Omicron spread: Netherlands initiates tight lockdown measures
Dec 19, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Amsterdam: The Netherlands government has started tight lockdown measures during Christmas to combat Omicron spread.
Pakistan: Suicide attack in Bajaur leaves 2 people dead
Dec 19, 2021, at 10:15 pm
Bajaur: A suicide attack targeting an Awami National Party (ANP) vehicle in Bajaur tribal district of Pakistan on Sunday left two people dead and four others injured, media reports said.
Death toll in Philippines from Typhoon Rai rises to 49: Local official
Dec 19, 2021, at 03:24 pm
Manila/UNI/Xinhua: At least 49 people have been killed in the Philippine province of Bohol after Typhoon Rai battered the country, a provincial official said on Sunday.
Germany tightens restrictions for UK travellers, does not apply to German citizens
Dec 19, 2021, at 02:59 pm
Berlin/UNI: Germany on Saturday banned most travellers coming from Britain, in an effort to slow down the spread of the Omicron variant which has been surging in Britain, the BBC reported on Sunday.
Pakistan: Blast in Quetta leaves one person dead
Dec 19, 2021, at 02:08 am
Quetta: At least one person died as a blast rocked Quetta’s Qandhari Bazar on Saturday, media reports said.
US Commerce dept blacklists Chinese biotech firms that threaten national security
Dec 19, 2021, at 02:02 am
Washington: The United States Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has taken action to address the ongoing threats to US national security and foreign policy presented by the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s efforts to develop and deploy biotechnology and other technologies for military applications and human rights abuses.
Pakistan: 14 die as blast rocks Karachi city
Dec 19, 2021, at 01:37 am
Karachi: At least 14 people died and 15 others were hurt as a blast occurred near Paracha Chowk in Karachi's Shershah area in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Chinese national murdered, hanged in Karachi's Port Qasim
Dec 18, 2021, at 11:28 pm
Karachi, Pakistan/IBNS: A Chinese national was murdered and his body was 'hanged' in a room at Port Qasim area on the outskirts of Pakistan's Karachi city recently, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Blast rocks Karachi, 11 die
Dec 18, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Karachi: At least 11 people died as a blast rocked Pakistan's Karachi city on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan Refinery Limited ceases production temporarily due to 'operational constraints'
Dec 18, 2021, at 11:16 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) on Thursday temporarily shut down its production due to operational and ullage constraints, according to a regulatory filing with the Pakistan Stock Exchange, media reports said.
Policeman killed, 3 hurt in terrorist attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan
Dec 18, 2021, at 11:12 pm
Miranshah, Pakistan/IBNS: A policeman died, and two more cops and a soldier were injured as terrorists opened fire on the office of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and three security check-posts in Hamzuni area in North Waziristan tribal district late night, media reports said.
US Congress passes bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang region
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Washington: The US Congress recently passed a bill which will require companies to prove that goods imported from China's Xinjiang region were not produced with forced labour, media reports said.
China: Oldest person dies at 135
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:29 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: Alimihan Seyiti, the oldest person in China, died at the age of 135 in Xinjiang Uygur region, authorities said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Blast hits Karachi, 10 die
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:18 pm
Karachi: At least 10 people died and several others were hurt as a blast rocked Pakistan's Karachi city on Saturday.
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:11 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has been directed to suspend cellular services in certain areas of Islamabad city ahead of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conference from Dec 17 to 19, according to media reports.
Pakistan: Imran Khan's ally MQM-P forges ties with PML-N
Dec 18, 2021, at 09:19 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government's key coalition partner, MQM-Pakistan, is maintaining cordial relations with Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), said Syed Amin Ul Haque, Federal Minister from MQM-P.
Pakistan Peoples Party cadres protest in Sindh against PTI govt's economic policies
Dec 18, 2021, at 09:17 pm
Karachi, Pakistan/IBNS: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) cadres on Saturday protested in Sindh region against inflation, gas supply crisis and the economic policies of the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.
Pakistan: Bus runs over a group of people, 8 die
Dec 18, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Islamabad: At least eight people died and eight others were hurt as an over-speeding bus ploughed into a group of people in Pakistan's Mandi Bahauddin city on Saturday.
‘UN stands with the people of Lebanon’, declares Guterres
Dec 18, 2021, at 04:21 pm
New York: Elections next year will be key to a better future for Lebanon, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday ahead of an official visit to the country later this weekend.
‘Solidarity with migrants has never been more urgent’: Guterres
Dec 18, 2021, at 04:17 pm
New York: In a message just ahead of International Migrants Day, celebrated on Saturday, the United Nations Secretary-General said that expressing solidarity with migrants on the move, “has never been more urgent.”
UN rights office urges Viet Nam to release jailed activists
Dec 18, 2021, at 04:14 pm
New York: Authorities in Viet Nam must immediately release four activists jailed this week for spreading anti-State propaganda, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Cameroon: Intercommunal clashes continue to displace thousands
Dec 18, 2021, at 04:10 pm
New York: Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region over the past two weeks have driven at least 100,000 people from their homes, although the actual number may be much higher, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said on Friday.
Omicron: School closures must be ‘avoided whenever possible’
Dec 18, 2021, at 04:07 pm
New York: COVID-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday that despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant “nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible.”
Afghanistan: Religious scholar hurt as blast targets his vehicle in Kabul
Dec 18, 2021, at 03:48 am
Kabul: A blast targeted the vehicle of a religious scholar in Afghanistan's Kabul city and left him injured on Friday.
Pakistan: 71 inmates in Karachi prison found infected with hepatitis
Dec 18, 2021, at 12:01 am
Karachi: A large number of inmates in Pakistan's Malir district jail have been found infected with hepatitis B and hepatitis C during a screening camp, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Karachi reports second Omicron case, patient escapes quarantine centre
Dec 17, 2021, at 11:39 pm
Karachi: Pakistan city of Karachi has recorded its second case of an Omicron infected patient, media reports said on Friday.
Japan: Fire breaks out in Osaka building, 24 dead
Dec 17, 2021, at 11:33 pm
Osaka: A fire broke out at a building in the Japanese city of Osaka which left at least 24 people dead, media reports said.
Women leaders examine how to end ‘invisible emergency’ of gender-based violence
Dec 17, 2021, at 11:15 pm
New York: Whether at home, at work, in the streets or even online, women and girls across the world remain highly vulnerable to gender-based violence, something which the COVID-19 pandemic has only magnified, six senior UN women leaders said on Thursday.
Dec 17, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations.
Afghanistan: Kabul residents facing trouble with rising food, fuel prices
Dec 17, 2021, at 09:17 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A number of people from Kabul city have expressed concerns over the rising prices of food and fuel and other basic items amid the winter's cold weather.