Canada: Truckers' convoy protests disrupting country's supply chain, ministers warn
Feb 11, 2022, at 04:18 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Serious disruption of the flow of Canada's supply chain has been caused by anti-vaccine mandate protests at the Canada-U.S. border, the country's Federal ministers warned Wednesday.
Prince Charles tests COVID-19 positive for second time
Feb 11, 2022, at 02:08 am
London/IBNS: The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time and is currently in home isolation.
New York to end mask mandate for most indoor places
Feb 10, 2022, at 04:36 am
New York/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: The US state of New York will end its mask mandate for most indoor places starting Feb 10, Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement on Wednesday.
Feb 10, 2022, at 04:21 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's population growth rate almost hit 37 million last year, almost twice the pace of every other G7 country from 2016 to 2021, mostly due to new arrivals of approximately 1.8 million people from around the world, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.
Displacement, humanitarian needs surging inside Afghanistan and across region
Feb 10, 2022, at 12:31 am
New York: Conflict last year had forced more than 700,000 Afghans to leave their homes and added to the 5.5 million people already displaced over past years, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.
Human Rights Watch asks China to release Tibetan monk
Feb 10, 2022, at 12:30 am
Washington: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday said China should immediately and unconditionally release imprisoned Tibetan monk and religious philosopher Go Sherab Gyatso.
UN rights office warns of risk of further attacks on displaced camps in DR Congo
Feb 10, 2022, at 12:18 am
New York: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must ensure civilian protection in the wake of recent deadly raids on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
Feb 10, 2022, at 12:13 am
Beijing: Analysts believe China's economy may be declining as a signal of it was seen when consumption over the week-long Lunar New Year holiday in China failed to get anywhere near pre-pandemic levels.
Feb 10, 2022, at 12:00 am
Canberra: Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has warned that Australia and its allies will “lose the next decade” unless it stands up to China in the South China Sea.
Feb 09, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Multan, Pakistan: Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) activists along with their children, livestock and poultry, will demonstrate against the imposition of taxes on the agriculture sector, costlier fertiliser and other farm inputs in Multan city on Feb 14.
China calls on US to stop sanctioning North Korea
Feb 09, 2022, at 11:47 pm
Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: The United States needs to stop imposing endless sanctions and putting pressure on North Korea if they are sincerely concerned about the well-being of the North Korean people, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.
Iraq: Four, including three soldiers, die explosion
Feb 09, 2022, at 11:16 pm
Baghdad/UNI/Xinhua: Three Iraqi soldiers and a civilian were killed on Wednesday in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a security source said.
Jamaat-i-Islami chief draws Pakistan govt's attention to plight of Balochistan
Feb 09, 2022, at 10:53 pm
Lahore, Pakistan: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has said the Pakistan government must address the deprivations of the people of Balochistan and ensure the fulfilment of the commitments made with them by the rulers for years.
Pakistan: Family members of missing person demonstrate in Swat
Feb 09, 2022, at 10:34 pm
Swat, Pakistan: Families of missing persons demonstrated in Pakistan's Swat region on Monday, media reports said.
International bodies express concern over disappearance of Afghan women activists
Feb 09, 2022, at 10:18 pm
Kabul: The European Union, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) have voiced concerns over the fate of Afghan women activists who disappeared after participating in protests to demand fundamental rights for women, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban arrest man for killing two sisters, their mother
Feb 09, 2022, at 10:08 pm
Kabul: Taliban security members on Wednesday said they have arrested a young man who assassinated two sisters and their mother in Police District 7 of Afghanistan's Kabul city.
Japanese princess Yoko suffers pneumonia
Feb 09, 2022, at 10:03 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Japan's Imperial Household Agency said on Wednesday that 38-year-old Princess Yoko who has tested positive for Covid-19 is suffering from pneumonia.
Feb 09, 2022, at 09:53 pm
Islamabad: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday said it is 'appalled' that some 45 Ahmadiyya graves were desecrated allegedly by the Hafizabad police in Premkot region of the country.
Feb 09, 2022, at 09:49 pm
Peshawar, Pakistan: A pregnant Pakistani woman was hurt after she got a nail hammered into her head following the instructions of a fake faith healer so that she could give birth to a boy, media reports said on Wednesday.
World Bank sets terms on Pakistan for loan
Feb 09, 2022, at 09:44 pm
Washington/UNI: The World Bank on Wednesday has demanded Pakistan to meet for conditions during the current fiscal year to be able to get approval for a USD 350 million programme loan.
Chinese military vows to thwart foreign interference
Feb 09, 2022, at 09:35 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese military will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, thwart any form of foreign interference and separatist attempts for "Taiwan independence," and continue to advance national reunification, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
Three students sue Harvard over sexual harassment
Feb 09, 2022, at 09:09 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Three female post-graduate students at Harvard University have filed a lawsuit, claiming that the educational institution for years ignored sexual harassment and intimidation by an anthropology professor, media reported.
Syria: 1 killed in Israeli attack
Feb 09, 2022, at 03:24 pm
Damascus/UNI/Sputnik: One soldier was killed and five others wounded in an Israeli attack in Syria, the Syrian Armed Forces command said in a statement.
Hong Kong: 21 nations express concern over media suppression
Feb 09, 2022, at 02:39 pm
Washington: A coalition of 21 countries from around the world, including the United States and the United Kingdom, issued a joint statement in which they expressed a deep concern over alleged suppression of independent media in Hong Kong.
Ottawa Police arrests 23 during freedom convoy stay: Statement
Feb 09, 2022, at 02:22 pm
Toronto/UNI/Sputnik: Law enforcement agencies in Ottawa have made 23 arrests and issued more than 1,300 tickets related to the anti-mandate and anti-government protests in Canada's capital, the municipal police service said.
US Embassy alerts about possible strike over Abu Dhabi
Feb 09, 2022, at 02:10 pm
Washinhton/UNI/Sputnik: The US Mission in the United Arab Emirates issued an alert warning Americans in the country about reports of a possible new missile or drone attack that may have occurred in Abu Dhabi.
Nepalese civic body submits memorandum to UN over alleged Chinese encroachment
Feb 09, 2022, at 04:14 am
Kathmandu, Nepal: The Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan, a Nepalese civic society, has handed over a memorandum to the United Nations Office where they said China has encroached on Nepal’s land.
Taiwan's outlying marine ecology damaged by Chinese sand dredging: Reports
Feb 09, 2022, at 12:07 am
Taipei, Taiwan: The National Academy of Marine Research (NAMR) has found that the Taiwan Banks, located southwest of the island county of Penghu, have been damaged by Chinese vessels which are dredging hundreds of millions of cubic meters of sand every year.
Kabul: Afghanistan's biggest stock market shuts down
Feb 09, 2022, at 12:05 am
Kabul: Money exchangers of Afghanistan’s biggest stock market, based in Kabul city went on strike on Tuesday, closing the market after the Central Bank of Afghanistan adopted new conditions on the money exchangers, an episode which may be seen as yet another blow to the country's economy.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan flayed for ‘mortgaging’ SBP
Feb 09, 2022, at 12:01 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has criticized the Imran Khan government for 'mortgaging' the State Bank of Pakistan to the International Monetary Fund for a loan.