About 6,500 Pakistan nationals operating as terrorists in Afghanistan, claims UN report

Jun 25, 2020, at 10:15 pm

Brussels: A  UN Security Council report has claimed that about 6,500 Pakistani's are operating as terrorist ranks in Afghanistan, media reports said.

Police arrest students who protest to demand for internet to attend online classes in Balochistan

Jun 25, 2020, at 10:05 pm

Quetta: Police on Wednesday arrested  over two dozen students in Quetta as they protested from Quetta Press Club to Balochistan Assembly to demand for access to the internet to attend online classes.

Two journalists tortured for reporting on a coronavirus quarantine centre in Pakistan, probe ordered

Jun 25, 2020, at 09:53 pm

Islamabad: Authorities in Pakistan have launched an investigation into the torture of two journalists in Chaman region of the country.

Human rights experts discuss plights of minorities in Pakistan

Jun 25, 2020, at 09:44 pm

Washington: Human rights experts recently discussed the condition of minorities in Pakistan and expressed their hardships and sufferings in the south Asian nation at a time when the world is combating COVID-19.

Security law puts Hong Kong pastors at risk of being extradited to China, warns Watch Dog

Jun 25, 2020, at 09:27 pm

Beijing: China is pushing to implement the national security law on Hong Kong and in such a scenario pro-democracy activists and religious leaders face a risk of being extradited to mainland China for trial, as per a US-based Christian watchdog.

Around 40 percent pilots in Pakistan have ‘fake’ flying licences, reveals Aviation Minister

Jun 25, 2020, at 09:04 pm

Islamabad:  Pakistan's Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has claimed that around  40 per cent of the pilots in the country have fake flying licences.

Imran Khan refers terrorist Osama bin Laden as 'martyr' in Pakistan parliament

Jun 25, 2020, at 09:03 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan apparently shocked many as he referred dreaded terrorist and former Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden as a 'martyr' on Thursday. He made the comment on the floor of the country's Parliament.

Pakistan continues to serve as a safe haven for terror groups: US State Dept

Jun 25, 2020, at 12:07 pm

Washignton/IBNS: Pakistan continued to serve as a safe haven for certain regionally focused terrorist groups, observed the US State Department in its 2019 Country report on terrorism released on Wednesday.

UN chief urges Israel to abandon annexation plans

Jun 25, 2020, at 09:58 am

New York/IBNS: The UN Secretary-General has called on Israel to scrap plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, a move that could occur as early as next week.

170 signatories endorse UN ceasefire appeal during COVID crisis

Jun 25, 2020, at 09:55 am

New York/IBNS: UN Member States, Observers and others, sent a strong political message this week, with the announcement that 170 signatories have now endorsed the UN’s call to silence the guns, and stand united against the global threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With focus on safe relaunching of Phase 2, Ontario extends its Declaration of Emergency to July 15

Jun 25, 2020, at 12:14 am

Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario government, in consultation with the Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, on Wednesday extended the provincial Declaration of Emergency to July 15 media reports said.

Pakistan plane crash was 'human error', pilots were discussing COVID-19: Initial report

Jun 24, 2020, at 09:33 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: A plane crash that killed 97 people onboard in Pakistan last month was a result of human error by the pilot and air traffic control, an initial probe report about the disaster revealed on Wednesday.

Countries should find strategy that ceases to empower China: IPAC

Jun 24, 2020, at 06:55 pm

Washington: Stating that the Galwan standoff between Chinese and Indian Army officials has shown the return of 'major power violence' in the world, a global organisation of parliamentarians from democracies has said countries should work together to find a strategy that ceases to empower President Xi Jinping’s country.

China controlling Nepali village Rui Gaun for six decades since its capture

Jun 24, 2020, at 06:46 pm

Kathmandu: Amid growing trouble with India, a media report has emerged which showed how due to gross negligence of the Nepal government, a village in Gorkha in the mid-western part of the Himalayan nation has been under Chinese control for six decades.

Minor Hindu girl abducted, converted to Islam and married off to kidnapper in Pakistan

Jun 24, 2020, at 06:37 pm

Islamabad: Torture on minorities in Pakistan continues even as the coutry is busy fighting COVID-19 infection. Yet another girl from the minority Hindu community was abducted for marriage.

