Iran: ‘Secret execution’ of champion wrestler ‘deeply disturbing’, UN rights experts
Sep 15, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New York: A group of five independent UN human rights experts have strongly condemned the summary execution in Iran on Saturday of a former champion wrestler convicted of murdering a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018.
US to stop exports from Xinjiang citing China's human rights abuses
Sep 15, 2020, at 03:10 pm
Washington/UNI: US will take steps to block some exports from China's Xinjiang region, over the country's alleged human rights abuses directed mostly against the Muslim Uighur minority of the region.
Rise to the occasion to tackle injustice, Bachelet urges Human Rights Council
Sep 15, 2020, at 02:48 pm
New York: UN Member States gathered in person in Geneva on Monday for a new session of the Human Rights Council, where UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet urged countries to “rise to the occasion” to tackle injustice everywhere.
Journalism under fire: UNESCO raises alarm over surge of attacks on media workers covering protests
Sep 15, 2020, at 02:38 pm
New York: Clampdowns on the media have increased sharply in 2020, the UN cultural agency said on Monday, highlighting 21 protests around the world this year in which State security forces have violated journalists’ rights.
Former senator, 5 guards killed in Taliban ambush in W. Afghanistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 02:07 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Taliban militants killed a former Afghan senator and five of his guards in the country's western Badghis province on Monday, the acting provincial governor confirmed.
CPEC: China appoints trade expert as new ambassador to Pakistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:54 am
Beijing: To promote China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), China has appointed a trade specialist, who has no previous experience as a diplomat, as its new ambassador to Pakistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Ahead of FATF crucial meeting, Pakistan security officials kill 4 terrorists
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:42 am
Islamabad: Pakistan security officials have killed a terrorist commander and his three accomplices during an operation near the boundary of North and South Waziristan tribal districts on Sunday, media reports said.
US State Dept releases webpage highlighting China's atrocities on Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:29 am
Washignton: The US State Department has released a new webpage that illustrates the Chinese Communist Party's abuses perpetrated against Uyghurs and members of other minority groups in Xinjiang.
AISHF writes to UN chief, expresses concern over rising attacks on Shia Muslims in Pakistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:10 am
New Delhi: The All India Shia Husaini Fund (AISHF) has written to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres where the body has expressed concern over the rising instances of attack on Shia Muslims and other religious minorities in Pakistan.
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:02 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has appealed to a Sessions Court to conduct daily hearing of the defamation suit filed by him against PM Imran Khan.
Bangladesh: Actor Sadek Bachchu dies due to COVID-19
Sep 15, 2020, at 12:32 am
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi actor has died due to COVID-19 related illness, media reports said.
IAEA head says North Korea's nuclear activities remain major concern among int'l community
Sep 14, 2020, at 11:03 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: North Korea's nuclear activities are still causing the international community to have serious concerns, as the country continues to violate resolutions of the UN Security Council by further implementing its nuclear program, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi said in a statement on Monday.
Afghan government team seeks to end ongoing war, violence via talks with Taliban: Kabul
Sep 14, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The Afghan government's team intends to put an end to the longstanding war and violence in the country and ensure lasting peace via the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban in the Qatari capital of Doha, Afghan presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Monday.
Writer Zahid Khan slams Pakistan govt over media crackdown
Sep 14, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Islamabad: Writer Zahid Khan has slammed PM Imran Khan and his government over the crackdown on the media in the country.
Sep 14, 2020, at 05:04 pm
London: London-based Pakistani human rights activist and spokeswoman for Justice for Minorities in Pakistan Anila Gulzar has targeted the country's judicial system and even condemned the death sentence awarded to Christian man Asif Pervaiz in Lahore recently.
Microsoft says ByteDance refused to sell its TikTok’s US operations
Sep 14, 2020, at 04:05 pm
Washington/Sputnik: ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok will not be selling parts of TikTok’s operations to Microsoft, the American tech giant announced on Monday.
Iran executes wrestler Navid Afkari amid global outcry, Olympic body expresses shock
Sep 14, 2020, at 07:07 am
Tehran/IBNS: Iran has executed a 27-year-old wrestler for allegedly murdering a government employee despite appeals by athletes across the world and international bodies, an AFP report said.
Israeli police detain 9 protesters in Jerusalem during anti-government rally
Sep 14, 2020, at 03:06 am
Tel Aviv/Sputnik: Nine people were arrested in Jerusalem on Saturday during a demonstration against the government and its response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli police said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Anti-Shia protests rock Karachi, sectarian violence feared
Sep 14, 2020, at 02:18 am
Karachi: Triggering fears of sectarian violence in Pakistan, a massive anti-Shia demonstration was held in Karachi city on Saturday.
Sep 13, 2020, at 11:38 pm
Washington: Uyghur American activist Rushan Abbas recently protested on the second anniversary of her sister’s detention in northwestern China’s Xinjiang province in front of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, media reports said on Sunday.
Spain Police apprehend two for smuggling dual-use equipment to Pakistani military cos
Sep 13, 2020, at 11:13 pm
Madrid: Spanish Police have arrested two people on charges of smuggling dual-use equipment and technology to Pakistani military companies, media reports said on Sunday.
Taliban ceasefire negotiations will take time: Afghanistan’s Abdullah warns government
Sep 13, 2020, at 10:52 pm
Doha/Sputnik: The ongoing peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in the Qatari capital of Doha will be lengthy, as a decades-long war cannot be concluded in a matter of days, Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, said at a press conference on Sunday.
Russia registers 5 ceasefire violations in Syria, Turkey records no breaches: Ministry
Sep 13, 2020, at 09:31 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered five ceasefire violations in Syria over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side did not record any truce breaches, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily bulletin on Sunday.
Pakistan: SECP deletes records of five of six companies owned by Asim Bajwa's family members
Sep 13, 2020, at 06:36 pm
Islamabad: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), the nation's financial regulatory agency, has deleted online records of five of six companies owned by family members of China Pakistan Economic Corridor chairman Lt General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa, media reports said on Saturday.
ATV Accident in Moscow Region Leaves 1 Adult Dead, 3 Children Injured – Interior Ministry
Sep 13, 2020, at 03:46 pm
MOSCOW/Sputnik: One adult has died and three children have suffered injuries after an ATV accident in Moscow region on Saturday, the regional branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told Sputnik.
Soldier killed in roadside blast in NW Pakistan
Sep 13, 2020, at 03:34 pm
ISLAMABAD,/Xinhua:One soldier was killed in a roadside blast in Pakistan's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan, the Pakistani military said in a statement on Saturday evening.
Nepal resumes visa services for limited foreigners after one-month hiatus
Sep 13, 2020, at 03:14 pm
KATHMANDU/Xinhua: Nepal's Department of Immigration decided to resume all the visa services starting from Sunday after suspending the services over a month ago, a senior official of the department said.
Pakistan: Journalist arrested in Karachi for criticising Army, later released
Sep 13, 2020, at 01:58 am
Karachi/IBNS: Pakistani authorities have arrested a journalist here for criticising the country's Army on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Karachi building fire leaves four dead
Sep 13, 2020, at 12:34 am
Karachi: At least four people were killed as a fire broke out at a three-storey building in Pakistan's Karachi city on Saturday.
Taliban spokesman says ceasefire in Afghanistan to happen when gov’t adopts Islamic system
Sep 12, 2020, at 11:51 pm
Doha/Sputnik: A lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan will be reached once the governmental system in the country becomes Islamic, Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban's political office, said on the sidelines of the ongoing peace talks in Doha on Saturday.