South China Sea is a part of global commons: India reminds Beijing
Jul 19, 2020, at 12:14 am
New Delhi: In its strong reply to China, India has said the strategically crucial South China Sea is a part of the global commons.
Jul 19, 2020, at 12:01 am
Frankfurt: A Sindhi leader has written an open letter to world leaders and human rights organisations and accused Pakistani army generals of their involvement in religious terrorism from Kabul to Kashmir since 1947.
Establish inquiry commission to investigate human rights violations in PoK: Activist tells UNHRC
Jul 18, 2020, at 11:52 pm
Geneva: Activist Sajjad Raja has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to create a Commission of Inquiry to probe the human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of the south Asian country.
Bangladesh: Couple detained for allegedly torturing domestic help
Jul 18, 2020, at 11:44 pm
Dhaka: A couple have been detained by the police from Bangladesh capital Dhaka on allegations of torturing their domestic help.
France: Fire breaks out at Nantes Cathedral, incident investigated as possible arson
Jul 18, 2020, at 11:24 pm
Paris: A fire broke out at a cathedral in the French city of Nantes on Saturday, media reports said.
Jul 18, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Birmingham: A memorandum has been submitted by the Kashmiri community and United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), Birmingham to the Pakistan consulate here, where they have protested against the proposed 14th Amendment Bill in the Interim Constitution of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Fahim Saleh murder: Aide of Gokada's CEO arrested
Jul 18, 2020, at 05:46 pm
New York/IBNS: The personal assistant of ride-hailing app Gokada's CEO Fahim Saleh was arrested on Friday for allegedly murdering the young entrepreneur, media reports said.
COVID-19 highlights need for renewed, inclusive multilateralism: UN chief
Jul 18, 2020, at 03:40 pm
New York: With the COVID-19 pandemic putting development gains at risk, exposing vulnerabilities and inequalities both within and among nations, the UN Secretary-General is urging governments to reexamine how they work together to solve global challenges.
Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists
Jul 18, 2020, at 03:23 pm
New York: The 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize, which is awarded every five years and recognizes those who dedicate their lives to the service of humanity, will go this year to Marianna Vardinoyannis, of Greece, and Doctor Morissana Kouyaté, of Guinea, it was announced on Friday.
UK: Capt Sir Tom Moore knighted during 'unique' ceremony
Jul 18, 2020, at 03:14 pm
London/UNI: Captain Sir Tom Moore was knighted in the Queen's first official engagement in person since lockdown on Saturday.
One injured as blast breaks out near subway station in Kiev
Jul 18, 2020, at 02:45 pm
Kiev/Sputnik: A blast near a subway station in Kiev on Friday, left one person injured, the National Police said.
Senior Iraqi army officer killed in IS attack near Baghdad
Jul 18, 2020, at 02:28 pm
Baghdad/Xinhua: A commander of an Iraqi army's brigade was killed on Friday in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants in the north of the capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said.
Canada: Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit hit by COVID-19 outbreak
Jul 18, 2020, at 05:30 am
British Columbia,/IBNS: A COVID-19 outbreak has been detected in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at St. Paul's Hospital in Canada's Vancouver, according to a notice from Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), media reports said.
Chinese authorities forcefully relocated over 50 Tibetans, claims Tibet Watch report
Jul 18, 2020, at 12:50 am
Beijing: Chinese authorities forcefully relocated around 59 Tibetans from 13 different households in eastern Tibet on June 24, Free Tibet’s research partner, Tibet Watch has said.
Tibetan govt-in exile hails US move to bar Chinese officials who restrict access to Tibet
Jul 18, 2020, at 12:35 am
Dharamshala: The Tibetan government-in-exile has appreciated the US government's move of imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials under the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act.
COVID-19: UN relief chief urges G20 to step up to avert ‘cascading crises’ in fragile countries
Jul 17, 2020, at 10:34 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession are set to trigger the first increase in global poverty in three decades, pushing 265 million people to the point of starvation by the end of the year, the UN’s top humanitarian official warned on Friday.
