Joe Biden expected to deliver his first major foreign policy speech Monday: Reports
Jan 31, 2021, at 01:59 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden will give a speech presenting his foreign policy plans on Monday, the first such speech since his inauguration, NBC News reports citing a senior administration official.
Afghanistan: One person dies as two blasts hit Kabul
Jan 30, 2021, at 11:51 pm
Kabul: At least one person died and three others were hurt as two explosions rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.
Iraqi security forces arrest 7 ISIS terrorists in country's Northern Nineveh province
Jan 30, 2021, at 10:22 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Iraqi intelligence forces said on Saturday that they had arrested seven terrorists linked to the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, outlawed in Russia), who were plotting terrorist attacks in the northern province of Nineveh.
Afghanistan: Blast in Kandahar leaves three civilians dead
Jan 30, 2021, at 09:54 pm
Kabul: At least three civilians died in a blast that rocked Panjwayee district of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Saturday, media reports said.
Bangladesh will soon be a bridge between South, South-East Asia riding on economic progress: Experts
Jan 30, 2021, at 05:42 pm
Geo-politics experts Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi feel that the economic progress of Bangladesh will make it a bridge between South and South-East Asia.
EU must place social justice ‘at its core’ to lift people out of poverty
Jan 30, 2021, at 04:30 pm
New York: The European Union’s failure to lift 20 million people out of poverty by 2020, is “a defeat for social rights”, an independent UN human rights expert said on Friday, urging the bloc to boldly rethink its whole socio-economic approach.
Central African Republic: 200,000 displaced in less than two months
Jan 30, 2021, at 04:10 pm
New York: Violence and insecurity related to the recent elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 200,000 people to flee their homes in less than two months, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, warning tens of thousands are facing dire living conditions.
Uyghur: British Jewish national target China on Holocaust Memorial Day
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:51 pm
London: A leading British Jewish national said there are chilling similarities between contemporary events in China’s northwest Xinjiang province and the Holocaust.
‘Imminent’ Iran execution must be halted, urges UN human rights office
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:42 pm
New York: The imminent execution in Iran of a man who was allegedly tortured into confessing that he belonged to a jihadist group must be stopped, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Genocide was committed against the Uyghurs: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken targets China
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:39 pm
Washington: Newly confirmed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has targeted China and said the country's treatment towards Uyghur and Muslim minority population is genocide.
Guterres welcomes US decision to restore funding to UNFPA
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:10 pm
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General, on Thursday, welcomed the United States administration’s announcement to restore funding to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), calling it a “powerful message” for women and girls globally.
Myanmar: UN chief following developments ‘with great concern’
Jan 30, 2021, at 03:04 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for restrain in Myanmar, amid reports of rising tensions over the outcome of last year’s general elections.
Jan 30, 2021, at 02:56 pm
Washington: Newly appointed US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke to Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and urged him to “ensure accountability” in journalist Daniel Pearl murder case.
Afghanistan: Pakistan terror outfit chief Mangal Bagh killed in IED explosion
Jan 30, 2021, at 02:42 pm
Kabul: Pakistan's terror outfit Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh has been killed in an IED explosion in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, media reports said on Saturday.
Jan 30, 2021, at 05:38 am
Kathmandu: Nepali citizens recently demonstrated outside the Pakistani embassy in Kathmandu against the recent destruction of Hindu shrines in Pakistan and the persecution of minorities.
Aviation sector pleads for sector-specific aid as Canada considers new travel restrictions
Jan 30, 2021, at 05:10 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has been considering all week to announce new travel restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus variants.
China executes former top finance executive over corruption
Jan 29, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: China has executed Lai Xiaomin, the former chairman of state-owned Huarong Asset Management Cooperation, over corruption on Friday, a local court said.
Joe Biden’s commerce secretary hints to continue tough stand against Beijing
Jan 29, 2021, at 04:15 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden's nominee to head the country’s Commerce Department has informed the senators recently that she would use punitive tariffs and export restrictions against China.
Wuhan health worker claims Chinese authorities stopped him from sounding alarm on COVID-19
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:50 pm
A Chinese health worker in Wuhan region has said despite understanding that the COVID-19 virus was highly infectious and transmissible in early January last year, they were not allowed to reveal it.
Expert shows how China repeats 1959 Tibet script in Hong Kong
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:31 pm
A geo-political expert believes that the current socio-political re-engineering in Hong Kong — called the “Second Handover” by some — is following a script reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959.
COVID-19: Prioritize school meals in plans to reopen classrooms, UN report says
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:27 pm
New York: Although school feeding programmes are a lifeline for millions of boys and girls, nearly 40 billion in-school meals have been missed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published on Thursday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Office of Research: Inocenti, and the World Food Programme (WFP).
Fascism on rise in Pakistan: Former Pak envoy to UK
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:22 pm
Islamabad: Former High Commissioner of Pakistan to UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan has warned that fascism is on the rise in Pakistan.
‘End the scourge of neglected tropical diseases’: UN health chief
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:22 pm
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) vowed on Wednesday to “end the scourge of neglected tropical diseases”, which affect more than a billion mainly poor people, and thrive where there is little access to quality health services, clean water, and sanitation.
Asylum seekers subject to systematic pushbacks at Europe’s borders, says UNHCR
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:19 pm
New York: UN refugee agency, UNHCR, called on Thursday for an end to “systematic” expulsions and pushbacks of refugees and asylum-seekers at Europe’s land and sea borders.
Make 2021 a year of possibility and hope, UN chief tells General Assembly
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:14 pm
New York: Following an “annus horribilis” of death, disaster and despair, 2021 must be a year of transformation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN’s 193 Member States on Thursday.
Escalating hostilities in Yemen’s Hudaydah put thousands of civilians at risk
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:10 pm
New York: Civilians in Yemen’s Hudaydah Governorate, face a growing threat from escalating clashes, with shelling of residential areas ongoing, endangering thousands.
Iraqi military kills Islamic State leader in country: Prime Minister
Jan 29, 2021, at 02:18 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Iraqi armed forces killed a commander of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) who referred to himself as the IS leader in Iraq, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Thursday.
Canada needs upgraded masks for better protection against new strains of COVID-19, experts say
Jan 29, 2021, at 05:25 am
Canada/IBNS: Although new COVID-19 infections are showing signs of slowing down in Canada, the presence of a new variant of the virus known as B117, estimated to be more deadly, as well as 56 per cent more transmissible, requires the masks used to be upgraded for additional protection, Canada's health experts say.
Covid-19 vaccination drive starts in Nepal
Jan 29, 2021, at 04:52 am
Kathmandu: Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday inaugurated the Covid-19 vaccination drive in Nepal from his official residence.
Pakistan SC orders release of prime accused in Daniel Pearl murder case
Jan 29, 2021, at 04:13 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of Islamist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the principal accused in the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl.