Forced displacement at record level, despite COVID shutdowns: UNHCR
Jun 19, 2021, at 03:57 pm
New York: The number of people fleeing wars, violence, persecution, and human rights violations, rose last year to nearly 82.4 million people, a further four percent increase on top of the already record-high of 79.5 million, recorded at the end of 2019.
Pakistani actress Nida Yasir says she was robbed while on vacation in Turkey
Jun 19, 2021, at 03:51 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani actress and morning show host Nida Yasir has revealed that she was robbed while on vacation in Turkey with her family. Nida shared details of the robbery on her morning show, explaining that her valuables were stolen in Istanbul.
Famine risk spikes amid conflict, COVID-19 and funding gaps: WFP
Jun 19, 2021, at 03:40 pm
New York: The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack of funding, have left millions more on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Pakistan: Actress Meera alleges goons attacked her Lahore house
Jun 19, 2021, at 03:15 pm
Islamabad:Pakistani actress Meera, who has also dabbled in Indian films, alleged she was receiving death threats from goons who attacked her house in Lahore and were threatening to take over her family properties.
Jun 19, 2021, at 03:02 pm
New York: António Guterres was on Friday re-appointed to a second term as UN Secretary-General, pledging as his priority, to continue helping the world chart a course out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Myanmar: Timely support and action by Security Council ‘really paramount’, says UN Special Envoy
Jun 19, 2021, at 02:36 pm
New York: The UN Special Envoy for Myanmar said on Friday she has called for timely action from the Security Council in response to the ongoing crisis in the Southeast Asian country stemming from the military coup in February.
China sanctions Belgian lawmaker for motion which alerts about genocide risk against Xinjiang Uygurs
Jun 19, 2021, at 04:31 am
Beijing: Beijing has sanctioned a Belgian lawmaker who called for a proposal warning of a risk of genocide against Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang, a region which has always triggered international criticisms over China's alleged treatment towards the Uyghur Muslim community.
China: UN human rights experts alarmed by ‘organ harvesting’ allegations
Jun 19, 2021, at 04:06 am
Geneva: UN human rights experts recently said they were extremely alarmed by reports of alleged ‘organ harvesting’ targeting minorities, including Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Muslims and Christians, in detention in China.
Japan calls upon nations to come together against China's stance on South China Sea
Jun 19, 2021, at 02:35 am
Tokyo: Japanese Defence Minister has asked Europe, the United States and other Asian nations to come together to stand up to China's aggressive expansion policy in the South China Sea.
Border closes due to COVID: Afghanistan students on scholarship may miss exams in Pakistan
Jun 19, 2021, at 02:27 am
Kabul: Afghan students, who study in Pakistani universities and have returned home on vacation, fear they might soon miss their examinations if Islamabad does not open the border between the two nations.
Afghanistan government thinking over handing over Kabul airport to Turkish forces
Jun 19, 2021, at 02:16 am
Kabul: The Afghanistan government seems to be thinking hard whether to hand over the responsibility of running the Kabul airport to Turkish forces, media reports said.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab slams China over Apple Daily crackdown
Jun 19, 2021, at 02:08 am
London: UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday targeted China over the raids and arrests at Apple Daily in Hong Kong and said it demonstrated Beijing is using the National Security Law to target dissenting voices.
Ex-Zambia president Kenneth Kaunda dies, PM Modi mourns
Jun 18, 2021, at 09:11 pm
Lusaka/UNI: Zambia's first president Dr Kenneth David Kaunda passed away at the age of 97.
IDF confirms carrying out strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:08 pm
Tel Aviv/UNI: The Israel Defense Forces(IDF) has confirmed carrying out strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza strip in retaliation to what it described as arson balloons attacks launched from the area.
Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:03 pm
New York: Amid worsening socioeconomic conditions, rising criminal gang violence and a resurgence of COVID-19, Haiti’s leaders must commit to good-faith dialogue aimed at ending a longstanding and damaging political impasse, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council today.
Guterres: Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’, punish perpetrators
Jun 18, 2021, at 03:54 pm
New York: Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’: WHO
Jun 18, 2021, at 03:35 pm
New York: New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide – taking more lives each year than HIV, malaria, breast cancer, war and homicide.
UN chief urges debt relief extension for middle-income countries
Jun 18, 2021, at 03:24 pm
New York: Innovative measures to address debt are required to help the world’s more than 100 middle-income countries expand their economies and exit the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Thursday.
Pakistan: Terrorists attack Pakistan Army troops in Turbat, one soldier dies
Jun 18, 2021, at 03:02 pm
Turbat: A soldier died as terrorists attacked Pakistan Army troops stationed near Turbat on Thursday, media reports said.
One person die, 12 hurt in shooting spree in Arizona: Police
Jun 18, 2021, at 02:49 pm
Washington/Sputnik: One person has died and another 12 have been injured in several shooting incidents in the US state of Arizona, local police said.
Pakistan: Six Iran-funded schools shut down in Quetta
Jun 18, 2021, at 05:32 am
Quetta: Local authorities in Pakistan's Quetta region have sealed six Iran-funded and illegal schools, media reports said on Thursday.
Pakistan: Polio drive suspended across country amid spike in attacks
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:53 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has suspended the anti-polio campaign “for an indefinite period” amid serious security threats and increasing attacks on polio workers in different parts of the country, media reports said on Thursday.
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:48 am
A large number of fishermen in Pakistan's Gwadar region recently demonstrated against the federal government for granting Chinese trawlers fishing rights in Gwadar by issuing them licences, media reports said.
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:41 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's former vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili has cautioned the nation that the people will “attempt anything” to ensure their safety if the government does not prevent “targeted attacks against Hazara community” as well as other injustices in the country.
Chief Justice of Pakistan expresses anger, says Pakistan's Karachi city ruined through conspiracy
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:31 am
Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed seems to be irked by Karachi's administrative affairs and said the city has been ruined through a "conspiracy".
Pakistan Army Chief Bajwa directs military to maintain preparedness along country's borders
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:27 am
Islamabad: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said the Pakistan Army should maintain "high standards of operational preparedness" along the Line of Control (LoC) and Pak-Afghan border.
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:22 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sheikh Rohail Asghar recently reacted on the chaotic scenes in Tuesday's parliament session and said the use of abusive language is "just a part of Punjab's culture".
Water Shortage in Sindh: Murad blames IRSA
Jun 18, 2021, at 02:44 am
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said injustice has been done to the people of his region in the Water Accord of 1991.
World press freedom protection bodies seek fresh probe into 2007 murder of Pakistan journalist
Jun 18, 2021, at 02:33 am
Islamabad: A new report on the murder of Pakistani journalist Zubair Mujahid in 2007 finds significant errors in the official police investigation, claimed several international bodies working to protect press freedom.
Blast claims 4 lives in northern Afghanistan
Jun 18, 2021, at 01:50 am
Kabul/UNI: At least four people, including three civilians and a law enforcement member, died in a car bomb blast in the Afghan province of Balkh, TOLO news outlet reported on Thursday.