New York: Some countries and private companies are using “counter-terrorism and security rhetoric” to justify a major increase in the deployment and use of cutting-edge surveillance technology, with no regulation, and at an “enormous cost” to human rights, said an independent UN expert on Tuesday.
New York: Multiple interconnected global crises are putting achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at risk - both in the Arab region and the rest of the world, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned on Tuesday.
New York: Eight UN agencies on Tuesday published a new report aimed at helping countries address chronic food insecurity and nutrition crises across Europe and Central Asia, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine.
New York: More than half of the population in Syria is facing hunger as the country grapples with 12 years of war and recent devastating earthquakes, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Tuesday.
New York: During a visit to a center for street children in Beirut, Lebanon, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said: “Children should be allowed to be children. They should enjoy their rights to education, to health, to safe environment and to not feeling the pressures of an adult at a child’s age.”
Islamabad: Pakistani politician Imran Khan on Wednesday claimed that the real intention of the Pakistani police was to 'abduct and assassinate' him and the plan to 'arrest' was nothing but a mere 'drama'.
Islamabad/UNI: Lahore police in tandem with Pakistan Rangers made a fresh attempt to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan in connection with the Toshkhana case early morning on Wednesday.
Islamabad/UNI: Two people were killed and eight others injured when a bomb went off in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province on Tuesday, the police said.
Paris: Paris, which is known as the city of romance, has turned into a garbage dump as binmen continued their strike for the past several days.
Lahore: PTI chief Imran Khan, who is facing arrest in the Toshakhana case, is still not arrested, several hours after his party men clashed with the police close to Lahore's Zaman Park residence of the former Pakistan PM on Tuesday, media reports said.
Brussels/IBNS: A Russian fighter jet on Tuesday dumped fuel on an American drone over the Black Sea then collided with it, causing the drone to crash, the US military said.
Karachi: Almost 40 percent of Pakistan's Karachi city plunged into darkness on Monday after a high tension transmission line tripped due to ‘technical fault’, media reports said on Tuesday.
Islamabad: PTI workers pelted stones at the policemen who had assembled outside party chief Imran Khan's Lahore residence to arrest him in the Toshakana case.
Karachi: A heavy contingent of police have reached Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan's Zaman Park residence to arrest the former Prime Minister of the country.
New York: The UN chief on Monday confirmed the UN would “do everything possible to preserve the integrity” of the Black Sea Grain Initiative – the deal agreed between Ukraine and Russia last July that is due to expire in just a few days.
Tokyo: Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to amend the country's Penal Code regarding the age of sexual consent and a range of sexual offense charges.
New York: During a dialogue with women civil society leaders in the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres heard about the critical need to make the internet safer for women and girls – and to ensure that they are equal participants in global conservations, both online and in-person.
Beijing: China, a nation that was hit hard by COVID-19, has decided to issue visas to foreign tourists for the first time since the pandemic broke out three years ago.
New York: South Africa must swiftly set up a watchdog mechanism to examine prisons, detention centres, and other facilities, UN independent experts on torture prevention said on Monday, citing “entrenched” ill treatment.
New York: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday underlined the need for greater and urgent international support for survivors of the recent deadly earthquakes in Syria and Türkiye following a five-day visit to the two countries.
New York: UN-appointed independent rights experts on Myanmar have urged social media companies to do more to resist the military junta’s “online campaign of terror”.
New York: A “new philosophy” and broader approaches can transform services for persons with disabilities, a UN-appointed independent expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday.
Lahore: The Islamabad Police will visit Zaman Park in the next 24 hours to arrest PTI chief and former PM Imran Khan, media reports said.
Dera Ismail Khan: Suspected terrorists attacked census teams in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Monday which left at least two policemen dead and four others injured.
Rome: A large section of Tibetans marked the 64th anniversary of the Tibetan national uprising in Rome recently.
Islamabad: Two non-bailable warrants were issued against former Pakistan PM Imran Khan after he failed to appear in courts in cases linked to the Toshakhana reference and threatening woman additional district and sessions judge, media reports said on Monday.
Kandhkot: Dacoits targeted a police check-post and abducted two cops at Sindh’s Kandhkot region in Pakistan recently, media reports said.
The Overseas Pakistan Christian Association (OPCA) last week protested in the Netherlands over the violation of the rights of Christian women and girls in Pakistan.
Karachi: The mastermind behind the Karachi Police Office attack on Feb 17 has been killed during an encounter, media reports said.
Dhaka: The Rapid Action Battalion personnel of Bangladesh have arrested nine members of the terrorist group Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya from Bandarban, media reports said on Monday.