Macron says EU leaders summit decisive for arriving at compromise on economical recovery
Jul 17, 2020, at 10:27 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: French President Emmanuel Macron expressed the belief on Friday that the first physical summit of the European Union leaders since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic would be decisive for securing agreements for the sake of EU economical and social recovery, expressing confidence that the goals would be achieved under Germany's presidency in the Council of the European Union.
Jul 17, 2020, at 10:23 pm
The world was off track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, even before the COVID-19 crisis erupted, but can get back on course by increasing investment in public services, showing solidarity on financing, and “reshaping” how people work, learn, live and consume.
UN independent expert welcomes UK court decision to allow Shamima Begum to fight for citizenship
Jul 17, 2020, at 10:12 pm
New York: Radicalized on British soil as a London schoolgirl, an independent UN expert welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling in the United Kingdom on Thursday, to allow 20-year-old Shamima Begum to return home from Syria to challenge the Government’s removal of her citizenship.
US House Speaker slams Trump for ignoring scientists as COVID-19 cases surge
Jul 17, 2020, at 10:02 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump refuses to ask for directions from scientists to address the COVID-19 crisis which is a dereliction of duty, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday.
US lawmakers demand briefings from Twitter CEO Dorsey on massive hack
Jul 17, 2020, at 09:59 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US lawmakers on Thursday called on Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey to provide briefings on an extraordinary intrusion into personal accounts of some of the most prominent Americans.
Ex- Dhaka University VC Emajuddin Ahmed passes away
Jul 17, 2020, at 09:06 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Eminent educationist, former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser professor Emajuddin Ahmed breathed his last at a city hospital on Friday morning, he was 86-year-old.
Huawei issue: US now imposes visa restrictions on Chinese tech companies' employees
Jul 17, 2020, at 04:53 pm
Washington: Further escalating the tension in the relationship between Beijing and Washington, the US has decided to impose visa restrictions on certain employees of Chinese technology companies, including Huawei, for providing 'material support to regimes engaging in human rights abuses globally'.
Mike Pompeo calls for free and fair Hong Kong Legislative Council polls
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:56 pm
Washington: After China declared primaries held by Hong Kong’s pro-democratic parties on the weekend ‘illegal’, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Legislative Council election in the city in September should be equally free and fair.
Iraq: ISIL’s acts of terror ‘divorced from the values of all faiths’
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:31 pm
New York: Religious leaders from communities across Iraq called for greater “healing and reconciliation” during a UN-organized event on Thursday, reaffirming their commitment to support survivors of crimes perpetrated by ISIL terrorist fighters.
Rise in women prisoners and COVID measures, ‘making sentences worse’
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:22 pm
More than 700,000 women are in prison around the world, and that number is growing much faster than men, the Human Rights Council has heard.
Nuclear testing legacy is ‘cruellest’ environmental injustice, warns rights expert
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:14 pm
New York: The dangerous legacy of nuclear weapons testing continues to affect many communities, a leading rights expert said on Thursday, on the 75th anniversary of testing in the United States, that heralded the nuclear age.
Trudeau announces $14bln in federal funding for provincial COVID-19 economic restart
Jul 17, 2020, at 03:07 pm
Ottawa/Sputnik: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that the federal government will provide $14 billion in funding for Canadian provinces and territories as part of its “safe restart” program.
Shamima Begum can return to United Kingdom to fight for citizenship, Court of Appeal rules
Jul 17, 2020, at 02:33 pm
London/UNI: The British Court of Appeal on Friday ruled that Shamima Begum, one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015 should be allowed to return to the UK to fight the decision to remove her British citizenship.
Jul 17, 2020, at 02:17 pm
Washington: In a bold move that may further escalate tension between Beijing and Washington, the US government on Wednesday announced it will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees.