Women under fire in Belarus, activists tortured and exiled – UN expert

Oct 27, 2021, at 05:10 pm

New York: While women in Belarus overall are being denied rights and freedoms, female political activists are subjected to enforced disappearances, torture, ill-treatment and exile, an independent UN human rights expert told the General Assembly on Tuesday.

UN Chief: ‘We need to make lying wrong again’, curb hate speech

Oct 27, 2021, at 04:52 pm

New York: The UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday that “hatred takes root in the soil of ignorance” of historical facts, science, and the human qualities which “bind all people together.”

Iraq: Islamic State members attack Diyala province, 12 dead

Oct 27, 2021, at 02:38 pm

Diyala: At least 12 people died as Islamic State Terrorists attacked  Iraq’s eastern Diyala province on Tuesday, media reports said.

Price rise: ANP workers demonstrate in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Oct 27, 2021, at 01:20 am

Peshawar: Awami National Party (ANP) members recently assembled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region in Pakistan to demonstrate against rising prices of essential commodities in the country.

Pakistan: ACE unearths illegal occupation of CPEC land in Nowshera

Oct 27, 2021, at 01:12 am

Peshawar: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has found illegal occupation  of thousands of kanal land of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)  by local influential people in Pakistan's Nowshera region, media reports said.

Appointing ISI chief army’s prerogative: Khurshid slams political parties

Oct 27, 2021, at 01:09 am

PPP leader Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has said the political parties of the country should not comment on the issue of appointing  Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)  chief.

Pakistan PM appoints Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as next ISI chief

Oct 27, 2021, at 12:18 am

Islamabad/UNI: The tussle between Pakistan Army and the government over appointment of next Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency’s chief finally came to an end after nearly three weeks with Prime Minister Imran Khan appointing Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum as the next DG ISI.

NW Chinese region suspends in-person classes to control Covid-19

Oct 26, 2021, at 11:56 pm

Yinchuan: Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has suspended in-person classes at 773 schools to control the spread of Covid-19, a regional education department official said on Tuesday.

Inflation in Pakistan breaks its 70-year record in past 3 years

Oct 26, 2021, at 11:36 pm

Islamabad: As the food prices continue to double and price of ghee, oil, sugar, flour and poultry reach historic levels, inflation in Pakistan has broken its 70-year record in the last three years.

Pakistan govt needs to stand with either law enforcers or TLP: Punjab Police

Oct 26, 2021, at 11:34 pm

Lahore: The Punjab police has slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government for its decision to release hundreds of Tehreek-i-Labbik Pakistan (TLP) workers and said the “government would have to stand with either the law enforcers or the TLP”.

Pakistan: Opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto announces countrywide protest against rising prices

Oct 26, 2021, at 11:29 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan Peo­ples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhu­tto-Zardari said that whenever and wherever Prime Minister Imran Khan goes he is greeted by crisis and he in turn brings in its wake devastation instead of change that he had promised to the people of Pakistan before the election, dawn reported on Tuesday.

Bangladesh: BNP, police clash after harmony procession in Dhaka

Oct 26, 2021, at 11:26 pm

Dhaka/UNI: A number of Bangladesh National Party (BNP) workers have been detained after a clash between the party activists and police personnel at Naya Paltan area ensued in the capital on Tuesday noon.

China: Lanzhou city put under lockdown to bring COVID-19 spike under control

Oct 26, 2021, at 11:05 pm

Lanzhou: Chinese city of Lanzhou has been put under lockdown by authorities to bring the COVID-19 spike under control, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistani Federal Shariat Court declares swara as being un-Islamic

Oct 26, 2021, at 10:59 pm

Islamabad: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Monday declared the custom of swara as being un-Islamic, the Dawn reported on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Women protest on streets of Kabul against Taliban over closure of schools for girls

Oct 26, 2021, at 10:55 pm

Several women assembled on the streets of Kabul on Tuesday to demonstrate against closure of school for girls in Afghanistan.

