Pakistan's media regulatory authority sends notice to ARY News over ‘fake news’ attributed to envoy
Apr 26, 2022, at 01:17 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) last week issued a show-cause notice to ARY News where it claimed the channel had aired 'fake and unverified' news about the stance of Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed, regarding the controversial letter, media reports said on Monday.
Women raped then killed by Russian troops: Ukrainian doctors
Apr 26, 2022, at 01:02 am
Kyiv/UNI: Ukrainian forensic doctors have said postmortem examinations on bodies in mass graves found in the north of Kyiv have revealed that some women were raped before being killed by the Russian forces.
Sri Lanka to face severe food shortage: Former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka's former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed doubt that the country might face a severe food shortage as the Indian credit facility given for fuel will end by the first week of May.
China: Mass testing begins in Beijing, lockdown fear sparks panic buying
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:46 pm
Beijing: As the Chinese capital Beijing begins mass testing for its millions of residents after an increase in Covid-19 cases, fears of a hard lockdown have sparked panic buying.
Afghanistan: Taliban separates weekdays for male, female university students
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:42 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has separated weekdays of male and female students of Kabul University and Kabul Polytechnic University in a bid to further end co-education in the country, media reports said on Monday.
Sri Lanka to face severe food shortage: Former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:42 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka's former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed doubt that the country might face a severe food shortage as the Indian credit facility given for fuel will end by the first week of May.
Afghanistan: Family members of Kunduz blast ask Taliban govt to punish perpetrators
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:08 pm
Kabul: Family members of the victims of the Kunduz blast asked the Taliban government of Afghanistan to punish the perpetrators of the incident.
Pakistan: Afghan refugees demonstrate in front of UNHCR in Islamabad
Apr 25, 2022, at 10:45 pm
Kabul: Afghan refugees demonstrated in front of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Islamabad against the delay in processing their immigration papers.
France: Emmanuel Macron returns to power after winning Presidential polls
Apr 25, 2022, at 02:21 pm
Paris: Emmanuel Macron is back as French President for five more years after he defeated rival Marine Le Pen in the polls on Sunday.
Sri Lanka: Students protest outside PM's residence, demand resignation
Apr 25, 2022, at 04:27 am
Colombo: Thousands of Sri Lankan students, mostly university students, on Sunday protested outside Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's residence demanding his resignation over the island nation's economic crisis.
Pakistan: Teen girl goes missing from Karachi
Apr 25, 2022, at 12:38 am
Karachi: A teen girl has gone missing from Pakistan's Karachi region recently, media reports said on Sunday.
Japan: Tourist boat goes missing, 10 dead
Apr 25, 2022, at 12:04 am
Tokyo: A tourist boat went missing off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, leaving at least 10 people dead, media reports said on Sunday.
Several people found after cruise boat goes missing in Japan
Apr 24, 2022, at 03:24 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Four people from the KAZU 1 tour boat that went missing off the coast of Hokkaido in Japan have been found unconscious, the NHK broadcaster reports.
Nigeria: Over 100 killed in explosion at illegal oil refinery
Apr 24, 2022, at 07:45 am
Abuja/UNI/Xinhua: Over 100 people have been killed following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria's southern state of Imo, official and local sources said on Saturday.
Finland's FM says no point in delaying NATO membership
Apr 24, 2022, at 07:40 am
Helsinki: Finland should not delay applying for a NATO membership as it may become more difficult to join in the future, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said Saturday.
Turkey shuts airspace for Syria bound Russian planes: Report
Apr 24, 2022, at 07:34 am
Ankara: Turkey has shut its airspace for Syria-bound Russian civilian and military planes, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying Saturday by local media.
Pakistan facing power cut troubles even during Ramadan
Apr 24, 2022, at 04:15 am
Islamabad: Pakistan is currently observing Ramadan but there is no respite from loadshedding troubles even now.
Ukraine war: Over 20 pc drop in Russian contributors on YouTube
Apr 24, 2022, at 03:45 am
Moscow: YouTube has witnessed a 21 percent drop in the number of Russian-language active contributors from February 24, the day when Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine, to April 20, according to the data unveiled on Saturday by the Russian analytical group Brand Analytics.
Pakistan: TikTok removes over 6.5 million videos
Apr 24, 2022, at 03:32 am
Islamabad: Short video sharing platform TikTok, a China-based subsidiary of ByteDance, has removed more than 6.5 million videos in Pakistan.
Nawaz Sharif says Imran Khan destroyed Pakistan's economy
Apr 24, 2022, at 03:29 am
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has slammed ousted PM Imran Khan for backtracking on every promise and said the PTI chairman broke the back of Pakistan's economy.
Apr 23, 2022, at 09:50 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government has directed the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) to ban access to online game Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) and the video-sharing app TikTok, stating that the younger generation is going astray due to them.
Pakistan: Three soldiers killed during gunbattle with terrorists in Af-Pak border
Apr 23, 2022, at 09:30 pm
Islamabad: At least three soldiers were killed in the Dewagar area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district during an exchange of fire with terrorists from across the Afghan border, media reports said on Saturday.
UN Secretary-General to meet separately next week with Putin and Zelenskyy
Apr 23, 2022, at 09:27 pm
New York: António Guterres will be traveling to Russia and Ukraine to meet with both the Foreign Ministers and Presidents of these countries.
Apr 23, 2022, at 09:13 pm
New York: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday called for a probe into Israel’s response to the escalating violence surrounding the Al Asqa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.
UN’s Bachelet condemns ‘horrors’ faced by Ukraine’s civilians
Apr 23, 2022, at 09:06 pm
New York: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday condemned the “horrors” committed against civilians in Ukraine as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that it feared the worst in devastated areas of the country's east and south.
45 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers
Apr 23, 2022, at 03:31 pm
Gaza: Forty-five Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank since Friday morning, the Red Crescent said.
Afghanistan: Pakistani scholar urges Taliban to reopen schools for girls
Apr 23, 2022, at 03:14 pm
Kabul/Islamabad: Mufti Taqi Usman, a prominent Pakistani scholar, has written a letter to the Taliban government of Afghanistan and asked it to reopen girls’ schools for Afghan girls.
France Election: Macron takes 14-point lead over Le Pen
Apr 23, 2022, at 02:40 pm
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron has widened the lead over far-right Marine Le Pen to 14 percentage points just two days ahead of the runoff election, a survey out showed.
Pakistan: Protests held in several Balochistan towns against killing of truck driver
Apr 23, 2022, at 05:49 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Various political party members demonstrated in Pakistan's Dalbandin, Nokkundi, Nushki and Kharan towns on Wednesday against recent killing of a truck driver in Chagai as well as injuries to those who had taken to the streets against the incident.
Pakistan: Fire destroys village, inquiry team visits to inspect cause
Apr 23, 2022, at 05:39 am
Islamabad: An inquiry team-led by Sindh home secretary Dr Saeed Ahmed Magnejo on Thursday launched an investigation into the deadly fire incident in Faiz Mohammad Daryani village of Pakistan, media reports said on Friday.