Pakistan floods: Exporters pine for Indian cotton to meet demands
Sep 09, 2022, at 11:47 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association has approached the federal government to allow the import of cotton from India via Wagah to meet the rising export orders as the country's cotton belt remains badly hit due to monsoon rains and floods.
Sep 09, 2022, at 11:20 pm
New York: A large-scale influx of weapons to conflict-affected zones raises many concerns, including the potential for diversion, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, warned the Security Council on Thursday.
UN meeting upholds need to remember and support victims of terrorism
Sep 09, 2022, at 10:42 pm
New York: Advancing the rights and needs of people whose lives have been upended by terrorism is the goal of a two-day meeting that opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday.
Sep 09, 2022, at 10:21 pm
New York: A new report has revealed how projects supported by a UN trust fund for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel are helping victims to regain their dignity, learn new skills, and improve their livelihoods while avoiding stigmatization.
Operation London Bridge comes into force after Queen's death: What do you need to know about it
Sep 09, 2022, at 09:46 pm
London: Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday leading to the start of the 'Operation London Bridge', also known as by its code phrase 'London Bridge is Down', the plan outlining Britain’s next steps in the coming days.
Human development falling behind in ninety per cent of countries: UN report
Sep 09, 2022, at 09:02 pm
New York: The latest flagship UN report on human development, released on Thursday, warns that multiple crises are halting progress on human development, which is going backwards in the overwhelming majority of countries. Here are five things to look out for in the report.
Without investment, gender equality will take nearly 300 years: UN report
Sep 09, 2022, at 08:12 pm
New York: Achieving full gender equality, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could take close to 300 years if the current rate of progress continues, according to a report published on Wednesday by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
Rights experts urge China to address grave violations in Xinjiang province
Sep 09, 2022, at 08:06 pm
New York: China must address grave human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), and the international community must not turn a blind eye, more than 40 UN independent experts said on Wednesday.
Security Council hears top concerns of displacement, global security and civilians in Ukraine
Sep 09, 2022, at 07:50 pm
New York: As the war in Ukraine “continues to rage,” the UN political and peacebuilding chief updated the Security Council, saying on Wednesday that 5,718 people have been killed, including 372 children.
She defined an era: US President Joe Biden condoles demise of Queen Elizabeth II
Sep 09, 2022, at 03:17 pm
London: US President Joe Biden on Thursday condoled the death of Queen Elizabeth II and said she had 'defined an era'.
King Charles III: Britain gets new monarch
Sep 09, 2022, at 02:26 pm
London: Former Prince of Wales Charles became the new king of Britain as soon as Queen Elizabeth II died.
'London bridge is down': Code word for Queen Elizabeth's death
Sep 09, 2022, at 07:02 am
London/IBNS: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, breathed her last on Thursday and as per leaked information the code word to declare her death was "London bridge is down".
Britain's longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
Sep 09, 2022, at 04:46 am
London: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, breathed her last on Thursday, the Royal Family confirmed in a tweet. She was 96.
UK: Queen Elizabeth under medical supervision, close family members gathering at her estate
Sep 09, 2022, at 02:54 am
London: British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, 96, has been placed under medical supervision after doctors evaluated her Thursday morning.
Education abroad: U.S. Mission in India issues highest-ever student visas in 2022
Sep 08, 2022, at 10:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The U.S. Mission in India has issued a record-breaking 82,000 student visas in 2022 till date.
Tension with Tokyo: China joins Russian-led drills in Sea of Japan
Sep 08, 2022, at 06:05 am
Tokyo: China has sent a flotilla led by its largest destroyer to participate in the joint naval drills with the Russian navy in the Sea of Japan, sending a message to Japan amid strained Sino-Japanese ties.
Pakistan: Karachi Police announces special force to tackle rise in crime
Sep 08, 2022, at 12:08 am
Karachi: Karachi's additional inspector general of police has announced the launch of a ‘Shaheen Force’ to tackle the spike in crime incidents in the city.
Sep 07, 2022, at 11:44 pm
Quetta, Pakistan: A Hindu minor girl has claimed she was lured by the promise that she would be given free ration and then gang-raped for two days in the flood-hit Sindh region of Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
Sep 07, 2022, at 11:42 pm
Kabul: A 40-year-old religious scholar, who is suspected to be a Taliban member, has abducted a minor girl with the intention of marrying her in Bamyan province in central Afghanistan.
Pakistan: Constable die in grenade attack
Sep 07, 2022, at 11:20 pm
A grenade attack in Pakistan's Khanmai police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region left one police constable dead, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Mansehra traders observe strike after local boy electrocuted
Sep 07, 2022, at 11:18 pm
Mansehra, Pakistan: Traders closed shops and stormed a police post in the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital in the Mansehra region of Pakistan on Monday after a boy was electrocuted in a bid to escape during a crackdown on polythene bags.
Pakistan: Pemra stops broadcast of Labaik TV channels
Sep 07, 2022, at 11:15 pm
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday stopped broadcast of TV channels of M/s Labaik Pvt Ltd with immediate effect following a court order and letters written by the Ministry of Interior, media reports said on Wednesday.
Ukraine: Guterres calls for ‘safety’ and ‘security’ of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:58 pm
New York: Briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres again underlined the need to de-escalate the situation around the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
Social contract needed to lift Asia and Pacific region’s workforce out of poverty
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:55 pm
New York: Denied decent work opportunities and highly vulnerable to systemic shocks such as pandemics or economic downturns, workers in Asia and the Pacific are under pressure, according to a report launched on Tuesday by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Sri Lanka: New Government urged to make progress on accountability, institutional reforms
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:50 pm
New York: Sri Lanka is at a critical juncture and the new Government must make progress on accountability as well as institutional and security sector reforms, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Tuesday.
Papua New Guinea: Conflict and election-related violence trigger wave of displacement
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:46 pm
New York: Following conflict and election-related violence in Papua New Guinea, more than 15,000 people have been internally displaced in Hela, Southern Highlands and Enga provinces, the International Organization for Migration´s (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Somalia: UN’s top humanitarian forum warns of ‘tipping point’ as famine risk rises
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:26 pm
New York: Somalia is at a “tipping point”, with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of famine, the heads of the UN’s highest-level humanitarian coordination forum have warned.
Sri Lanka donates tea to flood victims of Pakistan
Sep 07, 2022, at 07:22 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka, a nation combating economic crisis, showed a humanitarian side when the nation donated a consignment of Ceylon tea to the flood victims in Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
Liz Truss rewards allies with cabinet roles
Sep 07, 2022, at 02:24 pm
London: Liz Truss has rewarded her key allies with top jobs in a major reshuffle hours after taking charge as the new UK prime minister.
New evidence of mass DNA collection in Tibet emerges: HRW
Sep 07, 2022, at 05:12 am
Beijing/Lhasa: Chinese authorities are significantly increasing policing, including an arbitrary collection of DNA from residents in many towns and villages throughout the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Human Rights Watch said today.