Report reveals only one-third of 8,500 missing people have returned home in Pakistan

Mar 14, 2022, at 08:47 pm

Islamabad: A report submitted by the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in Pakistan on Friday revealed that out of the 8,463 citizens missing since March 2011, only 3,284 have returned home, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Kabul residents complain about rising food prices

Mar 14, 2022, at 03:01 pm

Kabul: Residents of Afghanistan's capital city Kabul are complaining about high price of food materials despite the dollar’s value dropping against Afghan currency.

Barack Obama tests COVID-19 positive

Mar 14, 2022, at 02:35 pm

Washington: Ex-US President Barack Obama on Sunday said he has tested COVID-19 positive.

Ukraine Crisis: American journalist Brent Renaud shot dead by Russian forces in Irpin

Mar 14, 2022, at 03:39 am

Kyiv:  American journalist Brent Renaud was shot dead by Russian forces in the Ukraine's  Irpin region on Sunday.

Japan: Tibetan community members observe National Uprising Day, demonstrates outside Chinese embassy

Mar 14, 2022, at 02:28 am

Tokyo: Members of the Tibetan community observed the 63rd anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day by holding an anti-China demonstration outside the Chinese embassy here on Saturday.

Ukraine: American journalist killed by Russian forces in Irpin

Mar 14, 2022, at 02:06 am

Kyiv regional police have claimed an American journalist has been killed  by Russian forces in Irpin region of war-hit Ukraine.

Australia: Tibetans protest in Canberra to mark National Uprising Day

Mar 14, 2022, at 01:37 am

Canberra: Hundreds of Tibetan community members recently marked the 63rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day in Australian city of Canberra.

Russian airstrike in western Ukraine leaves 35 people dead

Mar 13, 2022, at 11:56 pm

Kyiv: Lviv regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyi on Sunday claimed that 35 people died and 134 others wounded in the missile strike on a military training base in western Ukraine.

Afghanistan: Demonstrators protest in Kabul, demand for women's access to education, work

Mar 13, 2022, at 11:24 pm

Kabul: A large number of women demonstrated in Afghanistan capital city Kabul  on Saturday where they demanded for women’s access to education and work.

Russian forces inch closer to Kyiv, Ukraine says fleeing citizens getting killed: Reports

Mar 13, 2022, at 06:08 pm

Kyiv/IBNS: Russian forces are approaching closer to Ukraine's capital Kyiv from the north, west and northeast, reports said on Sunday.

A dozen missiles strike near US consulate in north Iraq, no injuries reported

Mar 13, 2022, at 05:13 pm

Baghdad/IBNS: A total of 12 missiles struck Iraq's northern city of Irbil on Sunday near the United States consulate, media reports said. There have been no casualties.

Murder of polio vaccinators in Afghanistan: Four people arrested

Mar 13, 2022, at 04:22 pm

Taliban security officials have arrested four people accused of killing four polio vaccinators and two Taliban affiliates in Kunduz province of Afghanistan.

Ukraine conflict: Residents of Melitopol city demonstrate against alleged abduction of mayor

Mar 13, 2022, at 04:11 pm

Melitopol: Residents of Ukraine's Melitopol city have protested against the alleged abduction of  the mayor by Russian forces, media reports said on Sunday.  

Several rockets land near US consulate in Iraq’s Erbil

Mar 13, 2022, at 02:56 pm

Baghdad/UNI/Sputnik: Strong explosions were heard in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, late on Saturday night, Shafaq News reported citing an Iraqi security source.

Ukraine crisis: Power lines at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant being repaired

Mar 13, 2022, at 02:39 pm

Kyiv/UNI/Sputnik The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that, according to the Ukrainian regulator, work is continuing to repair the damaged power lines at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

Russia fires on evacuation convoy, 7 killed

Mar 13, 2022, at 08:30 am

Kyiv/UNI: The Ukrainian intelligence service on Saturday said that seven civilians were killed after Russian troops fired at an evacuation convoy in the Kyiv region.

Zelenskyy says about 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers killed

Mar 13, 2022, at 08:30 am

Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy estimated on Saturday that his country had lost some 1,300 troops during more than two weeks of fighting with Russia.

Saudi Arabia executes 81 people in one day on charges of terrorism

Mar 13, 2022, at 04:24 am

Saudi Arabia Saturday said it has executed a total of 81 people in one day on various terrorism-related charges, topping the executions last year and eliciting criticism from rights activists.

Afghanistan: Seven members of family, including children, hurt in blast

Mar 12, 2022, at 11:46 pm

Kabul: At least seven people of a family, including children, were hurt as a blast rocked  Marja district in Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said.

Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine could be a war crime: UN rights office

Mar 12, 2022, at 09:53 pm

New York: The UN rights office, OHCHR, reiterated deep concern on Friday at the increasing number of civilian casualties in Ukraine following the Russian invasion which began on 24 February, before issuing a reminder to Moscow that any targeting of non-combatants could be a war crime.

Russian troops push toward Ukrainian capital Kyiv, other cities

Mar 12, 2022, at 06:59 pm

Kyiv: Reports have suggested that Russian forces were making progress from the northeast as they inch toward Ukraine's capital Kyiv, ABC news reported on Saturday.

UN rights experts raise alarm over Russia’s ‘choking’ media clampdown at home

Mar 12, 2022, at 03:56 pm

New York: The recent adoption by Russia of a punitive “fake war news” law is an alarming move by the Government to gag and blindfold an entire population, independent UN human rights experts said on Friday.

Ukraine: Melitopol Mayor abducted, faces terrorism charges

Mar 12, 2022, at 02:58 pm

Kyiv: Ukraine's Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov, who was abducted by Russian-backed forces on Friday, could be facing terrorism charges.

Joe Biden rules out direct NATO-Russia clash, says such conflict would trigger 'World War 3'

Mar 12, 2022, at 04:15 am

Washington/IBNS: President Joe Biden Friday ruled out any direct intervention by the United States in Russia's war against Ukraine stating that such NATO-Kremlin clash would lead to "World War 3".

U.S. House passes bill which prohibits maps depicting Taiwan 'inaccurately'

Mar 12, 2022, at 02:48 am

Washington: The United States House of Representatives passed an appropriation bill on Wednesday which is going to prohibit the use of any maps by the U.S. State Department and its foreign operations that "inaccurately" depict Taiwan.

Xinjiang forced labour fears: China slams Norway state fund

Mar 12, 2022, at 02:22 am

Beijing: China has slammed a decision taken by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to sell off its stake in a Chinese company due to rights concerns, warning the move may cause “unnecessary losses” for Oslo.

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai facing trouble in travelling in Afghanistan: Reports

Mar 12, 2022, at 01:32 am

Kabul: Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said that he himself and former head of Afghan reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah are facing restrictions in travelling in Afghanistan.

Survey shows about 44 pct of fifth graders unable to read English properly in Pakistan

Mar 12, 2022, at 01:24 am

Islamabad: A recent survey has shown 45 percent students, mostly fifth graders, in Pakistan could not read a sentence in Urdu and their regional languages while 44 percent could not read sentences in English, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan: 14 cops killed, 24 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in attacks in last two months

Mar 12, 2022, at 12:47 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has said 14 policemen were killed and 24 others were injured during attacks on them in several districts of the northernmost province of Pakistan over the past two months, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistani govt decides to impose 10 percent regulatory duty on import of petrol from China

Mar 12, 2022, at 12:42 am

Islamabad: The Pakistani government has decided to impose 10 percent regulatory duty on the import of petrol from China aimed at plugging a loophole that is exploited by the oil marketing companies to avoid taxes, media reports said on Friday.