New York: An additional nine million people risk being pushed into poverty on top of the 33 million affected by last summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan, the UN development agency, UNDP said on Thursday, ahead of next week’s International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva.
South Waziristan: Thousands of people on Friday reached the streets of South Waziristan’s Wana region in Pakistan to protest against recent wave of terrorism in the area, media reports said.
Any use of chemical weapons anywhere is simply “unacceptable”, the deputy head of the UN Disarmament Affairs office (UNODA) told the Security Council on Thursday, briefing on efforts to eliminate the scourge from the battlefields and towns of Syria.
Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block defamatory and scandalous online content on social media sites against television actress Kubra Khan, Geo news reported.
New York: A UN Security Council Resolution that ensures millions of people in northwest Syria receive lifesaving aid through cross-border deliveries from Türkiye, must be extended, a group of independent human rights experts said on Wednesday.
New York: In Ukraine, the country’s farmers and smallholders urgently need more support to avoid a food crisis, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday, as it announced a $15.5 million initiative to help them.
Video hosting platform Vimeo has announced 11 percent layoff of its employees.
Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a shortage of ghee and cooking oil in recent times as the country is moving forward to observe Ramadan month, media reports said on Friday.
New York: Arbitrary detention must end “once and for all”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday in an appeal to governments everywhere.
Peshawar: Pakistani security forces have killed 11 terrorists, including a key commander of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, in the country's South Waziristan region, media reports said on Friday.
Beirut: Lebanon's military court charged seven people over the attack in December that killed an Irish peacekeeper and wounded three others in southern Lebanon.
Beijing: China's warplane incursion into Taiwan’s air defence zone has doubled last year, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pyongyang: North Korea has now introduced a total ban on visitors from its close ally and neighbor as China is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Kabul: Dozens of retired officials on Monday demonstrated in Kabul city of Afghanistan over unpaid pensions, media reports said.
London: Baloch Republican Party UK recently demonstrated in London against the brutality of Pakistani forces and army in Balochistan’s Gwadar, media reports said on Wednesday.
Kathmandu: Experts fear that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) may put Nepal to a greylist as the country is struggling to address a number of deficiencies to comply with the standards on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.
In a stunning revelation, Twitter boss Elon Musk Tuesday said that the US government demanded the suspension of 250 thousand accounts, including those of journalists and Canadian officials, Fox News reported.
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the next general election will be held as per the country's constitution during her meeting with four MPs of the British All-Party Parliamentary Group.
Washington: US social media company Twitter said on Wednesday it was softening the platform's policy on political advertising.
Islamabad: The internet shutdown in Gwadar, Balochistan following the imposition of an emergency law to quell protests on 28 Dec must be reversed immediately Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
Washington: More than 130 people have been killed, and over 300 have been wounded in the United States by gunfire in the first days of 2023, the data of the non-profit organization Gun Violence Archive that tracks shooting incidents showed on Tuesday.
Helsinki: Finland will impose restrictions for Chinese tourists due to the COVID-19 situation in China if no measures are proposed at the European level, Finnish Minister for Family Affairs and Social Services Krista Kiuru said.
New York: UN agency chiefs appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday to extend a deal guaranteeing cross-border aid access to northwest Syria, that’s due to expire in eight days.
The New Year holiday period witnessed a fresh surge of deadly attacks by Russian forces in Ukraine, Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq told journalists on Tuesday.
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court has sentenced a former leader of a Hindu group to seven years in jail on charges of blasphemy over a Facebook post allegedly insulting Islam five years ago, media reports said on Wednesday.
Islamabad: At least two Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials died when terrorists attacked them in a local hotel in Khanewal city of Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday announced an energy conservation plan to tackle the trouble faced by the nation in recent times.
Dhaka: Bangladesh Coast Guard officials have arrested six Rohingya robbers with 14 domestic and foreign firearms, 486 rounds of ammunition and yaba from Cox's Bazar region of the country, media reports said on Tuesday.
New York: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday expressed his deep sadness over the reported death of at least 34 people in South Africa, due to a fuel tanker explosion in a suburb of the capital, Johannesburg, on Christmas Eve.
Moscow/Beijing: The European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China to help the country contain the rapid spread of the disease as Beijing prepares to end strict lockdown measures and open its borders.
