UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding ceasefire in Gaza for first time
The United Nations Security Council Monday adopted a resolution that demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan.
Upcoming Paris Olympics could become 'premium terrorist target', says NGO
The Paris Summer Olympics could become a "premium terrorist target" after Friday's terrorist attack at a concert venue in the Moscow Region, a senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project international non-government organization, Edmund Fitton-Brown, said on Monday.
Three coal miners kidnapped in Pakistan
Armed men kidnapped three coal miners in Duki coal field area of Balochistan on Friday, media reports said.
Human traffickers torture immigrants who tried to reach Europe via Iran
Human traffickers and notorious smugglers are trying to cruelly treat immigrants who illegally attempt to reach Europe via Iran by holding them for ransom.
BU teachers, staff protest for salaries in Pakistan
Leaders of the joint action committee, including Prof Dr Kaleemullah Barech, Shah Ali Bugti, Nazir Ahmed Lehri, Fareed Khan Achakzai, and others, on Sunday said despite passage of 24 days in March, professors and employees of the University of Balochistan (UoB) have not received salaries and pensions for the last three months.
Counter-narcotics police destroy poppy farms in north Afghanistan
Afghan counter-narcotics police have smashed poppy farms on 200 acres of land in north Afghanistan's Balkh province over the past two months, provincial police chief Abdul Razaq Rashed said on Monday.
Baloch National Movement members protest against Pakistani occupation of Balochistan in Berlin
Baloch National Movement’s Germany Chapter staged a protest in Berlin recently, observing March as the black day when the Pakistan Army marched on March 27, 1948, and forcibly annexed Balochistan.
Experts, intellectuals hold Pakistan accountable for Bangladesh war crimes in 1971
International geopolitics experts and intellectuals held Pakistan accountable for the war crimes of 1971 in Bangladesh.
Simon Harris to become Ireland's youngest PM
Ireland’s governing party Fine Gael named Simon Harris as its new leader which will make him the youngest Taoiseach in the history of the country.
Taiwan's Ministry of Defence detects 7 Chinese naval ships, 5 military aircraft around nation
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence recently tracked seven Chinese naval vessels and five military aircraft around Taiwan between Sunday and Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan's farmers' body urges government to declare agriculture emergency
Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, a body dedicated to farmers of the financially-hit South Asian nation, has urged the government to declare an agriculture emergency in the country, media reports said.
Israeli authorities tell UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza
Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza.
French authorities raise national security after Moscow terror attack
French authorities have decided to raise the national security alert system Vigipirate to its highest level to deal with potential threats to the country after the recent terror attack in Moscow which left over 100 people dead.
Shooting in Indiana leaves one person dead
One person was killed, and five others, including a police officer, were wounded in an early morning shooting on Sunday in Indianapolis, U.S. state of Indiana.
2 dead, 34 injured in road crashes in Philippines over weekend
Manila: Two people died and 34 others were hurt in two separate road crashes in the Philippines over the weekend, local authorities said Sunday.