China: Authorities direct doctors, nurses to keep working despite being COVID-19 infected
Dec 18, 2022, at 04:27 am
Beijing: Chinese authorities have directed doctors and nurses, who are infected with COVID-19, to keep working as the country is continuing to witness a surge in infection.
Pakistan: Balochistan govt warns it will not be able to pay salaries for next month
Dec 18, 2022, at 04:24 am
Quetta: The Balochistan government has warned it would not be able to pay salaries for the next month if the federal government does not release the province’s share under the National Finance Commission Award (NFC).
Pakistan: Traders ask for a meeting with Imran Khan over 'alarming' state of law and order in KP
Dec 18, 2022, at 03:45 am
Peshawar: Traders affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have requested party chairman Imran Khan for a meeting due to the 'alarming' state of law and order in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of the country.
Elon Musk to ‘immediately’ restore suspended Twitter handles of US journalists
Dec 17, 2022, at 11:13 pm
Washington/UNI: US billionaire and Twitter owner Elon Musk announced on Saturday that he would immediately restore the suspended accounts of journalists from leading American news outlets on the social network after the majority of survey respondents voted for this option.
Mali: UN chief condemns attack against UN peacekeepers
Dec 17, 2022, at 11:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack against a police patrol of the UN mission in Mali on Friday, which killed two Nigerian peacekeepers and injured four others.
Pakistan: Demonstration held in PoK to mark Bangladesh's War of Independence
Dec 17, 2022, at 10:55 pm
Muzaffarabad: Demonstrations were organized in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s (POK) Bagh and Hajira on Friday to mark Bangladesh's War of Independence,media reports said.
Bangladesh: Two women die as vehicle drops into roadside ditch
Dec 17, 2022, at 10:53 pm
Dhaka: Two women died and 25 others were hurt as a vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a roadside ditch in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday.
Chinese G20 delegate describes DWG meeting “very satisfactory”
Dec 17, 2022, at 10:46 pm
New Delhi: Chinese delegate Hanwen Tang has described India's agenda at the Development Working Group (DWG) meeting under its G20 Presidency as 'comprehensive'.
Shooting near Chicago high school leaves 2 dead
Dec 17, 2022, at 08:47 pm
Chicago: At least two teens died and two others were hurt in a shooting incident near a high school on Chicago's Lower West Side region, media reports said.
Libya: Help make 2023 the year of ‘free and fair elections’, Security Council urged
Dec 17, 2022, at 08:43 pm
New York: The first step to legitimacy and security in Libya is to allow registered voters to cast their ballot in fresh elections, UN Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily told the Security Council on Friday.
UN launches 10-year survival plan for endangered indigenous languages
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:58 pm
New York: From Arctic communities desiring to receive public services in their own languages, to the Arhuaco people in Colombia who still speak Ika, indigenous people across the world are determined to keep their mother tongues alive.
Scottish Parliament urged to adopt gender recognition reform
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:26 pm
New York: A top UN-appointed independent human rights expert has urged the Scottish Government to pass a new law offering legal protection to people based on their gender identity, including trans women.
New UN report warns against ‘dehumanizing’ migrants looking for work
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:18 pm
New York: No one should have to surrender their human right to migrate in order to find a living wage, the UN human rights office, OHCHR said in a new report published on Friday, highlighting the importance of temporary migratory labour programmes.
Afghanistan: Taliban urged to halt public floggings and executions
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:05 pm
New York: The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday in an appeal to the ruling Taliban leadership.
Germany: Giant aquarium explodes in Berlin, 2 hurt
Dec 17, 2022, at 02:38 pm
Berlin: A giant aquarium, which was located in the Radisson Blu in Berlin, exploded on Friday morning, leaving two people hurt, media reports said.
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:44 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Muktijuddha Mancha handed a memorandum to the United Nations Missions in Dhaka for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres when they demanded trial of the Pakistani Army which was involved in the killings and Genocide during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
US: Georgia Gov Brian Kemp bans China-owned TikTok in Peach State executive agencies
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:06 am
Georgia: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has now banned executive agencies from using the China-owned video-sharing app TikTok.
Pakistan: Suicide attack in North Waziristan leaves 3 dead
Dec 17, 2022, at 01:05 am
North Waziristan: At least three civilians died and 14 others were hurt in a suicide attack in Sargardan area of North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said on Friday.
China directs nationals to leave Afghanistan after recent attack on Kabul hotel
Dec 17, 2022, at 12:17 am
Kabul: The Chinese government has asked its citizens to leave Afghanistan after a terror attack in a Chinese-owned hotel in the country this week left three people dead.
Comment on CCP: Chinese student arrested in US for threatening person
Dec 17, 2022, at 12:07 am
Boston: A Berklee College of Music student, who is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), has been arrested and charged with stalking in connection with threatening and harassing communications he allegedly made towards an individual who posted fliers in support of democracy in China.
France: Ten dies in Lyon apartment fire
Dec 16, 2022, at 09:02 pm
Lyon: At least 10 people, including five children, died as a fire broke out at an apartment in Lyon city of France, media reports said.
UN rights chief reports on intensified ‘climate of oppression’ in Nicaragua
Dec 16, 2022, at 06:20 pm
New York: The “climate of oppression” in Nicaragua has only intensified in recent months, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Thursday.
Security Council examines rising terrorism threat globally
Dec 16, 2022, at 06:10 pm
New York: A UN Security Council meeting on Thursday focused on terrorism began with a sobering reminder of the danger posed by this persistent threat to international peace.
Rights experts urge UK to redraft controversial Northern Ireland bill
Dec 16, 2022, at 06:03 pm
New York: The United Kingdom should rewrite proposed legislation covering the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the “Troubles”, because it fails to comply with the obligation to investigate serious violations and denies truth and remedy for the victims, two UN human rights experts said on Thursday.
UN emergency relief chief ends Ukraine visit, pledging solidarity
Dec 16, 2022, at 05:59 pm
New York: In Ukraine, the UN’s top emergency relief official on Thursday pledged solidarity with the embattled country and its people, as they try to rebuild their lives amid the ongoing war.
Iran removed from UN Commission on the Status of Women
Dec 16, 2022, at 05:49 pm
New York: The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Wednesday adopted a resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its four-year term ending in 2026.
UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by deaths amid floods in DR Congo
Dec 16, 2022, at 05:44 pm
New York: The UN chief is “deeply saddened” by the loss of life and heavy damage triggered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the worst floods to hit the country since 2019, his spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Ukraine: Winter’s downward spiral documented by UN agencies
Dec 16, 2022, at 05:39 pm
New York: Nine months after Russia invaded Ukraine, rural households are increasingly forced to scale down or abandon agricultural activities, according to a new survey released on Wednesday by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
South Sudan: UN rights chief appeals for end to ‘senseless violence’ in Upper Nile state
Dec 16, 2022, at 05:31 pm
Perpetrators behind deadly violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state must be brought to justice, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Wednesday.
‘Dramatically’ evolving conflict highlights importance of multilateralism, Security Council hears
Dec 16, 2022, at 05:17 pm
New York: Inter-State wars, terrorism, divided collective security, and peacekeeping limitations remain the same challenges facing multilateralism as when the UN was founded 76 years ago, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.