Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan: SC directs govt to rebuild it soon
Jan 06, 2021, at 04:25 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to rebuild the recently vandalised Hindu religious site in Tehri district.
Senior PPP leader slams Imran Khan, says his govt's stubbornness is hurting Pakistan
Jan 06, 2021, at 04:22 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Monday attacked PM Imran Khan and said his government’s stubbornness is causing damage to the country.
UNHCR relocates victims of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict to new site in Sudan
Jan 06, 2021, at 03:48 pm
New York: A second refugee camp has opened in Sudan for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region carrying “little more than the clothes on their backs”, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), said on Tuesday.
Syria: ‘Identified gaps, inconsistencies’ raise questions over elimination of chemical weapons
Jan 06, 2021, at 03:42 pm
New York: “Identified gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies” that remain unresolved, have brought into question the true extent of the elimination of chemical weapons during Syria’s bloody conflict, the UN disarmament chief told the Security Council in her briefing on Tuesday.
Central African Republic: Respect final results of the election, UN and partners urge
Jan 06, 2021, at 03:16 pm
New York: Senior officials from the United Nations and regional organizations have called on all political actors in the Central African Republic (CAR) to respect the final results of the recent presidential elections, and to settle any disputes peacefully and in accordance with the country’s laws.
By Sept every Canadian can be vaccinated: Justin Trudeau
Jan 06, 2021, at 05:14 am
Canada/IBNS: Canada's federal government has delivered almost 500,000 doses to provinces and territories and is on track to deliver more than one million doses from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna by the end of January, said Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in today's news conference.
Did Chinese billionaire Jack Ma go missing for flying too close to the red sun?
Jan 05, 2021, at 11:41 pm
Jack Ma Yun, the founder of Alibaba Group, a Chinese e-commerce giant, is missing from public view ever since he criticised the country's banking system in October, 2020.
UK fresh lockdown measures may last until March: UK Cabinet Minister
Jan 05, 2021, at 10:03 pm
London/Sputnik: UK Cabinet minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday that people in England should have to wait until March to see some of the tough COVID-19 restrictions lifted and not until mid-February as Prime Minister Boris Johnson had predicted on Monday when he announced a fresh national lockdown.
New York State detects first positive case of ‘UK’ coronavirus variant
Jan 05, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Washington/Sputnik: New York State detected the first case of the novel coronavirus mutated variant that was discovered in the United Kingdom , Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement on Monday.
UN denounces attacks on villages in western Niger
Jan 05, 2021, at 02:29 pm
New York: United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Saturday’s attack by unidentified gunmen on two villages in western Niger, which reportedly left about one hundred people dead, while hundreds of survivors fled the scene on foot.
World Braille Day highlights importance of accessible information
Jan 05, 2021, at 02:24 pm
New York: The United Nations is commemorating World Braille Day on Monday, highlighting the importance of the universal touch-based communication system for the full realization of human rights for blind and partially sighted people.
Rising COVID-19 cases: England and Scotland put under new lockdown
Jan 05, 2021, at 02:14 pm
London/UNI: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday imposed a new lockdown in England and Scotland in view of the surge in the number of COVID cases.
Canada: Ontario reports 3,270 new COVID-19 cases today
Jan 05, 2021, at 04:44 am
Ontario/IBNS: Ontario reported another 3,270 cases of COVID-19 on Monday resulting in the seven-day average of daily cases approaching 3,000 for the first time, city's health officials said.
China refutes allegation of US Deputy Security chief on Coronavirus' leak from Wuhan lab
Jan 05, 2021, at 12:29 am
Beijing/Sputnik: US Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger's allegation that the coronavirus had slipped out of a lab in China's eastern Wuhan city is false, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Monday.
UK judge rules against extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US
Jan 05, 2021, at 12:21 am
London/Sputnik: UK district judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled on Monday against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he could face up to 175 years in jail for the publication of classified information on the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as thousands of US diplomatic cables between 2010 and 2011.
