An indifferent White House alarms Pakistan as foreign minister Quereshi urges envoy for action
Oct 08, 2021, at 01:51 am
Islamabad (IBNS): A mysterious and allegedly 'leaked' letter from the Pakistan Foreign Minister to his country's envoy in the U.S, which has been immediately declared as 'fake' and 'baseless' by Islamabad, has 'exposed' that the Pak embassy in Washington has failed to establish “meaningful diplomatic contact” between the two countries.
India facilitates return of recuperating ex-Afghanistan PM Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai to Kabul via Pakistan
Oct 08, 2021, at 01:18 am
Amritsar, India (IBNS): India-based former Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, on Thursday headed back to the Afghan capital of Kabul via Pakistan on medical grounds.
Bangladesh witnesses 21 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Oct 07, 2021, at 12:14 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh, a nation that witnessed a deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in recent times, registered 21 deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours.
NLE protest: Pakistan police lathicharge demonstrating doctors
Oct 06, 2021, at 11:45 pm
Islamabad: Doctors protesting against the National Licensing Exam (NLE) on Wednesday continued their demonstration and announced to boycott the Outdoor Patient Departments (OPDs) across the country.
Afghanistan: SGPC condemns attack on Gurdwara Dashmesh Pita
Oct 06, 2021, at 11:32 pm
Amritsar/UNI: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Jagir Kaur has strongly condemned the ransacking of the Gurdwara Dashmesh Pita, Karta-E-Parwan at Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
School graduates of 2000-2020 are of no use: Taliban
Oct 06, 2021, at 10:28 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government issued yet another bizarre diktat by which those who have graduated from high schools during the past twenty years are of no use.
Afghanistan: Taliban take control over Radio Khyber Nawekht
Oct 06, 2021, at 10:12 pm
Kabul: The heads of Radio Khyber Nawekht, a local radio station in Laghman province in Afghanistan, has claimed the Taliban insurgents entered the radio compound and took control of it after the fall of the former government.
UN-backed initiative reached 4.6 million children in ‘crisis within a crisis’
Oct 06, 2021, at 09:36 pm
New York: In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic devastated education systems throughout the world, making the year even more difficult for youngsters already embroiled in emergencies and protracted crises, according to a new UN-backed report launched on Tuesday, coinciding with World Teachers Day.
Oct 06, 2021, at 09:32 pm
Stockholm: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to two scientists for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.
Half of Afghanistan’s under-5s expected to suffer acute malnutrition
Oct 06, 2021, at 09:25 pm
New York: An estimated 3.2 million Afghan children under five, are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, adding that without immediate treatment, at least a million are at risk of dying.
Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF
Oct 06, 2021, at 09:18 pm
New York: In northern Mozambique, worrying reports emerged on Tuesday that children as young as five have been shown how to handle weapons and indoctrinated to fight with insurgents.
Tigray: Food aid reaches Afar and Amhara, but situation still ‘dire’
Oct 06, 2021, at 09:05 pm
New York: The first round of food distributions to people in Afar and Amhara regions impacted by the spread of the conflict in northern Ethiopia has been completed, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
Three injured as earthquake hits northeast of Japan, say reports
Oct 06, 2021, at 07:38 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Three people were injured when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the northeast of Japan Wednesday, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Violence, aid access, continues to obstruct humanitarian effort in DR Congo
Oct 06, 2021, at 07:19 pm
New York: Violence and access constraints in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to hamper humanitarian operations in a context where one in three people need assistance, the senior UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Ex-Facebook employee says it harms children and weakens democracy, Mark Zuckerberg hits back
Oct 06, 2021, at 03:08 pm
Washington: An ex-Facebook employee has told US lawmakers that the popular social media company's apps and sites 'harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy', media reports said.
Afghanistan: ISIS-K terror group claims responsibility for Eidgah mosque blast in Kabul
Oct 06, 2021, at 02:15 pm
Kabul: Terror group ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly explosion on the Eidgah mosque in Kabul on Sunday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Malaysian govt protests encroachment of Chinese vessels in its waters
Oct 06, 2021, at 04:40 am
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday called in the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to convey Malaysia’s position and protest against the presence and activities of Chinese vessels, including a survey vessel, in Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone off the coasts of Sabah and Sarawak.
Taiwan: Survey voices concern over Chinese port investments
Oct 06, 2021, at 04:30 am
A poll conducted by the New Power Party (NPP) has revealed that the majority of respondents want authorities to crack down on Chinese investment in Taiwan’s science parks and ports, media reports said.
Chinese investments in Coal based power projects boomerang: Hong Kong Newspaper
Oct 06, 2021, at 04:15 am
China is facing yet another challenge as it is losing billions of dollars shelving coal-fired power projects in countries that are members of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project, media reports said.
Oct 06, 2021, at 04:07 am
Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Monday indicted former Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) leader Mufti Azizur Rehman and his five sons in a case of sexually abusing a student of his madressah, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Heavily armed men vandalise Kabul gurdwara, tie up guards
Oct 06, 2021, at 01:36 am
Kabul/New Delhi/UNI: A group of heavily armed people vandalised the Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Taliban-ruled Kabul and took three guards there into custody before smashing the CCTV cameras and leaving the premises, an Afghan Sikh gentleman told UNI from Kabul.
Chinese police tortured Uyghurs in Xinjiang, reveals ex-cop
Oct 06, 2021, at 12:33 am
A former Chinese police detective has shared chilling information on how hundreds of police officers armed with rifles went house to house in the Uyghur inhabited far western region of China and pulled people out of their residence to handcuff and hood them.
Kabul: Unidentified men vandalize Karte Parwan Gurdwara
Oct 06, 2021, at 12:22 am
Kabul: President Indian World Forum Puneet Singh Chandhok on Tuesday claimed that unidentified armed men entered Karte Parwan Gurdwara in Afghanistan capital Kabul and vandalized the Gurdwara.
Afghanistan: UK diplomats hold talks with Taliban in Kabul
Oct 05, 2021, at 11:31 pm
Kabul/UNI: Two senior British diplomats travelled to Afghanistan on Tuesday to hold talks with the Taliban, in the first such interaction since the UK’s withdrawal from Kabul.
Oct 05, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Islamabad: A research analyst at the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has warned the religious schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan are turning into breeding grounds for terrorists.
Pakistan opposition leader demands Imran Khan's resignation over Pandora Papers
Oct 05, 2021, at 09:59 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader Ahsan Iqbal has demanded country's Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s resignation over Pandora Papers.
Afghanistan: Taliban to begin issuance of NIDs, Passport
Oct 05, 2021, at 09:55 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has said that they will sooner begin issuance of the National IDs and passports in the country.
Pakistan registers 1,308 new COVID-19 cases, 54 more deaths
Oct 05, 2021, at 09:45 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan on Monday confirmed 1,308 new COVID-19 cases and 54 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday.
UN looks to address ‘unprecedented catastrophic levels’ of food insecurity
Oct 05, 2021, at 09:30 pm
New York: The world currently faces unprecedented catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity, according to UN agencies, and around $6.6 billion is needed urgently, to support 41 million in danger of sliding into famine.
At UN trade meeting, Guterres urges ‘quantum leap in support’ for vulnerable nations
Oct 05, 2021, at 09:26 pm
New York: Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must be sustainable and inclusive, Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to a major UN trade conference which opened on Monday in Barbados, unveiling “an urgent four-point debt crisis action plan.”