UN says 758 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse registered in 2023
Mar 27, 2024, at 02:55 pm
The UN received 758 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by staff last year, together with related personnel and partners, according to its latest report on the issue.
UN migration agency says 60 per cent of migrant deaths were linked to drowning in 2023
Mar 27, 2024, at 02:46 pm
One in three migrant deaths happens while people flee conflict, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday. More than two in three migrants whose deaths have been documented remain unidentified.
US should drop 'shameful' case against Julian Assange, says his wife
Mar 27, 2024, at 07:52 am
Washington: The United States should drop its “shameful” case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange instead of issuing some “assurances” to him, Julian’s wife Stella said on Tuesday.
Israel’s statement that UNSC resolution hampered talks with Hamas inaccurate: US
Mar 27, 2024, at 06:23 am
Washington/IBNS/UNI: The statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office saying that the UN resolution on a Gaza ceasefire has emboldened Hamas to reject a compromise hostage deal proposal is "inaccurate in almost every respect," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.
Canada's first attempt to airlift citizens out of Haiti grounded by poor weather conditions
Mar 27, 2024, at 05:52 am
Toronto/IBNS: Efforts to bring 18 Canadians out of Haiti by helicopter flights were postponed Monday due to poor weather conditions in the Dominican Republic, Canada's ambassador André François Giroux said.
US: Baltimore bridge collapses after cargo ship, losing power, rams into it; 6 people missing
Mar 27, 2024, at 04:40 am
Baltimore/IBNS: A container ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge's support column in Baltimore in the United States early Tuesday, plunging a construction crew and several vehicles into the dangerously cold waters.
Pakistan's Sindh witnesses disappearance of 47,000 wheat sacks
Mar 27, 2024, at 12:40 am
As many as 47,000 wheat sacks went missing from a Pakistani government's warehouse in Sindh, media reports said.
Islamabad residents to stage protests, approach court against spike in property tax
Mar 27, 2024, at 12:08 am
Islamabad residents, including the traders community, have threatened to stage a protest and contest the decision in court after the local administration made an exorbitant increase in property taxes.
Taiwan detects 13 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around its region
Mar 26, 2024, at 11:54 pm
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has said 13 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels were tracked around the region between Monday and Tuesday.
UN pays tribute to victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 26, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Top UN officials, including the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly on Monday paid tribute to the millions of men, women and children who suffered as a result of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, one of most devastating chapters in human history.
Fire in Myanamr's Ayeyarwady region leaves 26 houses destroyed
Mar 26, 2024, at 11:47 pm
A fire engulfed 26 houses in southern Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region, an official from the Labutta Township Fire Station told Xinhua on Tuesday.
Five Chinese nationals were among six killed after their convoy targeted in Pakistan
Mar 26, 2024, at 11:44 pm
At least six Chinese nationals and a Pakistani were killed after their convoy was attacked in Bisham region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla region on Tuesday.
Russian authorities detain three more suspects in Moscow concert hall attack
Mar 26, 2024, at 11:39 pm
The Moscow Basman District Court on Monday approved the detention of three more people involved in Friday's terrorist attack at a concert hall in the suburbs of Moscow.
Baltimore bridge collapses in US after hit by ship, search to recover seven people ongoing
Mar 26, 2024, at 08:13 pm
Rescue crews are currently searching for seven people in Patapsco River after multiple vehicles collapsed in it following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Two robbers killed during 'encounter' in Pakistan, relatives stage protest
Mar 26, 2024, at 03:30 pm
Security officials of Pakistan's Korangi region killed two suspected robbers in an alleged encounter on Sunday.
French law enforcement officers say they prevent terrorist attacks almost every month
Mar 26, 2024, at 03:21 pm
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that France has a very efficient intelligence system that allows law enforcement agencies to prevent terrorist attacks in the country almost every month.
Pakistani security forces foil attack at Turbat naval base
Mar 26, 2024, at 03:04 pm
Pakistani security forces have claimed they have foiled an armed terrorist attack at a naval base in Turbat on Monday, media reports said.
US Treasury sanctions China-linked hackers for targeting American critical infrastructure
Mar 26, 2024, at 02:46 pm
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, Limited (Wuhan XRZ), a Wuhan, China-based Ministry of State Security (MSS) front company that has served as cover for multiple malicious cyber operations.
Israel cancels delegation to Washington for discussing alternatives to Rafah attack
Mar 26, 2024, at 06:09 am
Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: Israel Monday canceled a scheduled delegation's trip to Washington D.C., citing the U.S. decision not to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as the reason.
UN Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza during Ramadan
Mar 26, 2024, at 04:36 am
The UN Security Council on Monday (March 25, 2024) passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and "the urgent need to expand the flow" of aid into Gaza.
UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding ceasefire in Gaza for first time
Mar 26, 2024, at 04:32 am
The United Nations Security Council Monday adopted a resolution that demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan.
Upcoming Paris Olympics could become 'premium terrorist target', says NGO
Mar 25, 2024, at 11:42 pm
The Paris Summer Olympics could become a "premium terrorist target" after Friday's terrorist attack at a concert venue in the Moscow Region, a senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project international non-government organization, Edmund Fitton-Brown, said on Monday.
Three coal miners kidnapped in Pakistan
Mar 25, 2024, at 11:32 pm
Armed men kidnapped three coal miners in Duki coal field area of Balochistan on Friday, media reports said.
Human traffickers torture immigrants who tried to reach Europe via Iran
Mar 25, 2024, at 11:17 pm
Human traffickers and notorious smugglers are trying to cruelly treat immigrants who illegally attempt to reach Europe via Iran by holding them for ransom.
BU teachers, staff protest for salaries in Pakistan
Mar 25, 2024, at 10:46 pm
Leaders of the joint action committee, including Prof Dr Kaleemullah Barech, Shah Ali Bugti, Nazir Ahmed Lehri, Fareed Khan Achakzai, and others, on Sunday said despite passage of 24 days in March, professors and employees of the University of Balochistan (UoB) have not received salaries and pensions for the last three months.
Counter-narcotics police destroy poppy farms in north Afghanistan
Mar 25, 2024, at 10:27 pm
Afghan counter-narcotics police have smashed poppy farms on 200 acres of land in north Afghanistan's Balkh province over the past two months, provincial police chief Abdul Razaq Rashed said on Monday.
Baloch National Movement members protest against Pakistani occupation of Balochistan in Berlin
Mar 25, 2024, at 10:03 pm
Baloch National Movement’s Germany Chapter staged a protest in Berlin recently, observing March as the black day when the Pakistan Army marched on March 27, 1948, and forcibly annexed Balochistan.
Experts, intellectuals hold Pakistan accountable for Bangladesh war crimes in 1971
Mar 25, 2024, at 09:55 pm
International geopolitics experts and intellectuals held Pakistan accountable for the war crimes of 1971 in Bangladesh.
Simon Harris to become Ireland's youngest PM
Mar 25, 2024, at 09:39 pm
Ireland’s governing party Fine Gael named Simon Harris as its new leader which will make him the youngest Taoiseach in the history of the country.
Taiwan's Ministry of Defence detects 7 Chinese naval ships, 5 military aircraft around nation
Mar 25, 2024, at 08:54 pm
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence recently tracked seven Chinese naval vessels and five military aircraft around Taiwan between Sunday and Monday, media reports said.