Canada: 2 dead, 5 injured in stabbing incident in Quebec, suspect arrested
Nov 01, 2020, at 06:30 pm
Toronto/IBNS: Two people were killed and five others injured in a stabbing incident in the Canadian city of Quebec, police said.
US election spending tops nearly 14 bln, more than previous two poll cycles combined
Nov 01, 2020, at 02:25 pm
Washington/Xinhua: The total cost of the 2020 US election, including presidential and congressional, will near 14 billion US dollars, a sum more than what was spent during the last two election cycles combined, a recent study found.
Austria to introduce new COVID-19 lockdown starting November 3: Chancellor
Nov 01, 2020, at 04:06 am
Vienna/Sputnik: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced the introduction of the second lockdown in the country starting from November 3 over surging COVID-19 contagion.
Bangladesh: 70 shanties gutted in Kalyanpur fire, 2 injured
Oct 31, 2020, at 11:44 pm
Dhaka: At least 70 shanties were gutted and two people were injured as a fire broke out in Bangladesh capital Dhaka's Kalyanpur area on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan ready to help Turkey in eliminating earthquake consequences : Foreign Ministry
Oct 31, 2020, at 11:28 pm
New Delhi/Sputnik: Pakistan is ready to provide assistance to Turkey in eliminating the consequences of the devastating earthquake that hit Izmir province on Friday, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureishi said on Saturday.
France stabbing incident: Third suspect held
Oct 31, 2020, at 11:16 pm
Nice: Security officials have arrested a third suspect in connection with the stabbing incident in a church in French city of Nice this week, media reports said on Saturday.
Bangladesh AC blasts: Mosque committee chief arrested
Oct 31, 2020, at 10:12 pm
Narayanganj: The Bangladesh Criminal Investigation Department or CID officials have arrested the head of Baitus Salat Jame Mosque's management committee over a case related to the blasts of airconditioner which killed 34 people recently.
World court continues adjudicating throughout COVID health crisis
Oct 31, 2020, at 10:01 pm
New York: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the United Nations world court said on Friday that its judiciary work in The Hague, Netherlands, continued unabated.
Walmart says will return firearms, ammunition to sales floors of US stores
Oct 31, 2020, at 09:37 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: US retailer Walmart said it would return firearms and ammunition to sales floors after their removal over the fears of civil unrest.
Afghanistan: Key Taliban leader killed in airstrike
Oct 31, 2020, at 09:25 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence on Saturday said the deputy head of the Taliban military commission for Helmand province has been killed during airstrike.
Pakistan ranks among top 10 countries where killers of journalists go unpunished: CPJ
Oct 31, 2020, at 07:15 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan has ranked ninth in the Global Impunity Index of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) list which has named the nations where journalists are murdered and their killers go free.
China: World Uyghur Congress calls for meaningful action to end Uyghur genocide
Oct 31, 2020, at 07:04 pm
London: On the occasion of the UN’s 75th anniversary, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) recently reiterated its calls on the UN and its Member States to meaningfully address the Uyghur crisis and hold the Chinese government accountable for its crimes.
Oct 31, 2020, at 06:56 pm
London: London-based Pakistani human rights activist and spokeswoman for Justice of Minorities in Pakistan Anila Gulzar slammed the Pakistan government over the kidnapping and forceful conversion of a Christian minor girl in the country.
Kenya relief bid begins to avert ‘hunger crisis’ among poor workers hit by COVID
Oct 31, 2020, at 03:30 pm
New York: In Kenya, a major UN-led cash and nutrition relief project is underway for informal workers facing a hunger crisis brought on by COVID-19, amidst warnings on Friday that the situation is likely even worse in many poorer countries.
Women the ‘driving force’ for peacebuilding in Colombia: Deputy UN chief
Oct 31, 2020, at 03:09 pm
New York: The UN deputy chief has underscored the importance of the full and comprehensive implementation of Colombia's historic 2016 peace agreement, to enable sustainable and resilient communities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Protests against COVID-19 quarantine in Barcelona result in clashes: Law Enforcement Body
Oct 31, 2020, at 02:46 pm
Madrid/Sputnik: The rally against the coronavirus-linked quarantine in the Spanish city of Barcelona has resulted in clashes between protesters and police, the Catalan law enforcement body Mossos de Escuadra said.
