Pakistan: Imran Khan to resume his match to Islamabad from Tuesday
Nov 07, 2022, at 01:41 am
Islamabad: Pakistani leader Imran Khan, who faced an assassination attempt recently, on Sunday said his party would be resuming its march to Islamabad on Tuesday.
Tanzanian Precision Air plane crashes into Lake Victoria, 26 passengers rescued
Nov 06, 2022, at 11:25 pm
Dodoma: A passenger plane belonging to Tanzania's Precision Air crashed into Lake Victoria while attempting to land, the airlines said on Sunday.
6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia
Nov 06, 2022, at 03:22 pm
Jakarta/UNI: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Sunday, but did not trigger a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
UN urges Elon Musk to ensure human rights in Twitter management
Nov 06, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Geneva/UNI: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk issued an open letter to Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, saying "ensure human rights are central to the management of Twitter".
'Everyone's really excited', says Rishi Sunak on life in 10 Downing Street: Report
Nov 06, 2022, at 06:13 am
Newly-appointed UK PM Rishi has moved back into the smaller flat above 10 Downing Street, which is usually used as the home of the Chancellor of Exchequer.
China names Tibet-Xinjiang highway bridges after deceased Galwan soldiers
Nov 06, 2022, at 01:13 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has named several bridges, which are located along the highway that connects Tibet and Xinjiang, after four soldiers who died during the 2020 Galwan clash, media reports said on Saturday.
China’s rocket booster falls from space and crash lands, US slams
Nov 06, 2022, at 01:08 am
Washington: Debris of a Chinese rocket booster plunged uncontrolled back to Earth on Friday morning, attracting criticism from the US government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appreciates Indian talent
Nov 06, 2022, at 12:53 am
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has appreciated India by calling its citizens as "talented" and "driven".
North Korea launches 4 short-range ballistic missiles
Nov 05, 2022, at 11:40 pm
Seoul: North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Saturday, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean military.
Russia: Fire at Kostroma nightclub leaves 15 dead
Nov 05, 2022, at 11:35 pm
At least 15 people died and five others were hurt in an overnight fire at a nightclub in the Russian city of Kostroma, media reports said on Saturday.
DPR Korea launches ‘unprecedented number’ of missiles, Security Council hears
Nov 05, 2022, at 11:30 pm
New York: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched “an unprecedented number” of cruise and ballistic missiles over the course of just 48 hours this week, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, told the Security Council in an emergency meeting on Friday.
Sweden: Step up efforts to fight systemic racism, urge UN experts
Nov 05, 2022, at 11:24 pm
New York: Sweden should step up efforts to fight systemic racism and focus on strategies to restore trust between police and minority groups, said a UN Human Rights Council-appointed group of independent experts on advancing racial justice and equality, on Friday.
Safety and security of Yemeni civilians at risk unless truce is extended, says human rights chief
Nov 05, 2022, at 11:18 pm
New York: Warring factions in Yemen are being urged to extend a UN-mediated truce following reports of deaths and injuries of civilians from sniper attacks and shelling. The truce, which started at the beginning of April, ended more than a month ago, and human rights chief, Volker Türk, says that there is grave and growing concern for the safety and security of civilians.
National Security Concerns: Canada orders three Chinese firms to exit lithium deals
Nov 05, 2022, at 10:52 pm
Ottawa: The Canadian government has directed three Chinese firms to divest from a trio of small lithium miners based in the country.
African Sindhi community members says their heart is Indian
Nov 05, 2022, at 10:36 pm
Ahmedabad: African Sindhi community members, who came to India centuries ago, said their heart is Indian while their culture is African.
Nov 05, 2022, at 10:20 pm
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe praised Indians staying in Colombo and other parts of Sri Lanka known as Colombo Expats Cultural Association (CECA) for the contributions they made while the country was facing COVID-19 situation and the economic crisis.
Netherlands orders to shut down illegal Chinese police offices
Nov 05, 2022, at 09:35 pm
Amsterdam: Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra has ordered the shut down illegal police offices set up by China in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan registered trade surplus with Pakistan: US Monitoring agency
Nov 05, 2022, at 09:14 pm
Washington/Kabul: US monitoring agency SIGAr said in its report that Afghanistan registered a trade surplus of USD 79 million with Pakistan from July 2021 to June 2022.
Finnish PM Sanna Marin cleared of neglecting duties
Nov 05, 2022, at 09:12 pm
Helsinki/UNI: Finnish PM Sanna Marin has been cleared of misconduct after a video in August showed her partying.
Pakistan: One shooter left as he felt I was dead, says former PM Imran Khan
Nov 05, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Lahore/UNI: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he would not have survived if the two shooters he saw had "synchronised" their attack on him.
Unfortunately there is no choice, tweets Elon Musk as he defends layoff
Nov 05, 2022, at 03:17 pm
Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk on Saturday defended the move of removing about half of Twitter's workforce by saying that he had 'no choice' as the company was losing more than $4m a day.
Nov 05, 2022, at 04:41 am
Lahore/IBNS: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said he was hit by four bullets in an assassination attempt by those "using the script of religious extremism" in the country's Punjab's Wazirabad town.
'Go back to Africa' remark halts French parliament
Nov 05, 2022, at 02:33 am
Paris/UNI: The French parliament was brought to a standstill after a far-right MP shouted "They should go back to Africa" as his black colleague talked about immigration.
US state secy Antony Blinken discusses Russia-Ukraine conflict, with global counterparts
Nov 05, 2022, at 01:29 am
Washington/UNI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his French, German and UK counterparts in Germany on Friday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.
Resurgence of ethnic clashes in Sudan’s Blue Nile region triggers death and destruction
Nov 05, 2022, at 12:59 am
New York: The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide expressed grave concern on Thursday over a reported resurgence of ethnic clashes in the Blue Nile region of Sudan.
Haiti ‘on the verge of an abyss’, warns UN rights chief
Nov 04, 2022, at 11:58 pm
New York: Amid continuing gang warfare and a vacuum of law and order, Haiti is “on the verge of an abyss” said the UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday, warning that any hope of a sustainable recovery requires “urgent and sustained action” to tackle the root causes of the overlapping crises afflicting the island nation.
PTI workers clash with police as they protest across Pakistan against attack on Imran Khan
Nov 04, 2022, at 11:41 pm
PTI workers clashed with the police as they protested on Friday against the attack on their chief Imran Khan.
UN chief urges Security Council, speak ‘with one voice’ to secure peace
Nov 04, 2022, at 11:12 pm
New York: UN peace operations, which include peacekeeping and special political missions, “provide the space for political solutions” in some of the world’s most complex hotspots, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
South Sudan: Conflict and climate crisis drives rising hunger
Nov 04, 2022, at 10:45 pm
New York: The number of people in South Sudan who are going hungry is at the highest level ever, UN agencies said in their latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, issued on Thursday.
Ukraine grain deal, Ethiopia agreement, show ‘power of multilateralism in action’: Guterres
Nov 04, 2022, at 10:26 pm
Russia’s decision to rejoin the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Ethiopian agreement to end the war in Tigray demonstrate the power of multilateralism in action, said the UN chief on Thursday, in a call for countries to also rebuild trust between the North and South at the UN’s COP27 climate conference in Egypt.