Eight people injured in shooting in Italy's Trieste: Reports
Sep 04, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Rome/UNI/SPUTNIK: At least eight people were injured, one of them in serious condition, as a result of a shooting incident in the Italian port city of Trieste, national media reported on Saturday.
New Zealand govt to toughen anti-terror laws after Auckland stabbing
Sep 04, 2021, at 11:46 pm
Wellington: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has vowed to toughen the country's anti-terror laws, after an ISIS-inspired terrorist stabbed seven people in Auckland mall before being shot dead by security personnel.
Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner: UN rights experts
Sep 04, 2021, at 11:35 pm
New York: The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
‘Major’ humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan, as UN convenes fundraising conference
Sep 04, 2021, at 10:41 pm
New York: A major humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned again on Friday, amid ongoing uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country's borders. To address the crisis, the UN announced a major fundraising conference to take place in Geneva on 13 September.
Taliban members use tear gas to disperse women rights rally in Kabul
Sep 04, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Kabul/UNI/SPUTNIK: The Taliban have shot in the air and fired tear gas at female activists in the Afghan capital to disperse a demonstration in support of women's rights, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.
Lebanon: Almost three-quarters of the population living in poverty
Sep 04, 2021, at 10:28 pm
New York: Poverty in Lebanon has drastically increased over the past year and now affects about 74% of the population, warned the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Friday.
15 dead in heavy hauler-truck collision in northeast China
Sep 04, 2021, at 08:43 pm
Qitaihe/UNI/Xinhua: Fifteen people have been confirmed dead and another injured, after a heavy hauler collided with a truck in a road section in the city of Qitaihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Saturday morning, according to the local authority.
Auckland terror attack injured 7 people: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern
Sep 04, 2021, at 08:08 pm
Auckland/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Saturday said the terrorist attack, which took place at a supermarket here, left seven people injured.
Afghanistan: Taliban claims to have taken control of Panjshir province
Sep 04, 2021, at 07:00 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: A strategically important area of the defiant Panjshir province, Khenj, and the Anaba district of Afghanistan have fallen to the Taliban, the insurgent group's spokesman Bilal Karimi said Saturday.
China trying to control sea with new foreign ship law
Sep 04, 2021, at 05:52 pm
Beijing: China is trying to flex its muscle in the sea with a new Chinese legal requirement demanding that multiple classes of foreign vessels traversing waters claimed by Beijing must provide detailed information to state authorities and take aboard Chinese pilots.
Afghanistan: Women demonstrate against Taliban over right to work under new regime
Sep 04, 2021, at 05:13 pm
Kabul: A large number of women in Herat demonstrated for their right to work under a new regime as the Taliban is all set to form a government in the war-torn country.
Bangladesh: RAB members arrest 4 JMB terrorists
Sep 04, 2021, at 04:04 pm
Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion members have arrested four members of the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh outfit from Mymensingh region of the country, media reports said.
Taliban senior official discusses issue of reconstructing Afghanistan with Pakistani diplomat
Sep 04, 2021, at 03:50 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Deputy Director of the Political Office of the Taliban movement Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has discussed the reconstruction of Afghanistan among other issues with the Pakistani ambassador to Qatar, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said.
Afghanistan crisis: Taliban spokesman says woman in Hijab will be able to get education, work
Sep 04, 2021, at 03:18 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Afghan women in hijab will have access to education and work, Taliban (banned in Russia) spokesman Suhail Shaheen said, adding that the United States should not try to change the culture of the country.
Have not fled Panjshir, says Afghanistan’s caretaker president Saleh
Sep 04, 2021, at 02:39 pm
Kabul/UNI: Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself Afghanistan’s caretaker president and has joined the Resistance forces in Panjshir valley, on Friday said that he has not fled the country, and squarely blamed Pakistan for backing the Taliban and terrorist groups like Al Qaeda that have surrounded the province.
