Act swiftly and with determination on Afghanistan, UN chief urges
Oct 29, 2021, at 09:54 pm
New York: Countries must unite and act urgently to secure stability in Afghanistan, and a better future for its people, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message on Wednesday to a regional conference of the country’s neighbours, organized by Iran.
Denmark: Posters put up by local politician containing Tibetan flag close to Chinese embassy removed
Oct 29, 2021, at 09:45 pm
Copenhagen: A Danish candidate in the local elections has alleged that China removed ten election posters, which had his picture along with Tibetan flag, which were put by him outside the Chinese Embassy in Copenhagen.
Walmart recalls household spray after detection of bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei
Oct 29, 2021, at 09:22 pm
New York: Walmart has asked its buyers to immediately stop using a household spray, double-bag it, put it in a cardboard box and return it because it might contain a "rare and dangerous bacteria," according to a Bloomberg report.
Xinjiang authorities arrest Uyghur doctoral student from Chinese university
Oct 29, 2021, at 08:11 pm
Chinese authorities have arrested a Uyghur doctoral student from Xinjiang region, who had earned academic achievements and was praised by the Chinese media, from far-western region in April while attending university in Guangzhou, media reports said.
Pakistani minister says TLP will be treated as militant organization
Oct 29, 2021, at 04:21 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a group which has been pressing for the expulsion of the French ambassador over Prophet's caricature among other demands, would be treated as a “militant” organisation.
Pakistan: Terror attacks spike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, 8 security personnel die
Oct 29, 2021, at 04:07 pm
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Cross-border attack, ambush and bomb explosion left eight Pakistani security personnel dead in the past two days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region which is witnessing a spike in terror attack cases, media reports said.
Ro-ro ferry Amanat Shah capsizes in Bangladesh, no casualty
Oct 27, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Dhaka: Ro-ro ferry Amanat Shah, carrying more than 20 heavy and light vehicles and some passengers, capsized in Padma River at the Paturia ferry terminal in Manikganj region of Bangladesh on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Punjab IGP lashes out at Lahore police for its failure in handling banned TLP rally
Oct 27, 2021, at 10:39 pm
Lahore: With the TLP protesters marching towards Islamabad, Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan has lashed out at the Lahore police command as nearly half of the total 34,000 city's police force failed to stop 3,000-4,000 relatively unarmed TLP men in the city.
Blinken remark: China urges US to respect commitments on Taiwan
Oct 27, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Beijing: The Chinese Embassy in the United States has called on Washington to comply with the "One China" principle and adhere to its commitments regarding Taiwan.
Pakistan: Unidentified men shot dead four policemen in Lakki Marwat
Oct 27, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Lakki Marwat: Unidentified attackers shot dead four policemen in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, media reports said.
Guterres calls again for detained leaders’ release after Sudan coup
Oct 27, 2021, at 05:14 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday renewed his call for the immediate release of all those detained in the military coup in Sudan, as the Security Council meets behind closed doors in New York to discuss the crisis.
Women under fire in Belarus, activists tortured and exiled – UN expert
Oct 27, 2021, at 05:10 pm
New York: While women in Belarus overall are being denied rights and freedoms, female political activists are subjected to enforced disappearances, torture, ill-treatment and exile, an independent UN human rights expert told the General Assembly on Tuesday.
UN Chief: ‘We need to make lying wrong again’, curb hate speech
Oct 27, 2021, at 04:52 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday that “hatred takes root in the soil of ignorance” of historical facts, science, and the human qualities which “bind all people together.”
Iraq: Islamic State members attack Diyala province, 12 dead
Oct 27, 2021, at 02:38 pm
Diyala: At least 12 people died as Islamic State Terrorists attacked Iraq’s eastern Diyala province on Tuesday, media reports said.
Price rise: ANP workers demonstrate in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Oct 27, 2021, at 01:20 am
Peshawar: Awami National Party (ANP) members recently assembled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region in Pakistan to demonstrate against rising prices of essential commodities in the country.
