A new, financially independent life for former child brides in Mozambique
Oct 17, 2022, at 11:00 pm
New York: In Mozambique, more than 20 per cent of girls aged between 13 and 17 have been married or live with someone as if they were married. Women’s support groups are putting thousands of them on the road to financial independence, making them less vulnerable to gender-based violence.
Ethiopia: UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by escalation in fighting across Tigray
Oct 17, 2022, at 10:54 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General issued a statement on Saturday expressing grave concern over the escalation of fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where Government troops and separatist forces have been locked in conflict since November 2020.
Pakistan might soon be on the brink of a 'debt default': Economist Steve Hanke
Oct 17, 2022, at 09:31 pm
Islamabad: Economist Steve Hanke has warned Pakistan might soon be on the brink of a "debt default".
Body abandonment on Pakistan Hospital roof: Punjab govt orders inquiry
Oct 17, 2022, at 09:25 pm
Lahore: Punjab government has ordered an inquiry into the alleged abandonment of putrefied bodies on the roof of the Nishtar Hospital’s mortuary in Pakistan's Multan city.
Pakistan Army enforces China’s strict zero-COVID restrictions at BRI power plant
Oct 17, 2022, at 06:23 pm
Karachi, Pakistan: Chinese state-owned enterprises operating flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure projects are enforcing Beijing's harsh COVID-19 restrictions across Asian and African countries where they are putting employees in lockdown and even separating them from their family members, media reports said.
Ukraine: Multiple explosions heard in Kyiv
Oct 17, 2022, at 03:50 pm
Kyiv: As per reports in international media, at least three explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday morning, after air raid sirens were sounded.
Pakistan: Imran Khan's PTI clinches 6 NA seats in by-polls
Oct 17, 2022, at 02:51 pm
Islamabad: Giving a jolt to the ruling coalition, former PM Imran Khan's PTI won six of eight National Assembly seats in the by-polls held on Sunday.
Pakistan: CTD, intelligence agencies gun down five suspected terrorists
Oct 17, 2022, at 02:10 pm
Mastung: During a joint operation conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and intelligence agencies in Balochistan's Mastung district at least five suspected terrorists were killed on Sunday, media reports said.
Four die as fire breaks out at Iran's Evin prison
Oct 17, 2022, at 02:48 am
Tehran: At least four people were killed and 61 others were hurt as fire broke out at Evin prison in northern Tehran of Iran on Sunday, local media reports said.
Afghanistan: Road mishap leaves two religious scholars dead
Oct 17, 2022, at 01:54 am
Kabul: A road mishap in Afghanistan's Jawzjan-Balkh highway left three people, including two religious scholars, dead, media reports said on Sunday.
Oct 16, 2022, at 11:00 pm
Mexico City: An unidentified gunman killed at least 12 people and injured three others after he opened fire in a bar in Mexico on Saturday, media reports said.
Iran: Fire breaks out at Evin prison, four die
Oct 16, 2022, at 10:38 pm
Tehran: A major fire broke out at Iran's Evin prison which left at least four people dead and 61 others injured, media reports said.
Xi Jinping says China will create policies to increase birth rate in face of ageing population
Oct 16, 2022, at 06:54 pm
Worried about its ageing population and its negative impact on the country's economic development, China will come up with policies to boost the birth rate, media reports said.
China Communist Party Congress: Xi defends 'Zero-Covid' policy; condemns 'interference' in Taiwan
Oct 16, 2022, at 03:52 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping heaped praises on the Communist Party's rule as he opened the five-yearly Congress attended by selected delegates who are likely to affirm his third term as the party's chief, media reports said.
Eight injured in Iran's Evin prison fire
Oct 16, 2022, at 02:43 pm
Tehran/UNI: At least eight people were injured in a fire at Tehran's Evin prison, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Turkey: 40 people die as explosion rock coal mine
Oct 15, 2022, at 11:25 pm
Ankara: As many as 40 people have died due to an explosion which rocked a coal mine in Turkey on Friday, media reports said.
China not excluding use of force to resolve Taiwan issue
Oct 15, 2022, at 10:52 pm
Beijing: China does not exclude the use of force to resolve the Taiwan issue, but only against the supporters of the island’s independence and interfering forces from third countries, Sun Yeli, a spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, said on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Six people suffer burn injuries while attempting to repair leakage gas line in Dhaka
Oct 15, 2022, at 10:28 pm
Dhaka: At least six people suffered burn injuries while they attempted to repair a leaking gas line in the Jurain area of Bangladesh capital Dhaka city, media reports said on Saturday.
Oct 15, 2022, at 10:12 pm
The Pakistan government will summon US Ambassador Donald Blome for an official demarche on US President Joe Biden’s remarks on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Woman commits suicide before Taliban stones her to death for running away from home
Oct 15, 2022, at 08:38 pm
Ghor: A woman in Afghanistan's Ghor province committed suicide before being stoned to death by the Taliban forces for running away from home, an episode showing the persecution faced by women in the South Asian country.
Türkiye: Concern mounts over human rights implications of ‘disinformation bill’
Oct 15, 2022, at 06:03 pm
New York: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed growing concern on Friday over the adoption by Turkiye’s Parliament of a package of amendments to various laws “that risk curtailing freedom of expression” in the country.
Pakistan one of the most dangerous nations: US President Joe Biden
Oct 15, 2022, at 05:54 pm
Washington/UNI/IBNS: US President Joe Biden has called Pakistan one of the most dangerous nations in the world.
Global food crisis: Let’s move from ‘despair to hope and action’, urges Guterres
Oct 15, 2022, at 05:47 pm
New York: In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stressed on Friday, ahead of World Food Day, the need to “harness the power of solidarity and collective action” to build a sustainable world with enough to eat for everyone.
‘Catastrophic’ hunger recorded in Haiti for first time, UN warns
Oct 15, 2022, at 05:38 pm
New York: An unrelenting series of crises has trapped vulnerable Haitians in a cycle of growing desperation, without access to food, fuel, markets, jobs and public services, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday.
Pakistan: Ex-Balochistan High Court chief justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai shot dead outside mosque
Oct 15, 2022, at 03:12 pm
Kharan: Unidentified gunmen on Friday shot dead ex-Balochistan High Court chief justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai outside a mosque in Pakistan's Kharan area, media reports said.
Turkey: Explosion rocks coal mine in Bartin, 22 die
Oct 15, 2022, at 02:40 pm
At least 22 people died as an explosion rocked a coal mine in Turkey's Bartın on Friday evening, media reports said.
UK: Truss in muddy water still Sunak may not get a chance
Oct 15, 2022, at 02:24 pm
London: Liz Truss is facing a backlash from Conservative MPs after firing her chancellor and announcing a second U-turn on a major economic policy.
Climate activists throw tomato soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflower' painting in London
Oct 15, 2022, at 02:57 am
Two anti-fossil fuel activists threw tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh’s masterpiece 'Sunflowers' at the National Gallery in London on Friday.
Oct 15, 2022, at 12:30 am
Swat: Former chairman Senate Senator Mian Raza Rabbani has condemned the recent attack on a school van in Swat and asked if the state was waiting for a repeat of APS tragedy.
Pakistan: Peshawar airport watch tower attacked
Oct 15, 2022, at 12:23 am
Peshawar: Unidentified people attacked a watch tower constructed for the security of the funnel area of the Bacha Khan International Airport on Tuesday, media reports said on Friday.