New York: Increasingly sophisticated and high-calibre firearms and ammunition are being trafficked into Haiti, fuelling an ongoing surge of gang violence that has plagued residents for months, according to a new UN assessment released on Thursday.
New York: Two years since a military coup in Myanmar, the UN rights office, OHCHR, warned on Friday that the generals’ “scorched earth” policy had left thousands of civilians dead, 80 per cent of townships impacted by fighting and the army “stretched so thin” on the ground, that it resorts to airstrikes.
Thimpu: A recent study has unveiled that a Bhutanese house built with stone slabs is more susceptible to earthquakes compared to mud-rammed and concrete buildings, media reports said.
Bhutan, the Himalayan Nation known for its scenic beauty, now has a batch of monks with a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies.
Islamabad: A terrorist was killed in an intelligence-based operation in the North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said.
Islamabad/UNI: A terrorist was killed in an intelligence-based operation in the North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said.
North Waziristan: Security forces killed a terrorist during an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan district’s Mir Ali general area on Friday, media reports said.
Jakarta: A fire broke out at a fuel storage station in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta which left at least 16 people dead, media reports said on Saturday.
Islamabad: Consumers are facing tough times in Pakistan, a nation battered by the economic crisis, as inflation spiked to touch a record figure last month, media reports said.
New York: Crimes against humanity in Nicaragua that have held the population there “hostage”, have likely been committed by pro-Government groups and sanctioned at the highest level since 2018, UN-appointed independent rights investigators said on Thursday.
New York: Niger announced on Thursday that it is to join a key UN water-sharing agreement with its Lake Chad neighbours in the increasingly drought-prone Sahel region.
Patrick Wojahn, the mayor of College Park, Maryland, has resigned after he was arrested on 56 counts of child pornography-related charges, media reports said.
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday praised Iraq for repatriating its citizens from camps in northeast Syria holding people suspected of having ties to ISIL extremists, urging other governments “to take responsibility and to act”.
New York: As food rationing begins for Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, a top UN-appointed independent rights expert on Thursday urged the international community to step in and reverse the policy as “a matter of life and death”.
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday visited earthquake-ravaged northwest Syria, becoming the first senior UN official to enter the region since war erupted in the country 12 years ago this month.
New York: The number of children worldwide without access to social protection continues to rise, putting them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Wednesday.
Islamabad: Former hockey player Shahida Raza was among the Pakistani citizens who lost their lives after a wooden sailing boat, which was carrying migrants, crashed against rocks on the southern Italian coast over the weekend, media reports said.
Washington: Two Kansas men were arrested today on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws that included the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and the imposition of stricter restrictions on exports to Russia.
Khost: An IED blast in Afghanistan's Khost province left at least six Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists, including a prominent commander, dead on Thursday.
Islamabad: At least seven Pakistani nationals died in a boat wreck in Libya’s port city of Benghazi, the country's Foreign office confirmed on Thursday.
Nairobi: A Chinese-owned supermarket named China Square in Kenya's Nairobi was shut down indefinitely amid uproar from competitors over low-priced goods.
London/IBNS: UK Royals Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are being evicted from their home on the British royal family's Windsor estate, reports said on Wednesday.
Athens/UNI: The death toll from the collision of two trains in central Greece on late Tuesday night has increased to 36, while 66 injured people were still hospitalized, including six in serious condition in intensive care units, the Greek Fire Service said on Wednesday.
Karachi: Global logistics company DHL has said it will suspend all its operations partially in Pakistan due to restrictions on outbound remittances by the government, media reports said.
Washington: FBI Director Christopher Wray has said the bureau believes that the COVID-19 virus, which wreaked havoc across the globe since 2020, "most likely" originated in a "Chinese government-controlled lab".
North Waziristan: Two soldiers and a child died in separate incidents in North Waziristan and South Waziristan regions of Pakistan recently, media reports said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of people demonstrated on the streets of Tangi city in Pakistan on Monday against the alleged desecration of the shrine of Sufi saint Sakhi Sarwar Baba, media reports said on Wednesday.
New York: Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end of the pandemic, the chief of UNAIDS has said, marking Zero Discrimination Day on Wednesday.
New York: Climate change and the economic downturn continue to fuel the crisis in Afghanistan, and there have been no “encouraging developments” towards getting girls back into classrooms, a senior UN official said on Tuesday.
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday endorsed a proposal by state-owned fuel importer and distributor Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to lower the price of kerosene, after a January cutback.
