Sri Lanka: New Government urged to make progress on accountability, institutional reforms
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:50 pm
New York: Sri Lanka is at a critical juncture and the new Government must make progress on accountability as well as institutional and security sector reforms, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Tuesday.
Papua New Guinea: Conflict and election-related violence trigger wave of displacement
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:46 pm
New York: Following conflict and election-related violence in Papua New Guinea, more than 15,000 people have been internally displaced in Hela, Southern Highlands and Enga provinces, the International Organization for Migration´s (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Somalia: UN’s top humanitarian forum warns of ‘tipping point’ as famine risk rises
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:26 pm
New York: Somalia is at a “tipping point”, with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of famine, the heads of the UN’s highest-level humanitarian coordination forum have warned.
Sri Lanka donates tea to flood victims of Pakistan
Sep 07, 2022, at 07:22 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka, a nation combating economic crisis, showed a humanitarian side when the nation donated a consignment of Ceylon tea to the flood victims in Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
Liz Truss rewards allies with cabinet roles
Sep 07, 2022, at 02:24 pm
London: Liz Truss has rewarded her key allies with top jobs in a major reshuffle hours after taking charge as the new UK prime minister.
New evidence of mass DNA collection in Tibet emerges: HRW
Sep 07, 2022, at 05:12 am
Beijing/Lhasa: Chinese authorities are significantly increasing policing, including an arbitrary collection of DNA from residents in many towns and villages throughout the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Human Rights Watch said today.
Digital currency may become new point of tension between US-China
Sep 07, 2022, at 03:33 am
Washington: China's move to implement the start of a new digital currency may trigger a new battle with the US which is also trying to create its own digital dollar.
Sep 07, 2022, at 03:25 am
Honiara: The Solomon Islands has triggered new fears of China’s growing influence after it rejected docking permission to two international warships, media reports said.
COVID-19, power outage hit China's manufacturing sector hard
Sep 07, 2022, at 03:16 am
Beijing: China's manufacturing sector has been hit hard and the outlook remains bleak amid a continuing onslaught of the coronavirus and power shortages caused by record heatwaves.
Liz Truss appointed as UK PM after meeting Queen
Sep 07, 2022, at 12:05 am
London: Liz Truss became the new prime minister of the UK after meeting the Queen at Balmoral, where she was asked to form a government after the resignation of Boris Johnson.
Somalia receiving unprecedented levels of food aid, with ‘famine at the door’
Sep 06, 2022, at 10:44 pm
New York: As UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it is delivering more food aid to Somalia than ever before.
Execution of Gaza prisoners condemned by UN rights office
Sep 06, 2022, at 10:36 pm
New York: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has condemned the execution of five prisoners by Hamas, the de facto authorities in Gaza, in a statement released on Monday.
Pakistan rupee drops by Rs1.56 in interbank market
Sep 06, 2022, at 10:27 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's rupee extended its losses for the second consecutive session this week as it dropped by Rs1.56 against the dollar in the interbank market on Tuesday.
China: Death toll due to earthquake in Sichuan touches 65
Sep 06, 2022, at 09:54 pm
Sinchun: The death toll due to the 6.8 magnitude earthquake which rocked China's Sichuan Province on Monday has touched 65, media reports said on Tuesday.
China: Earthquake death toll rises to 65
Sep 06, 2022, at 05:41 pm
Chengdu/UNI: A total of 65 people have been killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said on Tuesday.
Saskatchewan mass stabbings: One suspect found dead
Sep 06, 2022, at 02:25 pm
Saskatchewan: Canada Police on Tuesday said one of the suspects in Sunday's mass stabbings in Saskatchewan has been found dead.
Sep 06, 2022, at 03:38 am
Saskatchewan/IBNS: A dangerous person alert across Canada's Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba has been issued by RCMP following a stabbing spree early Sunday morning in 13 different locations.
'We now unite behind new PM, Liz Truss': Rishi Sunak after defeat in UK leadership race
Sep 06, 2022, at 03:15 am
London/IBNS: Rishi Sunak, who lost in the leadership contest to succeed Boris Johnson, asked the Conservative Party members to unite behind the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Bangladesh will not face Sri Lanka-type economic crisis, assures PM Sheikh Hasina
Sep 06, 2022, at 01:58 am
Dhaka: Rejecting concerns that Bangladesh could go the Sri Lanka way, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that despite the Covid-19 onslaught and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, her country's economy continued to be in robust shape and that her regime exercised a high level of diligence when taking any loans.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina feels India can play major role in resolving Rohingya issue
Sep 06, 2022, at 12:26 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the Rohingya migrants are a “big burden” on her country and the South Asian nation is reaching out to the international community to ensure their return to their homeland, Myanmar.
Sep 05, 2022, at 11:29 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said she wanted to assure Bangladesh's predominantly Hindu community and the world community that her government strongly supports secularism and that any attempt to disrupt communal harmony will be dealt with immediately.
Liz Truss defeats Rishi Sunak to become UK's new PM
Sep 05, 2022, at 11:24 pm
London/IBNS/UNI: UK's current Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Monday defeated her nearest competitor Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race to become the country's new Prime Minister, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul leaves 2 Russian Embassy workers dead
Sep 05, 2022, at 09:36 pm
Kabul: A blast has hit Darul Aman area of PD7 in Afghanistan capital Kabul city which left two Russian Embassy workers dead, media reports said on Monday.
24 more killed in Pakistan floods
Sep 05, 2022, at 09:00 pm
Islamabad/UNI: At least 24 people were killed and 115 others were injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
My son will decide whether he will come to politics or not: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
Sep 05, 2022, at 06:40 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in an interview given to ANI, said it depends on her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and the people of her country whether Joy will come to politics or not.
Israel: One civilian, six soldiers injured in bus attack
Sep 05, 2022, at 05:16 pm
Jerusalem/UNI: One soldier was seriously wounded, five other soldiers and one civilian were lightly wounded in an attack on a bus with passengers near the Jordan Valley in Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday.
Eight dead in Russia volcano climb
Sep 05, 2022, at 05:07 pm
Vladivostok/UNI: The death toll from a climbing accident at the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula rose from six to eight after freezing winds halted a rescue attempt, TASS reported on Monday.
Two killed in Northern California wildfire
Sep 05, 2022, at 05:04 pm
Los Angeles/UNI: Two people were killed in a fast-moving wildfire in the Northern California town of Weed in Siskiyou County, the county's Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue said.
Pakistan: Flood victims forced to stay under open sky
Sep 05, 2022, at 03:04 pm
Karachi: A large number of flood-hit victims in Pakistan are forced to live under the open sky and dealing with troubles like hunger and disease.
Canada: Stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan leaves 10 dead, police searching for two suspects
Sep 05, 2022, at 02:55 pm
At least 10 people were killed in a stabbing rampage in Canada's central Saskatchewan province on Sunday, media reports said on Monday.