Chinese person pleads guilty to economic espionage conspiracy
Jan 08, 2022, at 12:12 am
Beijing: Xiang Haitao, 44, a Chinese national formerly residing in Chesterfield, Missouri, pleaded guilty recently to conspiracy to commit economic espionage, said the US Department of Justice.
Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from certain sporting activities
Jan 08, 2022, at 12:07 am
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned sporting activities for women in the country.
Pakistan Military official says border fencing with Afghanistan will remain
Jan 08, 2022, at 12:03 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Army this week vowed to continue beefing up the fence on the disputed borders with Afghanistan despite recent tensions with the Taliban.
Jan 08, 2022, at 12:00 am
Islamabad: A report compiled by the scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has found that PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) received funding from foreign nationals and companies, under-reported funds and concealed dozens of its bank accounts.
Large number of Pakistanis purchased cryptocurrency worth $5 crore in just six months: Reports
Jan 07, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: A large number of Pakistani people have purchased cryptocurrency worth $5 crores in just six months, causing the country's investigative agency to look into the matter, media reports said.
Pakistan targeting its Sikh minority population: Reports
Jan 07, 2022, at 11:54 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan, a Islam majority nation, is systematically targeting the Sikh minorities to hurt their sentiments, media reports said.
Pakistan President Alvi tests COVID19 positive
Jan 07, 2022, at 11:52 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi has tested positive for COVID-19.
North Korea to boycott 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
Jan 07, 2022, at 08:34 pm
Pyongyang/UNI/Sputnik: North Korea will not take part in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over the activities of "hostile forces" and the COVID-19 pandemic, the stare-run KCNA news agency reported on Friday.
Blast hits canteen in China, 20 trapped
Jan 07, 2022, at 08:28 pm
Beijing: A blast hit a canteen of a subdistrict office in Wulong District of China on Friday left at least 20 people trapped under the debris.
UN urges restraint in Kazakhstan, with dozens reportedly killed
Jan 07, 2022, at 06:13 pm
New York: Amid alarming reports of deadly violence in Kazakhstan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Asia have called for restraint and dialogue.
55 journalists killed in 2021, impunity ‘alarmingly widespread’ – UNESCO
Jan 07, 2022, at 05:11 pm
New York: Fifty-five journalists and media professionals were killed last year, latest UN data showed on Thursday, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved.
Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ during 2021
Jan 07, 2022, at 04:48 pm
New York: The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed on Thursday.
Former British-Pakistani peer Lord Ahmed found guilty of child sex offences
Jan 06, 2022, at 07:18 am
London/IBNS: Former Labour peer Lord Ahmed has been found guilty of sexual offences against two children in the 1970s.
US: 13 dead in Philadelphia house fire
Jan 06, 2022, at 05:19 am
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: At least 13 people died and two were injured in United States's Philadelphia on Wednesday morning after fire broke out in a three-story apartment building, local authorities said.
Canada loses to US in first dispute under new Canada-US-Mexico Agreement on dairy imports
Jan 06, 2022, at 05:12 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada has lost to the US in the first-ever dispute case under the new North American trade agreement when a three-member panel agreed that Canada's imposition of complicated rules violated its promise to allow more dairy imports.
Jan 06, 2022, at 03:07 am
Swat, Pakistan/IBNS: A local Hindu delegation, led by Member of Parliament (MP) Ramesh Kumar, recently expressed displeasure over the condition of the civilian hospital in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
President Macron vows to 'hassle' France's unvaccinated
Jan 06, 2022, at 12:56 am
Paris/UNI: French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to "piss off" people until everyone is vaccinated against Covid-19.
Taliban govt frees 40 inmates from Kandahar prison
Jan 05, 2022, at 11:04 pm
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has released 40 prisoners in Kandahar.
Bangladesh: Trawler capsizes on Dhaleshwari River after hit by launch, 12 missing
Jan 05, 2022, at 09:35 pm
Dhaka: A trawler capsized on Dhaleshwari River in Bangladesh's Narayanganj region after it was hit by a launch which left at least 12 people missing.
Harsh winter fuels ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Jan 05, 2022, at 09:31 pm
New York: UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday that a harsh winter in Afghanistan is aggravating already severe conditions faced by millions across the country.
UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are killed, 5 injured, in Syria
Jan 05, 2022, at 09:26 pm
New York: Warring parties should never attack children or the services they rely on, a senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Tuesday, following recent violence and disruption in Syria.
Bangladesh: Fire rips through COVID treatment centre for Myanmar refugees
Jan 05, 2022, at 09:19 pm
New York: A devastating fire has ripped through a COVID-19 treatment centre for Myanmar refugees sheltering in Bangladesh, UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Seven killed, 5 injured in fire, gas leakage accidents
Jan 05, 2022, at 09:11 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Seven people were killed and five others injured in two separate accidents in Pakistan in the last 24 hours, local media reported on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Punjab Health Minister tests COVID-19 positive
Jan 05, 2022, at 08:51 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Punjab region Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19.
Pakistan: Smartcard registration drive for Afghan refugees ends
Jan 05, 2022, at 07:10 pm
New York: The first drive to verify data relating to around 1.4 million Afghan refugees on the move over past decade in Pakistan has been concluded, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
UN chief ‘encouraged’ by first joint statement from key nuclear armed States
Jan 05, 2022, at 07:03 pm
New York: The Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed a joint statement issued on Monday by five nuclear armed States on the prevention of nuclear war and the avoidance of the arms race.
North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile' into sea
Jan 05, 2022, at 02:46 pm
Pyongyang: North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile towards the East Sea, media reports said on Wednesday.
Canada: Quebec's imposition of curfew to protect healthcare system faces criticism
Jan 05, 2022, at 05:39 am
Montreal/IBNS: Quebec Premier François Legault alongside Health Minister Christian Dubé and public health director Horacio Arruda have announced in a news conference to impose a night curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. effective Dec 31 amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Canada's Ontario announces new public health measures, restrictions amid rise of Omicron variant
Jan 05, 2022, at 04:27 am
Toronto/IBNS: A number of new public health measures were announced on Jan 3 during a news conference by the Ontario Premier Doug Ford joined by his ministers of health and finance, as well as Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, and Matthew Anderson, CEO of Ontario Health
Ontario government passes new laws to boost its economy
Jan 05, 2022, at 02:19 am
Toronto/IBNS: A number of new laws passed by the Ontario Government such as the staycation tax credit, a boost to Ontario’s minimum wage, and Work-Life balance rules came into effect on Jan 1, 2022.