Pakistan: Protesters attempt to storm French Embassy in Islamabad, police fire teargas
Oct 31, 2020, at 04:06 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan police on Friday fired teargas on protesters who attempted to storm the French Embassy in Islamabad to protests against the printing of images depicting the Prophet Mohammad and President Emmanuel Macron defending the same.
Turkey, Pakistan join hands to export jihadists to fight Armenia, say experts
Oct 31, 2020, at 01:52 am
Aided by Pakistan, the Turkish government is supporting jihadists groups to fight proxy wars in countries like Syria, Libya and now Azerbaijan.
Campaign For Uyghurs calls to end atrocities carried out on Uyghurs by China
Oct 31, 2020, at 01:18 am
Washington: Campaign For Uyghurs recently commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRF Act) by urging all nations to end the atrocities carried out on Uyghurs by the Chinese Communist Party.
Christian minor girl abducted, converted to Islam in Pakistan: Reports
Oct 31, 2020, at 01:10 am
Islamabad: A minor Christain girl has been kidnapped and forced to marry a 44-year-old man who made her convert to Islam, highlighting an incident which again showed the plight of minorities in Pakistan.
Activist Amjad Ayub Mirza says Pakistanis desperately want to get rid of military oligarchy
Oct 31, 2020, at 12:59 am
Glasgow: A prominent human rights activist has said the people of Pakistan are desperately wanting to get rid of the military oligarchy.
ETNAM appreciates US Senate for introducing resolution that calls atrocities on Uyghurs as genocide
Oct 31, 2020, at 12:50 am
Washington: US-based rights group East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (ETNAM) has appreciated the US Senate for introducing a resolution which recognises the atrocities carried out by China on Uyghurs as a genocide.
Bangladesh: Intellectuals form Sampritee Bangladesh to provide a strong platform for secular forces
Oct 31, 2020, at 12:19 am
Dhaka: Several intellectuals have joined to form an organisation called Sampritee Bangladesh (Sampriti meaning harmony) which aims to give strength to secular forces and weaken those who attempt to target the nation.
Canadian ethics chief partially dismisses probe of ex-finance Minister Morneau
Oct 30, 2020, at 10:51 pm
Ottawa/Sputnik: Canada's Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion partially dismissed the conflict of interest investigation into former Finance Minister Bill Morneau's relationship with the WE Charity, the Office of the Ethics Commissioner said.
Bangladesh registers 19 new COVID-19 deaths
Oct 30, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 19 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll due to the disease to 5,905, media reports said on Friday.
France: People mourn Nice stabbing incident
Oct 30, 2020, at 09:41 pm
Nice: People in French city of Nice on Friday mourned the death of three people in a stabbing incident which the country's President described as a "Islamist terrorist attack".
Macron: From liberal poster boy of France to Muslim world eyesore
Oct 30, 2020, at 06:33 pm
Once a poster boy of the all-embracing liberal West, who in elections defeated the far-right, French President Emmanuel Macron is now suddenly an enemy of the Islamic world with the Turkish president even calling him "mentally unwell".
2020’s deadliest shipwreck so far, sees 140 migrants perish off Senegalese coast
Oct 30, 2020, at 05:04 pm
New York: In the deadliest shipwreck recorded so far this year, at least 140 people have drowned after a vessel carrying around 200 migrants sank off the Senegalese coast, the UN migration agency confirmed on Thursday.
Caribbean vital to tackling COVID-19, climate change, UN chief tells regional leaders
Oct 30, 2020, at 04:37 pm
New York: The twin crises of COVID-19 and climate change present a once in a generation opportunity for the Caribbean and its development partners to form a new alliance for inclusive, sustainable and resilient recovery, the UN Secretary-General told regional Heads of Government on Thursday.
UN strongly condemns knife attack inside Nice church which left three dead
Oct 30, 2020, at 04:31 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Thursday strongly condemned a knife attack inside a French church in the southern French city of Nice, which reportedly left three worshippers dead.