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.
Queen Elizabeth's funeral to be held today
Sep 19, 2022, at 02:25 pm
London: The hour-long state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be held on Monday.
Pakistan: Quetta blast leaves one dead
Sep 19, 2022, at 03:57 am
Quetta: At least one person died in a grenade explosion in Pakistan's Quetta region on Friday, media reports said.
Closing gender pay gaps is more important than ever
Sep 18, 2022, at 11:44 pm
New York: On average, women globally are paid about 20 per cent less than men, the International Labour (ILO) Organization said on Saturday, International Equal Pay Day.
UN Mission urges Taliban govt of Afghanistan to allow high school education for girls
Sep 18, 2022, at 11:33 pm
Kabul: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged on Sunday the Taliban-led (under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) Afghan government to allow high school education for girls.
Building peace, preventing violence, and supporting community resilience in Haiti
Sep 18, 2022, at 10:40 pm
A fund set up by the United Nations to build peace, prevent violence, reinforce justice, strengthen the rule of law and security institutions, and boost resilience amongst Haiti’s most vulnerable people, is supporting government efforts to restore security and stability in the country.
Anti-China protests in Turkey gather pace, proscribed Hizb-ut-Tahrir now takes up Uyghur cause
Sep 18, 2022, at 10:28 pm
Istanbul: The protests against China's 'Hunger Genocide' in East Turkestan under the pretext of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, continues to gather support from Islamist groups and local Turkish populace.
Financing education, imperative for 'peaceful, prosperous, stable societies’ – UN chief
Sep 18, 2022, at 09:50 pm
New York: Education systems around the world need “more, not less money” the UN chief told journalists on Saturday during a joint press stakeout on the Transforming Education Summit and the International Finance Facility for Education.
Japan issues special warning over Typhoon Nanmadol; thousands shifted to safe locations
Sep 18, 2022, at 04:35 pm
Tokyo: The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has issued a rare "special warning" for the Kagoshima region in southern Kyushu prefecture - an alert that is issued only when it forecasts conditions seen once in several decades, AFP reported.
Afghanistan: One person dies as blast rocks Takhar
Sep 18, 2022, at 02:22 am
Kabul: One person died and three others were injured when a blast rocked the provincial capital of Takhar in Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
France: Police nab first-class wig gang suspects
Sep 17, 2022, at 11:09 pm
Paris: Police have captured a suspected gang of thieves who allegedly stole items worth €300,000 (£260,000) from first-class passengers on French trains.
Nepal: Landslide in Achham district leaves 17 people dead
Sep 17, 2022, at 11:06 pm
Kathmandu: Landslide in Nepal's Achham district has left 17 people dead and five others hurt,media reports said on Saturday.