Pakistan: Explosion rocks Kalat region of flood-ravaged Balochistan
Sep 03, 2022, at 04:27 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Unidentified terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device at the working site of Pakistan Petroleum Limited on the outskirts of Kalat region of Balochistan on Wednesday which left one local employee dead, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: SHO, three constables suspended for ‘torturing’ citizen
Sep 03, 2022, at 03:35 am
Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A station house officer (SHO) and his three subordinates in Pakistan have been suspended for allegedly torturing a citizen, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: 32 Balochistan districts declared ‘calamity-hit’
Sep 03, 2022, at 03:30 am
Quetta, Pakistan: The Balochistan government has declared 32 out of the total 34 provincial districts “calamity-hit”.
Drug seizure: Two Pakistanis, six others arrested in Saudi Arabia
Sep 03, 2022, at 03:15 am
Riyadh: Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested eight people, including two Pakistanis, after they busted a drug smuggling bid in what is being termed as the country's biggest operation.
Confidence in the China market falters amid COVID-19 restrictions, geopolitical tensions: Survey
Sep 03, 2022, at 02:31 am
Washington/Beijing: Optimism about the future business outlook in China has dropped to a record low according to an annual membership survey from the US-China Business Council, an organization representing more than 270 US companies that do business in China.
Xi Jinping wishes to defeat 'Colour Revolutions' by beating Western ideas
Sep 03, 2022, at 01:48 am
Beijing: Chinese president Xi Jinping is trying to beat “Colour Revolutions” by defeating the Western constitutional democracy promoted by the US, media reports said.
Surge in electricity consumption: Manufacturing activity falls in China
Sep 03, 2022, at 12:41 am
Shanghai: China's electric consumption has increased amid record heat waves, forcing manufacturing activity to come to a halt.
Japanese companies slowly moving out of China amid growing crisis
Sep 03, 2022, at 12:34 am
Beijing: Several Japanese production facilities have started moving out of China as Beijing continues to follow its Zero COVID-19 policy and even the friction on the Taiwan straits heightening tension in the region.
Afghanistan: Suicide blast inside mosque leaves pro-Taliban cleric dead
Sep 02, 2022, at 10:46 pm
Herat: A suicide blast inside a mosque in Afghanistan's Herat province on Friday left a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric as well as civilians dead, media reports said.
Lufthansa cancels several Friday flights
Sep 02, 2022, at 10:40 pm
Berlin: After months of attempts to reach a deal between German carrier Lufthansa and its employees union over salary issues, the carrier canceled almost all its passenger and cargo flights on Friday, as per media reports.
Myanmar: Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi given three more years in prison on election fraud charges
Sep 02, 2022, at 08:18 pm
Yangon: A Myanmar court has sentenced ousted leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to a further three years in prison on election fraud charges, media reports said on Friday.
Workforce shortages: Australia decides to hike cap on permanent migration
Sep 02, 2022, at 06:45 pm
Melbourne: The Australian government has decided to hike the cap on permanent migration for the first time in a decade to help fill massive workforce shortages.
China responsible for ‘serious human rights violations’ in Xinjiang province: UN human rights report
Sep 02, 2022, at 06:23 pm
New York: A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has concluded that “serious human rights violations” against the Uyghur and “other predominantly Muslim communities” have been committed.
Sri Lanka: WFP helps alleviate stress of pregnancy amidst skyrocketing food prices
Sep 02, 2022, at 06:18 pm
New York: The queue of women grows steadily outside a government clinic in Kuppiyawatta, in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. In just over half an hour the number swells to around 200. Pregnant women, some with children in hand, are waiting their turn to receive food vouchers from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) – part of its emergency food assistance response.
Ukraine: IAEA experts arrive in Zaporizhzhia on mission to nuclear plant
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:59 pm
New York: Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, the latest stage in their efforts to inspect conditions at the embattled nuclear power plant there.
Pakistan: WHO warns of significant health risks as floods continue
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:54 pm
New York: Major health risks are unfolding in Pakistan as unprecedented flooding continues, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday, warning of the threat of further spread of malaria, dengue fever and other water and vector-borne diseases.
Spain: Former Catalan Parliament leaders’ political rights violated, say UN experts
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:50 pm
New York: By suspending former Catalan government and parliament members from public duties prior to them being convicted, following the independence referendum back in 2017, Spain violated their political rights, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a statement published on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Explosion in Helmand leaves two children dead
Sep 02, 2022, at 03:10 pm
Helmand: An explosion rocked the Helmand province of Afghanistan which left at least two children,who are brothers, dead on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan's August inflation spikes to 27.26pc, highest in 49 years
Sep 02, 2022, at 02:56 pm
Data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Thursday showed the country's inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) shot up to 27.26 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in August.
China's Zero Covid policy: Authorities enforce lockdown in Chengdu as cases spike
Sep 02, 2022, at 02:41 pm
China's "zero-Covid" policy has forced authorities to impose a lockdown in Chengdu, a city where a spike in infection has been noticed in recent times.
Saudi Arabia: Two Pakistanis among eight arrested in 'biggest' drug bust
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:53 pm
Riyadh/UNI: Saudi officers foiled an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country, the media reported, describing it as the largest drug trafficking operation in the kingdom.
First Alaskan native elected to US Congress
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:35 pm
Washington/UNI: Sarah Palin has lost a special US Congressional election in Alaska in a district that was Republican-held for nearly five decades.
Typhoon to hit Japan's Okinawa
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Typhoon Hinnamnor is re-approaching Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa amid unstable atmospheric conditions that are expected to lead to heavy downpours in western and eastern Japan, the weather agency said Thursday.
UN inspectors head out to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid fighting
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Kyiv/IBNS: A team from the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog Thursday headed for a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine despite fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region.
China faces UN heat over Uyghur torture
Sep 01, 2022, at 05:03 pm
The UN has accused China of "serious human rights violations" in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province.
Portugal Health Minister quits after pregnant Indian tourist dies
Sep 01, 2022, at 04:51 pm
Lisbon/UNI: Portugal's Health Minister resigned hours after reports emerged that a pregnant Indian tourist died on being turned away from a maternity ward, media reports said.
Pakistan fears major disease outbreaks after severe floods
Sep 01, 2022, at 04:46 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan health officials have warned of large-scale outbreaks of disease in the aftermath of biblical flooding that displaced millions of people.
Afghanistan: Kabul witnessing rise in women street vendors
Aug 31, 2022, at 11:09 pm
Kabul: Kabul city is witnessing a rise in women vendors amid rising poverty in Afghanistan following the takeover of the country by Taliban forces.
Former Malaysian PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tests COVID-19 positive
Aug 31, 2022, at 09:20 pm
Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has tested COVID-19 positive.
Mikhail Gorbachev: UN chief hails ‘one of a kind statesman who changed the course of history’
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:52 pm
New York: The Secretary-General has paid warm tribute to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose death aged 91 was announced on Tuesday, describing him as the person who “more than any other” brought about the peaceful end of the Cold War, which had dominated international relations since the 1940s.