Hong Kong media outlet closes after police arrests
Dec 29, 2021, at 11:45 pm
Hong Kong/UNI/Sputnik: Stand News, an independent publication popular among Hong Kong opposition supporters, said on Wednesday that it had stopped working, following a massive raid and arrests of its employees.
Afghanistan women call for rights, protest in Kabul against Taliban govt
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:58 pm
Kabul: Several women in Afghanistan took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday demanding rights to education, employment and social freedom in the war-torn country, according to media reports.
Pakistan: University of Agriculture Faisalabad issues dress code for students
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:47 pm
Islamabad: The Toba sub-campus of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has issued a bizarre diktat by introducing dress code for male and female students, media reports said.
Pakistan: Internal rift in Imran Khan's party widens
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:44 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Amid the ongoing internal rift in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Minister Kamran Bangash has served a legal notice to his own party leader Arbab Mohammad Ali for accusing him of selling ticket of Peshawar city Mayor to a businessman.
Myanmar: Attack leaves 35 dead, including 4 children
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:01 pm
New York: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) condemned on Tuesday the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers, in the Kayah state, in Myanmar.
Three separate shipwrecks leave dozens dead and more missing
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:52 pm
New York: At least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks over the course of four days last week in the Aegean Sea, and an unknown number are still missing, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
Amrullah Saleh located in Panjshir, Afghan resistance has enough weapons: Diplomat
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:03 pm
Dushanbe/UNI/Sputnik: Ex-Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh is located in the Panjshir province, and resistance forces against the Taliban have enough weapons and military equipment there, Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Muhammad Zahir Agbar has told Sputnik.
Afghanistan: Taliban fire at protesters in Kabul
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:52 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban on Tuesday opened fire at women protesters in Kabul near a building that housed the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in the past.
Afghanistan: Taliban ban TV series showing women minus hijab
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:49 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban have forbidden Afghan media to broadcast foreign TV series violating Sharia law including playing soundtracks and showing women without wearing hijab, according to information gathered via Afghan colleagues.
Taliban grant Afghan passports to Al-Qaeda, IS fighters: Afghan diplomat
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:44 pm
Dushanbe/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban are granting Afghan passports to members of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS, ISIS, both banned in Russia), Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Muhammad Zahir Agbar has told Sputnik.
Hong Kong police arrests six people from an independent news outlet
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:40 pm
Beijing/UNI: Police in Hong Kong have arrested six people working for an online media outlet allegedly for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications", BBC reported here on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban torturing former military officer video goes viral
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:34 pm
Kabul/UNI: A video showing a Afghan military officer of former government being tortured by Taliban has gone viral on social media.
Some 3,000 flights canceled, 11,500 delayed worldwide on Tuesday
Dec 29, 2021, at 02:27 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Almost 3,000 flights have been canceled and more than 11,500 flights have been delayed worldwide on Tuesday amid the surge of the coronavirus Omicron variant, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
China plans to tighten rules for companies listing overseas
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:46 am
Beijing: China has been planning to increase restrictions for Chinese companies that want to list abroad.
COVID-19, aging population disrupting China's attempt to stabilise market in 2022
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:40 am
Beijing: COVID-19 spike and fast aging population have emerged as the new threat for China to fight the task of stabilising employment next year, media reports said.
Hong Kong: Media baron Jimmy Lai, six former Apple Daily employees hit with fresh sedition charge
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:21 am
Hong Kong: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six former employees of his now defunct Apple Daily are now facing sedition charges while awaiting trial under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
Afghanistan: Supreme Court employees demonstrate in Kabul over nonpayment of salaries
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:16 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's Supreme Court employees on Monday demonstrated in country capital Kabul over unpaid salary issue.
Afghanistan: 7,000 CCNPP projects remains incomplete
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:23 am
Kabul: The Ministry of Finance of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has said seven thousand Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program (CCNPP) projects have remained unfinished across the south Asian country so far.
Pakistan: NTDC bans whistleblowing against its own alleged mismanagement
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:16 am
Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistani autonomous power transmission company under ministry of Energy (Power Division), National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), has imposed a ban on whistleblowing against its own alleged corruption which has now amounted to billions of rupees, according to media reports.
Pakistan: Farmers dismayed at Sindh’s opposition to Thal canal project
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:03 am
Lahore, Pakistan: Sindh’s opposition to phase-II of the Greater Thal Canal (GTC) project has created concerns particularly among the farming community of the Thal desert, who are now anxiously waiting for the completion of the water canal project that has been long delayed.
China wants conservation of grotto temples in Pakistan
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:41 am
Beijing: China, a nation that maintains a close bond with Pakistan, has said that closer links will be forged between the Chinese grotto temples and their overseas counterparts along the ancient Silk Road, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gas leakage in Hangu leaves six people of a family dead
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:38 am
Hangu, Pakistan: At least six of a family died due to suffocation following a gas leak in their house in the Gulshan Colony area of Pakistan's Hangu region in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, media reports said.
US: Airplane crashes in San Diego County, no survivors found
Dec 28, 2021, at 11:09 pm
San Diego: An airplane crashed in El Cajon area of Southern California on Monday which left no survivor, media reports said.
Rights experts hear how ‘racialized gatekeeping’ impacts development in France
Dec 28, 2021, at 09:37 pm
New York: France should consider the economic and development benefits of partnership with people of African descent, the head of a Working Group appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said in a statement on Monday.
UN Special Envoy calls for New Year’s ceasefire in Myanmar
Dec 28, 2021, at 09:27 pm
New York: The UN Special Envoy on Myanmar has appealed for a New Year’s ceasefire following weeks of escalating violence in the country.
Taliban bans long-distance road trips for solo women in Afghanistan
Dec 28, 2021, at 09:21 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has introduced yet another stricter rule for women as they have been barred from travelling long distances by road alone and should only be offered transport if accompanied by a male relative.
Western nations need to join together against China: Justin Trudeau
Dec 28, 2021, at 01:16 am
Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked the West to stand against China and argued that the East Asian country's communist leadership has often been "playing" Western countries against each other.
Sri Lanka’s exports to China, Hong Kong declined: Expert
Dec 28, 2021, at 12:36 am
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka’s trade with China, including tea shipments, has moved downward in 2020, experts said.
Pakistan: People protest in Thari over murder of domestic help
Dec 28, 2021, at 12:32 am
Thari, Pakistan: A large number of workers and civil society activists belonging to Pakistan's Thari region held a protest on Sunday to demand justice over the murder of young domestic worker in Karachi city earlier this month.
Pakistan: 3 security personnel, one civilian hurt in North Waziristan blast
Dec 28, 2021, at 12:24 am
Miranshah, Pakistan: Three security personnel and a civilian were injured as a blast rocked the Edak area of Mir Ali tehsil in Pakistan's North Waziristan district on Sunday, media reports said.