UN experts condemn Israel’s designation of Palestine rights defenders as terrorist organisations

Oct 26, 2021, at 10:51 pm

New York: Independent UN human rights experts on Monday strongly condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as terrorist organisations.

UN rights experts condemn US expulsion of Haitian migrants and refugees

Oct 26, 2021, at 10:36 pm

New York: A group of UN human rights experts have condemned the United States of America’s recent and ongoing systematic mass deportation of Haitian migrants and refugees, declaring them a violation of international law.

Afghanistan on ‘countdown to catastrophe’ without urgent humanitarian relief

Oct 26, 2021, at 10:28 pm

New York: The combined shocks of drought, conflict, COVID-19 and an economic crisis in Afghanistan, have left more than half the population facing a record level of acute hunger, according to a new UN assessment published on Monday.

UN chief condemns ‘ongoing military coup’ in Sudan

Oct 26, 2021, at 10:22 pm

New York: UN Secretary-General, António Guterres on Monday condemned the “ongoing military coup” in Sudan, saying Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and all other officials, “must be released immediately.” In a statement, he called for the "immediate reconstitution" of the Government, which is due to guide Sudan through to democratic elections.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Taliban delegation in Doha

Oct 26, 2021, at 09:30 pm

Doha/Kabul/UNI: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi  met Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s acting Deputy Prime Minister, in Doha, in the latest high level contact between the two sides since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Islamist militia group.

China: Wuhan stabbing leaves seven people dead

Oct 26, 2021, at 09:09 pm

Wuhan: A knife attack incident in Wuhan city of China left at least seven people dead on Monday, media reports said.

Climate Change: John Kerry to visit UK to meet Chinese counterparts in London

Oct 26, 2021, at 03:02 pm

Washington: US Special Representative for Climate John Kerry will visit the UK to meet his Chinese counterparts in London on Tuesday to discuss matters concerning climate change, the State Department said.

Australia fights COVID-19: Victoria introduces new "pandemic specific laws"

Oct 26, 2021, at 02:16 pm

Canberra/UNI/Xinhua: The government of Australian state of Victoria announced on Tuesday new public health laws to replace emergency powers which were put into place at the beginning of the pandemic.

Debt bubble: More Chinese companies default

Oct 26, 2021, at 06:02 am

China, which recently witnessed the Evergrande crisis in which the real estate bellwether was found $305 billion in the red, is also recording several major real estate players defaulting on their debt payments.

Pakistan govt seems to have surrendered to Islamist group TLP, frees 350 members

Oct 26, 2021, at 05:58 am

Islamabad: The Pakistan federal government seems to be surrendering to the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) by announcing the release of 350 members even as the Islamist group took out its violent march for the past few days.

Sri Lanka bans fertilizers from China after finding it contaminated

Oct 26, 2021, at 05:54 am

Sri Lanka has barred a Chinese ship carrying desperately needed organic fertiliser which experts said was tainted with harmful bacteria, media reports said.

Pakistan: Balochistan CM Jam Kamal Khan Alyani resigns

Oct 26, 2021, at 05:51 am

Quetta: Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) has tendered his resignation, media reports said on Monday.

China: PLA fighter jet crashes in Henan province, video emerges

Oct 26, 2021, at 05:47 am

Taipei: A video was released recently where it was seen that a  People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) two-seater Chengdu J-10S fighter jet crashed in Henan Province, media reports said.

Ex-Canadian PM Jean Chrétien says he never heard about abuse in residential schools during his tenure

Oct 26, 2021, at 05:29 am

Ottawa/IBNS: During an appearance on the popular Radio-Canada talk show- Tout le Monde en Parle-on Sunday, former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said during his tenure as minister, he did not hear anything about the occurrence of  abuse in residential schools.

Lt Gen Faiz Hameed is ISI chief at present, says Pak Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed

Oct 26, 2021, at 12:13 am

Islamabad/UNI: With no decision forthcoming on the appointment of next Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency’s chief, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has asserted that Lt-General Faiz Hameed is DG ISI at present.