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Pakistan: Seven die as their vehicle is sprayed with bullets

Quetta:  Seven people, including a tribal elder and his two brothers, died after the vehicle in which they were travelling was sprayed with bullets in Pakistan's Balochistan region, media reports said on Saturday.

MQM-P leader says telling truth has become biggest crime in Pakistan

Islamabad:  Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said telling truth has become the biggest crime in Pakistan.

Former Taliban leader reveals Pakistan's funding of terror activities

Kabul:  A former Taliban leader has said terror group  Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) has received funding from Pakistan and  IS central from Syria and Iraq for terrorist activities.

Pakistani physicians seek US help to ensure safety of former PM Imran Khan

Islamabad:  More than 500 Pakistani physicians in the US have signed a letter for US lawmakers where they shared concerns over the safety of former PM Imran Khan.

Ukraine-Russia: Extension of grain export deals vital to global food security

New York: The war in Ukraine has had very significant implications for global food insecurity, the top UN humanitarian official told the Security Council on Friday, underscoring the critical need to extend landmark agreements to export grain and fertilizer from the region.

DPR Korea: UN chief strongly condemns ballistic missile launch

New York: The UN chief condemned on Friday the latest ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling on Pyongyang to resume dialogue leading towards sustainable peace and a nuclear weapons-free Korean Peninsula.

Pakistan: Imran Khan leaves for court, police conduct searches in his Zaman Park residence

Pakistan Police on Saturday thoroughly combed the Zaman Park mansion of former PM Imran Khan in Lahore city for materials used to fight riot police, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Blast-hit building catches fire in Narayanganj, one dies

Narayanganj: A fire, which was triggered by an explosion, hit a building in Narayanganj's Nitaiganj area in Bangladesh which left at least one person dead and nine others hurt on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Mortar mine blast kills 2 children

Kabul: At least two children died and two others were injured as a mortar mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Saturday.

Kashmir: Search operation underway after brief gunfight in Pulwama

Srinagar/UNI: A search operation is underway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district after militants and forces exchanged fire in the early hours on Saturday, officials said.

South Sudan: Violence against civilians ticks up despite fall in attacks overall

New York: Violence against civilians in South Sudan rose by two per cent during 2022, according to the latest annual report on Violence Affecting Civilians from the UN peacekeeping mission there, UNMISS.

Funding drought forces UN food agency to cut rations in Afghanistan

New York: The UN food agency in Afghanistan announced on Friday that a lack of funds has forced deep cuts to life-saving assistance in March for at least four million people.

UN rights chief urges Belarus to promptly release political detainees

New York: The UN rights chief on Friday urged Belarus to end the systematic repression of perceived critics and immediately release all detainees held on political grounds, following the release of a new report from his office OHCHR, which concludes gross violations are being committed across the country.

Central Sahel: Lives of 10 million children on the line as conflict rages

New York: Children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.

Russia: International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged Ukraine war crimes

The Hague: The Pre-Trial Chamber of the UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Friday, in connection with alleged war crimes concerning the deportation and “illegal transfer” of children from occupied Ukraine, the head of the ICC said.

France: Govt faces no-confidence vote over pension reform

Paris: Two no-confidence motions had been filed by Friday afternoon against the French government led by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who forced passage of the controversial pension reform bill without a vote in the National Assembly.

War Crime allegation: ICC issues arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin

The Hague: The  International Criminal Court on Friday issued arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.

Maryam wants Pakistan government to treat Imran Khan's PTI as 'terrorist organization'

Islamabad:  PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif has asked the federal government of Pakistan to treat former PM Imran Khan-led PTI as a 'terrorist organization'.

Islamabad High Court stops police from arresting ex-Pak PM Imran Khan in Toshakhana case

Islamabad/IBNS/UNI: The Islamabad High Court's (IHC) Registrar's Office Friday raised objections against former Pakistan Prime Minister and Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's petition challenging his arrest warrants in the Toshakhana case.

Bhutan bans sale of meat items at annual Tshechu and other religious events

Bhutan's  Dagana district is not going to serve meat items, which also include eggs, during the annual Tshechu and other religious events in Gewog lhakhangs, media reports said.

SMART: Bhutan foresters to step up conservation efforts through use of real-time data

The World Wildlife Fund country office in Bhutan and the Department of Forest and Park Services are going to start using  an online system called SMART Connect to monitor   forest coverage, wildlife population and illegal poaching and logging activities in a better way.

UN Security Council reaffirms strong support for the Libyan people

New York: The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a presidential statement calling on the international community to support ongoing efforts to forge a lasting peace in Libya.

More than two years on, impact of Myanmar military coup ‘devastating’

New York: Violence resulting from the brutal military coup is continuing inside Myanmar on an “alarming scale” the UN Special Envoy told a meeting of the General Assembly on Thursday.

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan to appear before LHC today for protective bail

Lahore: Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan will appear before the Lahore High Court (LHC) to seek protective bail in multiple cases filed against him.

Russia’s energy grid attacks, torture in Ukraine, could be crimes against humanity: UN rights probe

New York: Russian forces in Ukraine faced fresh accusations of war crimes on Thursday as UN-appointed independent human rights investigators released the latest findings of their ongoing probe.

Pakistan: 10 people, including women and children, die as fire breaks out Pattan

Islamabad: At least 10 people, including women and children died, as a fire broke out in Seri area of Pakistan's Pattan on Friday, media reports said.

New Zealand decides to ban TikTok on devices linked to parliament

Wellington: New Zealand has decided to ban the Chinese conglomerate-owned popular social media app TikTok on all devices with access to its parliament by the end of this month.

Cocaine trafficking surges following COVID-19-related slowdown

New York: Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following an initial slowdown caused by the emergence of COVID-19, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said on Thursday in a hard-hitting new report.

US man cuts out woman's heart, cooks it for his family and then kills them; now faces life sentence

A US man, who had cut the heart out of a woman and stabbed two others to death, has been sentenced to life in prison in the US state of Oklahoma, media reports said on Friday.

Governments must do more to protect human rights defenders: Expert

New York: Officials in many countries “vilify and target” human rights defenders instead of recognizing the crucial work they do to help build fairer societies, a UN-appointed independent expert said on Wednesday.