Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief
Nov 03, 2021, at 04:47 pm
New York: Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
14 injured in bomb explosion in SW Pakistan
Nov 03, 2021, at 05:39 am
Islamabad/Xinhua: Fourteen people were injured in a bomb explosion in Kharan district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday, police sources said.
Ship with migrants from Afghanistan docks at Greek port
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:55 pm
A Turkish-flagged ship, which was carrying 382 mostly Afghan migrants docked safely at a Greek island's port early on Sunday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Several members of Afghanistan's previous government now joining ISIS-K to fight Taliban: Report
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:48 pm
Kabul: Several previous members of the intelligence body of the previous government in Afghanistan are now affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan branch (ISIS-K) to combat the current Taliban government in the country.
Pakistan: Terrorists kill four suspected terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Hagu: Four suspected terrorists were killed during an operation with Pakistan's security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Motorcycle bomb blast in Balochistan leaves 11 people injured
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Quetta: A motorcycle bomb blast in Balochistan region of Pakistan left at least 11 people injured, media reports said on Tuesday.
Job with PCB would have better suited Imran Khan: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:32 pm
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah taunted Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said he would have been better suited to work in a post for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) than becoming the premier of the nation.
Afghanistan: Twin blasts rock Kabul, several feared dead
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:27 pm
Kabul: Several people were feared to have died as two blasts rocked Kabul on Tuesday, media reports said.
62 journalists killed in 2020, just for doing their jobs: UNESCO
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:23 pm
New York: In 2020 alone, according to UN cultural agency UNESCO, which works to protect media workers, 62 journalists were killed just for doing their jobs. Between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 professionals lost their lives the same way. In nine out of ten cases the killers go unpunished.
Mediation efforts to resolve Sudan crisis underway, UN envoy reports
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:18 pm
New York: Multiple mediation efforts are underway in Sudan one week after the military seized power, UN Special Representative for the country, Volker Perthes, told journalists in New York on Monday.
Bachelet: Right to social security, matter of ‘the utmost urgency’
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:13 pm
New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Monday that the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, and the changing world of work, makes the right to social security for all, “a matter of the utmost urgency.”
UNAIDS upholds decriminalization, access to services, on International Drug Users’ Day
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:05 pm
New York: People who use drugs should not be criminalized, the UN agency leading the global fight to stamp out HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) said on Monday, in calling for greater funding for community-led harm reduction programmes.
International Human Rights Foundation appoints Daniel del Valle as the High Representative for Youth
Nov 02, 2021, at 04:56 pm
Madrid/IBNS: The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) has appointed the Spaniard Daniel del Valle as the High Representative for Youth due to his achievements in the thematic area of youth empowerment and youth participation for the United Nations.
SCO, CICA set to boost cooperation in counter-terrorism
Nov 02, 2021, at 06:02 am
Tashkent/UNI/Sputnik: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) intend to intensify joint efforts in countering terrorism, the press service of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure told Sputnik on Monday.
Joe Biden, Estonian PM discuss defence, efforts to strengthen NATO: White House
Nov 02, 2021, at 05:36 am
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Estonia discussed bilateral defense relations and joint efforts to strengthen NATO’s deterrence capacity, on the sidelines of the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow on Monday, the White House said.
Iran to unveil date of new round of nuclear talks in Vienna this week: Foreign Ministry
Nov 02, 2021, at 05:20 am
Tehran/UNI/Sputnik: Tehran will announce the date of resuming the Vienna-hosted nuclear talks this week after consulting all parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), primarily China, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday.
Ethiopian govt says TPLF terror group killed over 100 young residents of seized city
Nov 02, 2021, at 04:46 am
Addis Ababa/UNI/Sputnik: The Ethiopian government said on Monday that rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) killed more than 100 young people living in the northern city of Kombolcha, captured by the insurgents last weekend.
PM Fumio Kishida promises to restore Japan's economy as ruling bloc keeps majority in election
Nov 02, 2021, at 04:39 am
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Following the victory of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in coalition with the Komeito Party in the lower parliamentary house elections, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday that his government will work hard on restoring Japan's economy, following the aftermath of the pandemic.
Tayyip Erdogan not attending COP26 in Glasgow due to safety protocol standards
Nov 02, 2021, at 04:32 am
Ankara/UNI/Sputnik: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he did not travel to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow as Ankara's request related to safety protocol standards was rejected.
China factory activity shrinks for second month: Reports
Nov 02, 2021, at 02:07 am
Beijing: China, the nation which has been seen as the place from where COVID-19 originated, is witnessing a contraction of factory activity for the second month, media reports said.
Pakistan: Farmers express concern over closure of canals across Bahawalpur division
Nov 02, 2021, at 01:50 am
Farmers in Pakistan's Bahawalpur region have expressed concern over the continued closure of canals across the Bahawalpur division.
Nov 02, 2021, at 12:14 am
Beijing: Wife of jailed human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has created a legal consultancy to help people struggling with China's justice system, media reports said.
Nov 02, 2021, at 12:08 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's former Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar has claimed that Saudi Arabia reduced oil deferred payment facility from $3 billion to $1.2 billion, media reports said.
Tribal elders in Pakistan say FATA merger performed without consent of tribal people
Nov 02, 2021, at 12:05 am
Member National Assembly (MNA) Mufti Abdul Shakoor and former federal minister Hameedullah Jan have claimed the FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) merger was executed without the consent of tribal people, media reports said.
UN chief Guterres calls for vaccine equity as global Covid-19 deaths exceed 5 million
Nov 01, 2021, at 11:30 pm
United Nations/UNI/Xinhua: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for vaccine equity and continued vigilance against the coronavirus as global Covid-19 deaths exceeded 5 million.
Pakistan: Gas explosion in Islamabad leaves one dead
Nov 01, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Islamabad: An explosion triggered by a gas leak led to the death of one person and injury of four persons in Pakistan's Islamabad city, media reports said on Monday.
Houthi missile attack leaves 29 dead, injured: Yemeni Information Minister
Nov 01, 2021, at 09:07 pm
Sanaa/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: In total, 29 civilians were killed and injured in an airstrike carried out by the Houthi rebels in the Yemeni province of Marib, said Yemen's Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani Monday.
Pakistan: Bomb blast in Panjgur town leaves 2 people dead
Nov 01, 2021, at 04:15 pm
Gwadar: A bomb blast in Pakistan's Panjgur town left two people dead and three security personnel injured, media reports said.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests COVID-19 positive
Nov 01, 2021, at 03:20 pm
Washington: White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday announced she has tested COVID-19 positive.
England: Two trains collide, several injured
Nov 01, 2021, at 02:54 pm
London: Several people were hurt as two trains collided in southern England between the city of Salisbury and the town of Andover, Wiltshire Police said.