Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from taking university entrance examinations
Jan 30, 2023, at 12:17 am
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have issued a new decree by which they banned female students from taking university entrance exams this year in all public and private universities, media reports said on Sunday.
More than 200 strikes against pension reform to take place in France next week: Reports
Jan 29, 2023, at 11:52 pm
Paris: More than 200 strikes against the pension reform project will be held at the call of leading trade unions across France on January 31, marking the second nationwide demonstration against raising the retirement age, media reported Sunday.
Pakistan: 10 madrasa students die as boat capsizes in KP
Jan 29, 2023, at 11:41 pm
Islamabad: At least 10 children died when the boat in which they were travelling capsized in Tanda Dam lake in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Bus falls into ravine in Balochistan, 41 die
Jan 29, 2023, at 10:57 pm
Islamabad: At least 41 people died when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan's Lasbela area on Sunday morning, media reports said.
China resumes issuing ordinary visas to Japanese citizens
Jan 29, 2023, at 10:14 pm
Beijing: China has resumed issuing ordinary visas to Japanese citizens after halting the procedure earlier in January, the Chinese Embassy in Japan said on Sunday.
Boat capsize: 16 kids rescued, 9 missing in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Jan 29, 2023, at 10:08 pm
Islamabad: Sixteen children were rescued after a boat capsized in Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, an official said.
Several unconscious after avalanche in Japan's Nagano prefecture
Jan 29, 2023, at 09:59 pm
Tokyo: Several people were unconscious after being involved in an avalanche on Sunday at a ski resort in Otari village of Japan's Nagano prefecture, the country's public broadcaster NHK reported.
At least two killed, 664 injured in 5.9-magnitude quake in northwestern Iran
Jan 29, 2023, at 06:50 pm
Tehran/UNI: At least two people were killed and 664 others injured in a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that jolted West Azarbaijan province in northwestern Iran on Saturday night, local media reported.
At least 40 killed as bus falls into ravine in Pakistan's Balochistan
Jan 29, 2023, at 06:31 pm
Islamabad/UNI: At least 40 people were killed on Sunday morning after a passenger bus fell in a ditch in the Lasbela district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, government authorities said.
Clashes erupt in Jerusalem after anti-Israeli attacks
Jan 29, 2023, at 03:12 pm
Jerusalem/UNI: Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police erupted in Jerusalem on Saturday night in the wake of two anti-Israeli attacks in the holy city.
US: 3 killed, 4 injured in shooting in Los Angeles neighbourhood
Jan 29, 2023, at 07:51 am
Los Angeles (California)/IBNS: At least three people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting in Los Angeles, the fourth mass shooting in California this month, media reported.
Digitizing land records in India and Pakistan reduces conflict, delays and corruption
Jan 29, 2023, at 01:26 am
For Ramesh Gowda, a farmer in the southern province of Karnataka in India, acquiring and maintaining a small piece of land was not easy a few years back. He recalls how he struggled for a year to obtain a land title from the local record keepers.Computerisation seems to be bringing back a smile.
Israel: Two injured in terror attack in Jerusalem, 13-year-old attacker 'neutralized'
Jan 29, 2023, at 01:09 am
Jerusalem: Police said a 13-year-old attacker was 'neutralized' after he shot and injured an Israeli father and his son in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday.
US closely monitoring India-China border situation: US State Dept official
Jan 29, 2023, at 01:01 am
New York: The United States is trying to monitor the situation at the India and China border over the recent clash between the forces of the neighbouring nations.
Myanmar: Car crash leaves five people dead
Jan 29, 2023, at 12:39 am
Yangon: At least five people died when a passenger bus collided with a probox car on Friday evening in southern Myanmar, according to a traffic policeman.
Pakistan witnessing 2.37m tonnes wheat shortage: Minister
Jan 29, 2023, at 12:16 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema has said the country is enduring a net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons (MMT) during the current year.
Syria: WFP chief calls for action now, as hunger soars to 12 year high
Jan 28, 2023, at 11:14 pm
New York:The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), speaking in Damascus, has called on the world to boost investment in Syria’s people and communities to help ease the highest levels of hunger in 12 years.
Holocaust remembrance: beware ‘siren songs of hate’ – UN chief
Jan 28, 2023, at 11:10 pm
New York: At a UN ceremony to mark the Holocaust on Friday, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that antisemitism, hate speech, and misinformation are ever-present, 90 years on from the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany.
Systemic racism within UK criminal justice system a serious concern: UN human rights experts
Jan 28, 2023, at 11:07 pm
Racism in the United Kingdom is “structural, institutional and systemic”, independent UN human rights experts said on Friday, warning that people of African descent in the country continue to encounter discrimination and erosion of their fundamental rights.
Guterres strongly condemns attack at Jerusalem synagogue which left at least seven Israelis dead
Jan 28, 2023, at 10:46 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Friday strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack by a Palestinian man outside a synagogue in a Jerusalem neighbourhood which has left at least seven Israelis dead, and three others injured.
Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk
Jan 28, 2023, at 09:50 pm
New York: Nearly two years on from Myanmar’s brutal military coup against the democratically-elected government, the country has sunk deeper than ever into crisis, undergoing a wholesale regression in human rights, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
French President Emmanuel Macron says 'will continue to speak to Russia'
Jan 28, 2023, at 04:49 pm
Washington/UNI: French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will continue to maintain dialogue with Moscow amid Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
Allah is responsible for Pakistan's development, prosperity: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar
Jan 28, 2023, at 03:26 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said Allah (Islamic deity) is responsible for the country's development and prosperity.
Israel: Terror attack in East Jerusalem synagogue leaves 7 people dead
Jan 28, 2023, at 02:39 pm
Jerusalem: At least seven people died in a terror attack at a synagogue in Israel's East Jerusalem region on Friday, media reports said.
Philippines 'vigilantly monitors' alleged harassment by China in South China Sea
Jan 28, 2023, at 04:15 am
Manila: The Philippines government has said it is 'vigilantly monitoring' the developments in the South China Sea and also probing the recent incident where a China Coast Guard ship allegedly harassed local fishermen near a Filipino-occupied shoal, media reports said.
Jan 28, 2023, at 12:24 am
Swat: The members of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) staged rallies in different districts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Wednesday over the acquittal of former SSP of Malir district Rao Anwar in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan Governor seeks release of federal govt funds amid financial crisis
Jan 28, 2023, at 12:13 am
Gilgit: Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Syed Mehdi Shah on Wednesday discussed the issue of financial crisis faced by his region with Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal and sought release of funds by the federal government of Pakistan.
‘Equal rights cannot wait’ on International Day of Women in Multilateralism
Jan 27, 2023, at 09:05 pm
New York: The head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday underlined the need to achieve gender equality globally and fight hate speech, particularly that which targets women and girls online.
Latin America, Caribbean ‘must step up’ to tackle rising hunger: FAO
Jan 27, 2023, at 08:49 pm
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean “can and must step up” to tackle rising levels of hunger, poverty and inequality, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, said on Wednesday.
Human rights must be defended in the fight against terrorism: UN chief
Jan 27, 2023, at 08:44 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the fight against terrorism will never succeed if we perpetuate the “denial and destruction” of human rights.