Kenya: UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples
Jul 19, 2022, at 07:25 pm
New York: An independent UN human rights expert on Monday hailed a decision by the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, to award reparations to the Ogiek indigenous peoples, for harm that they suffered due to “injustices and discrimination.”
Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks UK assistance to probe 2019 Easter Sunday blasts
Jul 19, 2022, at 06:57 pm
Colombo: Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sought the assistance of the UK government and its intelligence in solving the Easter Sunday blast incident of 2019.
UN and partners meet to address ‘critical’ state of global food crisis
Jul 19, 2022, at 06:32 pm
New York: Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising hunger and malnutrition, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said on Monday, at a special meeting to address the global food crisis.
Bangladesh: National Human Rights Commission condemns recent attack on Hindu community members
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:09 pm
Dhaka: The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh has condemned the recent attack on Hindu community members in the country and said such an incident in a secular country is not acceptable.
Pakistan: Boat capsizes in Indus, 19 people drown
Jul 19, 2022, at 03:37 pm
Islamabad: At least 19 people were drowned and several others went missing when a boat capsized in River Indus near Machka region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
France: One person dead, four injured in Paris bar shooting
Jul 19, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Paris/UNI/Sputnik: At least one person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting that occurred on Monday night at a bar in the 11th arrondissement of the French capital, the district’s mayor, Francois Vauglin, said.
Duterte rail projects: Philippines scraps Chinese loan deals
Jul 19, 2022, at 06:19 am
Manila, Philippines: A transport official has said Chinese loans for three multi billion-peso railway projects that were to be major legacies of former President Rodrigo Duterte under his “Build, Build, Build” programme have been scrapped.
Sri Lankan crisis highlights risk for Chinese firms investing overseas, feel experts
Jul 19, 2022, at 06:08 am
Beijing: Analysts have cautioned the current political turmoil in Sri Lanka is emerging as a warning sign for Chinese companies that are planning to invest in overseas markets.
China: Huludao's health system buckles under Covid debt strain
Jul 19, 2022, at 05:57 am
Beijing: The Chinese city of Huludao is feeling the heat of COVID-19 on local health systems with local authorities saying debts were rising far faster than their capacity to repay them.
Democracy requires moral, not military strength, says ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Jul 19, 2022, at 05:26 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday deplored the imbalance in civil-military relations in the country when he blamed previous PPP and PML-N governments for ceding space to the army to ‘save their skin’ in corruption cases.
Pakistan: PPP demands protection for Pakhtuns in Sindh
Jul 19, 2022, at 05:23 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former federal minister Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti has directed the Sindh government to protect Pakhtuns residing in the region.
Moldova: EU creates hub to stop arms-smuggling out of Ukraine
Jul 19, 2022, at 05:14 am
Kyiv: European Union home affairs commissioner Yiva Johansson has announced creation of a hub in Moldova to battle organised crime, particularly arms smuggling from war-torn Ukraine.
Alberta universities urge Canada to regulate tuition increases for international students
Jul 19, 2022, at 05:09 am
Calgary/IBNS: Alberta’s two largest university student groups are reportedly calling on the provincial government in Canada to introduce regulations on tuition fees international students pay.
Canada: Ontario NDP issues rules for leadership contest for new party head in March 2023
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:55 am
Toronto/IBNS: Rules for a leadership contest, that will see a new party head in place by the first week of March 2023, have reportedly been mapped out and issued late Friday by Ontario’s New Democrats.
Laos default will now give momentum to Chinese debt trap policy
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:51 am
Beijing: Laos, the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, is currently facing an intense economic crisis and there seems to be no respite from it without some form of a Chinese bailout or debt forgiveness, media reports said.
Chinese embassy in Nepal terms US diplomat's Beijing ‘disinformation campaign’ comment as 'baseless'
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:17 am
Beijing/Kathmandu: China has reacted strongly against US ambassador nominee for Nepal in which he criticised China for its disinformation campaign and termed his remarks “baseless”.
Thailand: Three Uyghurs flee from detention centre
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:08 am
Bangkok: Authorities in Thailand have started searching for three Uyghur men who escaped from an immigration detention centre in the country earlier this week, a police investigator said.
Pakistan: JUI-F leader gunned down in North Waziristan
Jul 18, 2022, at 11:02 pm
North Waziristan: Unknown attackers gunned down a local leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and his colleague near Mirali town in Pakistan on Thursday.
Unidentified gunmen kill counterterrorism officer in Pakistan
Jul 18, 2022, at 11:00 pm
Quetta: Unidentified motorcyclists in Pakistan's Kharan town shot dead counterterrorism officer on Friday, media reports said.
EU renews terrorist blacklist for another 6 months
Jul 18, 2022, at 10:31 pm
Brussels/UNI/Sputnik: The Council of the European Union on Monday renewed without changes its list of sanctioned persons and entities established in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
India emerges as top lender to Sri Lanka
Jul 18, 2022, at 08:24 pm
Colombo: India has surpassed China to become the top lender to Sri Lanka after coming to Colombo's rescue in a big way following the island nation's worst economic crisis, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Sri Lanka Crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe declares state of emergency
Jul 18, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka's acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a State of Emergency across the island nation from Monday.
Pakistan: PTI leader Shahbaz Gill arrested for displaying weapons at polling station
Jul 18, 2022, at 04:29 am
Islamabad: Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former minister Shahbaz Gill was arrested from Pakistan's Muzaffargarh on Sunday for allegedly carrying and displaying weapons on his visit to polling stations during the by-elections in Punjab.
Somalia: 2 people die in car bombing attack
Jul 18, 2022, at 01:48 am
Mogadishu/UNI/Xinhua: At least two people were killed and more than 15 others injured in a suicide car bombing attack on a popular hotel in the south-central Somali town of Jowhar on Sunday, a government official confirmed.
Bangladesh bound cargo plane crashes in Greece
Jul 18, 2022, at 12:34 am
Dhaka: All eight people on board a cargo plane died when it crashed in Greece.
Sri Lanka is warning sign for countries with high debt levels, says IMF Director
Jul 17, 2022, at 10:19 pm
Colombo: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said Sri Lanka has become a warning sign for those countries with high debt levels and limited policy space.
Sri Lanka is warning sign for countries with high debt levels, says IMF Director
Jul 17, 2022, at 10:17 pm
Colombo: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said Sri Lanka has become a warning sign for those countries with high debt levels and limited policy space.
3-hour power cut announced in Sri Lanka for two days
Jul 17, 2022, at 06:18 pm
Colombo/UNI: As Sri Lanka continues to face an economic crisis, the Public Utilities Commission has approved power cuts for three hours on Monday and Tuesday.
Russian chess grandmaster Krogius passes away at 92
Jul 17, 2022, at 02:29 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Nikolai Krogius, a Russian and Soviet chess grandmaster and former vice president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), has died at the age of 92 in New York, the Russian Chess Federation said.
Jul 17, 2022, at 02:15 pm
Athens/UNI: A cargo plane has crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece, BBC reported on Sunday.