Britain's longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
Sep 09, 2022, at 04:46 am
London: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, breathed her last on Thursday, the Royal Family confirmed in a tweet. She was 96.
UK: Queen Elizabeth under medical supervision, close family members gathering at her estate
Sep 09, 2022, at 02:54 am
London: British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, 96, has been placed under medical supervision after doctors evaluated her Thursday morning.
Ukraine: Guterres calls for ‘safety’ and ‘security’ of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:58 pm
New York: Briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres again underlined the need to de-escalate the situation around the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
Social contract needed to lift Asia and Pacific region’s workforce out of poverty
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:55 pm
New York: Denied decent work opportunities and highly vulnerable to systemic shocks such as pandemics or economic downturns, workers in Asia and the Pacific are under pressure, according to a report launched on Tuesday by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
Four killed as private jet crashes over Baltic Sea
Sep 05, 2022, at 02:40 pm
Stockholm: All four onboard were believed to be killed when a private jet crashed into the Baltic Sea, according to media reports from both Sweden and Latvia.
Mikhail Gorbachev laid to rest in Moscow
Sep 04, 2022, at 08:34 pm
Moscow/UNI: The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery on Saturday.
Ukraine: ‘Physical integrity’ of Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant ‘has been violated several times’
Sep 03, 2022, at 05:47 pm
New York: Further damage to the embattled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine “cannot” be allowed to happen, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.
World food prices drop for fifth consecutive month: FAO
Sep 03, 2022, at 05:26 pm
World food prices have fallen for a fifth consecutive month but are still nearly eight per cent higher than a year ago, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday.
Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss for British PM: Voting ends, result tomorrow
Sep 03, 2022, at 06:43 am
London/IBNS: Voting to replace Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and the British Prime Minister closed on Friday evening.
Ukraine troops using artillery made by Pakistan: Reports
Sep 03, 2022, at 04:44 am
Kyiv: Ukraine Army's need for ammunition amid the war with Russia is surprisingly met by Pakistan, a Twitter handle has claimed.
Drug seizure: Two Pakistanis, six others arrested in Saudi Arabia
Sep 03, 2022, at 03:15 am
Riyadh: Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested eight people, including two Pakistanis, after they busted a drug smuggling bid in what is being termed as the country's biggest operation.
Lufthansa cancels several Friday flights
Sep 02, 2022, at 10:40 pm
Berlin: After months of attempts to reach a deal between German carrier Lufthansa and its employees union over salary issues, the carrier canceled almost all its passenger and cargo flights on Friday, as per media reports.
Workforce shortages: Australia decides to hike cap on permanent migration
Sep 02, 2022, at 06:45 pm
Melbourne: The Australian government has decided to hike the cap on permanent migration for the first time in a decade to help fill massive workforce shortages.
Ukraine: IAEA experts arrive in Zaporizhzhia on mission to nuclear plant
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:59 pm
New York: Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, the latest stage in their efforts to inspect conditions at the embattled nuclear power plant there.
Spain: Former Catalan Parliament leaders’ political rights violated, say UN experts
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:50 pm
New York: By suspending former Catalan government and parliament members from public duties prior to them being convicted, following the independence referendum back in 2017, Spain violated their political rights, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a statement published on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia: Two Pakistanis among eight arrested in 'biggest' drug bust
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:53 pm
Riyadh/UNI: Saudi officers foiled an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country, the media reported, describing it as the largest drug trafficking operation in the kingdom.
Typhoon to hit Japan's Okinawa
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Typhoon Hinnamnor is re-approaching Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa amid unstable atmospheric conditions that are expected to lead to heavy downpours in western and eastern Japan, the weather agency said Thursday.
UN inspectors head out to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid fighting
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Kyiv/IBNS: A team from the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog Thursday headed for a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine despite fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Portugal Health Minister quits after pregnant Indian tourist dies
Sep 01, 2022, at 04:51 pm
Lisbon/UNI: Portugal's Health Minister resigned hours after reports emerged that a pregnant Indian tourist died on being turned away from a maternity ward, media reports said.
Former Malaysian PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tests COVID-19 positive
Aug 31, 2022, at 09:20 pm
Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has tested COVID-19 positive.