Netherlands orders to shut down illegal Chinese police offices
Nov 05, 2022, at 09:35 pm
Amsterdam: Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra has ordered the shut down illegal police offices set up by China in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan registered trade surplus with Pakistan: US Monitoring agency
Nov 05, 2022, at 09:14 pm
Washington/Kabul: US monitoring agency SIGAr said in its report that Afghanistan registered a trade surplus of USD 79 million with Pakistan from July 2021 to June 2022.
Finnish PM Sanna Marin cleared of neglecting duties
Nov 05, 2022, at 09:12 pm
Helsinki/UNI: Finnish PM Sanna Marin has been cleared of misconduct after a video in August showed her partying.
Pakistan: One shooter left as he felt I was dead, says former PM Imran Khan
Nov 05, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Lahore/UNI: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he would not have survived if the two shooters he saw had "synchronised" their attack on him.
Unfortunately there is no choice, tweets Elon Musk as he defends layoff
Nov 05, 2022, at 03:17 pm
Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk on Saturday defended the move of removing about half of Twitter's workforce by saying that he had 'no choice' as the company was losing more than $4m a day.
Nov 05, 2022, at 04:41 am
Lahore/IBNS: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said he was hit by four bullets in an assassination attempt by those "using the script of religious extremism" in the country's Punjab's Wazirabad town.
'Go back to Africa' remark halts French parliament
Nov 05, 2022, at 02:33 am
Paris/UNI: The French parliament was brought to a standstill after a far-right MP shouted "They should go back to Africa" as his black colleague talked about immigration.
US state secy Antony Blinken discusses Russia-Ukraine conflict, with global counterparts
Nov 05, 2022, at 01:29 am
Washington/UNI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his French, German and UK counterparts in Germany on Friday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.
Resurgence of ethnic clashes in Sudan’s Blue Nile region triggers death and destruction
Nov 05, 2022, at 12:59 am
New York: The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide expressed grave concern on Thursday over a reported resurgence of ethnic clashes in the Blue Nile region of Sudan.
Haiti ‘on the verge of an abyss’, warns UN rights chief
Nov 04, 2022, at 11:58 pm
New York: Amid continuing gang warfare and a vacuum of law and order, Haiti is “on the verge of an abyss” said the UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday, warning that any hope of a sustainable recovery requires “urgent and sustained action” to tackle the root causes of the overlapping crises afflicting the island nation.
PTI workers clash with police as they protest across Pakistan against attack on Imran Khan
Nov 04, 2022, at 11:41 pm
PTI workers clashed with the police as they protested on Friday against the attack on their chief Imran Khan.
UN chief urges Security Council, speak ‘with one voice’ to secure peace
Nov 04, 2022, at 11:12 pm
New York: UN peace operations, which include peacekeeping and special political missions, “provide the space for political solutions” in some of the world’s most complex hotspots, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
South Sudan: Conflict and climate crisis drives rising hunger
Nov 04, 2022, at 10:45 pm
New York: The number of people in South Sudan who are going hungry is at the highest level ever, UN agencies said in their latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, issued on Thursday.
Ukraine grain deal, Ethiopia agreement, show ‘power of multilateralism in action’: Guterres
Nov 04, 2022, at 10:26 pm
Russia’s decision to rejoin the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Ethiopian agreement to end the war in Tigray demonstrate the power of multilateralism in action, said the UN chief on Thursday, in a call for countries to also rebuild trust between the North and South at the UN’s COP27 climate conference in Egypt.
More funding needed for climate adaptation, as risks mount
Nov 04, 2022, at 10:15 pm
New York: Countries must urgently ramp up action to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change, as efforts now are too little and too slow, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in its latest report, published on Thursday.
Jemima Goldsmith describes young man who foiled attack on Imran Khan as 'hero'
Nov 04, 2022, at 10:05 pm
Islamabad: PTI Chairman Imran Khan's ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith on Thursday thanked the young man, who was identified as Ibtisam, for foiling the attack on the former PM of Pakistan.
Ethiopia: Peace agreement between Government and Tigray ‘a critical first step’: Guterres
Nov 04, 2022, at 09:50 pm
New York: A peace deal between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed on Wednesday in South Africa, represents “a critical first step” towards ending the brutal two year war, said the UN chief.
Humanitarians aid thousands in need across DR Congo; UN peacekeepers attacked by hostile crowd
Nov 04, 2022, at 09:45 pm
New York: Despite severe constraints on access, UN and other humanitarian workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have begun helping thousands displaced by renewed fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group around the eastern region of North Kivu, close to the border with Rwanda and Uganda.
UN refugee chief calls for greater focus on climate and conflict factors
Nov 04, 2022, at 09:37 pm
New York: Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it causes, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.
Intimidated, jailed, abused: Threats against journalists harm us all, warns UN chief
Nov 04, 2022, at 09:31 pm
New York: Governments and the international community must take action to protect the people who bring us the news, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, observed on Wednesday.
UN chief warmly welcomes Russia decision to end suspension from Ukraine grain deal
Nov 04, 2022, at 08:51 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday issued a statement warmly welcoming Russia’s decision to resume its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed nearly ten million metric tonnes of vital foodstuffs to be shipped from Ukraine.
Human rights belong at the heart of climate change debate, urges Türk
Nov 04, 2022, at 08:18 pm
New York: Humanity’s basic right to life is being threatened by insufficient action in the face of the climate emergency, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Suspected terrorist planning to target Chinese doctor arrested
Nov 04, 2022, at 02:55 pm
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh police on Thursday claimed its personnel have arrested a suspected terrorist who allegedly intended to kill a Chinese doctor in Hyderabad, mdeia reports said on Friday.
Elon Musk takeover: Twitter to announce job cuts
Nov 04, 2022, at 02:33 pm
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday will inform staff whether they will be laid off following the firm's takeover by new chief Elon Musk, media reports said.
US, London Mayor condemn attack on Pakistan politician Imran Khan
Nov 04, 2022, at 02:19 pm
The United States on Friday condemned the attack on former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said there is no room for violence in politics.
Imran Khan shot at rally in Pakistan, 1 killed,13 injured, shooter confesses assassination attempt
Nov 04, 2022, at 02:56 am
Lahore/IBNS: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was rushed to a Lahore hospital and later declared out of danger after he was injured in firing at his rally in Wazirabad in Pakistan's Punjab on Thursday afternoon.
Kim Jong-un wants US' attention: Report
Nov 04, 2022, at 01:27 am
London/UNI: North Korea is deliberately ramping up tensions with its neighbours. analysts think it is building to something bigger, such as a nuclear test, or a full long-range ballistic missile test out into the Pacific, or both, the BBC said.
Storm Nalgae kills 150 in Philippines
Nov 04, 2022, at 01:23 am
Manila/UNI: At least 150 people have died in the severe tropical storm Nalgae that battered the Philippines over the weekend and triggered flash floods and landslides in many parts of the Southeast Asian country, the government said on Thursday.
Japan considering deployment of hypersonic missiles by 2030
Nov 04, 2022, at 12:28 am
Tokyo/UNI: Japan's Defense Ministry has started to consider deploying hypersonic missiles by 2030 amid current regional and global security threats, Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported on Thursday.
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan suffers bullet injury in political rally
Nov 03, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Thursday shot in his foot by unknown assailants at a political rally in the eastern Punjab province of the country, media reports said.