Prince Andrew stripped of military honors after sexual assault allegations
Jan 14, 2022, at 02:28 pm
London/UNI: Prince Andrew, the son of Queen Elizabeth II, has been stripped of his military rank and royal patronage after facing allegations of sexual assault, Buckingham Palace's press service said on Thursday.
Prince Andrew gives up military titles, patronages facing sexual assault charge: Buckingham Palace
Jan 14, 2022, at 05:55 am
London/IBNS: Queen Elizabeth II's second son Prince Andrew, who is facing a US civil case related to sexual assault, has given up his honorary military titles, the Buckingham Palace said in a stament on Thursday.
Canada: Ontario Provincial Police investigates use of fake toonies in Hawkesbury
Jan 14, 2022, at 05:04 am
Toronto/IBNS: An investigation has been launched by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on counterfeit two-dollar coins after OPP discovered them being used to purchase items at a store in Hawkesbury, Eastern Ontario.
Ontario not to follow Quebec's proposal of taxing the unvaccinated: Premier Doug Ford
Jan 14, 2022, at 04:40 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford while touring a vaccination site at the Toronto Zoo has said that Ontario would not follow Quebec's policy of taxing unvaccinated people.
Canada: Unvaccinated Quebecers without medical exemptions to pay health tax, says Quebec Premier
Jan 13, 2022, at 05:35 am
Quebec/IBNS: Health tax will be imposed on Quebecers who refuse to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks, Premier François Legault has announced at a news conference.
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:49 am
Kathmandu, Nepal: People in Nepal have started demonstrating against China in the country to protest against the controversial approaches and pressure exerted by Beijing on Kathmandu.
Pakistan Peoples Party expects thousand will participate in Feb 27 long march
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:36 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has said it expects to see thousands of activists from Karachi city to be participating in the Karachi-to-Islamabad long march scheduled to kick off on Feb 27 against the federal government of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Toronto Police Service Board unanimously approves 2.3 pct increased 2022 operating budget
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:21 am
Toronto/IBNS: The 2022 budget proposals for the Toronto Police Service (TPS) operating and capital budgets had been unanimously approved by the TPS Board's special meeting essentially allowing maintenance of its current staffing levels and promoting important police reform work for community safety.
Pakistan Telecom ministry’s subsidiary refuses to launch projects in GB, PoK
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:15 am
Islamabad: The Universal Service Fund (USF), a subsidiary of the federal information technology ministry, has refused to introduce telecom projects in Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), stating that these two areas are constitutionally not part of the country.
UK PM Boris Johnson apologizes for attending Downing Street garden party during lockdown
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:09 am
London/UNI/Xinhua: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a Downing Street garden party in London during the country's first lockdown in 2020.
Afghan women demonstrate in Kabul against Taliban restrictions
Jan 13, 2022, at 01:42 am
Kabul: A large number of women demonstrated in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday against the restrictions imposed on them by the Taliban-run government, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pashtun rights movement demonstrates in front of Pakistan Consulate in LA against Pak atrocities
Jan 13, 2022, at 01:32 am
Los Angeles: A protest was organized by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), California in front of the Pakistan Consulate in Los Angeles on Monday.
Nearly 80 percent Afghanistan journalists lost their job, changed profession to survive
Jan 13, 2022, at 01:28 am
Kabul: Journalists’ Foundation of Afghanistan has said nearly 79 percent of journalists in the country have lost their jobs and resorted to new professions to survive.
Afghanistan envoy to China resigns
Jan 13, 2022, at 01:20 am
Kabul: Without disclosing the proper reason, Afghanistan’s ambassador to China, Jawed Ahmad Qaim, stepped down from his post on Sunday, media reports said.
TTP now poses a bigger threat to Imran Khan govt in Pakistan: Report
Jan 13, 2022, at 12:59 am
Islamabad: A report has climbed that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has returned to its violent ways in Pakistan and it is posing a major challenge to the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in the country, media reports said.
Pakistan: Awami Action Committee demonstrate against load shedding, food crisis in Skardu
Jan 13, 2022, at 12:57 am
Skardu, Pakistan: The Gilgit-Baltistan based Awami Action Committee (AAC) recently demonstrated in Skardu city of Pakistan against repeated and prolonged power shedding and a crisis of food items, amidst heavy snowfall in the region.
Afghanistan's Taliban regime says troops will be stationed along Durand Line
Jan 13, 2022, at 12:49 am
Kabul: The commander of border forces in the eastern zone of Afghanistan, Sanaullah Sangin, has said troops will be stationed in 32 newly established outposts along the Durand Line that serves as the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
USAID announces over USD 308 million humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan people
Jan 12, 2022, at 11:02 pm
Washigton: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the United States government’s initial 2022 contribution of more than $308 million in humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan.
Pakistan to ban crypto currencies
Jan 12, 2022, at 10:59 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan government and the State Bank of Pakistan have decided to ban the use of all crypto currencies, a media report said.
Two women die in house blast in E Afghan province :Official
Jan 12, 2022, at 10:03 pm
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: Two women lost their lives and a teenage girl was seriously wounded when remnants of war exploded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official confirmed on Wednesday.
Jan 12, 2022, at 09:55 pm
Islamabad: PPP chief and opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari criticised the PTI government in the National Assembly on Wednesday by saying it was bringing a "tsunami of taxes" through the mini-budget.
Afghanistan: Two Taliban govt forces members hurt in Kabul blast
Jan 12, 2022, at 09:45 pm
Kabul: At least two Taliban government forces members were hurt as a blast hit Kabul city of Afghanistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
At least four children killed during escalation of conflict in Myanmar
Jan 12, 2022, at 08:40 pm
New York: At least four children have been killed and multiple others have been maimed during an escalation of conflict over the past week in Myanmar, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday.
‘Prompt, independent, impartial investigations’ needed in Kazakhstan: UN rights office
Jan 12, 2022, at 08:18 pm
New York: As the death toll from the recent unrest in Kazakhstan mounts to 164, the UN Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday requested “prompt, independent, impartial investigations” into the killings, and whether “unnecessary and disproportionate use of force was made by security forces”.
Mali: Security Council warned of 'endless cycle of instability'
Jan 12, 2022, at 06:14 pm
New York: A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, hopes for an early resolution to insurgency and strife have not materialized, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country, El-Ghassim Wane, told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Tunisia: UN rights office calls for release of former justice minister
Jan 12, 2022, at 05:29 pm
New York: Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release - or properly charge - former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, and another man, who have been detained under suspected terrorism offences, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
Eight Afghan students die in explosion outside school
Jan 12, 2022, at 04:30 pm
New York: The use of explosives that lie dormant, particularly in populated areas, is “a persistent and growing threat to children and their families”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, expressing deep sadness over the death of eight students in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
Will be forced to approach IMF again if exports don't rise: PM Imran Khan
Jan 12, 2022, at 03:23 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that his government will be forced to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) again if the country’s exports did not increase sharply, Dawn reported on Wednesday.
Taliban release detained university lecturer Faizaullah Jalal
Jan 12, 2022, at 02:46 pm
The daughter of the university lecturer and political analyst Faizaullah Jalal on Tuesday said his father has been released from captivity.
North Korea confirmed test of hypersonic missile in the presence of Kim Jong Un
Jan 12, 2022, at 02:31 pm
Seoul/UNI/Sputnik: North Korea tested a hypersonic missile, its warhead hit the target at a distance of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), and the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, watched the test, Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea, reported.