Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:03 pm
New York: Amid worsening socioeconomic conditions, rising criminal gang violence and a resurgence of COVID-19, Haiti’s leaders must commit to good-faith dialogue aimed at ending a longstanding and damaging political impasse, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council today.
Guterres: Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’, punish perpetrators
Jun 18, 2021, at 03:54 pm
New York: Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
One in every 100 dies by their own hand, each suicide ‘a tragedy’: WHO
Jun 18, 2021, at 03:35 pm
New York: New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide – taking more lives each year than HIV, malaria, breast cancer, war and homicide.
UN chief urges debt relief extension for middle-income countries
Jun 18, 2021, at 03:24 pm
New York: Innovative measures to address debt are required to help the world’s more than 100 middle-income countries expand their economies and exit the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Thursday.
Pakistan: Terrorists attack Pakistan Army troops in Turbat, one soldier dies
Jun 18, 2021, at 03:02 pm
Turbat: A soldier died as terrorists attacked Pakistan Army troops stationed near Turbat on Thursday, media reports said.
One person die, 12 hurt in shooting spree in Arizona: Police
Jun 18, 2021, at 02:49 pm
Washington/Sputnik: One person has died and another 12 have been injured in several shooting incidents in the US state of Arizona, local police said.
Pakistan: Six Iran-funded schools shut down in Quetta
Jun 18, 2021, at 05:32 am
Quetta: Local authorities in Pakistan's Quetta region have sealed six Iran-funded and illegal schools, media reports said on Thursday.
Pakistan: Polio drive suspended across country amid spike in attacks
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:53 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has suspended the anti-polio campaign “for an indefinite period” amid serious security threats and increasing attacks on polio workers in different parts of the country, media reports said on Thursday.
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:48 am
A large number of fishermen in Pakistan's Gwadar region recently demonstrated against the federal government for granting Chinese trawlers fishing rights in Gwadar by issuing them licences, media reports said.
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:41 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's former vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili has cautioned the nation that the people will “attempt anything” to ensure their safety if the government does not prevent “targeted attacks against Hazara community” as well as other injustices in the country.
Chief Justice of Pakistan expresses anger, says Pakistan's Karachi city ruined through conspiracy
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:31 am
Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed seems to be irked by Karachi's administrative affairs and said the city has been ruined through a "conspiracy".
Pakistan Army Chief Bajwa directs military to maintain preparedness along country's borders
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:27 am
Islamabad: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said the Pakistan Army should maintain "high standards of operational preparedness" along the Line of Control (LoC) and Pak-Afghan border.
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:22 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sheikh Rohail Asghar recently reacted on the chaotic scenes in Tuesday's parliament session and said the use of abusive language is "just a part of Punjab's culture".
Water Shortage in Sindh: Murad blames IRSA
Jun 18, 2021, at 02:44 am
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said injustice has been done to the people of his region in the Water Accord of 1991.
World press freedom protection bodies seek fresh probe into 2007 murder of Pakistan journalist
Jun 18, 2021, at 02:33 am
Islamabad: A new report on the murder of Pakistani journalist Zubair Mujahid in 2007 finds significant errors in the official police investigation, claimed several international bodies working to protect press freedom.
Blast claims 4 lives in northern Afghanistan
Jun 18, 2021, at 01:50 am
Kabul/UNI: At least four people, including three civilians and a law enforcement member, died in a car bomb blast in the Afghan province of Balkh, TOLO news outlet reported on Thursday.
Shenzhou-12 delivers China's longest crewed space mission
Jun 18, 2021, at 12:55 am
Beijing/UNI: China on Thursday launched three astronauts into orbit who will occupy the country's new space station
Pakistan: IED blast in Quetta leaves a man hurt
Jun 18, 2021, at 12:21 am
Quetta: A man was hurt as an IED blast rocked a seminary near Satellite Town in Pakistan's Quetta region, media reports said on Thursday.
UK: Parliament approves extending COVID-19 restrictions until July 19
Jun 17, 2021, at 02:23 pm
London/Sputnik: The House of Commons of the UK Parliament approved on Wednesday the government's proposal to postpone the deadline for lifting quarantine restrictions in England until July 19 due to the surge of COVID-19.
Canada's inflation rate rises to 3.6 per cent, highest level in decade: Statistics Canada
Jun 17, 2021, at 05:29 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's inflation rate rose to 3.6 percent in May, the fastest pace in a decade, Statistics Canada said.
US rights group asks Hilton hotels to drop Xinjiang project
Jun 17, 2021, at 05:12 am
Washington: The US-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has called on Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide Holdings to drop plans to build a Hilton Hotel in China’s Xinjiang region on the site of a bulldozed and desecrated mosque.
Singapore: Man spying for China detained
Jun 17, 2021, at 04:52 am
SIngapore: A Singaporean man, who was working as a spy for China intelligence services since 2015, has been detained, media reports said.
Study finds Australians mistrust Chinese govt
Jun 17, 2021, at 04:33 am
Sydney: A survey conducted by University of Technology's Australia-China Relations Institute has found most Australians have expressed concerns about Australia’s relationship with China.
Taiwan says 28 Chinese military planes flew into its air defence zone
Jun 17, 2021, at 03:49 am
Taiwan: Taiwan's Ministry of Defence said as many as 28 Chinese military planes flew into the country's Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ) on Tuesday.
Completing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor a top priority: Imran Khan
Jun 17, 2021, at 03:34 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has termed the timely completion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as one of the top priorities of the government and stressed that the government is taking steps to promote investment in the export industry in the Special Economic Zones.
Jun 17, 2021, at 03:29 am
The father of a Christian girl who was allegedly kidnapped, converted to Islam and forcibly married to a middle-aged man in Gujranwala city of Punjab province is seeking justice for his family highlights once again the plight of minorities in Pakistan.
Pakistan National Assembly members scuffle, hurl books at each other
Jun 17, 2021, at 03:25 am
Pakistan National Assembly on Tuesday literally turned into a battleground as treasury bench members scuffled with the opposition and continued their noisy protest to disrupt the budget speech of Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif for the second consecutive day.
Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin meet at Geneva villa amid hope for 'stable talks'
Jun 17, 2021, at 03:05 am
Geneva/IBNS: US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for their first summit at lakeside Geneva villa on Wednesday since Biden took office.
China never ‘invaded’ others, ‘greatly helped’ to preserve our ‘independence’, says Sri Lankan PM
Jun 17, 2021, at 02:37 am
China has “greatly helped” Sri Lanka to preserve its independence and the former never invaded other countries, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on the very same day when India was marking the first anniversary of its bloody Galwan valley border clash with China. He also called China his country's 'oldest friend'.
Pakistan PM directs officials to ensure formal launch of new subsidy system next month
Jun 17, 2021, at 02:08 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed that the new subsidy system for the weaker sections of the society be finalized at the earliest so that it could be formally launched next month.