China may become greater threat for UK: Duncan Smith
Sep 13, 2021, at 04:19 am
London: British politician Duncan Smith has said China will become a greater threat for the UK and the West in the upcoming days.
No sign of banned Uyghur outfit in Afghanistan: Taliban tells China
Sep 13, 2021, at 03:51 am
Taliban insurgents have told China that the shadowy Uyghur Islamic group that Beijing has used as justification for increasingly harsh rule over the Muslim ethnic minority in its far-western Xinjiang region is not present in Afghanistan and won’t be allowed to return.
Germany: Afghanis demonstrate against Taliban in Hamburg
Sep 13, 2021, at 03:33 am
Hamburg: Hundreds of Afghanistanis, who are currently living in Germany, demonstrated in Hamburg city against the Taliban group which captured Afghanistan last month.
China: Toshiba to shut down its plant in Dalian
Sep 13, 2021, at 03:17 am
Tokyo: Japanese technology giant Toshiba will shut its plant in the Chinese city of Dalian at the end of the month.
Afghan embassy in Rome marks 20th death anniversary of guerrilla commander Massoud with symposium
Sep 13, 2021, at 03:10 am
Rome: A high-level symposium was recently hosted in Rome to mark the 20th death anniversary of Afghanistan’s guerrilla commander Ahmed Shah Massoud. The event was hosted on Friday by the Embassy of Afghanistan.
Xi Jinping has not moved outside China for past 600 days
Sep 13, 2021, at 02:59 am
Beijing: China's President Xi Jinping has not left his nation for the past 600 days and experts believe it might further hamper the relationship with Western countries, according to a Bloomberg report.
Afghanistan: Female doctor in Kandahar says Taliban insurgents hit her
Sep 13, 2021, at 01:37 am
Kandahar: A female doctor has claimed she was beaten up by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's Kandahar region, media reports said.
Schools reopen in Bangladesh after 543 days break due to COVID-19
Sep 13, 2021, at 12:53 am
Dhaka: Ending a long break of 543 days amid COVID-19 outbreak, schools reopened in Bangladesh on Sunday as students returned to classrooms to take their lessons.
Al Qaeda leader Al-Zawahiri,rumored dead, appears in 9/11 anniversary video: Report
Sep 12, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Twenty years after the 9/11 attack on the US, Osama bin Laden's successor in Al Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri, rumored dead, surfaced in a video released on the 9/11 anniversary.
Australia secures additional 1mln Moderna vaccine doses from EU: PM Scott Morrison
Sep 12, 2021, at 10:28 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Sunday that his country would receive an additional 1 million Moderna vaccine doses from the European Union.
FBI releases first document relating to 9/11 investigation under Joe Biden’s order
Sep 12, 2021, at 03:38 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declassified the first document related to the investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suspected Saudi government support for the hijackers.
Donald Trump hints about possible 2024 Presidential run
Sep 12, 2021, at 02:54 pm
Washington/UNI/SPUTNIK: Former US President Donald Trump on Saturday hinted that he already decided about whether or not to once again run for office in 2024, saying that his supporters would likely be satisfied with his decision.
Afghan pilots in Uzbekistan to get flown to US base in Doha: Reports
Sep 12, 2021, at 02:30 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: A group of Afghan pilots are expected to be transferred to a US military base from Uzbekistan this weekend, under a new agreement between the US and Uzbek governments, The Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.
CIA-trained Afghan collaborators receive death threats from Taliban: Reports
Sep 12, 2021, at 04:28 am
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Members of the Afghan special forces' elite group trained by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who helped the US evacuation operation in Kabul received death threats from the Taliban (banned in Russia), The Washington Post reported, citing US officials familiar with the matter.
Fire at South African thermal power plant near Johannesburg : Operator
Sep 12, 2021, at 04:15 am
Pretoria/UNI/SPUTNIK: A fire has occurred at a large thermal power plant near the city of Johannesburg in South Africa, the Eskom energy company, the plant’s owner and operator, said on Saturday.
Over 120 immigrants rescued off north coast of France : French Maritime Security
Sep 12, 2021, at 04:08 am
Paris/UNI/SPUTNIK: French rescue services saved 126 immigrants off the northern coast of the country, the Maritime Prefecture of the English Channel and North Sea said.
Afghanistan: The Taliban invasion, role of Pakistan and how it affects India
Sep 11, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Who is responsible for the current conundrum in Afghanistan? How are the regional stakeholders going to react and get affected by the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul? What impact will the ruinous US withdrawal have on its international standing? What role does Pakistan play in the Afghanistan fiasco and how does it use it to get back at India?
Pakistan to resume commercial flights to Afghanistan's Kabul on Monday
Sep 11, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to resume commercial flights to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, starting from Sept. 13, the airline said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Armed men attack Frontier Corps South members convoy, 2 soldiers die
Sep 11, 2021, at 10:34 pm
Gwadar: Two Pakistan's Frontier Corps South members died and another was hurt as armed men attacked their convoy in the Buleda area of Kech district on Thursday, media reports said.
Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns
Sep 11, 2021, at 10:12 pm
New York: Suicide prevention must be prioritized after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day, commemorated annually on 10 September.
Human Rights abuses intensifying in eastern DR Congo - UNHCR
Sep 11, 2021, at 10:05 pm
New York: An alarming number of human rights abuses have been carried out against civilians this year by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Yemen: As conflict drags on, ‘no quick wins’: UN envoy
Sep 11, 2021, at 09:59 pm
New York: The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday, adding that he was “under no illusions about the difficulty of the task” at hand.
Taliban response to protests increasingly violent, warns OHCHR
Sep 11, 2021, at 09:48 pm
New York: Peaceful protesters in many parts of Afghanistan have been met with an increasingly violent response by the new Taliban authorities over the past four weeks, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday, including the use of live ammunition, batons and whips.
US President Joe Biden calls for unity on 9/11 attack anniversary
Sep 11, 2021, at 06:39 pm
Washington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden has called for a unity on the 20th anniversary of the Islamist terror attack which occurred on Sept 11, 2001 in the country.
Banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan fields candidates in cantonment board polls
Sep 11, 2021, at 05:51 pm
Islamabad: Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the Islamist group banned by the Pakistan government several months ago, has now fielded 84 candidates in 17 of the 41 cantonments where polling will be held on Sunday to elect general members of the cantonment board, media reports said.
Afghanistan: UN slams Taliban for its 'increasingly violent response' to protests
Sep 11, 2021, at 03:10 pm
Kabul: The United Nations on Friday slammed Taliban group for its 'increasingly violent response' to protests ever since it took control over Afghanistan on Aug 15 after entering Kabul.
China: Gas explosion leaves 8 dead
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:39 pm
Beijing: At least eight people died due to an explosion and fire caused by liquefied gas cylinder leakage in China's Liaoning Province on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Women seek right to return to govt jobs
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:29 pm
Kabul/UNI: Despite their willingness to work, women in government jobs in Afghanistan say they have been prevented by the Taliban from returning to work.
President Xi Jinping's CCP policy to culturally unite China now reaches Inner Mongolia
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:19 am
Beijing: Xi Jinping's plan to culturally unify the entire country as per the political agenda of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has now reached Inner Mongolia.
Afghanistan: Pakistan, China welcome Taliban govt formation
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:13 am
Kabul: Pakistan and China have welcomed the government formation in Afghanistan and said they hope the Taliban will establish relations with the world’s countries.