Police personnel allegedly desecrated two worshipping places in the Ahmadiyya community in the past two days in Pakistan's Gujrat and Sheikhupura districts, media reports said.
Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being woefully deprived of the financing necessary to help them adapt, survive and respond to the crisis, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on Friday.
A group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern on Friday over a new draft law in Iran sanctioning new punishments for women and girls who fail to wear the headscarf, or hijab, in public.
A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into acute malnutrition by the end of this year – with at least 200,000 at risk of dying of hunger if life-saving aid fails to reach them, UN agencies said on Friday.
A Pakistani Army Major and a soldier were killed during an intelligence-based operation conducted by the security forces in North Waziristan District’s Miran Shah area, media reports said.
Islamabad: An army officer, two soldiers and two terrorists were killed in two separate clashes between security forces and terrorists in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the military has said.
New York:UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined support for South Africa in the wake of the deadly fire in Johannesburg on Thursday which killed at least 74 people, including 12 children.
A tribal woman was allegedly killed by her husband in the name of 'honour in the limits of Chucha Border Military Police (BMP) station in the tribal area of Rajanpur district in Pakistan recently.
Beijing: Taiwan has cancelled over 45 domestic and international flights due to the approaching powerful typhoon Haikui, United Daily News reported on Saturday, citing the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA).
The UN migration agency (IOM) called on Friday for the setting up of a humanitarian corridor in Niger to enable voluntary returns of stranded migrants, after July’s military takeover triggered border & airspace closures
An Argentinian actress has died after suffering from complications related to plastic surgery.
The Museum of London on Friday announced new research which identifies the first witness of the Great Fire of London as Thomas Dagger, a journeyman baker in Thomas Farriner’s bakery on Pudding Lane.
People in various parts of Pakistan are observing a shutter-down strike on Saturday to protest against the rise in electricity bills and inflation.
The Canadian government has issued a warning to its LGBTQ citizens who are planning to visit the USA, citing new laws in several states.
Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al Fayed, whose son Dodi was killed in a car crash alongside Princess of Wales Diana, has died.
Toronto/IBNS: Following an internal review, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has reportedly fired 120 employees who “inappropriately claimed the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A case has been registered against a senior Pakistani police official in Lahore for his alleged involvement in cross-border drug smuggling via drones.
Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council recently condemned the continuous hike in the price of essential commodities in Pakistan.
A large number of protesters surrounded the Matta police station in Pakistan's Swat region recently after a young man died at a local hospital allegedly due to police torture.
A large number of protesters recently gathered in the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan's Skardu region and demanded the release of a Shia cleric who has been detained over blasphemy charges.
People in Pakistan continue to face trouble as the price of sugar has touched Rs. 185 in the country, media reports said.
Highlighting the “succession of military coups” unfolding across Africa, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday emphasized the need for durable democratic governance and the rule of law.
Some of the world’s most iconic natural and cultural sites are also a haven for thousands of endangered species, the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Thursday.
The Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam have all rejected a map released by China recently that showed Beijing's territorial sovereignty in the South China Sea, joining India in slamming its neighbour for territorial exaggeration.
Attacks by armed groups against security forces in the Central African Republic (CAR), combined with increased food and fuel prices and an influx of refugees from Sudan, have aggravated an already fragile humanitarian situation there UN officials said on Tuesday.
Human rights experts on Wednesday urged the UN General Assembly to declare a second International Decade for People of African Descent starting in 2025 as more action is needed to combat racism and other intolerance.
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday firmly condemned the on-going coup attempt in Gabon, while acknowledging that “serious infringements of fundamental freedoms” appear to have taken place during elections at the weekend.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked Wednesday’s International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance by condemning the “atrocious crime” and urging all Member States to hold those who perpetrate it accountable.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked Wednesday’s International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance by condemning the “atrocious crime” and urging all Member States to hold those who perpetrate it accountable.