Islamabad to get its first Hindu temple, foundation stone laid

Jun 24, 2020, at 05:25 pm

Dubai/IBNS: The Hindu community in Pakistan's Islamabad will worship in their temple soon as a simple ceremony was held to start construction of the first Hindu temple in the capital’s H-9 area on Tuesday.  

Six killed in light aircraft crash in Mexico

Jun 24, 2020, at 04:33 pm

Mexico City/UNI: The Prosecutor's Office of Mexico's Chihuahua State said a Cessna light aircraft had crashed killing the pilot and five passengers.

Kyrgyzstan reports 207 new COVID-19 cases

Jun 24, 2020, at 04:33 pm

Bishkek/Xinhua: Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday reported 207 new COVID-19 cases, taking the nationwide tally to 3,726.

Amid COVID-19 outbreak, China's dog meat festival begins

Jun 24, 2020, at 11:01 am

Despite the government's recent classification of the animals as pets rather than livestock, the dog meat festival has opened in China which is believed to be the country from where the deadly COVID-19 disease originated.

Sexual violence against children during armed conflict, vastly under-reported

Jun 24, 2020, at 10:18 am

New York/IBNS: While warring parties agreed to more than 30 action plans, road maps, command orders and other measures to better protect children in 2019 – the highest number in any one year – rape and other forms of sexual violence remain vastly under-reported, including against boys, the leading UN advocate on the issue told the Security Council on Tuesday.

Universal, inclusive education ‘non-negotiable’

Jun 24, 2020, at 10:17 am

New York/IBNS: Inclusive education should be a “non-negotiable” right for all children, the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said in a new report launched on Tuesday.

UN agency assisting Palestinians working at ‘full capacity with inadequate resources’

Jun 24, 2020, at 10:15 am

New York/IBNS: Some 75 countries and non-governmental organizations have  pledged  $130 million in financial commitments to the UN agency that assists Palestinian refugees across the Middle East, UNRWA, following a  virtual conference on Tuesday.

Frontline public servants lauded for ‘remarkable acts of service to humankind’

Jun 24, 2020, at 10:14 am

New York/IBNS: As the world continues to grapple with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday paid tribute to frontline public sector workers for their “remarkable acts of service to humankind”, marking Public Service Day.

Widows must not be left out of efforts to build back better after COVID-19

Jun 24, 2020, at 10:13 am

New York/IBNS: When countries begin building back from the COVID-19 pandemic they must also work towards dismantling laws that discriminate against women, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for International Widow’s Day on Tuesday.

UN condemns killing of Indonesian peacekeeper in DR Congo

Jun 24, 2020, at 10:11 am

New York/IBNS: The United Nations has strongly condemned an attack believed to be carried out by rebel militia on peacekeepers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), which left one Indonesian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and another injured.

COVID-19 upends ‘entire generation’ of 600 million South Asian children

Jun 24, 2020, at 10:08 am

New York/IBNS: Without urgent action, COVID-19 will continue to unravel decades of progress across South Asia, destroying the “hopes and futures of an entire generation”, warns a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.

Vote in Japan to change status of disputed islands, may escalate tension with China

Jun 23, 2020, at 11:01 pm

Tokyo: The dispute between Japan and China might reach another point of tension as a Japanese city passed a bill to change the administrative name of a group of islands under its authority to officially include the name "Senkaku" for the first time.

Japan-China may engage in bitter standoff over claim on group of islands on East China Sea

Jun 23, 2020, at 10:53 pm

Beijing/Tokyo: Away from Ladakh, a group of islands on the East China Sea can be the next hotspot for a bigger dispute between India and China as both the countries claim the region to be their own.

Nepal starts border row with India to divert public attention as China captures parts of it

Jun 23, 2020, at 10:23 pm

Nepal has been engaged in a border dispute with India in recent times only to divert attention from China's move of occupying several areas in the Himalayan nation, media reports said.

Canada: Alberta makes free non-medical masks to stem Covid-19 spread

Jun 23, 2020, at 06:58 pm

Alberta/IBNS: In a bid to stem the spread of Covid-19 during the first phase of its reopening, Canadian province Alberta distributed more than 14 million free non-medical masks at A&W, McDonald’s Canada, and Tim Hortons drive-thrus across the province, media reports said.