Pakistan: Unknown attackers gundown two people, including a cop, in Karachi
Dec 31, 2021, at 09:07 pm
Islamabad: Armed men on motorcycle gunned down two people, including a Sindh Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI), in Pakistan's Karachi city on Friday, media reports said.
Grave violations surge for children in conflict
Dec 31, 2021, at 05:20 pm
New York: Armed conflict, inter-communal violence and insecurity continued to take a devastating toll on thousands of children throughout 2021, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), warned on Friday.
Urgent action needed to save Rohingya refugees distressed at sea in Indonesia
Dec 31, 2021, at 04:40 pm
New York: The UN refugee agency called on Wednesday for the immediate, life-saving disembarkation of a group of Rohingya refugees in distress at sea off the coast of Indonesia.
Former ISIL prison transformed to bring joy and support to youth
Dec 31, 2021, at 04:22 pm
New York: Once used as a prison by the ISIL terror network in Iraq, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency and partners have converted a former grim detention centre into a sunny space for youth.
Pakistan: Blast leaves 4 people dead in Quetta
Dec 31, 2021, at 03:14 pm
Quetta: At least four people have died as a blast hit Pakistan's Quetta city on Thursday, media reports said.
Yearender: A list of 2021's top 10 global events
Dec 31, 2021, at 01:45 am
With the world ringing into the New Year under the shadow of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the devastating Delta wave of COVID-19 in 2021 would haunt people despite a rapid vaccination worldwide. IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra looks back at the 10 mega events of the year which also saw a world forsaken Afghanistan overrun by Taliban as the foreign troops left the war-ravaged country.
China directs Indonesia not to continue drilling off South China Sea islands
Dec 30, 2021, at 05:13 am
Beijing: China has directed Indonesia to halt an oil and natural gas development project in the South China Sea.
Pakistan: Farmers demonstrate on Faisalabad-Multan road against non-availability of urea
Dec 30, 2021, at 03:23 am
Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan: Pirmahal farmers demonstrated and even blocked Faisalabad-Multan road in Pakistan on Tuesday against the non-availability of urea in the country.
Pakistan: Blast in North Waziristan leaves one dead
Dec 30, 2021, at 03:07 am
North Waziristan, Pakistan/IBNS: At least one person died and two others were hurt as an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on Tuesday night, media reports said on Wednesday.
Dec 30, 2021, at 02:57 am
Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has expressed concern over the act of Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government of bypassing parliament in the formulation of the country’s first National Security Policy.
Pakistan: Women demonstrate against power, gas outrage in Lakki
Dec 30, 2021, at 02:15 am
Islamabad: 'Burqa' clad women protested in Lakki city on Tuesday against excessive spike in gas shortage and power supply outrage.
Hong Kong media outlet closes after police arrests
Dec 29, 2021, at 11:45 pm
Hong Kong/UNI/Sputnik: Stand News, an independent publication popular among Hong Kong opposition supporters, said on Wednesday that it had stopped working, following a massive raid and arrests of its employees.
Afghanistan women call for rights, protest in Kabul against Taliban govt
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:58 pm
Kabul: Several women in Afghanistan took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday demanding rights to education, employment and social freedom in the war-torn country, according to media reports.
Pakistan: University of Agriculture Faisalabad issues dress code for students
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:47 pm
Islamabad: The Toba sub-campus of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has issued a bizarre diktat by introducing dress code for male and female students, media reports said.
Pakistan: Internal rift in Imran Khan's party widens
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:44 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Amid the ongoing internal rift in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Minister Kamran Bangash has served a legal notice to his own party leader Arbab Mohammad Ali for accusing him of selling ticket of Peshawar city Mayor to a businessman.
Myanmar: Attack leaves 35 dead, including 4 children
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:01 pm
New York: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) condemned on Tuesday the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers, in the Kayah state, in Myanmar.
Three separate shipwrecks leave dozens dead and more missing
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:52 pm
New York: At least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks over the course of four days last week in the Aegean Sea, and an unknown number are still missing, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
Amrullah Saleh located in Panjshir, Afghan resistance has enough weapons: Diplomat
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:03 pm
Dushanbe/UNI/Sputnik: Ex-Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh is located in the Panjshir province, and resistance forces against the Taliban have enough weapons and military equipment there, Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Muhammad Zahir Agbar has told Sputnik.
Afghanistan: Taliban fire at protesters in Kabul
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:52 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban on Tuesday opened fire at women protesters in Kabul near a building that housed the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in the past.
Afghanistan: Taliban ban TV series showing women minus hijab
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:49 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban have forbidden Afghan media to broadcast foreign TV series violating Sharia law including playing soundtracks and showing women without wearing hijab, according to information gathered via Afghan colleagues.
Taliban grant Afghan passports to Al-Qaeda, IS fighters: Afghan diplomat
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:44 pm
Dushanbe/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban are granting Afghan passports to members of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS, ISIS, both banned in Russia), Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Muhammad Zahir Agbar has told Sputnik.
Hong Kong police arrests six people from an independent news outlet
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:40 pm
Beijing/UNI: Police in Hong Kong have arrested six people working for an online media outlet allegedly for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications", BBC reported here on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban torturing former military officer video goes viral
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:34 pm
Kabul/UNI: A video showing a Afghan military officer of former government being tortured by Taliban has gone viral on social media.
Some 3,000 flights canceled, 11,500 delayed worldwide on Tuesday
Dec 29, 2021, at 02:27 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Almost 3,000 flights have been canceled and more than 11,500 flights have been delayed worldwide on Tuesday amid the surge of the coronavirus Omicron variant, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
China plans to tighten rules for companies listing overseas
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:46 am
Beijing: China has been planning to increase restrictions for Chinese companies that want to list abroad.
COVID-19, aging population disrupting China's attempt to stabilise market in 2022
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:40 am
Beijing: COVID-19 spike and fast aging population have emerged as the new threat for China to fight the task of stabilising employment next year, media reports said.
Hong Kong: Media baron Jimmy Lai, six former Apple Daily employees hit with fresh sedition charge
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:21 am
Hong Kong: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six former employees of his now defunct Apple Daily are now facing sedition charges while awaiting trial under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
Afghanistan: Supreme Court employees demonstrate in Kabul over nonpayment of salaries
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:16 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's Supreme Court employees on Monday demonstrated in country capital Kabul over unpaid salary issue.
Afghanistan: 7,000 CCNPP projects remains incomplete
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:23 am
Kabul: The Ministry of Finance of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has said seven thousand Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program (CCNPP) projects have remained unfinished across the south Asian country so far.
Pakistan: NTDC bans whistleblowing against its own alleged mismanagement
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:16 am
Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistani autonomous power transmission company under ministry of Energy (Power Division), National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), has imposed a ban on whistleblowing against its own alleged corruption which has now amounted to billions of rupees, according to media reports.