Boosting production, crucial for least developed countries, post pandemic
Sep 28, 2021, at 10:32 pm
The world’s poorest countries will remain on the margins of the global economy if States are unable to boost economic production, and the international community fails to provide more support, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned.
Iran nuclear programme at ‘critical point’, Israeli Prime Minister warns
Sep 28, 2021, at 10:27 pm
New York: With Iran’s nuclear programme at a “watershed moment”, the country must be stopped from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday in his inaugural speech to the UN General Assembly.
PoK activists demonstrate in London against Shah Mehmood Qureshi's arrival
Sep 28, 2021, at 09:35 pm
London: Activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Monday demonstrated in London against the visit of Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Pakistan: Security personnel killed during exchange with terrorists in Balochistan
Sep 28, 2021, at 04:41 pm
Quetta: A Frontier Corps member died and two others were hurt as they exchanged fire with terrorists in the Mach area of Balochistan on Sunday, media reports said.
US President Joe Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot
Sep 28, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden has received a booster shot of COVID-19.
North Korea fires missile: South Korea
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:36 pm
Seoul/Pyongyang: South Korean military on Tuesday said North Korea has fired a short-range missile towards the sea off its east coast early on Tuesday, media reports said.
Italian FM says impossible for his nation to recognise Taliban govt of Afghanistan
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:29 am
Rome: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has said it is impossible for his nation to recognize the Taliban government.
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:21 am
Beijing: Chinese scientists are creating a hypersonic weapon designed to generate an intense electromagnetic pulse that would wipe out communication and power supply lines, media reports said.
Banned members of BLF destroy Mohammad Ali Jinnah's statue in Pakistan
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:10 am
Gwadar: Statue of Pakistan's Founding Father Mohammad Ali Jinnah was destroyed in a bomb attack in the country's Gwadar region recently.
Pakistan: Relatives block train demanding justice for alleged encounter victim
Sep 28, 2021, at 01:54 am
Toba Tek Singh, Punjab: Relatives of a man, who was allegedly killed in 'encounter', blocked trains by putting burning tyres and parking tractor-trolleys along with the body at the level crossing at Gojra on Sunday for several hours, media reports said.
Sep 28, 2021, at 01:38 am
Kabul: The Taliban insurgents have issued yet another bizarre diktat to hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province by which they are asked not to shave or trim beards as it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law.
Pakistan: CTD officials detain two ISIS-linked terrorists in Karachi
Sep 27, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Islamabad: The Counter-Terrorism Department and a federal intelligence agency of Pakistan carried out a joint raid at New Truck Stand on Karachi's Mauripur Road on Monday and detained two Islamic STate terrorists, media reports said.
Pakistan: Senate body told 24 pct educated people are jobless countrywide
Sep 27, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has highlighted the grim reality of economic condition of the country whereB 24 per cent of educated people were jobless at the moment.
Indonesia’s plan to build mega railway with China triggers debt trap fear
Sep 27, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Jakarta: Indonesia is planning to involve Japan and China to build two separate routes for the same railway project, a move analysts fear might lead to Chinese debt trap and even deteriorate Jakarta's relationship with Tokyo.
German federal election: Social Democrats’ Scholz declares victory
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:25 pm
Berlin/UNI/Sputnik: Olaf Scholz, the leader of Germany’s Social Democrats, called the outcome of this Sunday’s federal election a success that proved voters wanted to see him as their next chancellor.
PML-N will bury PTI forever in 2023 polls: Shahbaz Sharif
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:06 pm
Islamabad: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday gave a strong message to PM Imran Khan and said his party will "bury PTI forever" in the 2023 general elections.
Twitter removes blue verified badge from accounts of several Afghan ministries: Reports
Sep 27, 2021, at 02:14 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Twitter has taken away blue verification checkmarks from the accounts of several Afghan ministries, the Pajhwok news agency reported on Sunday.
Pakistan: Ruling coalition senator wants special aircraft for legislators
Sep 27, 2021, at 04:02 am
Islamabad: A Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) legislator has demanded that the Senate should have its own dedicated aircraft for the use of members of parliament.
CPEC: Pakistan govt unveils Karachi coastline plan
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:58 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has unveiled an ambitious plan to rebuild Karachi’s coastline under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with $3.5 billion “direct Chinese investment”.
Pakistan Crime: Peshawar man arrested on charges of 'sextortion' of US minor
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:36 am
Peshawar: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday said a Peshawar man was arrested on the complaint of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on charges of ‘sextortion’ of a US-based minor girl, media reports said.
Taliban regime may alter current national IDs and passports
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:17 am
Kabul: The Taliban regime of Afghanistan has announced that the national identity cards and the passports that were issued by the previous Afghan government are valid for the time being but they might be changed soon.
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:05 am
Kabul: An Afghan female investor has decided to shut down a driving training center for women that was established a year ago in Kabul as a hardline Islamic Taliban rule takes hold in Afghanistan.
Switzerland referendum: Voters seem to back same-sex marriage
Sep 26, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Bern: People in Switzerland have backed same-sex marriage in a referendum, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: US condemns Taliban govt's decision to reinstate executions, amputations
Sep 26, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Washington: The US government has condemned the Taliban administration's recent announcement to restore the use of amputations and executions as punishment in Afghanistan.
Huawei executive Meng returns to China after 3-yr detention in Canada in bank fraud case
Sep 26, 2021, at 06:38 pm
Chinese telecom giant Huawei's top executive Meng Wanzhou, who was detained in Canada for over three years, arrived in Shenzhen on a special plane sent by the government on Saturday, media reports said.
Russia calls for ‘concerted efforts’ to follow purposes and principles of UN Charter
Sep 26, 2021, at 04:30 pm
New York: The Russian Foreign Minister addressed the UN General Assembly on Saturday, calling for a new consensus to uphold the “purposes and principles” of the UN’s founding document, the UN Charter, and a rejection of the Western-backed “Rules Based Order” concept.
Sudan striving for ‘common goal’ of peace, prosperity, freedom and justice
Sep 26, 2021, at 04:22 pm
New York: Sudan continues the path to democracy, two years after the revolution that “carried the aspirations of our people for freedom, peace and justice”, Prime Minister Abdalla Adam Hamdok told the UN General Assembly on Saturday.
St. Vincent’s Prime Minister urges world to ‘rise collectively’ and combat today’s challenges
Sep 26, 2021, at 04:11 pm
New York: In addition to the global challenges surrounding climate, security and the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday drew the attention of the 76th UN General Assembly to devastating volcanic eruptions and the on-rushing Atlantic Hurricane season confronting his small-island developing State (SID).
Haitian Prime Minister: As long as there is inequality, migration will continue
Sep 26, 2021, at 03:59 pm
New York: The Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, said on Saturday that “human beings, fathers and mothers who have children, are always going to flee poverty and conflict.”
Taliban's recognition not under considerations, says Russia: Report
Sep 26, 2021, at 03:27 pm
New York: International recognition of the Taliban was not currently under consideration, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders here for the UN General Assembly.