EU moves to cut peak electricity use by 5pc
Sep 14, 2022, at 11:13 pm
Strasbourg: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has called for cuts to electricity use across the bloc and windfall taxes on energy firms to tackle high prices.
Pakistan: Contractor killed in bomb blast in South Waziristan
Sep 14, 2022, at 11:09 pm
Wana: A contractor was killed in a bomb blast at the Azam Warsak area in Birmil tehsil in Pakistan's South Waziristan region, media reports said on Wednesday.
UN officials see progress as global food prices drop amid ongoing Black Sea grain deal shipments
Sep 14, 2022, at 11:06 pm
New York: Two vital objectives of the Black Sea grain deal brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye are already being achieved, a senior UN official said on Tuesday, pointing to the steady decrease in international food prices and the increasing availability of badly needed grain from Ukraine as signs of early success.
Catastrophic hunger levels leave 500,000 children at risk of dying in Somalia
Sep 14, 2022, at 10:59 pm
New York: Catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying, 173,000 more than during the 2011 famine, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.
Islamabad police fails to control crime amid staff, equipment shortage
Sep 14, 2022, at 10:56 pm
Islamabad Police is fighting hard to control the crime rate amid shortage of staff and equipment to operate 25 police stations spread across the federal territory of Pakistan.
New UN General Assembly highlights ‘solidarity, sustainability and science’
Sep 14, 2022, at 10:37 pm
The 77th session of the UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday with its new president urging world leaders to respond to humanity’s most pressing challenges, including the war in Ukraine, by working together and building bridges across what are “deep divides”.
Humanitarian needs ‘growing exponentially’ across Sudan, mission chief warns Security Council
Sep 14, 2022, at 10:34 pm
New York: Civilians are in increasing danger, while humanitarian needs across Sudan “are growing exponentially”, the head of the UN mission in Sudan told ambassadors in the Security Council on Tuesday.
Pakistan: 6 die as blasts rock Swat, Kohat
Sep 14, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Swat: Two districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan were rocked by blasts within a span of a few hours on Tuesday evening, targeting a police station in Kohat and a former peace committee head and police officials in Swat, media reports said on Wednesday.
Package explodes inside Northeastern University campus in Boston, 1 hurt
Sep 14, 2022, at 03:04 pm
At least one person was hurt as a package detonated inside a Northeastern University building in the US city of Boston, media reports said on Wednesday.
Xi, Putin to discuss Ukraine at meeting: Kremlin
Sep 14, 2022, at 02:32 pm
Moscow: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin will discuss the war in Ukraine and other "international and regional topics" at their meeting during the SCO summit later this week, the Kremlin says.
Jordan: 5 killed in building collapse
Sep 14, 2022, at 02:25 pm
Amman: Five people killed after a four-story residential building collapsed in Jordan's capital Amman on Tuesday, the Public Security Department (PSD) said in a statement.
Pakistan flood: Journalist arrested for allegedly highlighting plight of Hindus
Sep 14, 2022, at 03:38 am
Islamabad: A Pakistani journalist has been arrested for allegedly reporting on the plight of Hindus amid the current flood situation which has hit several parts of the nation.
Enforced disappearance: Baloch women dragged to streets by police
Sep 14, 2022, at 03:13 am
Karachi, Pakistan: A group of Baloch women, who were demanding the release of missing persons, were dragged to the streets by police in Karachi, media reports said.
Top Chinese official Li Zhanshu visits Nepal, holds political meetings
Sep 14, 2022, at 02:33 am
Kathmandu: The third highest ranking leader of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Li Zhansu is currently visiting Nepal and he met crucial leaders including Speaker of the Himalayan nation Agni Prasad Sapkota.
Malnutrition to spike in Sri Lanka: Reports
Sep 13, 2022, at 11:12 pm
Colombo: Malnutrition will rise in the face of increased poverty and high food prices, the Sri Lanka Medical Nutrition Association, the Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka, the Dieticians Association and the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) People’s Forum say.
73k evacuated from war-torn Ukraine in August
Sep 13, 2022, at 11:04 pm
Kyiv/UNI: More than 73,000 people have been evacuated from conflict-affected eastern and southern regions of Ukraine in the past month, Ukraine's Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories said.
Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine forces have retaken 6,000 sq km from Russia in September
Sep 13, 2022, at 02:41 pm
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country's forces have retaken more than 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq miles) from Russian control in September.
Grenade blast in Philippines injures seven people
Sep 13, 2022, at 01:52 am
Manila/UNI: Seven people were injured last night in the Philippine city of Cotabato as a result of a grenade explosion in a restaurant, local media reported on Monday.
Sri Lanka, Pakistan in neck deep in debt to China
Sep 13, 2022, at 12:26 am
Colombo: Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the Maldives are neck deep in debt to China.
Sep 12, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Colombo: An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today in a new report.
Afghanistan: Taliban minister says people do not want their girls students to attend school
Sep 12, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Kabul: Taliban Education Minister Noorullah Munir has said people do not want their girls to attend school in the current situation.
50 million people worldwide in modern slavery: ILO
Sep 12, 2022, at 11:01 pm
Geneva: Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery . Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage.
Turkey: Gunfight in Istanbul leaves six people injured
Sep 12, 2022, at 10:49 pm
Istanbul: A gunfight broke out at a shopping mall in Turkey;s capital Istanbul city and left six people hurt.
China: Several residents complain about lack of food and essential services amid COVID-19 lockdown
Sep 12, 2022, at 09:00 pm
Beijing: People in several regions of China, who have been compelled to live in lockdown due to COVID-19, are complaining about shortages of food and other essential items.
"Solutions lie in solidarity," says UN chief Antonio Gueteress
Sep 12, 2022, at 08:48 pm
United Nations/UNI: At a time of unprecedented challenges and upheaval, "solutions lie in solidarity," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday in a message commemorating the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation.
USAID announces additional USD 20 million in humanitarian aid in Sri Lanka
Sep 12, 2022, at 06:23 pm
Washignton: United States Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power on Sunday announced an additional $20 million in humanitarian assistance to support Sri Lankans during the complex emergency that has resulted in a severe economic crisis leaving 5.7 million people in urgent need of food, agriculture, livelihood support, protection.
Blackout in Ukraine blamed on Russia
Sep 12, 2022, at 06:03 pm
Kyiv: Russia aims to "deprive people of light and heat" by causing power cuts across eastern Ukraine in revenge for a counter-offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
UN chief sees ‘great heights’ of human endurance and heroism amid ‘climate carnage’ in Pakistan
Sep 12, 2022, at 06:00 pm
New York: Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday reiterated that the needs in flood-ravaged Pakistan are enormous and called for urgent financial support, as he wrapped up a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the climate-driven disaster with flights over some of the hardest hit areas.
Pakistan: Hindu temple gives shelter to flood-hit people
Sep 12, 2022, at 03:57 pm
Quetta: Tucked in the Kachhi district of Balochistan in the tiny village of Jalal Khan, the local Hindu community opened the doors of the Baba Madhodas Mandir to the flood-hit people and their livestock.
Pakistan: Terrorists linked to banned AQIS, TTP arrested
Sep 12, 2022, at 03:25 pm
Pakistani security officials in Karachi have arrested two militants belonging to the outlawed Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).