Bank of Russia prepares bill on ban of cryptocurrencies
Feb 18, 2022, at 11:14 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The Bank of Russia has prepared two bills on the ban and circulation of private digital currencies in the country, a source told Sputnik on Friday.
Pakistan: Samaa TV journalist shot dead in Karachi
Feb 18, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Armed robbers shot dead a Samaa TV journalist in an alleged snatching bid in Karachi's North Nazimabad area on Friday, media reports said.
EU waiting for Russian troops' pullback - Finland
Feb 18, 2022, at 10:25 pm
Helsinki/UNI/Sputnik: Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Friday described the situation around Ukraine as quite worrying, saying the European Union was waiting for Russia to follow words with actions concerning the troops' pullback from the Ukrainian border.
Ukraine crisis: UN political affairs chief calls for ‘maximum restraint’
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:58 pm
New York: Amid competing narratives of events unfolding swiftly in and around Ukraine - one detailing the withdrawal of Russian troops from the borders and another proclaiming that an attack is imminent – the UN political affairs chief called on Thursday for the parties to make meaningful progress on implementation of the 2015 Minsk agreements, as she briefed the Security Council.
Meeting commitments, requires UN to work in ‘lockstep’ with parliamentarians
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:50 pm
New York: Global commitments on implementing multilateral agreements were front and centre on Thursday, as the General Assembly President co-hosted hundreds of Parliamentarians from around the world – the largest in-person gathering at the UN in New York since last September’s High Level Week.
Global trade expected to slow, after record high of $28.5 trillion in 2021
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:46 pm
New York: Global trade reached a record high in 2021, but it is expected to slow this year for many reasons including continuing delays in global supply chains, UN economists said on Thursday.
Child sex abuse in Madagascar ‘widespread and tolerated’
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:28 pm
New York: In Madagascar, child sex abuse is “widespread and tolerated” in tourist hotspots, UN-appointed rights experts said on Thursday.
Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, top priorities for UN cooperation with Eurasian security body
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:05 pm
New York: Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan, top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regional grouping comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan – should bolster their cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Africa’s Sahel region facing ‘horrendous food crisis’
Feb 18, 2022, at 08:59 pm
New York: As the Sahel region “stares down a horrendous food crisis”, the UN emergency food relief chief warned on Wednesday that the number of people on the brink of starvation has “increased almost tenfold” over the past three years and “displacement by nearly 400 per cent”.
Joe Biden to host meeting with Ukraine
Feb 18, 2022, at 03:28 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden will host a meeting with major allies on Friday to discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office said in a statement.
Canadian police planning to take ‘imminent’ action against protesters
Feb 18, 2022, at 02:47 pm
Toronto/UNI/Sputnik: Canadian law enforcement agencies are preparing to take "imminent" action against participants in the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa, who demand the government scrap COVID-19 vaccine mandates, interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said.
US Senate passes bill to avert government shutdown
Feb 18, 2022, at 02:24 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US Senate passed a short-term spending bill to keep the federal government operating through Mar 11.
Canada truckers' protests head into 4th weekend, Ottawa police pledge action in the coming days
Feb 18, 2022, at 05:25 am
Ottawa/IBNS: After all border crossings between Canada and the United States (U.S.) opened for the first time in more than two weeks of unrest, a few refused to budge from their spot and defiantly ripped up warnings issued by the police.
Sydney beaches shut after shark attack
Feb 17, 2022, at 09:39 pm
Sydney/UNI: Several beaches in Sydney were closed on Thursday after a swimmer was mauled to death by a shark.
Bill Gates meets Imran Khan on 1st ever Pak trip
Feb 17, 2022, at 08:55 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on his first-ever visit to the country, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said Thursday.
Russian jets unprofessionally intercept 3 US Navy aircraft: Pentagon
Feb 17, 2022, at 06:30 am
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Three United States Navy aircraft had been unprofessionally intercepted by Russian aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea during the weekend, Defense Department spokesperson Capt. Mike Kafka told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:52 am
Shenzhen, China: The housing market in China's Shenzhen has gone into deep freeze, as a mixture of anti-speculation measures and a slowing economy sent the market contraction into overdrive, which has left sales of lived-in homes in the secondary market to plunge to 15-year low figures, media reports said on Wednesday.
Police baton charge PoK university students as they protest demanding online exams amid COVID surge
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:38 am
Muzaffarabad, PoK: Police resorted to baton charge students of University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) as they were demonstrating for holding online exams due to the surge in Covid-19 cases.
Pakistan: Sikh hakeem injured in gun attack in Peshawar
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:35 am
Peshawar, Pakistan: Two people, including a Sikh hakeem (local doctor), were hurt in a gun attack in Peshawar city of Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
Afghanistan family claims their son, who served as MoD officer, detained by Taliban
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:31 am
Kabul: A family in the Afghan capital of Kabul has claimed that their son, who had earlier served as an officer at the Ministry of Defense, has been detained by Taliban forces, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Lady health workers demonstrate in Multan over unpaid salaries
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:17 am
Multan, Pakistan: Several lady health visitors (LHV) and other employees blocked the Multan-Muzaffargarh Highway in Pakistan as they demanded their pending salaries.
Pakistan: Farmers' group demonstrates against PTI govt over high fertiliser prices, power tariff
Feb 17, 2022, at 03:34 am
Sahiwal, Pakistan: The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) on Monday demonstrated at Rangu Pull on Khanewal-Multan Road to mobilise farmers for the wider agitation against the government over issues ranging from power tariff to high prices of fertilizers.
Pakistan: Lawyers boycott dist courts against new rule for case allocation
Feb 17, 2022, at 03:29 am
Lahore, Pakistan: Members of Pakistan's Lahore Bar Association (LBA) observed a boycott of the district courts on Monday to protest against a newly-introduced mechanism of case allocation on the basis of tehsil and sub-division, media reports said on Monday.
China alerts its citizens in Solomon Islands after another Chinese shop looted
Feb 17, 2022, at 03:04 am
Beijing: Beijing's embassy in Solomon Islands has asked its citizens to remain alert after a Chinese store was looted recently.
Pakistan: Police foil mob attempt to lynch blasphemy suspect
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:16 am
Muzaffargarh, Pakistan: Police on Monday foiled an attempted lynching incident in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh area and rescued a man from a mob over alleged blasphemy and shifted him to some undisclosed location, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: FIA arrests man in Lahore for ‘vilifying’ PM Imran Khan’s wife
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:14 am
Lahore, Pakistan: The cyber crime wing of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday arrested a person in connection with running a ‘malicious campaign’ against Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi on social media, media reports said.
Pakistan: PTM continues protest outside Sindh Assembly, demands MNA Ali Wazir's release
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:12 am
Sindh, Pakistan: Demanding the release of MNA Ali Wazir, the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) members continued their sit-in protest outside the Sindh Assembly in Pakistan on Monday.
Pakistan: Christian man stabbed to death in Lahore
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:09 am
Lahore, Pakistan: A Christian man was stabbed to death during a clash between the members of Muslim and Christian community over the construction of a wall in the neighborhood in the Factory Area police limits of Pakistan's Lahore city on Monday.
Pakistan: Prices of petroleum products reach record levels
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:05 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government on Wednesday hiked prices of all petroleum products by Rs 10 to Rs 12 per litre for next fortnight ending on Feb 28, putting pressure on citizens, media reports said on Wednesday.
TikTok removes six million videos in Pakistan for violating guidelines
Feb 16, 2022, at 11:18 pm
Islamabad: Popular video sharing platform TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, has removed over six million videos from Pakistan during the July-September quarter of the last year for violating its guidelines.