Zahra Baloch murder: Baloch activists demonstrate in front of Balochistan Governor’s house
Aug 06, 2022, at 03:51 pm
Quetta: Baloch activists in Pakistan on Thursday demonstrated in front of the Balochistan Governor’s house in Quetta against a murderous attack on a Baloch woman Zahra Baloch.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill tribal leader while he was offering prayer
Aug 06, 2022, at 03:16 pm
Jalalabad: Unknown gunmen shot dead a tribal leader in Afghanistan's Chaparhar district when he was offering prayer, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail warns of 'bad days' ahead
Aug 06, 2022, at 02:51 pm
Islamabad: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has warned that Pakistan, a nation battling financial crisis, might be facing 'bad days' ahead.
UNFPA global innovation awards: 10 projects that will change lives of women and girls
Aug 05, 2022, at 11:48 pm
New York: The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has announced the ten winners of its first ever Joint Innovation Challenge; a cutting edge competition to provide funding for social enterprises with innovative solutions that advance the empowerment of women and girls worldwide.
Unprecedented global challenges are ‘not insurmountable’ – UN chief
Aug 05, 2022, at 11:42 pm
New York: Nearly a year ago, the UN chief released his report, Our Common Agenda (OCA), a blueprint for global cooperation moving forward, and reinvigorated multilateralism. On Thursday, he updated the General Assembly on progress made so far, saying the need for the report’s proposals “has only increased.”
Pakistan: Quetta blast leaves one person dead
Aug 05, 2022, at 11:34 pm
Quetta: At least one person died and 14 others, including two children, were injured in a grenade blast which targeted roadside stalls which were selling national flags in Pakistan's Quetta region on Thursday.
New sculpture at UN honours rights experts killed in DR Congo
Aug 05, 2022, at 11:29 pm
New York: A powerful new sculpture unveiled at UN Headquarters on Wednesday honours the memory and mission of two human rights experts who were murdered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) five years ago.
UN renews commitment to Yazidi community eight years after ISIL onslaught
Aug 05, 2022, at 11:20 pm
New York: Every effort must be made to support the Yazidi community in Iraq, the United Nations said on Wednesday, marking eight years since the extremist group ISIL launched a brutal assault on the religious minority.
China being highly provocative: Taiwan minister
Aug 05, 2022, at 11:16 pm
Taipei: Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu while hailing the visit by US Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, as extremely significant, condemned the military exercises launched by China in response to the America's third highest leader's visit.
Human rights experts call for international investigation into 2020 Beirut explosion
Aug 05, 2022, at 11:12 pm
New York: A cohort of independent UN experts has called on the Human Rights Council to launch an international investigation into the massive explosion in Beirut two year ago, with a view to securing justice for those who died and were injured.
Press freedom increasingly under threat in Cambodia – UN human rights report
Aug 05, 2022, at 11:02 pm
New York: Amid growing restrictions on civic space and press freedoms in Cambodia, journalists are being increasingly subjected to various forms of harassment, pressure, and violence, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR).
Ukraine: Black Sea grain shipment success raises hopes more will follow
Aug 05, 2022, at 10:57 pm
New York: The first, eagerly-awaited commercial shipment of grain to leave the Ukrainian port of Odesa since Russia’s invasion more than five months ago, was cleared to proceed to Lebanon on Wednesday, after a scheduled inspection stopover in Istanbul.
Journalist Anas Mallick is safe: Pakistan
Aug 05, 2022, at 09:30 pm
Kabul/UNI: Pakistani journalist Anas Mallick, who went missing in Afghanistan, is safe, Islamabad's Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan said on Friday.
Sending missiles across Taiwan, a first for Beijing, says Japan
Aug 05, 2022, at 02:36 pm
Tokyo: Japan's Defence Ministry has claimed that China firing missiles 'over mainland Taiwan' following US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit, would mark the first time Beijing sent missiles across the island.
China fires 11 missiles near Taiwan in decades after Nancy Pelosi's visit
Aug 05, 2022, at 02:30 am
Beijing/IBNS: China fired its most extensive missile tests in Taiwan's waters in decades, a day after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-ruled island defying Beijing's warnings, media reports said.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Japan
Aug 05, 2022, at 12:57 am
Tokyo/UNI: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Japan on Thursday, reaching the final stop of her Indo-Pacific tour, local media reports said.
Sri Lanka: Travel ban on Mahinda, Basil Rajapaksa extended
Aug 04, 2022, at 04:00 pm
Colombo/UNI: Sri Lankan Supreme Court has extended the travel ban imposed on the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and ex-Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa until Aug 11.
China 'punishes' Taiwan over Nancy Pelosi visit, stops import of fruit, fish
Aug 04, 2022, at 06:19 am
Beijing/IBNS: As an attempt to punish Taiwan in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, China rolled out curbs Wednesday on the import of fruit and fish from the island nation while halting shipments of sand as well.
Pakistan: Armed people ‘ruling’ KP’s southern districts, claims PDM chief
Aug 04, 2022, at 05:49 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said local administration and police in southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had become “powerless” as armed people were “ruling” those areas.
Report shows Pakistan lacks ‘concrete plan’ to address gender-based violence
Aug 04, 2022, at 05:35 am
Islamabad: A recent report released by Human Rights Commission Pakistan has shown the nation has a poor record when it comes to women’s rights.
Taliban-brokered Pakistan-TTP talks end in deadlock: Reports
Aug 04, 2022, at 05:31 am
Kabul: The recent talks between Pakistan and the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have reached a deadlock as the militant group refused to budge from its demand for the reversal of the merger of erstwhile Fata with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, media reports said on Wednesday.
Joe Biden remains Covid positive, to continue strict isolation: White House
Aug 04, 2022, at 05:10 am
Washington/UNI: US President Joe Biden tested positive again for the novel coronavirus and continues to experience less frequent, occasional cough with all other indicators being normal, presidential physician Kevin O’Connor said on Wednesday.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi departs from Taiwan
Aug 04, 2022, at 01:08 am
Taipei/UNI: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday left Taiwan for South Korea after a brief stopover on the island.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen criticises Chinese drills
Aug 04, 2022, at 12:01 am
Taipei: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday criticized China for its planned live-fire military drills starting from Thursday in the six maritime areas near the Island, calling it "unnecessary".
Yemen truce renewed for another two months
Aug 03, 2022, at 11:44 pm
New York: The landmark truce in Yemen, which has been holding since April, has been renewed for an additional two months through 2 October, UN Special Envoy for the country, Hans Grundberg, announced on Tuesday.
Chinese live-fire drills endanger security: Taiwan
Aug 03, 2022, at 11:38 pm
Taipei: Taipei's Defence Ministry on Wednesday slammed China for its planned live-fire military drills in the six maritime areas near Taiwan from August 4 to 7, saying it is an "attempt to blockade the island" and poses a threat to regional security.
Chinese funded dam project: Demonstrators protest in PoK against biased policies
Aug 03, 2022, at 11:13 pm
Gilgit Baltistan: A protest was recently organized against the biased policies of the Chinese Dam administration and Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit Baltistan government as locals were being ignored for jobs related to Diamer-Bhasha dam construction projects.
UN delegation returns from human rights fact-finding mission in Ethiopia
Aug 03, 2022, at 11:11 pm
New York: Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia on Tuesday after working to negotiate access to areas important for investigations.
Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO
Aug 03, 2022, at 11:06 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years.
Ayman al-Zawahiri.Killing: US govt issues travel advisory for citizens to remain alert
Aug 03, 2022, at 11:03 pm
Washington: The US government has issued a travel advisory for citizens and asked them to be alert against possible anti-American violence abroad following the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.