Lakki Marwat: At least four police personnel died in an overnight terror attack on the Bargai police station of Pakistan's Lakki Marwat region, media reports said on Sunday.
Kabul: At least 12 people died and 37 others were hurt as a fire broke out at a tunnel in Salang Pass in Afghanistan's Parwan province, media reports said on Sunday.
Tehran/IBNS: Taraneh Alidoosti, who acted in the 2016 Oscar-winning film "The Salesman", was arrested for supporting the anti-hijab protest in Iran, AFP reported citing Tasnim news agency.
Cairo: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that its executive board has approved a loan to Egypt of about 3 billion US dollars over 46 months.
Dublin: Leo Varadkar has been elected as the new prime minister of Ireland after a vote in the lower house of the Irish parliament.
Doha: Soccer World Cup organiser FIFA rejected Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to deliver a message of world peace ahead of the tournament's final in Qatar on Sunday, CNN reported.
Quetta: The Balochistan government has warned it would not be able to pay salaries for the next month if the federal government does not release the province’s share under the National Finance Commission Award (NFC).
Beijing: Chinese authorities have directed doctors and nurses, who are infected with COVID-19, to keep working as the country is continuing to witness a surge in infection.
Peshawar: Traders affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have requested party chairman Imran Khan for a meeting due to the 'alarming' state of law and order in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of the country.
Washington/UNI: US billionaire and Twitter owner Elon Musk announced on Saturday that he would immediately restore the suspended accounts of journalists from leading American news outlets on the social network after the majority of survey respondents voted for this option.
New Delhi/UNI: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack against a police patrol of the UN mission in Mali on Friday, which killed two Nigerian peacekeepers and injured four others.
Dhaka: Two women died and 25 others were hurt as a vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a roadside ditch in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday.
Muzaffarabad: Demonstrations were organized in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s (POK) Bagh and Hajira on Friday to mark Bangladesh's War of Independence,media reports said.
New Delhi: Chinese delegate Hanwen Tang has described India's agenda at the Development Working Group (DWG) meeting under its G20 Presidency as 'comprehensive'.
New York: The first step to legitimacy and security in Libya is to allow registered voters to cast their ballot in fresh elections, UN Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily told the Security Council on Friday.
Chicago: At least two teens died and two others were hurt in a shooting incident near a high school on Chicago's Lower West Side region, media reports said.
New York: From Arctic communities desiring to receive public services in their own languages, to the Arhuaco people in Colombia who still speak Ika, indigenous people across the world are determined to keep their mother tongues alive.
New York: A top UN-appointed independent human rights expert has urged the Scottish Government to pass a new law offering legal protection to people based on their gender identity, including trans women.
New York: No one should have to surrender their human right to migrate in order to find a living wage, the UN human rights office, OHCHR said in a new report published on Friday, highlighting the importance of temporary migratory labour programmes.
New York: The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday in an appeal to the ruling Taliban leadership.
Berlin: A giant aquarium, which was located in the Radisson Blu in Berlin, exploded on Friday morning, leaving two people hurt, media reports said.
Dhaka: Bangladesh Muktijuddha Mancha handed a memorandum to the United Nations Missions in Dhaka for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres when they demanded trial of the Pakistani Army which was involved in the killings and Genocide during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
Georgia: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has now banned executive agencies from using the China-owned video-sharing app TikTok.
North Waziristan: At least three civilians died and 14 others were hurt in a suicide attack in Sargardan area of North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said on Friday.
Kabul: The Chinese government has asked its citizens to leave Afghanistan after a terror attack in a Chinese-owned hotel in the country this week left three people dead.
Boston: A Berklee College of Music student, who is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), has been arrested and charged with stalking in connection with threatening and harassing communications he allegedly made towards an individual who posted fliers in support of democracy in China.
Lyon: At least 10 people, including five children, died as a fire broke out at an apartment in Lyon city of France, media reports said.
New York: The “climate of oppression” in Nicaragua has only intensified in recent months, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Thursday.
New York: A UN Security Council meeting on Thursday focused on terrorism began with a sobering reminder of the danger posed by this persistent threat to international peace.
New York: The United Kingdom should rewrite proposed legislation covering the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, known as the “Troubles”, because it fails to comply with the obligation to investigate serious violations and denies truth and remedy for the victims, two UN human rights experts said on Thursday.
