Sep 28, 2020, at 12:07 am
New York: COVID-19 has “united humanity as never before”, the United Kingdom Prime Minister told the UN General Assembly’s annual high-level session on Saturday.
Two Lebanese soldiers, IS militant killed in armed clashes in northern Lebanon
Sep 27, 2020, at 11:42 pm
Beirut/Xinhua: A total of two Lebanese soldiers and one militant were killed early Sunday in armed clashes in northern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported.
Afghanistan: Security officials nab vehicle loaded with explosives
Sep 27, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan security officials have seized a vehicle loaded with “Sodium Nitrite” in capital city Kabul, media reports said on Sunday.
Japan: Actress Yuko Takeuchi found dead
Sep 27, 2020, at 10:07 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Award-winning Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi was found dead at her Tokyo home on Sunday.
‘Reverse course’ towards full nuclear disarmament – UN chief
Sep 27, 2020, at 06:25 am
New York: UN Chief: On the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons marked on Saturday, the UN chief has underscored the need to “reverse course and return to a common path to nuclear disarmament”.
Sep 27, 2020, at 04:38 am
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday addressed the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations and said world leaders should ensure that any proven vaccine is made accessible to all countries at the same time.
Paris attack suspect reportedly enraged by Charlie Hebdo's controversial cartoon publication
Sep 27, 2020, at 03:58 am
Paris/UNI: The main suspect in Friday's knife attack that took place near the former headquarters of the controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo was enraged due to the republication of controversial cartoons depicting Islam's holy prophet, reported French media on Saturday citing sources.
Belarusian Police arrest at least 10 people during opposition 'Women's March' in Minsk
Sep 27, 2020, at 03:35 am
Minsk/Sputnik: At least 10 people were arrested during a protest rally in Minsk's northeast near the Kamarouski Rynak marketplace, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.
Sep 27, 2020, at 12:59 am
Geneva: European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) director Junaid Qureshi has targeted Pakistan and said the country's military establishment has used youth from Jammu and Kashmir to join its various terrorist proxies like Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed since 1980s.
UN must intervene to protect minorities from persecution in Pakistan: Activist Anila Gulzar
Sep 27, 2020, at 12:45 am
Geneva: Rights activist from Pakistan Anila Gulzar has urged the United Nations to intervene and protect the rights of minorities in the south Asian nation.
UNHRC: Baloch leader targets Pakistan over its oppression on people
Sep 27, 2020, at 12:37 am
Geneva: President of Baloch Voice Association, Munir Mengal, told United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) that people in the region are unable to end oppression, suppression and forced annexation by Pakistan.
Chinese diplomat rejects British accusations on Hong Kong, Xinjiang related issues
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:33 pm
Geneva/Xinhua: A Chinese diplomat on Friday deplored and rejected the accusations of a British official made earlier at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council session, saying that the Hong Kong and Xinjiang related issues are not human rights issues in any definition.
Afghan forces repel Taliban attack in northeastern province, 5 killed in fighting
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:06 pm
Faizabad/Xinhua: The Afghan security forces have repulsed Taliban militants' attack on Duaba Yaftal Bala, a suburban of Faizabad, capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani said on Saturday.
Gov't forces kill 3 foreign militants in eastern Afghanistan
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Asadabad/Xinhua: Afghan forces in crackdown against armed insurgents have killed three militants affiliated with the hardliner Lashkar-e-Tyeba group in the eastern Kunar province, provincial government spokesman Abdul Ghani Musamim said Saturday.
Thailand: 7 killed, 40 injured as tour bus crashes
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:58 pm
Bangkok/Xinhua: Seven people were killed and 40 others injured in a collision between a tour bus and a trailer truck in northeastern Thailand on early Saturday.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to address UNGA today
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be virtually addressing the 75th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill district NDS chief
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:24 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed the head of NDS for Kohband district in Afghanistan's Kapsia province, media reports said on Saturday.
Japan determined to host Olympics in 2021: Yoshihide Suga
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:08 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has expressed Japan's determination to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the summer of 2021.
Human rights, multilateralism and battling COVID-19, top focus of European Union
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:54 pm
New York: The European Union has been at the forefront of international cooperation to defeat “the same common enemy”, COVID-19, the President of the European Council, told the UN General Assembly on Friday.
Italy calls for reinvigorated multilateral system to combat ‘invisible enemy’, COVID-19
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:46 pm
New York: Today the world is faced with “an invisible enemy” that has upended lives, suffocated the world economy and limited freedoms, the Prime Minster of Italy told the United Nations on Friday.
Pandemic is ‘a time to separate what is necessary from what is not’: Pope Francis
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic is a trial, but also “a time to choose what matters and what passes away, a time to separate what is necessary from what is not”, Pope Francis told world leaders on Friday, in his virtual address to the UN General Assembly.
Gunmen kill at least 5 in central Nigeria attack
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:29 pm
Lagos/Xinhua: Nigerian police on Friday confirmed an attack in which at least five people were killed by gunmen in the Vwang district of Plateau state.
Progress on Sudan political transition, but challenges remain, Security Council hears
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:25 pm
New York: Political developments in Sudan continue to move along a positive trajectory, while planning for a UN mission to assist the transitional government is progressing, the UN Security Council heard on Friday.
Inclusion and more public participation, will help forge better government policies: Guterres
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:13 pm
New York: Not only COVID-19, but climate protests, struggles for more inclusive politics, human rights and waning public trust, have put a magnifying glass to the social and economic injustices plaguing societies, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday.
How long must we wait for a just solution, Palestinian President Abbas asks world leaders
Sep 26, 2020, at 02:54 pm
New York: The President of the State of Palestine addressed, via a pre-recorded video, the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, highlighting the suffering of his people and the misery they experience every day “while the world stands by watching.”
Belarus must release opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, stress independent rights experts
Sep 26, 2020, at 02:34 pm
New York: A group of UN independent human rights experts have called on Belarus to release prominent opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, voicing serious concern over targeting and persecution of opposition politicians by the State.
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:26 am
Nay Pyi Taw: A Myanmar newspaper has challenged claims made by Beijing’s state-run media Global Times that Western organizations are helping local NGOs in Myanmar and elsewhere in Southeast Asia mount anti-China campaigns and oppose China-backed projects.
Australian think-tank claims it found 380 detention camps in Xinjiang
Sep 26, 2020, at 02:09 am
Canberra: An Australian think-tank has said it seems China is expanding its network of secret detention centers in Xinjiang.
Declare BRI projects between China and Pakistan as illegal: activist urges UN
Sep 26, 2020, at 01:58 am
Geneva: A prominent political activist from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir has urged the United Nations to declare Belt and Road Initiative projects between China and Pakistan as illegal and said Islamabad is committing war crimes in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Release jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti from Chinese prison, says his daughter
Sep 26, 2020, at 01:51 am
Beijing: Daughter of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti has demanded immediate release of her father from a Chinese prison.