Afghanistan: Private schools, universities lose students this academic year
Mar 28, 2022, at 10:38 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's private school and university owners in Kabul city have complained that they have lost 60 percent of their students as the new educational year commenced recently.
UN analysis shows link between lack of vaccine equity and widening inequalities
Mar 28, 2022, at 10:14 pm
New York: Only a tiny proportion of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in developing countries, leading to a widening gap between rich and poor, says the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in a new study released this month.
Russian forces turns Mariupol into dust: Ukraine
Mar 28, 2022, at 03:56 pm
Mariupol: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said the city of Mariupol in Ukraine, which has been invaded by Russian forces, has been turned to 'dust'.
Pakistan: Imran Khan claims foreign powers are behind ‘conspiracy’ to overthrow his govt
Mar 28, 2022, at 03:23 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday said foreign powers were involved in the ‘conspiracy’ to send his coalition government at the Centre packing through a no-confidence motion tabled by the country’s joint opposition.
Shehbaz Sharif urges people to join anti-inflation march
Mar 28, 2022, at 01:26 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday asked people to join PML-N's anti-inflation march on Monday to "save the future of Pakistan".
Afghanistan: Women can only enter parks for three days in a week, directs Taliban
Mar 28, 2022, at 01:10 am
Kabul: The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued yet another bizarre diktat by which women can only go to parks three days a week while men are given four days in the country.
UN chief condemns attacks on civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
Mar 27, 2022, at 11:10 pm
New York: Recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen drew strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday.
Pakistan: Imran Khan's aide quits cabinet, joins opposition
Mar 27, 2022, at 10:03 pm
Islamabad: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, who was serving as the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant (SAPM) on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan, on Sunday quit his position, giving a jolt to Imran Khan ahead of the no-confidence motion against him.
Taliban will keep finding excuses to stop girls from learning in Afghanistan: Malala Yousafzai
Mar 27, 2022, at 09:31 pm
Kabul: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has criticised the Taliban government of Afghanistan and said the group will try to find excuses to stop girls from learning.
Vladimir Putin a 'butcher', Ukraine war is Russia's 'failure': Joe Biden
Mar 27, 2022, at 04:50 pm
Warsaw/IBNS: As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues for a month now, United States President Joe Biden has called the Russian leader "a butcher" who "cannot remain in power", said reports.
US to provide $100 million in security assistance to Kiyv
Mar 27, 2022, at 02:02 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States is going to allocate an additional $100 million in security aid to Kyiv amid Russia's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Pakistan: Security forces kill 6 terrorists in Balochistan operation
Mar 27, 2022, at 05:45 am
Islamabad: Security forces in Pakistan killed at least six Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) separatists involved in various attacks including the Lahore bomb blast earlier this year, the military's media wing said on Saturday.
Nepal should be extremely cautious while accepting loans from China: Senior economist
Mar 27, 2022, at 05:38 am
Kathmandu, Nepal: A senior Nepalese economist has said the Himalayan nation should be extremely cautious while accepting loans from China.
Beijing restricts use of Tibetan language on learning apps, streaming services
Mar 27, 2022, at 05:31 am
Beijing: The Chinese authorities continue their dominance over the Tibetan minority and as per the new step taken by the nation the administration has imposed restrictions on use of the Tibetan language on video services and other online platforms, media reports said.
Nepal, China sign nine agreements during Wang Yi's visit
Mar 27, 2022, at 02:30 am
Kathmandu: Nepalese Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka and his visiting Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Saturday held delegation level talks after which they witnessed the signing and exchange of nine agreements and memorandums of understanding.
Pakistan: 50 ministers belonging to Imran Khan’s party go “missing”
Mar 27, 2022, at 01:23 am
Islamabad: Amidst the no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, at least 50 ministers belonging to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have gone 'missing' from the political front, The Express Tribune reported citing sources.
Pakistan: No-confidence vote likely to take place on April 3 or 4
Mar 27, 2022, at 12:20 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Saturday that the no-confidence vote, to be tabled against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly, will most likely take place on April 3 or 4, Express Tribune reported.
Call for unity in Security Council over latest DPR Korea missile test
Mar 27, 2022, at 12:10 am
New York: The top UN political affairs official urged the Security Council on Friday to be united in its response to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch – the country’s first long-range test since 2017 – as delegates met on Friday afternoon in emergency session, to discuss the matter.
‘Sharp rise’ in Nicaraguans fleeing to Costa Rica, strains asylum system
Mar 26, 2022, at 11:47 pm
New York: Around three per cent of Costa Rica’s population is now made up of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Pakistan: Four soldiers die during exchange of fire with terrorists
Mar 26, 2022, at 11:41 pm
Hassan Khel: At least four Pakistani Army personnel died in North Waziristan's Hassan Khel area during an exchange of fire with terrorists who attempted to infiltrate into Pakistan from Afghanistan in the night between March 23 and March 24, media reports said on Saturday.
Mar 26, 2022, at 11:17 pm
California: As Bangladesh remembers the victims of 'Operation Searchlight' on its 52nd Independence Day, Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) organized a virtual Press Conference to urge the US and the international community to recognize the 1971 genocide of Bangladeshis by Pakistan.
Pakistan: PMO’s YouTube channel renamed to ‘Imran Khan’
Mar 26, 2022, at 11:10 pm
Islamabad: As the Pakistan National Assembly was set to vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the YouTube channel of the Prime Minister's office was renamed to "Imran Khan", Geo News reported on Friday.
Afghanistan: Women protest against Taliban's decision to ban girls from going to school
Mar 26, 2022, at 10:50 pm
Kabul: A small group of women demonstrated in Kabul city on Saturday against Taliban regime's decision to ban teenage girls from going to schools.
Ethiopia: Guterres welcomes Tigray humanitarian ceasefire agreement
Mar 26, 2022, at 07:34 pm
The UN chief on Friday welcomed the declaration of an indefinite humanitarian truce on the part of the Ethiopian Government, and the commitment by forces in the Tigray region to comply with the immediate ceasefire, amid deep concern for the five million people who need emergency aid there.
Human rights crackdowns in Libya having ‘a seriously chilling effect’
Mar 26, 2022, at 07:27 pm
New York: A deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, has prompted the concern of the UN human rights office, which noted on Friday that arbitrary arrests and a campaign of social media vilification are having “a seriously chilling effect on human rights defenders, humanitarian workers, and other civil society actors.”
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territory is ‘apartheid’: UN rights expert
Mar 26, 2022, at 06:57 pm
New York: Calling on the international community to accept and adopt the recent findings in his report, an independent human rights expert said on Friday that “apartheid is being practiced by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory”.
UN alarm over mounting Ukraine casualties, amid desperate scenes in Mariupol
Mar 26, 2022, at 06:52 pm
New York: Ongoing violence in Ukraine has left millions of people “in constant fear” of indiscriminate shelling, the UN warned on Friday, as efforts continued to reach the country’s most vulnerable populations, one month on from the Russian invasion.
Learn from the past, ‘stand united against racism’ – UN chief
Mar 26, 2022, at 06:21 pm
New York: “Let us stand united against racism and together build societies based on dignity, equality and solidarity”, the UN chief said on Friday, International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery.
Safety of UN workers ‘our top priority’, says Guterres
Mar 26, 2022, at 05:27 pm
New York: The UN chief on Friday paid tribute to the dozens of United Nations personnel who have been detained this year while working for the Organization, and those whose whereabouts is unknown.
Bangladesh celebrates Independence Day
Mar 26, 2022, at 03:48 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh is observing Independence Day on Saturday, a day which marks the nation's victory in gaining freedom from the hands of Pakistan.