Pakistan: ACE unearths illegal occupation of CPEC land in Nowshera
Oct 27, 2021, at 01:12 am
Peshawar: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has found illegal occupation of thousands of kanal land of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by local influential people in Pakistan's Nowshera region, media reports said.
Appointing ISI chief army’s prerogative: Khurshid slams political parties
Oct 27, 2021, at 01:09 am
PPP leader Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has said the political parties of the country should not comment on the issue of appointing Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief.
Pakistan PM appoints Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as next ISI chief
Oct 27, 2021, at 12:18 am
Islamabad/UNI: The tussle between Pakistan Army and the government over appointment of next Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency’s chief finally came to an end after nearly three weeks with Prime Minister Imran Khan appointing Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum as the next DG ISI.
NW Chinese region suspends in-person classes to control Covid-19
Oct 26, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Yinchuan: Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has suspended in-person classes at 773 schools to control the spread of Covid-19, a regional education department official said on Tuesday.
Inflation in Pakistan breaks its 70-year record in past 3 years
Oct 26, 2021, at 11:36 pm
Islamabad: As the food prices continue to double and price of ghee, oil, sugar, flour and poultry reach historic levels, inflation in Pakistan has broken its 70-year record in the last three years.
Pakistan govt needs to stand with either law enforcers or TLP: Punjab Police
Oct 26, 2021, at 11:34 pm
Lahore: The Punjab police has slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government for its decision to release hundreds of Tehreek-i-Labbik Pakistan (TLP) workers and said the “government would have to stand with either the law enforcers or the TLP”.
Pakistan: Opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto announces countrywide protest against rising prices
Oct 26, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that whenever and wherever Prime Minister Imran Khan goes he is greeted by crisis and he in turn brings in its wake devastation instead of change that he had promised to the people of Pakistan before the election, dawn reported on Tuesday.
Bangladesh: BNP, police clash after harmony procession in Dhaka
Oct 26, 2021, at 11:26 pm
Dhaka/UNI: A number of Bangladesh National Party (BNP) workers have been detained after a clash between the party activists and police personnel at Naya Paltan area ensued in the capital on Tuesday noon.
China: Lanzhou city put under lockdown to bring COVID-19 spike under control
Oct 26, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Lanzhou: Chinese city of Lanzhou has been put under lockdown by authorities to bring the COVID-19 spike under control, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistani Federal Shariat Court declares swara as being un-Islamic
Oct 26, 2021, at 10:59 pm
Islamabad: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Monday declared the custom of swara as being un-Islamic, the Dawn reported on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Women protest on streets of Kabul against Taliban over closure of schools for girls
Oct 26, 2021, at 10:55 pm
Several women assembled on the streets of Kabul on Tuesday to demonstrate against closure of school for girls in Afghanistan.
UN experts condemn Israel’s designation of Palestine rights defenders as terrorist organisations
Oct 26, 2021, at 10:51 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts on Monday strongly condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as terrorist organisations.
UN rights experts condemn US expulsion of Haitian migrants and refugees
Oct 26, 2021, at 10:36 pm
New York: A group of UN human rights experts have condemned the United States of America’s recent and ongoing systematic mass deportation of Haitian migrants and refugees, declaring them a violation of international law.
Afghanistan on ‘countdown to catastrophe’ without urgent humanitarian relief
Oct 26, 2021, at 10:28 pm
New York: The combined shocks of drought, conflict, COVID-19 and an economic crisis in Afghanistan, have left more than half the population facing a record level of acute hunger, according to a new UN assessment published on Monday.
UN chief condemns ‘ongoing military coup’ in Sudan
Oct 26, 2021, at 10:22 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General, António Guterres on Monday condemned the “ongoing military coup” in Sudan, saying Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and all other officials, “must be released immediately.” In a statement, he called for the "immediate reconstitution" of the Government, which is due to guide Sudan through to democratic elections.