New Zealand reports no new COVID-19 case for 9 consecutive days
May 31, 2020, at 08:41 am
Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand has reported no new case of COVID-19 for nine days in a row, said a statement of the New Zealand Ministry of Health on Sunday.
Donald Trump puts off G7 until Sept, invites Russia, India among others
May 31, 2020, at 08:23 am
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump is postponing the G7 summit, originally planned for June, until September and plans to invite Russia, South Korea, Australia and India.
May 30, 2020, at 11:51 pm
Minneapolis/IBNS: The manslaughter of a 46-year-old unarmed black man, George Floyd, by police officer Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee into his neck, triggered massive protests in Minneapolis and cities across the United States over persistent racial bias in the U.S. criminal justice system, media reports said.
Baloch People's Congress condemns Pakistan's 1998 nuclear tests conducted in Chagai
May 30, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The Baloch People's Congress on Saturday condemned the nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan in Chagai district of Balochistan in 1998 that left people of the region suffer miserably from the repercussions.
US lawmaker introduces bill to recognise Tibet as separate and independent nation
May 30, 2020, at 09:26 pm
Washington: Putting pressure on China, US lawmaker Scott Perry has introduced a bill to recognise Tibet as a separate and independent nation.
China's national security law will snatch independent rights of Hong Kong: Barrister Wilson Leung
May 30, 2020, at 08:59 pm
Hong Kong-based barrister Wilson Leung has said it is feared that China will use a new law to suppress peaceful resistance, opposition and activism in Hong Kong in the same manner as authorities do it in mainland China to suppress dissidents.
As China continues clampdown, Britain is planning to give refuge to Hong Kong residents
May 30, 2020, at 08:54 pm
London: It seems Britain is slowly backing its former colony as it is planning to allow hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens to come to Britain if China clamps down further on the city.
UNSC might not lift sanctions on Taliban: Russian diplomat
May 30, 2020, at 08:45 pm
Moscow: The Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners as part of the peace deal with the United States but even at such a scenario UN Security Council might not lift sanction over the group, according to a Russian diplomat.
Pakistani embassy in Zimbabwe in human trafficking row, sours relations
May 30, 2020, at 08:40 pm
Harare: Triggering a major row, a Pakistani diplomat in Zimbabwe has been alleged to be involved in human trafficking episodes.
Pakistan's state minister tested positive of COVID-19
May 30, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Pakistan's State Minister for States and Frontier Regions Shehryar Khan Afridi has been tested positive for the COVID-19, the minister confirmed in his twitter post on Saturday.
Afghanistan reports highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases, 14,525 in total
May 30, 2020, at 05:26 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Afghanistan on Saturday reported 866 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, the biggest daily increase since the outbreak of the pandemic in February, the country's Ministry of Public Health confirmed.
Bangladesh asks Libya to take action against killers 26 Bangladeshis
May 30, 2020, at 05:25 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Saturday asked Libya to take stringent punitive actions against perpetrators of the massacre of its nationals alongside compensation for the victims a day after alleged hostage takers killed 26 Bangladeshis and wounded 11 others.
Covid-19: Bangladesh records 28 new deaths
May 30, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh saw a further rise in Coronavirus cases with the detection of 1764 fresh cases in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 44,608 in the .
Uzbekistan extends quarantine till June 15
May 30, 2020, at 03:30 pm
Tashkent/Xinhua/UNI: Uzbekistan has extended quarantine measures until June 15 while easing some lockdown restrictions to allow many businesses to reopen, the Special Republican Commission to Combat Coronavirus said Saturday.
Israeli police shoot dead suspicious Palestinian in Jerusalem
May 30, 2020, at 03:28 pm
Jerusalem/Xinhua/UNI: A Palestinian man, spotted with a suspicious object in the Old City of Jerusalem, was shot dead during a police chase, the Israeli police said Saturday.
One Killed, 40 detained during riots in US detroit - reports
May 30, 2020, at 03:11 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: One person was killed and over 40 others were detained in the US city of Detroit during mass riots provoked by police actions in the city of Minneapolis, where an African-American man had lost his life after being arrested by law enforcement officers, media reported, citing Detroit police chief, James E. Craig.
