Identify and address ‘real needs’ to recover from COVID-19, UN rights expert urges
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:50 pm
New York: There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in “a serious setback” for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an independent UN human rights expert said on Wednesday, urging a high-level meeting to “take a hard look” at implementation efforts to live up to the promise to leave no one behind.
UN expert calls for end to gender-based violence against women journalists
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:48 pm
New York: Women journalists face particular dangers while going about their work, an independent UN expert told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, saying that Governments should do more to protect them.
Time is running out for Libya, UN chief warns Security Council
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:47 pm
New York/IBNS: With battle lines shifting, foreign interference growing, thousands fleeing their homes and COVID-19 cases on the rise, time is running out for bringing a peaceful end to the conflict in Libya, Secretary-General António Guterres says.
Illegal trade in fake or faulty COVID-19 products booming, new UN research reveals
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:44 pm
New York: A surge in demand for medical products to combat COVID-19 has led to a jump in the trafficking of substandard and faulty merchandise, according to new UN research published on Wednesday.
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:41 pm
A major Pakistani newspaper has appreciated the country's Election Commission's decision to mandate each province to have at least one woman district election commissioner.
US military to stand strongly with India in clash with China: White House official
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:29 pm
Washington: Amid border clashes between India and China and raging tension, a top White House aide has said that the US military will stand strong with New Delhi.
Fake Licence: EU states asked to bar Pakistan pilots from work
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:15 pm
Islamabad: Amid Pakistan government claims that 40 per cent of the pilots in the country have fake flying licences, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Tuesday ordered the member states to bar pilots from the South Asian country from working.
Spain: Police apprehend 2 persons for smuggling dual-use equipment to Pakistani military companies
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Madrid: The Spanish Police have apprehended two people on charges of smuggling dual-use equipment and technology to Pakistani military companies, media reports said.
Illegal trafficking: Zimbabwe deports Pakistani diplomat
Jul 09, 2020, at 07:56 pm
In an embarrassment for Pakistan, Zimbabwe has deported a Pakistani diplomat for flouting multiple local and international laws related to illegal trafficking, media reports said.
Pakistan: Journalist Daniel Pearl murder case convict Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh may soon walk free
Jul 09, 2020, at 07:43 pm
Islamabad: In what could be a win for terrorists in Pakistan, the key convict in journalist Daniel Pearl muder case Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh may walk free soon.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan's COVID-19 handing has been indecisive: NSA member Tilak Devasher
Jul 09, 2020, at 07:32 pm
National Security Advisory Board Member Tilak Devasher has said Pakistan PM Imran Khan's dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak has been 'indecisive and tentative'.
Jul 09, 2020, at 05:42 am
Alberta/IBNS: Alberta's delayed dispersal of funds to oil and gas workers to clean up oil wells to keep oilfield service companies afloat has resulted in the slow recovery of the oil and gas industry sectors, media reports said.
Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration over foreign students' visa withdrawal order
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:01 pm
Massachusetts/IBNS: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have moved to sue the Donald Trump administration after the latter passed an order to not allow international students to take online-only courses in the United States for the upcoming semester.
China agrees to send WHO's team of experts to Beijing to trace COVID19 origin
Jul 08, 2020, at 07:17 pm
Beijing: The Chinese government on Wednesday agreed to send the World Health Organization's (WHO) team of experts to Beijing to trace the origin of the highly infectious coronavirus which has now hit nearly all the countries across the globe.
Panic-buying grips Melbourne ahead of second coronavirus lockdown
Jul 08, 2020, at 07:11 pm
Ottawa/Sputnik: Stores in Australia's second-largest city of Melbourne are struggling to manage a spike in demand for essential goods ahead of a six-week lockdown that takes effect on Wednesday night, media said on Wednesday.
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:25 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Three Taliban militants are dead and four others have sustained wounds in clashes with Afghan security forces in south-central Uruzgan province, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Bangladesh records 46 COVID-19 deaths 3,489 test positive in past 24 hrs
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:06 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from Coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 2,197 with 46 more people succumbing to the contagion in the last 24 hours.
Tibetan President in exile thanks US for imposing visa restrictions on China
Jul 08, 2020, at 04:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Leader of the exile Tibetan government Lobsang Sangay has expressed gratitude to United States for imposing visa restrictions on Chinese officials under the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act.
Two police officers killed in bomb blast in Somali capital
Jul 08, 2020, at 03:39 pm
Mogadishu/Xinhua: A huge blast in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killed two police officers and injured one other early Wednesday.
'Communist China terrorist': Tibetan cycle rally against Beijing cheers for India
Jul 08, 2020, at 03:11 pm
Geneva/IBNS: In more support for New Delhi and booes for Beijing, several Tibetians held a cycle rally against China calling the country's Communist Party "terrorist" besides cheering for India before the UN complex in Geneva in Switzerland.
'International students are welcome,' says US a day after announcing withdrawal of visas
Jul 08, 2020, at 12:51 pm
Washington/IBNS: The United States on Tuesday said all international students seeking educational courses can visit the country, a day after announcing the White House may withdraw visas for foreign students if their classes get shifted to the online medium.
US notifies UN chief of withdrawal from WHO effective July 6, 2021: Spokesman
Jul 08, 2020, at 10:01 am
United Nations/Sputnik: Washington has officially notified UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) effective July 6, 2021, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Tuesday.
At least 8 people killed in terrorist attack in Syrian city bordering Turkey: Source
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:56 am
Damascus/Sputnik: A car stuffed with a bomb exploded in the town of Tell Abyad, which borders Turkey, in Syria's northern province of Raqqa killing at least eight people and injuring 27 others, a source told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Human rights through peacekeeping essential factor in beating coronavirus
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:51 am
New York: The UN human rights chief is calling for greater investment in the human rights components of peace operations - not least to monitor the impact of efforts to contain the global COVID-19 pandemic.
'New dynamic' needed to overcome negative impacts of COVID-19 worldwide
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:34 am
New York: The dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have laid bare “weaknesses in our systems and societies”, a top official told the UN’s key international forum on sustainable development which began on Tuesday, warning that “a new dynamic” is needed to overcome the negative shocks.
Independent rights expert speaks of 'anguish, stress and disempowerment' of poverty
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:27 am
New York: More than 70 million people are expected to fall into extreme poverty because of COVID-19, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Tuesday, as a leading rights expert slammed “greatly exaggerated” claims of global poverty eradication between 1990 and 2015.
Fresh evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Syrian conflict, probe finds
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:13 am
New York: Hospitals, schools and homes have all been targeted during Syria’s brutal and long-running conflict, said UN-appointed investigators, who on Tuesday condemned likely fresh war crimes committed by all parties.
Afghanistan: Security forces thwart suicide attack attempt
Jul 08, 2020, at 08:44 am
Kabul: The Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) thwarted have thwarted the attempt made by terrorists to conduct suicide attack in Afghanistan capital Kabul city.
British Journalist questions Muslim nations' silence over Chinese treatment towards Uyghurs
Jul 07, 2020, at 11:16 pm
Questioning the silence of the Muslim nations over China's continuous atrocities carried out against Uyghur Muslims, a noted British journalist said these nations only use the idea of Muslim solidarity when it suits them
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
Jul 07, 2020, at 10:53 pm
Brasilia/IBNS: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Tuesday that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus with mild symptoms.