Peru has become the most food-insecure country in South America, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO.