Brazil container depot collapse leaves 9 dead
Sep 21, 2022, at 03:44 pm
Sao Paulo: At least nine people were killed and as many as 28 injured when part of a container depot collapsed in Brazil's southeastern state of Sao Paulo, the fire department reported.
Mahsa Amini Death: Anti-hijab protests continue across Iran, three die
Sep 21, 2022, at 03:05 pm
Tehran: At least three people were killed as they protested in different parts of Iran over the death of a woman in custody for breaking hijab laws.
Bangladesh Minister seeks international recognition of 1971 genocide
Sep 21, 2022, at 05:37 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has urged people who believe in the spirit of the Liberation War to unite in realising the international recognition of genocide carried out in the 1971 Liberation War on unarmed Bangalees.
UK: Beijing-backed Chinese language schools to be replaced by Taiwanese teachers
Sep 21, 2022, at 05:23 am
London: A group of British MPs is in talks with Taiwan to provide Mandarin teachers to the UK as the government seeks to phase out Chinese state-linked Confucius Institutes, a top British newspaper reported.
Sep 21, 2022, at 04:35 am
Community leaders from among Hindus and Muslims of UK's Leicester have appealed for an end to a cycle of violence that spiralled over the last week after the initial squabbles over an Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan last month.
Baloch Genocide: Pakistan's Baloch National Movement blames China
Sep 21, 2022, at 02:35 am
Quetta, Pakistan: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has accused China of joining hands in “carrying out the Baloch Genocide" in Pakistan.
Tibet: Lhasa officials apologise over handling of COVID-19 lockdown amid protests
Sep 21, 2022, at 12:52 am
Lhasa: Authorities in Lhasa have apologised for the handling of the lockdown issue in Tibet after angry residents complained about food shortages, media reports said on Monday.
Sri Lanka will witness revolt if no election is held within six months, warns top monk
Sep 20, 2022, at 11:15 pm
Colombo: A mass revolt will become inevitable in Sri Lanka if a general election is not held within six months after the formation of an all-party government, a top Buddhist monk warned in comments published on Tuesday.
Fauci not as confident about pandemic end as US President Joe Biden
Sep 20, 2022, at 10:48 pm
Washington: US top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci does not sound as confident as the American President when it comes to the nation's current Covid status.
Hindu-Muslim riots in Leicester: Police arrest 47 people
Sep 20, 2022, at 10:32 pm
Police have arrested 47 people in the East Leicester area of the UK over a clash that erupted when groups of young men began an unplanned protest in the region.
Education transformation needed for ‘inclusive, just and peaceful world’ – UN chief
Sep 20, 2022, at 09:04 pm
Education has been Secretary-General António Guterres’ “guide and touchstone,” he said on Monday, the final day of the Transforming Education Summit, warning that it is in “a deep crisis”.
UN spotlights transformational potential of family farming for world food supply
Sep 20, 2022, at 08:22 pm
New York: A Global Forum highlighting the UN’s Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) got underway on Monday, aimed at identifying priority policies to boost support for family farmers and agricultural development worldwide.
Covid-19 pandemic over in US: Joe Biden
Sep 20, 2022, at 03:19 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden has declared the pandemic over in the US, even as the number of Americans who have died from Covid continues to rise.
Pakistan: Father sets child on fire for not studying
Sep 20, 2022, at 02:48 pm
Karachi: A child died in Pakistan's Karachi city after his father set him on fire for not studying.
Afghanistan: UN repeats call for Taliban to allow girls full access to school
Sep 20, 2022, at 02:38 pm
New York: Marking one year since Afghanistan’s de facto rulers decreed that girls should be excluded from high school, UN chief António Guterres has urged the Taliban to “let them back in” without delay.
Afghanistan: Man shot dead in Shindand
Sep 20, 2022, at 02:31 pm
Kabul: Unidentified men have shot dead a youth in Afghanistan's Shindand district, media reports said on Tuesday.
Over 3 million child labourers in Bangladesh; 1.3 million exposed to hazardous conditions
Sep 20, 2022, at 01:34 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Over three million children in Bangladesh are trapped in child labour and among them 1.3 million are made to work extremely hard in hazardous conditions, according to a report.
Queen Elizabeth's coffin lowered into royal vault ahead of private burial
Sep 20, 2022, at 03:19 am
London: The committal service for Queen Elizabeth II has now ended, after which her coffin was lowered into the vault at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, ahead of a private burial service later.
Ukraine: 13 die as blasts rock separatist-run Donetsk
Sep 20, 2022, at 12:38 am
The Russian-backed mayor has claimed that as many as 13 people died in a series of explosions in the separatist-run city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, media reports said on Monday.
US releases top Afghan drug lord in prisoner swap
Sep 20, 2022, at 12:23 am
Washington: The United States released a powerful Afghan drug lord after two decades of imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in return for an American held prisoner by the Taliban, Afghan officials said.
Karzai condemns clashes between Taliban, NRF in Panjshir
Sep 20, 2022, at 12:02 am
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai had reacted to the ongoing clashes between Taliban and National Resistance Forces (NRF) in Panjshir and said the continued bloodshed must stop.
Taliban govt to ban Pubg, Tiktok in Afghanistan in 3 months
Sep 19, 2022, at 11:55 pm
The Taliban government has decided to ban Pub G and TikTok apps in the next three months.
Pakistan govt's expenses shoot up to Rs1.1 trillion in 2 months
Sep 19, 2022, at 11:34 pm
Islamabad: The current expenditure of the Pakistan government has touched nearly Rs1.1 trillion.
Pakistan: Flour crisis continues in Balochistan
Sep 19, 2022, at 11:32 pm
Quetta, Pakistan: The Balochistan region of Pakistan continues to face a flour crisis with the mill owners continuing to blame the provincial government for failing to procure the required wheat this year.
Pakistani Rupee slides by Rs. 1.07 during interbank
Sep 19, 2022, at 11:11 pm
The Pakistani Rupee slides by Rs1.07 against USD during the interbank market on Monday.
Unseen portrait of Queen Elizabeth II unveiled
Sep 19, 2022, at 09:48 pm
London/IBNS: A previously unseen portrait of the Queen smiling brightly has been released by Buckingham Palace on the eve of her funeral.
UK: Service begins for Queen Elizabeth II's final farewell
Sep 19, 2022, at 09:43 pm
London: The funeral service to remember Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, began at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
15 arrested after violence in UK's East Leicester: Police
Sep 19, 2022, at 08:33 pm
Leicester, England: Leicestershire Police on Monday said at least 15 people have been arrested in the East Leicester area of the UK on Sunday after a clash erupted when groups of young men began an unplanned protest.
Taliban make $200m annually through criminal activities in Pakistan, claims Senator
Sep 19, 2022, at 08:25 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has claimed that a high ranking government official revealed in a meeting of the National Security Committee of the National Assembly that the Afghan Taliban have been generating around USD 200 million annually by performing different kinds of criminal activities, which included extortion, in Pakistan.
China: COVID-19 quarantine bus overturns in Guizhou, 27 die
Sep 19, 2022, at 02:53 pm
A bus, which was transferring dozens of people to a Covid-19 quarantine facility in China's southwestern province of Guizhou, overturned in a ravine on Sunday that left 27 people dead, media reports said on Monday.