Canada looking at reuniting families separated due to border closure: Justin Trudeau
May 30, 2020, at 10:55 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The reunion of the families separated due to the Canada-U.S. temporary border closure, is being looked into by Canada's federal government through a slight change in the directives for the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, media reports said.
White House on lockdown as protests over Floyd's death reach US capital amid nationwide rage
May 30, 2020, at 09:50 am
Washington/Xinhua/UNI: The White House has been under lockdown as protests reached the US capital on Friday, the fourth day of nationwide demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in Minneapolis police custody.
UN human rights office welcomes moves to curtail spread of hatred and violence online
May 30, 2020, at 09:21 am
New York/IBNS: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has welcomed steps taken by social media companies to prevent their platforms from being used to promote hatred, violence and misinformation, Spokesperson Rupert Colville said on Friday.
More ‘can and must be done’ to eradicate caste-based discrimination in Nepal
May 30, 2020, at 09:18 am
New York/IBNS: Shocked over the killing last weekend of five men in Nepal, who had planned to escort home one of their girlfriends from a higher caste, the UN human rights chief on Friday stressed that ending caste-based discrimination is “fundamental” to the overall sustainable development vision of leaving no one behind.
After ultimatum, Donald Trump ends ties with WHO for working under China's control
May 30, 2020, at 03:01 am
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that America is severing ties with World Health Organisation (WHO) and will direct the funds to other "worldwide deserving urgent global public health needs" while accusing it of working under China's control, which pays only $40 million annually against US' yearly donation of approx $450 million.
Canada: TIFF 2020 to have a digital platform, also considering some physical festival
May 29, 2020, at 09:29 pm
Toronto/IBNS: Organizers of the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)'s are still planning to have some type of physical festival, but TIFF executive director and co-head Joana Vicente said that it would definitely be going to look different, media reports said.
Mongolia to send 8 flights to COVID-19-hit countries in June to evacuate nationals
May 29, 2020, at 08:47 pm
Ulan Bator/Xinhua/UNI: Mongolia will send eight chartered flights to COVID-19-hit countries in June to evacuate its nationals, the country's foreign ministry said on Friday.
Lockdown extended in Maldives as COVID-19 cases cross 1,500
May 29, 2020, at 08:43 pm
Male/Xinhua/UNI: The Maldives government announced that the lockdown over Maldives' capital region of Greater Male has been extended by two weeks as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country crossed 1,500, local media reported here Friday.
Bangladesh reports highest daily rise of 2,523 COVID-19 cases
May 29, 2020, at 08:39 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Friday confirmed 2,523 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single day rise since the start of the pandemic in the country on March 8, bringing the total to 42,844.
Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and Qatar form alliance of Sunni political Islam, says expert
May 29, 2020, at 07:32 pm
Jerusalem: Turkey, Pakistan, Qatar and Malaysia have formed a new alliance in the Islamic world and they perceive India, Israel and the Christian nations in the West as their enemies, a noted expert on Middle East opined.
US, three other allies target China over Hong Kong national security law
May 29, 2020, at 07:10 pm
Washington: China's decision to impose the new national security law on Hong Kong has earned criticisms from the United States and its three major allies.
China’s leaders ‘arrogant and aggressive’ over Hong Kong security law, says EU politician
May 29, 2020, at 06:59 pm
Brussels: The head of European Parliament department that handles relations with China has said Beijing’s proposals for a national security law for Hong Kong are “aggressive and arrogant”.
China lodges protest with US regarding bill to sanction Beijing over treatment of Uyghurs
May 29, 2020, at 06:34 pm
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: China has lodged a strong protest with the United States regarding the bill passed in the US Congress to impose sanctions on China for alleged violations of the rights of Uyghurs, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday.
Bangladesh witnesses highest single-day spike of 2523 COVID cases
May 29, 2020, at 04:01 pm
Dhaka/uni: Bangladesh on Friday recorded the biggest daily jump of 2523 cases of Novel Coronavirus, taking the country's total infections to 42,844.