Sep 18, 2020, at 06:15 am
Wuhan/IBNS: Several people in Wuhan, the capital city of China’s Hubei province, where the coronavirus first surfaced in December last year, want to sue the local administration for the death of their kin due to mishandling of the health emergency but have found their lawsuits abruptly rejected, face official intimidation and their lawyers pressurised to withdraw from such cases, said an AFP report.
Sep 18, 2020, at 05:30 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The failure of Ontario's Public health officials to trace roughly half of the city's latest rising COVID-19 infections has caused great concerns to the experts in hampering efforts to contain the spread of the virus in Canada, media reports said.
Sep 18, 2020, at 05:02 am
Washington: Turab Lookman, 68, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sentenced on Sept. 11 to five years of probation and a $75,000 fine for providing a false statement to the Department of Energy.
Greece: 30 illegal Pakistanis held captive in Crete
Sep 18, 2020, at 04:56 am
Athens: As many as 30 Pakistanis, who were living illegally in Greece, have been held due to their 'aggressive behaviour', media reports said.
FIR registered against Pakistani journalist Asad Toor for 'negative propaganda' against Army
Sep 17, 2020, at 03:41 am
Islamabad: An FIR has been registered against a Pakistani journalist for posting "negative propaganda against the state, Pakistani institutions and the Pakistan Army" on his social media account, media reports said.
Minor Hindu girl kidnapped, forcefully married in Pakistan
Sep 17, 2020, at 03:29 am
Islamabad: Adding up one more case of conversion and forcible marriage in Pakistan, a14-year-old Hindu girl has become the latest victim after she was kidnapped and married off to a Muslim man after faking her actual age on the documents, media reports said.
Pakistan: Unknown people kill Hindu doctor in Sindh
Sep 17, 2020, at 12:35 am
Quetta: A Hindu doctor was allegedly killed by unknown men in Pakistan's Sindh province, media reports said on Tuesday.
UK Prime Minister congratulates Japan's Suga on election as Prime Minister
Sep 16, 2020, at 11:20 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday congratulated Yoshihide Suga on winning the race for the position of Japan's new prime minister and expressed hope to cooperate and further develop relations between Tokyo and London.
Large fire breaks out in Italian port city
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Rome/Xinhua: A huge blaze broke out in the northeastern Italian port city of Ancona early Wednesday morning, local media reported.
Barbados intends to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:32 pm
Barbados: Caribbean Island nation Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth as its head of state.
China confirms 'criminal detention' of 12 Hong Kongers who fled by boat for Taiwan
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Beijing: Chinese authorities have confirmed the criminal detention of 12 Hong Kong residents who are accused of attempting to travel illegally to Taiwan by boat last month,media reports said.
Afghanistan: IED blast in Kalafgan leaves2 dead
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:10 pm
Kabul: An IED blast rocked Afghanistan's Kalafgan district on Tuesday which left two people killed and 12 others injured, media reports said.
China’s failure to push around the Indian troops in LAC will have a consequence: Opinion Writer
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:09 pm
Author Gordon G. Chang has said China’s failure to push around the Indian troops in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) will have a consequence as President Xi Jinping will now pick up the pace of replacing adversaries in the armed forces with loyal elements.
I am concerned about Uyghurs in China: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Sep 16, 2020, at 09:57 pm
Geneva: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday expressed her concern over the way Uyghurs are treated in the Xinjiang region by China.
Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia's conditional release extended by six months
Sep 16, 2020, at 03:52 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's conditional release from jail in two corruption cases has been extended by another six months.
Famine threat returns to Yemen, amid upsurge in fighting
Sep 16, 2020, at 03:06 pm
New York: The spectre of famine has returned to Yemen as donor countries fail to make good on their 2020 pledges, amidst an upsurge in fighting, fresh hurdles for aid deliveries, and ongoing efforts to nail down a nationwide ceasefire, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
Syria: Bombshell report reveals ‘no clean hands’ as horrific rights violations continue
Sep 16, 2020, at 02:56 pm
New York: Despite a reduction in largescale hostilities since a ceasefire in March, the UN Syrian Commission of Inquiry reported on Monday that armed actors continue to subject civilians to horrific and increasingly targeted abuse.
UN urges a more equal, inclusive world, marking International Day of Democracy
Sep 16, 2020, at 02:43 pm
New York: The United Nations marked the annual International Day of Democracy, on Tuesday, calling on world leaders to build a more equal, inclusive and sustainable world, with full respect for human rights.
Canada: New Brunswick's PCs re-elected in Canada's first election during Covid-19
Sep 16, 2020, at 01:58 am
New Brunswick/IBNS: In Canada's first provincial vote held during the coronavirus pandemic, New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative Party was re-elected with a majority government for Premier Blaine Higgs, media reports said.
Turkish forces neutralize 11 members of Kurdish units in Syria: Defence Ministry
Sep 15, 2020, at 10:32 pm
Ankara/Sputnik: The Turkish special forces have killed 11 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and Syrian Kurdish Self-Defense Forces (PKK/YPG) in northern Syria, the defense ministry said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill university professor
Sep 15, 2020, at 09:27 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen shot dead a university professor in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday, media reports said.
Mulan row: US Senators urge Disney CEO to explain why it cooperated with Xinjiang authorities
Sep 15, 2020, at 06:40 pm
Washington: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to The Walt Disney Company’s Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek, inquiring about Disney’s cooperation with Xinjiang’s security and propaganda authorities in the production of the movie Mulan.
'China-Pakistan may contradict in their stand on Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan'
Sep 15, 2020, at 06:22 pm
Kabul: There seems to be a clear contrasting belief between China and Pakistan on whether the Taliban should come to power in Afghanistan, an opinion piece published in a top Kabul-based news agency claimed.
AISHF writes to UN chief, expresses concern over rising attacks on Shia Muslims in Pakistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 05:49 pm
New Delhi: The All India Shia Husaini Fund (AISHF) has written to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres where the body has expressed concern over the rising instances of attack on Shia Muslims and other religious minorities in Pakistan.
Iran: ‘Secret execution’ of champion wrestler ‘deeply disturbing’, UN rights experts
Sep 15, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New York: A group of five independent UN human rights experts have strongly condemned the summary execution in Iran on Saturday of a former champion wrestler convicted of murdering a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018.
US to stop exports from Xinjiang citing China's human rights abuses
Sep 15, 2020, at 03:10 pm
Washington/UNI: US will take steps to block some exports from China's Xinjiang region, over the country's alleged human rights abuses directed mostly against the Muslim Uighur minority of the region.
Rise to the occasion to tackle injustice, Bachelet urges Human Rights Council
Sep 15, 2020, at 02:48 pm
New York: UN Member States gathered in person in Geneva on Monday for a new session of the Human Rights Council, where UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet urged countries to “rise to the occasion” to tackle injustice everywhere.
Journalism under fire: UNESCO raises alarm over surge of attacks on media workers covering protests
Sep 15, 2020, at 02:38 pm
New York: Clampdowns on the media have increased sharply in 2020, the UN cultural agency said on Monday, highlighting 21 protests around the world this year in which State security forces have violated journalists’ rights.
Former senator, 5 guards killed in Taliban ambush in W. Afghanistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 02:07 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Taliban militants killed a former Afghan senator and five of his guards in the country's western Badghis province on Monday, the acting provincial governor confirmed.
CPEC: China appoints trade expert as new ambassador to Pakistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:54 am
Beijing: To promote China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), China has appointed a trade specialist, who has no previous experience as a diplomat, as its new ambassador to Pakistan, media reports said on Tuesday.