Invest in care services to generate jobs, support working parents: ILO report
Mar 08, 2022, at 10:34 pm
New York: Greater investment in care services could create nearly 300 million jobs by 2035, the UN’s labour agency, ILO, said in a report published on Monday ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8 March.
Two UN peacekeepers killed in Mali, four wounded
Mar 08, 2022, at 10:26 pm
New York: A convoy from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) hit an improvised explosive device north of Mopti on Monday, killing at least two ‘blue helmets’, from Egypt, and wounding four others.
Russia reduced Genocide Convention 'to confetti', Ukraine tells world court
Mar 08, 2022, at 10:18 pm
New York: Ukraine addressed the UN’s highest court on Monday to reject as a “grotesque lie” Russia’s claims that genocide has been committed in eastern Ukrainian oblasts, or regions, before calling for emergency measures to halt Russian aggression.
‘Turn the clock forward on women’s rights’: UN chief’s International Women’s Day message
Mar 08, 2022, at 07:11 pm
New York: Ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated on 08 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has insisted that the world “cannot emerge from the pandemic with the clock spinning backwards on gender equality”.
Interlinked crises erasing hard-won gains for gender equality in region
Mar 08, 2022, at 06:58 pm
The aggravating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on existing inequalities, coupled with the effects of the climate crises and disasters in the region, is erasing many hard-fought gains made towards gender equality.
Russia threatens to cut gas supplies if oil ban goes ahead
Mar 08, 2022, at 02:30 pm
Moscow: Russia has threatened to close its main gas pipeline to Germany if the West goes ahead with a ban on Russian oil, BBC reported on Tuesday.
Russia-Ukraine: Canada PM Trudeau meets with British PM Boris Johnson in UK
Mar 08, 2022, at 07:18 am
London/IBNS: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday met with his British counterpart Boris Johnson at the Royal Air Force Base in Northolt in the UK where they strongly condemned the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers tie nuptial knot in field conditions amid war with Russia
Mar 08, 2022, at 06:04 am
Kyiv/IBNS: Even as war rages into the 11th day in Ukraine, two Ukrainian soldiers decided to tie the nuptial knot amid the field conditions on Sunday.
Ukrainians in Canada launch fundraising shows to support war-hit Ukraine
Mar 08, 2022, at 05:14 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ukrainians in art organizations all across Canada are organizing and launching shows in support of Ukraine and celebrating their culture including Ukrainian painter and writer Taras Shevchenko.
Third round of Ukraine-Russia talks underway in Belarus
Mar 08, 2022, at 04:47 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The third round of Ukraine-Russia talks has started in Belarus, hours after the Russian plan of a humanitarian corridor from three of Ukraine cities to Russia and Belarus fell.
China: Coal mine mishap in Guizhou leaves 14 dead
Mar 08, 2022, at 02:00 am
Guiyang, China: At least 14 people, who had been trapped in a coal mine in China's Guizhou Province, were found dead, media reports said.
Taliban threatening provincial media in Afghanistan: HRW
Mar 08, 2022, at 01:33 am
Kabul: Taliban authorities have carried out far-reaching censorship and violence against Afghan media in district and provincial centres, drastically limiting critical reporting in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today.
Russian forces kill Hostomel mayor: Ukraine
Mar 08, 2022, at 01:13 am
Kyiv/UNI: Amid the heavy fighting from the north to the west of Kyiv since early on Monday Hostomel Mayor Yuriy Prylypko was among three people killed by the Russian forces, according to Ukrainian officials.
China: Xi Jinping asks ethnic groups to ‘stick together like pomegranate seeds’
Mar 08, 2022, at 01:02 am
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on people from Inner Mongolia to 'stick together like pomegranate seeds' as he stated that unity is the “lifeline” for all ethnic groups in the country.
Mar 08, 2022, at 12:56 am
Lahore, Pakistan: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has challenged the PTI-led government to convene a session of the National Assembly in case it is confident of enjoying the majority in the House.
Pakistan: PM Imran Khan hits out at opposition leaders over hype created around no-confidence motion
Mar 08, 2022, at 12:52 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday lashed out at the opposition leaders over the hype created around the no-trust motion and said he is fully prepared to tackle the moves made by a ‘bunch of thieves’.
Ukraine claims Russian forces killed Hostomel Mayor Yuriy Prylypko
Mar 08, 2022, at 12:16 am
Kyiv/UNI/IBNS: Amid the heavy fighting from the north to the west of Kyiv since early on Monday Hostomel Mayor Yuriy Prylypko was among three people killed by the Russian forces, according to Ukrainian officials.
Mar 07, 2022, at 10:39 pm
New York: Reports that Ukraine’s, and Europe’s, largest nuclear power plant is under the control of Russian forces is a cause for grave concern, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, said on Sunday.
ICJ starts hearing Russia-Ukraine conflict
Mar 07, 2022, at 10:23 pm
The Hague: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague on Monday began public hearings on the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Mar 07, 2022, at 10:21 pm
New York: UN chief António Guterres called on Sunday for a pause in fighting to allow civilians to escape conflict zones in Ukraine, as the UN rights body (OHCHR) announced it had recorded 1,123 civilian casualties since the beginning of Russia’s armed attack on the country.
Afghanistan: Blast near Paktika mosque leaves three dead
Mar 07, 2022, at 06:38 pm
Kabul: At least three people died and 20 others were wounded as a bomb rocked Afghanistan's Paktia province on Friday, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan journalist arrested for 'unclear reasons'
Mar 07, 2022, at 06:33 pm
Kabul: An Afghan journalist has been arrested by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan's capital Kabul for 'unclear reasons', media reports said.
Afghanistan university professor, who is known for criticising Taliban, goes missing
Mar 07, 2022, at 05:47 pm
Kabul: A professor of an Afghanistan university, who is known for criticising the Taliban government, has gone missing.
Russia announces ceasefire in Kyiv, three other Ukrainian cities to allow evacuations of civilians
Mar 07, 2022, at 05:23 pm
Moscow/Kyiv/IBNS: On the 12th day of the ongoing war, Russia on Monday announced a ceasefire in four Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv to allow the evacuations of civilians from the war-hit country, media reports said.
Mar 07, 2022, at 02:58 pm
Kyiv: The UN nuclear watchdog has expressed 'concern' over reports that communication from the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has been disrupted ever since Russian forces seized it.
Ukraine Conflict: 2nd attempt to evacuate people from Mariupol fails
Mar 07, 2022, at 04:03 am
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Sunday that a second attempt to evacuate about 200,000 people from Mariupol was unsuccessful.
PM Imran Khan should resign before we table no-confidence motion: Zardari
Mar 06, 2022, at 10:12 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari targeted PM Imran Khan and said he should resign before the joint Opposition tables the no-confidence motion against the incumbent government.
Unknown people behead five members of a family in Afghanistan
Mar 06, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Herat: Unknown people have beheaded five members, including children, of a family in Afghanistan's Herat province, media reports said on Sunday.
Russia-Ukraine War hits Canada's economy as gas prices surge amid through-the-roof housing costs
Mar 06, 2022, at 08:27 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada witnessed a surge in its average cost of gas per litre due to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis and adding to the woes of buyers, the housing prices in the North American country proliferated by 21 percent in January compared to the year ago period.
WHO confirms 'several attacks' on healthcare centres in Ukraine
Mar 06, 2022, at 07:47 pm
Kyiv: The World Health Organization on Sunday confirmed several attacks occurred on healthcare centres in Ukraine.