Pakistan: Death due to flood touches 1,162
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:46 pm
Islamabad: The death toll due to the ravaging flood in Pakistan has touched 1,162 on Wednesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Libya: Political stalemate and lack of progress on elections
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:43 pm
New York: Leaders in Libya must take immediate steps to resolve their political impasse, which is spilling over into increasing violence, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban directs shops not to sell things to women not wearing Hijab
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:37 pm
In yet another bizarre diktat, the Taliban Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice officials have allegedly warned shopkeepers in Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan, not to sell anything to women who are not wearing hijab.
LGBT rights being ‘deliberately undermined’, in some US states: UN expert
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:30 pm
An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday warned that the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) people are being “deliberately undermined by some state governments in the United States”, urging more action on the part of the Biden administration to protect them.
Enforced disappearance a serious human rights violation, used to spread terror
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:25 pm
New York: Observed this Tuesday, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms the need for victims’ families to know the truth about what happened to missing relatives.
Visa refusal for UN human rights staff in Palestine part of wider ‘worrying trend’: Bachelet
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:15 pm
New York: UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has deplored Israel’s refusal to grant visas for her staff in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to a statement issued on Tuesday.
Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet leader who ended Cold War dies
Aug 31, 2022, at 03:43 pm
Moscow: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who had triggered the fall of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow city.
China’s zero-Covid policy leaves Nepali traders in trouble
Aug 31, 2022, at 05:45 am
Kathmandu: Nepalese exports to China have nearly dried up due to the closure of the border following Beijing's zero-Covid policy.
China slowly undercutting US influence in Latin America: Reports
Aug 31, 2022, at 05:10 am
Beijing: Analysts believe China stands to secure prized natural resources while vying with the United States for allies through five potential new trade deals with countries in Latin America, media reports said.
China supports travel ban exemptions for Taliban leaders of Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2022, at 05:00 am
Kabul: China hopes that the UN Security Council will extend the travel ban exemption for the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan.
Conflict with Sri Lanka: Chinese fertilizer company refuses to budge
Aug 31, 2022, at 03:28 am
Colombo: A Chinese fertilizer company, which was engaged in a conflict with Sri Lanka, has refused to budge and demanded that Colombo respect the spirit of the agreement reached between both parties, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban declare Aug 31 holiday to mark one year since US withdrawal
Aug 30, 2022, at 11:41 pm
Kabul: The Taliban have declared Aug 31, the day when US troops withdrew from Afghanistan last year, a public holiday, according to a document at Sputnik's disposal.
Pakistan: Unknown people kill lawyer in Kohat
Aug 30, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Kohat: Unknown people killed a lawyer in Pakistan's Hangu Road in Kohat on Sunday, an episode highlighting deteriorating law and order situation in the city, media reports said on Tuesday.
Foreign Office negates Afghan Taliban’s claim that Pakistani airspace was used for Zawahiri strike
Aug 30, 2022, at 11:35 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Office has rejected Afghanistan's Taliban government's claim that neighbouring country's airspace is being used for the US strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
‘Very survival’ of Iraqi State at risk, UN mission warns, as UN chief calls for calm and restraint
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:35 pm
New York: The UN chief on Monday issued a call for “calm and restraint” in the Iraqi capital Baghdad following a day of reportedly violent protests in and around the national parliament building, in the wake of the announcement from political leader and cleric Muqtada al-Sadr that he was leaving politics.
Pakistan: Protest held in Green Town against police over ‘fake encounter’
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:33 pm
Lahore: Hundreds of residents of Green Town in Pakistan demonstrated against the police over the killing of two men in an alleged encounter in the Chuhng area, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan planning to import vegetables from India amid spike in vegetable prices due to flood
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:30 pm
Islamabad: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said Pakistan is considering importing vegetables from arch-rival India to mitigate flood fallout.
Whole generation of Syrian children ‘might be lost’, senior humanitarian warns Security Council
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:27 pm
New York: “Irreversible damage” is being caused to the lives of Syrian civilians due to chronic under-funding of the international effort said the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for humanitarian affairs on Monday, who told the Security Council the future of a whole generation was at stake.
Burkinabé peacekeeper in Mali is UN Woman Police Officer of the Year
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:22 pm
New York: A peacekeeper from Burkina Faso serving in Mali has been honoured for her work to boost trust between the authorities and local communities, including survivors of gender-based violence.
Moqtada al-Sadr: Fighting in Baghdad leaves 15 people dead
Aug 30, 2022, at 08:48 pm
Baghdad: At least 15 people died when Iraqi security forces clashed with supporters of a powerful Shia cleric in Baghdad city, media reports said on Tuesday.
Ukraine: UN atomic energy experts head to stricken nuclear power station
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:48 pm
New York: A team of UN atomic energy experts set out on Monday for Zaporizhzya nuclear power station in Ukraine, after months of rising tensions between Ukrainian and Russian forces, who have accused each other of shelling the plant.
Pakistan minister says flood caused at least $10bn of damage to the country
Aug 30, 2022, at 02:59 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan planning minister said early estimates showed the ongoing floods in the country have caused at least $10bn of damage.
Singapore unveils long-term work visas to attract foreign workers
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:55 am
Singapore is rebuilding visa rules to attract foreign workers and ease a tight labour market that's making an impact on wage and price pressures.
Diplomatic Ripples: China’s dual-use surveillance ship finally leaves Sri Lankan port
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:06 am
Colombo: The Chinese research ship, which had arrived at the Sri Lankan port a few days back, has left it, sending diplomatic ripples across the Indian Ocean.
Nearly 8 pct of Ontario's construction workers died due to opioid crisis from 2017 to 2020: Report
Aug 30, 2022, at 03:37 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario's men working in the construction industry have been most affected by the opioid crisis, accounting for nearly eight per cent of all opioid-related deaths in the province between 2017 and 2020 a new report suggests.
Pakistan: Death toll due to flood touches 1,136
Aug 30, 2022, at 02:06 am
Islamabad: The death toll due to the ongoing floods in different parts of Pakistan has touched 1,136 on Monday, media reports said.
Suicide bombers are our pride, part of our security forces: Taliban
Aug 30, 2022, at 01:54 am
Kabul: Taliban's deputy interior minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali has said “martyrdom brigades,” aka suicide bomber units, are a part of the country's security forces and the group’s “pride”.
Cinema to reopen in Afghanistan, role of women limited amid Taliban rule
Aug 30, 2022, at 12:34 am
After a gap of one-year, cinema halls are going to open in Afghanistan for the first time ever since Taliban forces captured power in the country, media reports said.
Oil-gas import: Taliban seal deal with Russia
Aug 29, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Kabul: The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have struck a deal with their counterparts in Moscow over business matters and the import of Russian oil and gas, media reports said.
Aus PM vows cultural shift for women workers
Aug 29, 2022, at 10:33 pm
Canberra/UNI: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a "cultural change" to improve conditions for women in the workplace.