Pakistan: Rights experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, child marriage
Jan 17, 2023, at 09:17 pm
New York: Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam.
High Commissioner reports sharp decline in respect for children’s rights
Jan 17, 2023, at 09:14 pm
New York: Children’s rights must remain a priority and their voices should be heard and listened to, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Monday in Geneva.
Economic slowdown may force workers into ‘lower quality’ jobs
Jan 17, 2023, at 09:10 pm
New York: Finding a decent and well-paid job is likely to be harder this year, thanks to the continuing global economic downturn, the UN labour agency said on Monday.
China's population declines for first time in decades in 2022: Reports
Jan 17, 2023, at 03:17 pm
Beijing: China's population dropped for the first time in decades in 2022, official data released by the country on Monday revealed.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit China next month
Jan 17, 2023, at 02:59 pm
Washington: US State Secretary Antony Blinken will visit China on February 5-6, Politico reported.
China records second-lowest annual economic growth rate in decades
Jan 17, 2023, at 02:43 pm
Beijing: China's economic state witnessed one of its slowest growths in several decades amid COVID-19 infection surge in recent times.
UNSC lists Pakistan-based Abdul Rehman Makki as global terrorist
Jan 17, 2023, at 02:27 pm
New York: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist under its ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.
Asian student stabbed multiple times in head in US racist attack
Jan 17, 2023, at 05:51 am
Indianapolis/IBNS: A 56-year-old woman stabbed an 18-year-old Indiana University student multiple times in the head on a bus in Bloomington as the victim was Asian, New York Post reported.
Pilot couple killed in Nepal air crashes 16 years apart
Jan 17, 2023, at 05:13 am
Kathmandu/IBNS: In a heartbreaking incident, Anju Khatiwada, who joined Nepal's Yeti Airlines in 2010 and was the co-pilot of the ill-destined flight that crashed in Pokhara on Sunday, met the same fate as her husband, a pilot killed in a crash 16 years earlier.
Pakistan: Senior lawyer Latif Afridi killed in Peshawar High Court bar room firing
Jan 16, 2023, at 11:30 pm
Islamabad: A bar room firing incident inside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) bar room on Monday left ex-Supreme Court Bar Association president and senior lawyer Latif Afridi killed, media reports said.
Nepal's deadliest crash in 30 years: Black box of Yeti Airlines flight recovered
Jan 16, 2023, at 11:17 pm
Kathmandu/Pokhara: The black box of the Yeti Airlines flight, which crashed in Pokhara on Sunday, has been recovered, media reports said on Monday.
Italy's Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily
Jan 16, 2023, at 11:15 pm
Sicily: Italy's most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was 30 years on the run, has been arrested in Sicily, media reports said on Monday.
Jan 16, 2023, at 03:56 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan foreign office on Friday said the official Twitter account of the Pakistan consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu was “hacked”, hours after a tweet was posted in support of Uyghur Muslims in China.
We are deeply saddened by tragic Yeti Airlines crash in Pokhara: US Embassy
Jan 16, 2023, at 03:38 pm
Washington/Kathmandu: The US government has mourned the loss of lives in the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara city of Nepal.
China-Bhutan officials meet on boundary issues
Jan 16, 2023, at 03:31 pm
Kunming: The 11th Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the Bhutan-China Boundary Issues was held in Kunming city, China from Jan 10 to 13.
Nepal: All 72 aboard Yeti Airlines flight killed in crash
Jan 16, 2023, at 02:30 pm
Kathmandu: All 72 people on board the Yeti Airlines flight, which crashed in Nepal on Sunday, have died, airline spokesperson Pemba Sherpa confirmed.
Chemical plant explodes in northeastern China - Reports
Jan 16, 2023, at 02:22 pm
Beijing: An explosion took place at a chemical plant in China's northeastern province of Liaoning on Sunday, Chinese media reported.
Pakistan's spiking inflation: Protests held across Larkana
Jan 16, 2023, at 06:34 am
Larkana: Activists of Shia Ulema Council, Pakistan Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto, Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party and Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan recently demonstrated outside the local press club against spiking inflation and shortage of flour on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Cop, passer-by killed in attack on police post
Jan 16, 2023, at 06:25 am
Dera Ghazi Khan: A police official and a civilian were killed, and one police official was injured in a drive-by attack by two motorcyclists at the Jhangi police checkpoint in Pakistan recently, media reports said on Sunday.
Shameful for a nuclear power nation to beg for funds: Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif
Jan 16, 2023, at 05:57 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has said it was a matter of shame that his nation needed to beg amid a falling economic state despite being a nuclear powered nation.
Over 500 policemen deployed for security of 161 ‘VIPs’: Pakistan's SHC told
Jan 16, 2023, at 05:36 am
Sindh: Pakistan's Sindh High Court on Friday directed the provincial home secretary to inform it under what scheme of law the special commandos of police were assigned to escort the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party leaders under the title of very important persons (VIPs), media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Gwadar protest leader arrested from court
Jan 16, 2023, at 05:26 am
Islamabad: Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, the chief of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT), was arrested on Friday from Gwadar after dodging the police for about two weeks, media reports said.
Jan 16, 2023, at 04:56 am
Pokhara: A video has gone viral on the internet which allegedly captured the last moments of the Yeti Airlines flight which crashed in Nepal's Pokhara city on Sunday killing 68 people.
Pakistan witnessing protest as government remains ignorant towards troubles faced by people: Report
Jan 16, 2023, at 03:43 am
Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing widespread protests from Gilgit-Baltistan in the north to Gwadar port city in the south with people expressing discontent over the regime, media reports said.
New aid package of 40 mn USD in cash reaches Afghanistan
Jan 16, 2023, at 12:08 am
Kabul: A new package of 40 million US dollars in cash as humanitarian aid has been delivered to Afghanistan and deposited in one of the commercial banks in Kabul, said a statement from Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the country's central bank, released here on Sunday.
Ukrainian military mulls withdrawal from Bakhmut - Reports
Jan 16, 2023, at 12:02 am
Kiev: Ukraine is considering the possibility of withdrawing from Bakhmut, also known as Artyomovsk, to spare troops and weapons ahead of an anticipated counteroffensive elsewhere on the battlefield, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing the Ukrainian military.
Nepal’s worst air crash in three decades in Pokhara kills 68
Jan 15, 2023, at 11:51 pm
Pokhara: At least 68 people died when a Yeti Airlines plane, which had 72 passengers onboard, crashed upon landing at Pokhara International Airport in Nepal's Kaski district on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Ex-Afghan MP killed in Kabul
Jan 15, 2023, at 10:45 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban government has said a former woman member of the country's Parliament and one of her security guards have been killed in Kabul city, media reports said on Sunday.
Women's rights not on priority list, matter to be dealt with as per Islamic laws: Taliban
Jan 15, 2023, at 10:27 pm
Kabul: Taliban has made it clear easing restrictions on women, including ban from universities and working in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), is not on the list of its priorities, reported Khaama Press.
Prince Harry, British Royal family may reconcile before King Charles's coronation: Report
Jan 15, 2023, at 09:41 pm
A reconciliation between Prince Harry and the British Royal family could take place before the coronation of King Charles III later this year, media reports said.