Mardan: Residents of Pakistan's Toru region recently warned they would besiege the local grid station to protest the unscheduled and prolonged power loadshedding in their area, media reports said on Friday.
New York: Nearly three million children, the highest number on record, need humanitarian support in Haiti, where they face staggering levels of violence that have exacerbated hunger and malnutrition in a country already mired in poverty and a resurgence of deadly cholera.
Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) of Pakistan has taken suo-moto notice of landlords' brutality to set peasants houses on fire in Sanghar district and has written a letter to the Shaheed Benazriabad DIG police to ensure action on the case against the culprits and provide justice to the poor farmers, media reports said.
Zaranj: Afghan police have discovered and destroyed a drug lab in Dilaram district of Afghanistan's western Nimroz province, Mawlawi Abdul Wasi Omar, the district's head of counter-narcotics police, said Friday.
Kabul: Several Chinese investors have travelled to Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak to assess the possibility of expanding business opportunities in the region, media reports said.
A new report published by the United Nations and its humanitarian partners has shown that the country is experiencing an imminent nutrition crisis.
Social media activist and YouTuber Major (retd) Adil Raja has been released on bail after he was arrested by the UK police on suspicion of encouraging acts of terrorism inside Pakistan, media reports said.
New York: As donors gathered in Brussels at an international pledging conference for Syria organized by the European Union on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres highlighted the immense suffering of the Syrian people, which he said “defies description”.
New York: The UN Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) said on Thursday it was “appalled and deeply shocked” at the killing of the Governor of West Darfur, calling for a halt to the spiralling violence and for those responsible to be brought to justice.
New York: Escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced nearly one million people since January, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday.
New York: The UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday he was horrified at the news of dozens more deaths in the Mediterranean after an overloaded boat reportedly capsized and sank off the coast of Greece.
Social justice must underpin the global transition to more just and sustainable jobs for all, UN Secretary-Antonio Guterres said in a video message to the opening of the World of Work Summit in Geneva on Wednesday.
Vatican City: Pope Francis, who underwent abdominal surgery last week, returned to the Vatican on Friday from the Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
In the face of rising hatred worldwide, both on and offline, faith leaders are vital allies in the quest for global peace, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Urgent action is needed to end gender-based bias in public and political life against women which remain deeply entrenched around the world, said the UN human rights chief on Wednesday.
At least 15 people died when a truck collided with a bus carrying senior citizens in a rural portion of Canada’s Manitoba province on Thursday, media reports said.
A tornado hit Perryton city of Texas on Thursday which left at least three people dead, media reports said.
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris would continue to increase military assistance to Ukraine.
Ottawa/IBNS: During his suprise visit to Kyiv on Saturday, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $500 million more in Canadian military aid as Ukraine has stepped up its long-anticipated counteroffensive to drive Russia’s army out of occupied eastern and southern regions of the battered country.
The African continent remains one of the major examples of China's poorly executed $1 trillion ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI).
At least nine people died and 18 others were hurt as a coaster fell into a ravine in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on Monday, media reports said.
Firoz Koah: A child was killed, and two others were injured as a mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's western Ghor province on Monday, an official said.
Beijing: China opposes a U.S. move to sanction certain Chinese companies and individuals with so-called Iran-related excuses, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce said Monday.
Milan: Former Italian Prime Minister and billionaire media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, who was hospitalized in Milan's San Raffaele hospital for scheduled follow-up tests for a blood condition last week, died aged 86, the Corriere della Sera newspaper reported on Monday.
The Canadian government’s silence on the issue of Khalistan separatism is raising eyebrows worldwide. This complex dance of politics, largely driven by the influence of a handful of individuals in the Sikh diaspora, is not only endangering Canada’s own national interests but also risking its economic future.
The partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 was a defining moment in history as it led to the birth of two separate nations, India and Pakistan.
Armed attackers gunned down the brother-in-law of a former provincial minister as well as a senior police officer on Saturday, media reports said on Monday.
Lakki Marwat: At least one policeman died during an exchange of fire with unidentified assailants in Shahbazkhel area of Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said on Monday.
14-year-old Bangladeshi American Kairan Quazi has joined Elon Musk's SpaceX as the youngest-ever employee of the company.
Cumilla: At least four persons died as a van carrying them to Cumilla region in Bangladesh overturned and crashed underneath a covered van after a collision on Sunday, media reports said.
