Ukraine-Russia conflict: 8 held for Crimea bridge attack
Oct 12, 2022, at 08:55 pm
Moscow: Russia says it has detained eight people in connection with Saturday's explosion on a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea.
China: CCP to give third 5-year term to Xi Jinping
Oct 12, 2022, at 08:51 pm
Beijing: China's ruling Communist Party is expected to hand a third five-year term to Xi Jinping, arguably the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong in the 1970s.
UK: Recession risk rises as economy shrinks in August
Oct 12, 2022, at 08:42 pm
London: Recession fear looms large over the UK as the country's economy shrank in August, media reports said.
12 countries elected to serve new terms on Human Rights Council
Oct 12, 2022, at 08:32 pm
New York: The UN General Assembly elected a dozen new countries on Thursday to serve on the Human Rights Council, while Germany and Sudan secured second terms.
UN Development Programme calls for debt relief now for 54 countries
Oct 12, 2022, at 07:34 pm
New York: Fifty-four countries that are home to more than half of the poorest people on the planet need urgent debt relief now, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a paper published on Tuesday that calls for rich countries to step up.
UN rights report details ‘unconscionable’ violations of migrants returning from Libya
Oct 12, 2022, at 07:21 pm
Migrants in Libya who are compelled to accept so-called ‘assisted returns’ to their countries of origin often find themselves as victims of widespread and systematic human rights violations and abuses in conditions below those of international human rights laws and standards, according to a UN human rights report released on Tuesday.
Pakistan is now among 54 poor nations urgently need debt relief: UN
Oct 12, 2022, at 12:29 am
Geneva: Cascading global crises have left 54 countries — home to more than half of the world’s poorest people — in dire need of debt relief, the UN said on Tuesday.
Russia adds Meta to list of terrorist organizations
Oct 12, 2022, at 12:07 am
Moscow: Russia has added the Tech company Meta to the list of terrorist and extremist organizations.
Hindu girl abducted in Pakistan
Oct 11, 2022, at 11:16 pm
Sindh: A Hindu girl has been allegedly abducted in Pakistan's Hyderabad town, media reports said on Tuesday.
Ukraine: Any threat to use nuclear weapons ‘should be universally condemned'
Oct 11, 2022, at 11:08 pm
The door for a diplomatic solution to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine must be kept open, and any threat to use nuclear weapons, “universally condemned”, said the President of the UN General Assembly on Monday.
Grandi praises Angela Merkel’s strong ‘moral compass’ as she lands top UNHCR refugee award
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:56 pm
New York: For her political courage, compassion and decisive action in protecting people forced to flee, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, presented the former Chancellor of Germany with the prestigious Nansen Award, on Monday.
Ukraine: Russian large-scale strikes are ‘unacceptable escalation’, says Guterres
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:45 pm
The UN chief António Guterres said that large-scale strikes by the Russian military on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other locations on Monday, were deeply shocking and represented “another unacceptable escalation” of the war.
UN experts call for complete abolition of death penalty as ‘only viable path’
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:41 pm
Marking the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, two UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Monday issued a statement recalling that under international law, capital punishment is permitted only “in very limited circumstances”.
Historic net-zero international flight goal agreed at UN conference
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:22 pm
New York: State members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted a long-term goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, following two weeks of intensive diplomacy at the UN agency’s 41st Assembly, on Friday.
Oct 11, 2022, at 09:50 pm
Honiara: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has said he has assured Australia that his government will not allow a Chinese military presence in the territory.
Afghanistan: Auto rickshaw explosion leaves three hurt
Oct 11, 2022, at 09:32 pm
Kabul: An auto rickshaw explosion in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman left three people hurt on Tuesday.
Contracts: Two Australian men arrested over alleged Sri Lanka bribes
Oct 11, 2022, at 03:40 pm
Two Australian men are due to appear in court on Tuesday after being charged with bribery of foreign government officials to win contracts for two infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka following a long-running investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
Afghanistan: Taliban releases manager of a local media outlet
Oct 11, 2022, at 03:00 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) has said The Taliban Directorate of Intelligence prison released the former owner and editor of local station Radio Aftab after he was kept in four months of detention in Afghanistan.
Pakistan: Former Afghan Police Commander assassinated in Quetta
Oct 11, 2022, at 02:19 pm
Kabul: Unidentified gunmen killed Abdul Samad Achakzai, a former commander of the Afghan police, in Pakistan's Quetta region, media reports said on Tuesday.
Russia fired 84 missiles, 10 dead, dozen injured: Ukraine
Oct 11, 2022, at 05:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Mass retaliatory strikes by Russia across Ukraine Tuesday killed 10 people and injured dozens more, media reports said.
Pakistan: Grenade attack leaves four people hurt
Oct 11, 2022, at 01:00 am
Quetta: At least four people were hurt due to a grenade attack on a security check post on Sariab Road region of Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said on Monday.
Nepali cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane sent to 7-day police custody over rape case
Oct 10, 2022, at 11:41 pm
A Kathmandu court on Monday sent Nepali cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane,who has been arrested for allegedly raping a teen, to seven days police custody.
SL President vows to better electoral system
Oct 10, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Colombo/UNI: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced a raft of amendments to the electoral system, noting that the existing political system was a major cause for the current economic crisis.
Armed men attack school van in Pakistan, driver dies
Oct 10, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Swat: Armed men attacked a school van in Pakistan's Swat region which left at least the driver of the vehicle dead and a student injured, media reports said on Monday.
Economics Nobel awarded to 3 'for research on banks and financial crises'
Oct 10, 2022, at 09:22 pm
Stockholm: The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, Philip Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises.”
Defiant Taiwan moving away from China
Oct 10, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Taipei: Taiwan on Monday marked the "Double Ten" or 10 October, the self-ruled island's national day.
75 missiles fired in ongoing attack: Ukrainian military
Oct 10, 2022, at 08:08 pm
Kyiv: Ukraine cities came under Russian missile attack on Monday as the war entered 229th day, the country's military chief said 75 missiles have so far been fired in the sudden wave of attacks.
Ukraine: Kyiv hit by multiple explosions
Oct 10, 2022, at 07:10 pm
Kyiv/UNI: Massive missile blasts rocked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv Monday morning including one near President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office.
Pakistan: Two terrorists killed during exchange of fire in North Waziristan
Oct 10, 2022, at 03:18 pm
Islamabad: At least two terrorists were killed during an intense exchange of fire in the general area of North Waziristan District, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Four-year-old raped, murdered in Bannu
Oct 10, 2022, at 02:48 pm
Bannu: A four-year-old girl has been allegedly raped and then murdered in Pakistan's Bannu district, media reports said on Monday.