Sri Lanka: 82 Jaffna students get Chinese scholarship
Oct 07, 2022, at 06:32 pm
Colombo: China has given away scholarships amounting to Rs 4.3 million to 82 students of Jaffna University.
Bangladesh: Chinese national booked for promoting obscenity through mobile app
Oct 07, 2022, at 05:55 pm
Bangladesh police have booked a Chinese national and four others for making millions illegally in Bangladesh by promoting obscenity through a mobile app, media reports said on Friday.
Horrific Thailand nursery attack prompts swift international condemnation
Oct 07, 2022, at 05:34 pm
New York: A horrific attack on a childcare centre in northern Thailand that has left dozens dead, prompted strong international condemnation on Thursday. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said he was shocked and saddened by the mass shooting.
Make suicide prevention in Africa a priority, UN health agency urges governments
Oct 07, 2022, at 05:22 pm
New York: Did you know that Africa has the highest suicide rate in the world? To reverse that worrying statistic, the UN health agency WHO on Thursday launched a social media campaign to raise awareness around mental health illness, which is believed to account for up to 11 per cent of the risk factors that are associated with suicide.
Afghanistan: Mortar shell explosion leaves a child dead in Paktika
Oct 07, 2022, at 03:08 pm
Paktika: At least one child died and two others were hurt as a mortar shell exploded in eastern Afghan province of Paktika, media reports said on Friday.
National Day: China’s minority communities burn PRC flags in US, UK cities
Oct 07, 2022, at 02:56 am
London: China’s minority communities – Tibetans and Uyghurs - burned Peoples Republic of China (PRC) flags at demonstrations in several US and UK cities on Oct 1 which marked the National Day.
California kidnapping: Three Indian-origin adults and eight-month-old found dead
Oct 06, 2022, at 11:29 pm
San Francisco/UNI: Four kidnapped members of a family in Merced County, in the US state of California, were found dead, the Merced County Sheriff Vernon Warnke said.
Pakistan: Grenade attack on tribal elder's house leave five injured
Oct 06, 2022, at 11:20 pm
Hub: A grenade attack on the house of a tribal elder in Hub town of Pakistan has left five members of a family, including women and children, critically injured, media reports said on Thursday.
Pakistan:Attock jail employees rape, harass women visitors, claims report
Oct 06, 2022, at 11:15 pm
Rawalpindi: The Provincial Intelligence Centre (PIC), in a report, has accused some Attock district jail employees in Pakistan of raping and sexually harassing women who visit to meet prisoners, media reports said on Thursday.
Pakistan: Norwegian national goes missing in Punjab
Oct 06, 2022, at 11:06 pm
A Norwegian national of Pakistani origin has gone missing in Punjab province, media reports said on Thursday.
Ten years of Afghan economic growth, reversed in just 12 months: UNDP
Oct 06, 2022, at 09:11 pm
New York: A year on from the Taliban takeover in Kabul, Afghanistan is gripped by “cascading crises”, including a crippled economy that humanitarian aid alone cannot address, according to a new report from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday.
Latest DPR Korea missile launch risks escalating tensions, Security Council hears
Oct 06, 2022, at 08:47 pm
New York: The international community must step up efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons in the wake of the latest firing of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Thailand: Mass shooting at child care center leaves 34 dead
Oct 06, 2022, at 08:26 pm
Bangkok: A former policeman, who took his own life, is suspected to have killed at least 34 people, including 22 children, at a childcare center in northeastern Thailand, media reports said on Thursday.
Swedish Euro MP chops hair to support Iran's anti-hijab protests
Oct 06, 2022, at 08:31 am
A Swedish European lawmaker expressed her support for the anti-hijab protest in Iran by chopping her in parliament and calling for European Union (EU) to take action against Tehran, media reports said.
Pakistan: Teacher rapes teen student in Karachi, arrested
Oct 06, 2022, at 06:25 am
Karachi: The police on Wednesday arrested a school teacher in Pakistan's Karachi city for allegedly raping a 14-year-old student, media reports said.
Climate change heightens threats of violence against women and girls
Oct 06, 2022, at 05:54 am
New York: Climate change and environmental degradation are escalating the risk and prevalence of violence against women and girls across the world, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert warned on Wednesday.
World Teachers’ Day highlights need to transform education
Oct 06, 2022, at 05:38 am
New York: Teachers are at the heart of education, and their valuable work must also lead to better salaries and working conditions, the heads of three UN agencies and a partner organization said on Wednesday.
Oct 06, 2022, at 05:28 am
New York: The UN Secretary-General has expressed his deep sadness over the death of three peacekeepers from Bangladesh who were killed on Monday in the Central African Republic (CAR), following a roadside bomb explosion near the border with Cameroon. Others were injured, and one remains in a critical condition.
Afghanistan: Blast rocks MoI mosque, 4 die
Oct 06, 2022, at 04:44 am
Kabul: At least four people died and 25 others were hurt as a blast rocked the mosque of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in Afghanistan capital city Kabul on Wednesday.
Chinese govt imposes ban on residents from leaving Xinjiang to tackle COVID-19 situation
Oct 06, 2022, at 04:22 am
Xinjiang: The Chinese government has imposed a ban on residents from leaving Xinjiang region amid rise in COVID-19 cases.
UN chief condemns DPR Korea missile launch over Japan as ‘reckless act’
Oct 05, 2022, at 11:02 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday strongly condemned the launch of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, which reportedly travelled over Japan.
Five years of violence in northern Mozambique has forced nearly a million to flee
Oct 05, 2022, at 10:55 pm
New York: Nearly one million people have fled extreme violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups in northern Mozambique over the past five years, the UN refugee agency UNHCR reported on Tuesday.
UN envoy urges dialogue to end political impasse in Iraq
Oct 05, 2022, at 10:46 pm
New York: The absence of a functioning government in Iraq one year after elections were held is hard to justify, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday, urging political leaders to put aside their differences for the common good.
Pakistan: To avert ‘second wave of death’, UN raises funding appeal to $816 million
Oct 05, 2022, at 10:40 pm
New York: Battling what the top UN aid official in Pakistan has warned is a “second wave of death and destruction”, following catastrophic flooding since June that left a third of the country submerged, UN humanitarians on Tuesday raised their funding request from $160 million to $816 million.
Pakistan Army kills seven terrorists during two different operations in KP
Oct 05, 2022, at 03:31 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani Army have killed seven terrorists in two different operations in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, media reports said.
U.S citizen goes missing in Afghanistan, claims family member
Oct 05, 2022, at 05:52 am
An Afghan-American national, who had travelled to Afghanistan for working purpose, has been missing for the past eight weeks, his family member said on Tuesday.
Oct 05, 2022, at 05:39 am
Hindu community members in Pakistan's Kalat town recently marched on the roads to demonstrate against what they said was the alleged desecration of the remains of a Hindu woman’s body burnt in the burning ghat.
Pakistan:KP govt delays salary payment to its employees, triggering financial crisis worries
Oct 05, 2022, at 05:36 am
Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government failed to pay the September salary to its employees on Saturday, triggering doubt over the financial state of the region.
Japan’s Daikin to dump China for AC parts: Reports
Oct 05, 2022, at 05:28 am
Tokyo: Japanese electronics major Daikin industries is planning to dump China as it has failed to supply parts for manufacturing of Air conditioners, media reports said on Tuesday.
Unknown gunmen kill dead Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl activist
Oct 05, 2022, at 05:11 am
Bajaur: Unknown gunmen shot dead a senior Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl activist in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur tribal district of Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said on Tuesday.