Malnutrition to spike in Sri Lanka: Reports
Sep 13, 2022, at 11:12 pm
Colombo: Malnutrition will rise in the face of increased poverty and high food prices, the Sri Lanka Medical Nutrition Association, the Nutrition Society of Sri Lanka, the Dieticians Association and the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) People’s Forum say.
Grenade blast in Philippines injures seven people
Sep 13, 2022, at 01:52 am
Manila/UNI: Seven people were injured last night in the Philippine city of Cotabato as a result of a grenade explosion in a restaurant, local media reported on Monday.
Sri Lanka, Pakistan in neck deep in debt to China
Sep 13, 2022, at 12:26 am
Colombo: Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the Maldives are neck deep in debt to China.
Sep 12, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Colombo: An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today in a new report.
Afghanistan: Taliban minister says people do not want their girls students to attend school
Sep 12, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Kabul: Taliban Education Minister Noorullah Munir has said people do not want their girls to attend school in the current situation.
China: Several residents complain about lack of food and essential services amid COVID-19 lockdown
Sep 12, 2022, at 09:00 pm
Beijing: People in several regions of China, who have been compelled to live in lockdown due to COVID-19, are complaining about shortages of food and other essential items.
UN chief sees ‘great heights’ of human endurance and heroism amid ‘climate carnage’ in Pakistan
Sep 12, 2022, at 06:00 pm
New York: Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday reiterated that the needs in flood-ravaged Pakistan are enormous and called for urgent financial support, as he wrapped up a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the climate-driven disaster with flights over some of the hardest hit areas.
Pakistan: Hindu temple gives shelter to flood-hit people
Sep 12, 2022, at 03:57 pm
Quetta: Tucked in the Kachhi district of Balochistan in the tiny village of Jalal Khan, the local Hindu community opened the doors of the Baba Madhodas Mandir to the flood-hit people and their livestock.
Pakistan: Terrorists linked to banned AQIS, TTP arrested
Sep 12, 2022, at 03:25 pm
Pakistani security officials in Karachi have arrested two militants belonging to the outlawed Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Afghanistan: Fruit sellers, growers criticize Pakistan's decision to increase customs tariffs
Sep 12, 2022, at 03:20 am
Kabul: Fruit sellers and growers in Afghanistan are certainly angry with Pakistan after it increased customs tariffs.
Pakistan: Report shows harassment complaint increased significantly in past four years
Sep 12, 2022, at 03:06 am
The office of the Federal Ombudsperson Secretariat for Protection against Harassment (FOSPAH) has received almost 5,008 complaints in the last four years, a major spike in the number of registered cases, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan govt decides to pay Rs50b to CPEC IPPs
Sep 12, 2022, at 01:52 am
The Pakistan government has promised to make payments of Rs50 billion to four China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) power plants early next week to save them from default and send a positive signal across the border ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan facing severe liquidity crunch
Sep 12, 2022, at 01:06 am
Pakistan, a nation which is facing severe flooding in recent weeks, is reeling under a dollar liquidity crunch, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Twin blasts in Kabul leaves 16 hurt
Sep 11, 2022, at 11:07 pm
Kabul: At least 16 people were hurt as twin explosions rocked Kabul on Saturday.
Afghanistan: 3 killed as Taliban attempt to fly chopper left behind by US
Sep 11, 2022, at 05:14 am
Kabul: A helicopter crashed Saturday in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing three people, during a Taliban training exercise, media reports said.
Pakistan: UN scales up financial and other support after ‘latest climate tragedy’
Sep 11, 2022, at 04:01 am
New York: A $7 million disbursement from the UN’s Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF), announced on Friday, will bolster response to the devastating monsoon floods in Pakistan, the worst in more than a decade.
Afghanistan: Taliban closes girl school after days of reopening in Paktia
Sep 10, 2022, at 11:53 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have shut down a girl's school and sent the tearful students back home in Paktia province in the southeast region of the country, media reports said on Saturday.
Chinese media trying to influence Sri Lanka
Sep 10, 2022, at 09:52 pm
Colombo: China's state-run media is increasingly trying to influence Sri Lanka and its people, a US State Department funded study says.
COVID-19: China extends lockdown in Chengdu
Sep 10, 2022, at 09:40 pm
Chengdu: In an effort to curb the further expansion of an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the Chinese city of Chengdu on Thursday extended a lockdown for a majority of its more than 21 million residents.
COVID-19: Goods imported for Nepal's Dashain festival stopped in Tibet
Sep 10, 2022, at 09:37 pm
Lhasa: Goods, which are currently being imported to Nepal from China, are being stopped in Tibet, media reports said.
Sep 10, 2022, at 09:24 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Pakistan on Friday to show solidarity with the people of the country following the destruction caused by this year’s devastating floods. He appealed for massive international support to bolster the response and tackle this “climate catastrophe”.
Pakistan: Four cops killed in Tank attack
Sep 10, 2022, at 02:22 pm
Dera Ismail Khan: Unidentified gunmen ambushed the convoy of Tank tehsil chairman Saddam Hussain Khan near Pai village in Pakistan on Friday which left four policemen dead, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt still unable to announce formal cabinet after one year in power
Sep 10, 2022, at 01:05 am
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has not been able to name a formal Cabinet even a year after it came to power in the country.
Pakistan: Ahead of action against militants, security forces asks residents of Tirah to leave
Sep 10, 2022, at 12:16 am
Khyber: Pakistan security forces have directed residents of Sandana, Dray Naghari and Sanda Pal localities to vacate their houses in anticipation of a small-scale military operation against militants following recent attacks on security forces.
Pakistan: Grenade blast in Quetta leaves seven people dead
Sep 10, 2022, at 12:10 am
Quetta: At least seven people, including a woman and a minor girl, were hurt in a grenade attack that rocked Khuram-i-Dad Chowk in Quetta city of Pakistan on Wednesday,media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan floods: Exporters pine for Indian cotton to meet demands
Sep 09, 2022, at 11:47 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association has approached the federal government to allow the import of cotton from India via Wagah to meet the rising export orders as the country's cotton belt remains badly hit due to monsoon rains and floods.
Rights experts urge China to address grave violations in Xinjiang province
Sep 09, 2022, at 08:06 pm
New York: China must address grave human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), and the international community must not turn a blind eye, more than 40 UN independent experts said on Wednesday.
Tension with Tokyo: China joins Russian-led drills in Sea of Japan
Sep 08, 2022, at 06:05 am
Tokyo: China has sent a flotilla led by its largest destroyer to participate in the joint naval drills with the Russian navy in the Sea of Japan, sending a message to Japan amid strained Sino-Japanese ties.
Pakistan: Karachi Police announces special force to tackle rise in crime
Sep 08, 2022, at 12:08 am
Karachi: Karachi's additional inspector general of police has announced the launch of a ‘Shaheen Force’ to tackle the spike in crime incidents in the city.
Sep 07, 2022, at 11:44 pm
Quetta, Pakistan: A Hindu minor girl has claimed she was lured by the promise that she would be given free ration and then gang-raped for two days in the flood-hit Sindh region of Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday.