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Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) commends the Senate Appropriations Committee’s unanimous endorsement of an amendment aimed at restricting U.S. visas for Chinese officials implicated in the unjust detention of Dr. Gulshan Abbas.
The Indian government on Monday advised its citizens, who are staying in Lebanon or plan to visit the country, to exercise caution amid rising tension between Israel and the Hezbollah group.
At least 35 people died after gunfire broke out between two tribes in Pakistan's Kurram region, bordering Afghanistan.
New York/IBNS: One person was killed and six others were injured in a mass shooting at a park in New York's Rochester on Sunday evening, media reports said.
Secretary-General António Guterres and other United Nations officials have condemned Saturday’s rocket attack on a football field in the Golan Heights that killed at least 12 civilians, mainly children and teenagers. Urging restraint, they also warned against escalating violence in the region.
At least one person died and six others were injured after a gunfight occurred in New York's Maplewood Park on Sunday.
An American astrologer has emerged as an internet sensation after she correctly predicted the date when US President Joe Biden would exit the presidential race.
The funerals of eleven children, who died during a rocket attack on a football field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, were held on Sunday.
Jerusalem: Israel's air force has reported hitting Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after a rocket attack killed 12 children and young adults who were playing football in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, media reports said.
The World Uyghur Congress recently commemorated the victims who lost their lives when Chinese security forces violently suppressed a large peaceful protest in Yarkand, leading to many innocent Uyghurs losing their lives.
At least three people were killed and another person was injured in a firing incident by unknown people in Pakistan's Balgatar area on Friday.
Over 1.5 million people have been affected in the Philippines, where a state of calamity was declared this week in Metro Manila and nearby areas, as Super Typhoon Gaemi swept through the island nation, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OHCA) has reported.
In a troubling development, Chandra Arya, the Member of Parliament for Nepean, has found himself at the center of a heated controversy involving Khalistan separatist elements.
Humanitarians estimate that more than 190,000 Palestinians were displaced this week in Khan Younis and Deir Al-Balah following the latest evacuation orders in Gaza, the UN said on Friday.
The spectacular, inclusive and ambitiously outdoor opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics over river Seine overwhelmed the world but a crew of drag queens and dancers showcasing an apparent parody of the 'Last Supper' moment in the Bible have left many fuming on Friday.
Pakistan's Karachi, one of the largest urban destinations in the country, has been ranked as the second riskiest city in the world for tourists, as per a latest report published by Forbes Adviser.
An explosion at a plant in China'sYongcheng city left at least five people dead and 14 others injured on Friday, media reports said.
While divorce is still a taboo subject in many Asian countries and couples going through separations are often judged as well as shamed by society, a Pakistani woman residing in the US recently threw a party to celebrate her divorce.
The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy in collaboration with the Jubilee Campaign, Netherlands, recently called upon the international community, including the European Parliamentarians, to use diplomatic channels to ensure legislative reforms to address the persecution of the Christian community in Pakistan.
A US man was caught by the police soliciting sex from a prostitute while his 8-month-old child was in the backseat of his car, media reports said.
Meanwhile in Pakistan, UN independent human rights experts voiced deep concern over a surge in violence against Ahmadi Muslims, including allegations of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, attacks on places of worship and curtailment of free expression, peaceful assembly and association.
A veteran Canadian politician and diplomat was on Thursday elected President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which lies at the centre of the Organization’s efforts to advance sustainable development
Robbers allegedly gang-raped a woman in front of her husband and three-year-old child in Pakistan's Hafizabad district on Thursday, once again raising the question of women's safety in the country.
An Indian-origin Tennessee store clerk has been accused of stealing a $1 million winning lottery ticket from its rightful owner and trying to cash in on the prize, media reports said.
Former US President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed the country's vice president Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee for the presidential polls.
Just hours before the start of the Olympics, French railway company SNCF on Friday said its high-speed TGV network was hit by a series of 'malicious acts' which include arson attacks.
On July 28th, Calgary will serve as the venue for a controversial event: the Khalistan “referendum” organized by Sikhs for Justice (SFJ).
One of the major drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada has been arrested in the US state of Texas.
Yemen is at risk of returning to full-scale war and the international community has a common interest and responsibility to stop this from happening, UN Special Envoy for the country Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council on Tuesday.
Days after Donald Trump escaped an assassination attempt, US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned from her position.
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