Pakistan: MQM-P decries Tando Allahyar killing
Jan 25, 2022, at 12:46 am
Sukkur, Pakistan: Leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) have condemned the killing of party's senior party leader Khalilur Rehman Khanzada outside a Pakistani court premise in Tando Allahyar city.
Britain withdrawing some embassy staff from Ukraine
Jan 25, 2022, at 12:30 am
London/UNI/Xinhua: Britain has begun to withdraw staff from its embassy in Kiev, the country's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said on Monday.
Pak Minister backs ‘Islamic presidential’ system
Jan 25, 2022, at 12:20 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Khan, has backed the “Islamic” Presidential System and said the nation never experienced a true presidential system in true spirit.
Cleric's killing in Pakistan: Demonstration takes place in Swat
Jan 25, 2022, at 12:17 am
Swat, Pakistan: A religious party's workers and supporters recently took to the streets of Swat city of Pakistan over the delay in the arrest of the killers of a cleric, Sheikh Abdul Hamid.
Talks with TTP collapsed due to its harsh demands: Pakistan Interior Minister
Jan 25, 2022, at 12:00 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had broken down due to the outfit's unreasonable and harsh demands.
US delays approval of Pakistan's ambassador designate Masood Khan
Jan 24, 2022, at 11:54 pm
Islamabad: The United States has delayed the approval of Pakistan’s ambassador-designate Masood Khan’s posting in Washington, media reports said.
European agency refuses to lift ban on Pakistani flights
Jan 24, 2022, at 11:48 pm
Islamabad: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Saturday gave a jolt to the Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) hope of resuming flight service to key destinations in Europe as it conveyed that it would conduct its own evaluation before allowing resumption of flights from Pakistan.
Dozens of Chinese warplanes fly close to Taiwan, largest incursion this year
Jan 24, 2022, at 05:56 pm
Taipei, Taiwan: The Chinese government sent 39 warplanes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Sunday, a move that may further escalate tension in the region.
Unemployment: China witnessing rise in layoff in IT sector
Jan 24, 2022, at 05:45 pm
Beijing: China is witnessing a spike in unemployment as several tech companies in the country have started laying off employees.
UAE intercepts two missiles launched by Houthis
Jan 24, 2022, at 05:34 pm
Abu Dhabi/UNI/Sputnik: The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) air defense systems have intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports citing the UAE Defense Ministry.
Pakistan Supreme Court gets its first female judge
Jan 24, 2022, at 05:15 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday sworn in Justice Ayesha Malik as its first female judge.
Ukraine-Russia tension: US directs families of embassy staff to leave
Jan 24, 2022, at 03:32 pm
Washington: The US government has directed all relatives of its embassy staff in Ukraine to leave amid rising tension in the region.
Belgium: 70 held for protesting against restrictive measures imposed due to COVID-19
Jan 24, 2022, at 03:18 pm
Brussels/UNI/Xinhua: Police fired water cannon and tear gas during a protest against Covid-19 restrictive measures here.
US reissues Russia travel advisory over Ukraine
Jan 24, 2022, at 02:59 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US State Department has reissued its Russia travel advisory urging American citizens not to take trips to the country amid "tension" along the border with Ukraine.
PML-N leader slams Imran Khan for 'lying' to nation on GDP growth
Jan 24, 2022, at 03:13 am
Islamabad: PML-N information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb has targeted PM Imran Khan for “lying” to nation and the world by claiming that his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has achieved the highest GDP growth rate in the country’s history.
Jan 24, 2022, at 02:44 am
Nowshera: Residents of Nowshera region of Pakistan blocked Nowshera-Mardan road to traffic to protest the suspension of natural gas supply to domestic consumers on Friday.
Afghanistan: NGO women ‘threatened with shooting’ for not wearing burqa
Jan 24, 2022, at 01:23 am
Kabul: Two international NGO workers have claimed that Taliban religious police have threatened to shoot the women NGO workers if they are found not wearing burqa in Badghis province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Jan 24, 2022, at 12:58 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has approved to pay USD 11.6 million in compensation to the Chinese nationals who were either killed or wounded in a terrorist attack, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Blast leaves 6 people dead
Jan 23, 2022, at 09:36 pm
Kabul: A blast rocked Afghanistan's Herat province on Saturday which left six people dead, media reports said on Sunday.
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern calls off her wedding after new Covid rules amid Omicron rise
Jan 23, 2022, at 03:22 pm
Wellington/IBNS: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called off her own wedding on Sunday as she tightened Covid-19 restrictions in the country amid the outbreak of the Omicron variant.
Jan 23, 2022, at 12:00 am
Vienna: Save Tibet organization held a rally in Austria to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights violations.
UN relief chief pledges support for Nigeria
Jan 22, 2022, at 11:51 pm
New York: Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, has ended a four-day visit to Nigeria, pledging support and promising the United Nations will do everything it can to help rebuild the lives of vulnerable families who have been impacted by violence and extremism there.
UN coordinator in Tonga: ‘Resources on the ground are not enough’
Jan 22, 2022, at 11:36 pm
New York: As news coverage of the eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade away, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the country has a message to the outside world: Tonga’s people are going to need sustained support responding to a disaster of this scale.
Urgent action needed to protect Vietnamese workers trafficked to Serbia
Jan 22, 2022, at 11:25 pm
New York: Urgent action is required to assist and protect some 400 Vietnamese migrant workers who were allegedly trafficked to Serbia, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday.
Yemen: UN mission warns of ‘devastating’ loss of life, as Guterres condemns coalition airstrikes
Jan 22, 2022, at 11:20 pm
New York: The UN chief has condemned airstrikes launched early on Friday by the Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi rebels in Yemen, that struck a detention centre in the rebel-held city of Saada, which have left at least 60 dead, and more than hundred injured.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir hospitalised
Jan 22, 2022, at 11:12 pm
Kuala Lumpur/UNI/Xinhua: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalised, a spokesman from his office said Saturday.
UN chief calls for action to put out ‘5-alarm global fire’
Jan 22, 2022, at 11:07 pm
New York: At a time when “the only certainty is more uncertainty”, countries must unite to forge a new, more hopeful and equal path, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Friday, laying out his priorities for 2022.
Pakistan: Hazaras protest terror attacks on their community
Jan 22, 2022, at 10:20 pm
Islamabad: Members of the Hazara community in different parts of the world, including in Pakistan, recently commemorated the victims of two terrorist attacks in 2013 and 2021.
Justin Trudeau terms deaths of 4 Indians in blizzard as 'tragic'
Jan 22, 2022, at 10:10 pm
Ottawa/UNI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has termed the deaths of four Indians, including an infant and a teen, in a blizzard on the Canada-US border as “tragic” and said they were victims of human trafficking.
1.5 million children lack treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa
Jan 22, 2022, at 07:08 pm
New York: At least 1.5 million children are not receiving life-saving treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa, warned the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday.