Apr 27, 2022, at 02:56 am
Karachi/IBNS: A woman suicide bomber from a Pakistan separatist group killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, in an attack on a vehicle carrying staff from the Confucious Institute affiliated with the Karachi University, video footage from the site showed on Tuesday.
Ukraine can use our weapons against Russia: UK Defence Minister
Apr 27, 2022, at 12:56 am
London/UNI: UK's Defence Minister has said that it would be acceptable for Ukrainian forces to use Western weapons to attack military targets on Russian soil, BBC reported on Tuesday.
Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for Karachi University blast
Apr 27, 2022, at 12:43 am
Karachi: The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the blast which occurred inside Pakistan's Karachi University which left four people, including three Chinese nationals, dead on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Three Chinese nationals among four killed in Karachi University explosion, PM mourns
Apr 26, 2022, at 11:40 pm
Karachi: A car explosion inside the premises of the University of Karachi left four people, including three Chinese nationals, dead on Tuesday, media reports said.
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif directs authorities to end load-shedding trouble by May 1
Apr 26, 2022, at 11:22 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to end load-shedding trouble in the country from May 1.
China bans giving foreign names to places
Apr 26, 2022, at 10:17 pm
Beijing: China has outlawed using exotic names of foreigners and distant places as geographical names at home in a bid to bolster the sense of national identity.
Pakistan: PTI members stage protests outside ECP offices
Apr 26, 2022, at 10:11 pm
Islamabad: Members of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) held protests in front of the offices of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) across the country on Tuesday, against what they called the alleged biased conduct of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, Dawn reported.
Apr 26, 2022, at 09:52 pm
Karachi: At least four people, including three foreigners, died as a car explosion occurred inside the premises of the University of Karachi.
Apr 26, 2022, at 07:53 pm
New York The explosive growth of extractive operations around the world often plays out on indigenous people’s lands without their consent, causing irreparable harm to their livelihoods, cultures, languages and lives, speakers told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Monday, as it opened its 2022 session amid calls to respect their free, prior and informed consent on the existential decisions uprooting their communities.
Humanitarians seek $2.25 billion for Ukraine response
Apr 26, 2022, at 07:48 pm
New York: Humanitarians have launched a renewed appeal for war-ravaged Ukraine that calls for $2.25 billion to provide assistance and protection to nearly nine million people, the UN announced on Monday.
Middle East: ‘No justification’ for terrorism or violence against civilians, Security Council hears
Apr 26, 2022, at 07:19 pm
New York: Recent violence in the occupied West Bank and terror attacks in Israel have killed and injured scores of civilians, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process updated the Security Council on Monday.
UN condemns ‘horrific’ surge of violence in South Sudan
Apr 26, 2022, at 06:34 pm
New York: Additional peacekeepers have been deployed to Leer county, South Sudan, following a surge of violence, including rapes, gang rapes, beheadings, burning civilians alive, and attacks on humanitarians, the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS, reported on Monday.
UN human rights experts urge United States to ease Afghanistan assets freeze
Apr 26, 2022, at 06:05 pm
New York: Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, independent UN human rights experts called, on Monday, for the United States to end its freeze on Afghanistan’s foreign assets.
Development financing crucial to get global economy back on track
Apr 26, 2022, at 05:15 pm
New York: The global economy is under severe stress and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in “need of urgent rescue”, the deputy UN chief told the Financing for Development Forum on Monday.
UN rights office calls for Singapore stay of execution for Malaysia nationals
Apr 26, 2022, at 04:33 pm
New York: In Singapore, the UN rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for a stay of execution for two Malaysian nationals accused of drug offences.
Over 500 Bangladeshis detained in Libya
Apr 26, 2022, at 03:34 pm
Dhaka: Police in the North African country of Libya have detained more than 500 Bangladeshis off the coast of the Mediterranean.
Elon Musk buys Twitter, US President Joe Biden worried about social media power
Apr 26, 2022, at 02:51 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden is more concerned about the power of large social media platforms than about who owns them, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters when asked about Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter.
Scottie Barnes from Toronto Raptors was named NBA's rookie of the year
Apr 26, 2022, at 03:24 am
Toronto/IBNS: Scottie Barnes, 20, is the third Toronto player after Vince Carter (1999), Damon Stoudamire (1996) to win the NBA Rookie award of the year on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena.
Canada: 'Bollywood Ki Dhun' promotes young South Asian talent in North America with music concert
Apr 26, 2022, at 02:55 am
Markham/IBNS: Organized by Team 'Bollywood Ki Dhun' in association with Arya Samaj Mandir and South Asians In Ontario, a live Bollywood music concert was held recently in Ontario's Markham.
Pakistan authorities foil smuggling bid from Afghanistan via Torkham border crossing
Apr 26, 2022, at 02:13 am
Torkham, Afghanistan: The Pakistan Customs authorities have foiled a bid to smuggle arms from Afghanistan at the Torkham border crossing, media reports said on Monday.
Sri Lanka to witness power cuts for 4 hour and 30 mins for 3 days from today
Apr 26, 2022, at 02:06 am
Colombo: The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has announced Sri Lanka will witness 4 hour and 30 minute power cuts in all regions for three days from Monday due to the lack of sufficient fuel and water to generate electricity, media reports said.
Pakistan: Missing persons’ families not hopeful about Shehbaz Sharif's promise
Apr 26, 2022, at 02:01 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Sammi Deen Baloch, the daughter of Dr Deen Muhammad who has been missing since mid-2009, is not feeling positive about Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s assurance that he will raise the missing persons’ issue with the relevant quarters.
China: Uyghur lecturer sentenced to 13 years in prison over writings, foreign connections
Apr 26, 2022, at 01:39 am
Xinjiang: A Uyghur academic, who studied in Germany, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan's media regulatory authority sends notice to ARY News over ‘fake news’ attributed to envoy
Apr 26, 2022, at 01:17 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) last week issued a show-cause notice to ARY News where it claimed the channel had aired 'fake and unverified' news about the stance of Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed, regarding the controversial letter, media reports said on Monday.
Women raped then killed by Russian troops: Ukrainian doctors
Apr 26, 2022, at 01:02 am
Kyiv/UNI: Ukrainian forensic doctors have said postmortem examinations on bodies in mass graves found in the north of Kyiv have revealed that some women were raped before being killed by the Russian forces.
Sri Lanka to face severe food shortage: Former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka's former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed doubt that the country might face a severe food shortage as the Indian credit facility given for fuel will end by the first week of May.
China: Mass testing begins in Beijing, lockdown fear sparks panic buying
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:46 pm
Beijing: As the Chinese capital Beijing begins mass testing for its millions of residents after an increase in Covid-19 cases, fears of a hard lockdown have sparked panic buying.
Afghanistan: Taliban separates weekdays for male, female university students
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:42 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has separated weekdays of male and female students of Kabul University and Kabul Polytechnic University in a bid to further end co-education in the country, media reports said on Monday.
Sri Lanka to face severe food shortage: Former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:42 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka's former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed doubt that the country might face a severe food shortage as the Indian credit facility given for fuel will end by the first week of May.
Afghanistan: Family members of Kunduz blast ask Taliban govt to punish perpetrators
Apr 25, 2022, at 11:08 pm
Kabul: Family members of the victims of the Kunduz blast asked the Taliban government of Afghanistan to punish the perpetrators of the incident.