Wikipedia bans 7 mainland Chinese users
Sep 16, 2021, at 05:00 am
Beijing: The foundation which operates Wikipedia has banned seven mainland Chinese users from its websites globally and revoked administrator access and other privileges for 12 other users, following a report of threats to Hong Kong users, media reports said.
UN voices concern over civilian casualties in Panjshir
Sep 16, 2021, at 04:46 am
Kabul: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has expressed concern over civilian casualties and human rights violations in Panjshir region of Afghanistan which was recently captured by Taliban.
Pakistan makes first formal contact with Afghanistan's Taliban govt
Sep 16, 2021, at 03:11 am
Islamabad; Pakistan, which has been solidly backing the Taliban insurgents since the withdrawal of US troops, has formed a formal public contact with the Taliban government of Afghanistan when its envoy Mansoor Ahmed Khan met acting Afghan Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Mutaqi.
Chinese students worried over US visa rejection
Sep 16, 2021, at 03:05 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has said around 500 students have been denied their visa under a policy issued by then-President Donald Trump to block Beijing from obtaining U.S. technology with possible military uses.
Investors protest outside sinking Chinese property giant Evergrande
Sep 16, 2021, at 02:55 am
Beijing: A large number of investors demonstrated outside the headquarters of troubled Chinese property giant Evergrande on Tuesday after the firm announced it was under "tremendous pressure" and may not be able to meet its repayments.
Conflict develops between Taliban leaders in Presidential Palace over govt's make-up: Reports
Sep 16, 2021, at 02:46 am
Kabul: A conflict seems to have developed in the Taliban leadership over the make-up of the group's new government in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Uyghur tribunal ends hearing in London
Sep 16, 2021, at 02:21 am
London: The tribunal hearing China’s treatment of its ethnic Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims ended in London on Monday.
Chinese ambassador to UK banned from British Parliament
Sep 16, 2021, at 01:50 am
London: Chinese Ambassador to the UK has been banned from attending the country's Parliament, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Female footballers flee to Pakistan to escape Taliban
Sep 16, 2021, at 01:21 am
Karachi/UNI: Female footballers of Afghanistan's national junior girls team, who had been in hiding following threats from the Taliban, crossed the Torkham border along with their families to reach Pakistan on Tuesday night.
Chinese official says ready to maintain ties with new Afghan Government
Sep 16, 2021, at 01:10 am
Beijing/UNI/SPUTNIK: China is ready to interact with the new government in Afghanistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.
Al-Shabaab terror group claim responsibility for blast in Somali capital: Reports
Sep 15, 2021, at 11:33 pm
Mogadishu/UNI/SPUTNIK: Militants of al-Shabaab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda have claimed responsibility for the explosion in Somalia's capital city Mogadishu which killed eleven soldiers and injured sixteen others, local publication Somali Guardian reported.
Afghanistan: First local radio station of Paktika shuts down
Sep 15, 2021, at 09:25 pm
Kabul: A local radio station of Afghanistan, which is located in Paktika province, has shut down, media reports said on Wednesday.
After 10 years of war in Syria, siege tactics still threaten civilians
Sep 15, 2021, at 04:22 pm
New York: The future for Syria’s people is “increasingly bleak”, UN-appointed rights experts said on Tuesday, highlighting escalating conflict in several areas of the war-ravaged country, a return to siege tactics and popular demonstrations linked to the plummeting economy.
First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks 'turning point' in crisis: WFP
Sep 15, 2021, at 04:04 pm
New York: The return of humanitarian flights to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a turning point in the crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Thousands demonstrate against Taliban in Kandahar
Sep 15, 2021, at 02:57 pm
Kandahar: Thousands of people, including women, demonstrated in Afghanistan's Kandahar city on Tuesday against Taliban's latest decision by which the families of late Afghan security forces should evacuate their residence.
Taliban claim acting Afghan Foreign Minister met UNHCR head
Sep 15, 2021, at 01:14 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban announced on Tuesday that acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is under the UN sanctions, met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar releases audio tape to reject death rumour, confirms he is 'alive'
Sep 15, 2021, at 12:18 am
Kabul: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, has rejected all rumours about his death and released an audio where he said he is 'alive'.
Pakistan: Police bust child pornography ring in Sahiwal
Sep 15, 2021, at 12:11 am
Sahiwal: Pakistan police have busted an active paedophile and child pornography ring in the country's Sahiwal region, media reports said.
Panjgur targeted killing: Hundreds demonstrate in Balochistan
Sep 15, 2021, at 12:03 am
Gwadar: Hundreds of people demonstrated in Balochistan on Sunday against targeted killings in Panjgur region, media reports said.
Taliban should uphold basic rights of Afghan people: Antony Blinken
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:53 pm
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Taliban insurgents, who are currently controlling Afghanistan, should uphold the basic rights of the Afghan people, including women, girls, and minorities.
Multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:47 pm
New York: UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored “multiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law” committed by all parties to the conflict in Tigray.
Pakistan journalists protest outside Parliament House against govt’s plan to bulldoze PMDA
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:40 pm
Islamabad: The journalist fraternity in Pakistan on Sunday began a sit-in outside the Parliament House here to demonstrate against the government’s plan to bulldoze the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) legislation through a joint sitting of parliament.
South Sudan: Cash shortage triggers food suspensions for 100,000 displaced
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:40 pm
New York: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that beginning next month, funding shortages will force it to suspend lifesaving food assistance for more than 100,000 displaced people in parts of South Sudan until the start of 2022.
Taliban to change Afghanistan education curriculum as per Sharia Law
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have decided to drop certain subjects from the higher education curriculum as they do not go with the Islamic Sharia Law.
Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents assault woman, abduct five members of her family in Kabul
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:19 pm
Kabul: Taliban insurgents on Saturday assaulted a woman and abducted five of her family members in Kabul city, media reports said.
$1 billion pledge a ‘quantum leap’ in commitment to Afghanistan: UN chief
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:14 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly doubled the initial $606 million flash appeal for the country.
Gender equality ‘champion’ Sima Sami Bahous to lead UN Women
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:06 pm
New York: Secretary-General António Guterres described Sima Sami Bahous of Jordan, as “a champion for women and girls”, announcing on Monday her appointment to lead the UN’s gender equality and empowerment entity, UN Women.
Afghan women posts images in colourful dresses to challenge Taliban decree
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Kabul: Breaking the rule set by Taliban that eves should wear all-black attire in the nation, a group of Afghanistan women, who stay abroad, have posted their own images online wearing colourful traditional Afghan clothes.
Support Afghans in their most perilous hour, urges UN’s Guterres
Sep 14, 2021, at 10:18 pm
New York: The international community should urgently offer a “lifeline” to millions of vulnerable Afghans “who face perhaps their most perilous hour”, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday.
British PM Boris Johnson's mother dies
Sep 14, 2021, at 09:56 pm
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's mother passed away on Tuesday.