Several Pakistani Christian families flee Lahore neighbourhood after threat
Jan 05, 2021, at 12:01 am
Islamabad: A Christian body has claimed that hundreds of Pakistani Christian families from Charar, a locality in Lahore city, have fled their homes after a mob threatened to set fire to their neighborhood.
Polish Security Service prevents anti-Muslim terrorist attack: Government
Jan 04, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Warsaw/Sputnik: Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) has detained and indicted several people believed to have been plotting a terrorist attack at a Muslim religious facility, the spokesman for Polish Interior Minister and Coordinator of Special Services Mariusz Kaminski said on Monday.
Enforced disappearance in Pakistan: Family members of victims demonstrate in Karachi
Jan 04, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Islamabad: Families of Shia victims of ‘enforced disappearance’ demonstrated close to Karachi's Mazar-i-Quaid on Dec 25.
UK: Octogenarian becomes first person to get Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
Jan 04, 2021, at 11:20 pm
London/UNI: An 82-year-old retired maintenance manager became the first person in the world to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19
Afghanistan: IED blast leaves 2 killed in Nangarhar
Jan 04, 2021, at 10:12 pm
Kabul: At least two people were killed as a roadside blast hit Nangarhar region in Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.
Airstrike in eastern Afghanistan leaves 13 Taliban killed: Authorities
Jan 04, 2021, at 09:56 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Thirteen Taliban fighters were killed by an airstrike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the provincial press office said on Monday.
Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina asks police to check cybercrimes, drug abuse, money laundering
Jan 04, 2021, at 09:35 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the police personnel to stop cybercrimes alongside money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism, militancy, abuse of drugs, gangster culture and repression on women and children.
Chinese oil companies may be delisted in US after Telcos : Bloomberg
Jan 04, 2021, at 09:25 pm
Washington/UNI: Major Chinese oil companies may be next in line for delisting in the United States after the New York Stock Exchange announced last week that it would remove the Communist country’s three biggest telecom companies.
Nearly 100 people killed in militant attacks on 2 villages in western Niger: Authorities
Jan 04, 2021, at 02:55 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: As many as about 100 people have been killed in militant attacks on two villages in western Niger, the mayor of the Tondikiwindi commune said on Sunday.
Nancy Pelosi narrowly reelected as US House Speaker
Jan 04, 2021, at 02:51 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Democrat Nancy Pelosi was reelected as the speaker of the US House of Representatives in a 216-208 vote on Sunday, vote results show.
One missing, 7 injured in blast at gas cylinder depot on Lebanon-Syria border: Red Cross
Jan 04, 2021, at 02:27 pm
Beirut/Sputnik: A blast has broken out in a warehouse of gas cylinders in the Lebanese town of Qasr, which is located near the border with Syria, leaving seven people injured and another one missing, the Lebanese Red Cross said on Sunday.
Syria's Hama Governor says three buses hit by terrorist attack, nine people killed
Jan 04, 2021, at 02:22 pm
Beirut/Sputnik: Three passenger buses and a column of fuel trucks were subjected to a terrorist attack near Syria's western city of Salamiyah, which left nine people killed and another four injured, Hama Governor Mohamed Tariq Krishati has said.
US registers single-day record of 299,087 Covid-19 cases: Johns Hopkins University
Jan 04, 2021, at 04:30 am
Moscow/Sputnik: The United States has reported 299,087 COVID-19 new cases in the past 24 hours, which is a single-day record since the beginning of the pandemic, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows.
Japanese government to ask for expert opinion on declaring COVID-19 emergency - Reports
Jan 04, 2021, at 04:06 am
Tokyo/Sputnik: The Japanese government is expected to convene a panel of infectious disease and other experts next week to discuss the possibility of introducing a state of emergency in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.
Pakistan: Mob vandalises Hindu shrine in Karak
Jan 04, 2021, at 03:18 am
Islamabad: A violent mob vandalised a Hindu shrine and set it on fire in Pakistan's Karak district on Wednesday, media reports said.