China promised to maintain embassy in Kabul, increase humanitarian aid, says Taliban
Sep 04, 2021, at 04:17 am
Beijing/Kabul: China has promised to maintain its embassy in Afghanistan and also increase humanitarian aid to the war-torn country, a Taliban spokesman said Friday, according to media reports.
Afghanistan crisis: Food supply for millions could run out this month
Sep 04, 2021, at 12:40 am
New York: Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out as soon as this month, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday, urging the international community to step up support for the country.
Press Club of India to establish media centre named after Bangabandhu Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh
Sep 03, 2021, at 11:53 pm
New Delhi: The Press Club of India is all set to establish a media centre after the name of Bangladesh's Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the Birth Centenary of the great leader, media reports said.
Afghanistan mass evacuation: US officials warn of possible threats to homeland
Sep 03, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Washington: US officials are on high alert over possible threats to the homeland following the mass evacuation of Afghanistan and devastating attack in Kabul last week.
Recent events in Afghanistan traumatised everyone: Expert
Sep 03, 2021, at 11:17 pm
Geo-political expert Dr Syed Akhtar Ali Shah has said the tragic events that unfolded in Afghanistan, the country which was overrun by Taliban in recent days, left everyone traumatised and sorrowful.
Afghanistan: PanjshirValley witnessing heavy conflict between Taliban, opponents
Sep 03, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Panjshir Valley: The Panjshir Valley, the region which is still under the control of the anti-Taliban forces, witnessed a bitter battle between Taliban and its opponents since Thursday night, media reports said.
Vladimir Putin describes developments in Afghanistan as 'Humanitarian Catastrophe'
Sep 03, 2021, at 10:15 pm
Vladivostok, Russia/UNI/SPUTNIK: Russian President Vladimir Putin described the situation in Afghanistan after the US troops withdrawal as a humanitarian catastrophe.
EU Ministers discuss developments in Afghanistan
Sep 03, 2021, at 09:58 pm
The EU Ministers of Home Affairs met recently for an extraordinary Council meeting to discuss developments in Afghanistan, more specifically in relation to potential implications in the areas of international protection, migration and security.
Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami celebrates withdrawal of US troop from Afghanistan
Sep 03, 2021, at 09:48 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chairman Siraj-ul Haq has announced to celebrate the withdrawal of US troops in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Panjshir left without electricity as transmission towers destroyed in clashes: Company
Sep 03, 2021, at 09:35 pm
Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Afghanistan's northern province of Panjshir and parts of Kapisa province were left without electricity after at least two electricity pylons were destroyed in a shelling during the continuing clashes, local power utility company DABS said on Friday.
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar to head the Afghan govt: Report
Sep 03, 2021, at 08:53 pm
Kabul: Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government that will be announced soon, sources in the fighter group said, reported media.
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern calls Auckland stabbing incident 'terrorist attack'
Sep 03, 2021, at 06:59 pm
Auckland/IBNS: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called the incident, where six people were stabbed by a man here, a "terrorist attack", media reports said.
UN experts urge Afghanistan’s new rulers to prohibit torture ‘in any circumstances’
Sep 03, 2021, at 06:33 pm
New York: Experts serving on a UN human rights treaty body called on Thursday for the new Taliban-led authorities of Afghanistan to uphold “the international obligations of the State”, particularly in complying with all provisions of the Convention against Torture, outlawing the practice “in any circumstances”.
UNHCR warns of unprecedented displacement in Central America and Mexico
Sep 03, 2021, at 06:22 pm
New York: Central America and Mexico are facing “unprecedented pressure” as the number of people seeking international protection rises and access to asylum and territory is being limited through troubling new border restrictions, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
Tigray aid situation worsening by the day, warn UN humanitarians
Sep 03, 2021, at 05:43 pm
New York: The aid crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region is worsening, the UN said on Thursday, with stocks of relief aid, cash and fuel “running very low or depleted”.