Sep 29, 2021, at 12:38 am
Kabul: Taliban-appointed chancellor Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat on Monday said women will not be allowed to study or teach in Kabul University until an Islamic environment is created.
Sep 29, 2021, at 12:33 am
Kabul: Afghanistan diplomats in Pakistan have confirmed they have received a letter signed by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi about the appointments of diplomats in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad and the Peshawar consulate, media reports said.
Pakistan: Target killing in Islamabad leaves 2 dead
Sep 29, 2021, at 12:06 am
Islamabad: In two separate cases of targeted killings, two people were shot dead in Pakistan capital Islamabad on Monday.
Afghanistan: Girls deeply concerned over not being allowed to return to school
Sep 29, 2021, at 12:03 am
Kabul: Many girls in Afghanistan are deeply concerned over whether the Taliban will allow girls and young women to return to secondary schools.
Bangladesh records 31 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 31 new deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Blasphemy: Pakistan court hands over death penalty to woman in Lahore
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Lahore: A Pakistani court has handed death sentence to a Muslim woman on charges of blasphemy.
Taliban to implement a constitution in Afghanistan from the era of Muhammad Zahir Shah
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:22 pm
Kabul: Taliban’s acting minister of Justice Abdul Hakim Sharaee said his government will implement a constitution from the era of Muhammad Zahir Shah which was ratified 57 years ago.
Japan PM Suga confirms coronavirus state of emergency will be lifted on October 1
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:18 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga confirmed the plans to completely lift the coronavirus-related state of emergency, which is still in force in 19 out of 47 prefectures, from October 1.
DPRK says it will ‘respond willingly’ if US abandons ‘hostile policy’
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:08 pm
New York: The Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations, Kim Song, said that if the United States “shows its bold decision to give up its hostile policy”, his country is “prepared to respond willingly at any time.”
France focuses on responsibility and solidarity in the face of global challenges
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:05 pm
New York: In his address to the UN General Assembly on Monday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian upheld multilateralism as the key to overcoming global challenges including conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
Syria committed to ‘combating and eradicating terrorism’, General Assembly hears
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:02 pm
New York: In his speech to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Fayssal Mekdad, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria, reaffirmed his country’s commitment to combat terrorism and aim to ‘restore security and stability’.
Yemen: Endless suffering of children continues due to war, aid crisis
Sep 28, 2021, at 10:56 pm
New York: The Yemen conflict killed or maimed 2,600 children as hostilities intensified in 2019 and 2020; that’s according to a new report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed conflict in the country.
Sep 28, 2021, at 10:49 pm
The war in Yemen has caused a human catastrophe, torn society apart, and triggered “waves of mass displacement, repression and enforced disappearance”, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, the final day of the UN General Assembly’s annual debate.
Security Council marks 25th anniversary of Test Ban Treaty with call for nuclear weapons-free world
Sep 28, 2021, at 10:41 pm
New York: The Security Council on Monday marked the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, with calls for its entry into force and the elimination of nuclear weapons everywhere.
Boosting production, crucial for least developed countries, post pandemic
Sep 28, 2021, at 10:32 pm
The world’s poorest countries will remain on the margins of the global economy if States are unable to boost economic production, and the international community fails to provide more support, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned.
Iran nuclear programme at ‘critical point’, Israeli Prime Minister warns
Sep 28, 2021, at 10:27 pm
New York: With Iran’s nuclear programme at a “watershed moment”, the country must be stopped from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday in his inaugural speech to the UN General Assembly.
PoK activists demonstrate in London against Shah Mehmood Qureshi's arrival
Sep 28, 2021, at 09:35 pm
London: Activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Monday demonstrated in London against the visit of Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Pakistan: Security personnel killed during exchange with terrorists in Balochistan
Sep 28, 2021, at 04:41 pm
Quetta: A Frontier Corps member died and two others were hurt as they exchanged fire with terrorists in the Mach area of Balochistan on Sunday, media reports said.
US President Joe Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot
Sep 28, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden has received a booster shot of COVID-19.
North Korea fires missile: South Korea
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:36 pm
Seoul/Pyongyang: South Korean military on Tuesday said North Korea has fired a short-range missile towards the sea off its east coast early on Tuesday, media reports said.
Italian FM says impossible for his nation to recognise Taliban govt of Afghanistan
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:29 am
Rome: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has said it is impossible for his nation to recognize the Taliban government.
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:21 am
Beijing: Chinese scientists are creating a hypersonic weapon designed to generate an intense electromagnetic pulse that would wipe out communication and power supply lines, media reports said.
Banned members of BLF destroy Mohammad Ali Jinnah's statue in Pakistan
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:10 am
Gwadar: Statue of Pakistan's Founding Father Mohammad Ali Jinnah was destroyed in a bomb attack in the country's Gwadar region recently.
Pakistan: Relatives block train demanding justice for alleged encounter victim
Sep 28, 2021, at 01:54 am
Toba Tek Singh, Punjab: Relatives of a man, who was allegedly killed in 'encounter', blocked trains by putting burning tyres and parking tractor-trolleys along with the body at the level crossing at Gojra on Sunday for several hours, media reports said.
Sep 28, 2021, at 01:38 am
Kabul: The Taliban insurgents have issued yet another bizarre diktat to hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province by which they are asked not to shave or trim beards as it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law.
Pakistan: CTD officials detain two ISIS-linked terrorists in Karachi
Sep 27, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Islamabad: The Counter-Terrorism Department and a federal intelligence agency of Pakistan carried out a joint raid at New Truck Stand on Karachi's Mauripur Road on Monday and detained two Islamic STate terrorists, media reports said.
Pakistan: Senate body told 24 pct educated people are jobless countrywide
Sep 27, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has highlighted the grim reality of economic condition of the country whereB 24 per cent of educated people were jobless at the moment.
Indonesia’s plan to build mega railway with China triggers debt trap fear
Sep 27, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Jakarta: Indonesia is planning to involve Japan and China to build two separate routes for the same railway project, a move analysts fear might lead to Chinese debt trap and even deteriorate Jakarta's relationship with Tokyo.
German federal election: Social Democrats’ Scholz declares victory
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:25 pm
Berlin/UNI/Sputnik: Olaf Scholz, the leader of Germany’s Social Democrats, called the outcome of this Sunday’s federal election a success that proved voters wanted to see him as their next chancellor.
PML-N will bury PTI forever in 2023 polls: Shahbaz Sharif
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:06 pm
Islamabad: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday gave a strong message to PM Imran Khan and said his party will "bury PTI forever" in the 2023 general elections.