New York: There are plentiful opportunities ahead for peacebuilding in Colombia, the head of the UN Verification Mission in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.
New York: The rule of law forms the bedrock of all international cooperation and the ability of multilateralism to operate effectively, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday, describing it as “foundational” to the whole United Nations.
New York: Recent Biden Administration border policy reforms “risk undermining the basic foundations of international human rights and refugee law”, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Wednesday.
Tokyo/UNI: Japanese prosecutors on Friday indicted the man suspected of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to local media.
Manila/UNI: At least 17 people have died and seven others were injured as a result of flooding in the Philippines, the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Friday.
London: A consignment containing several kilograms of uranium, which can be used to make bombs to inflict mass devastation, originating in Pakistan was seized at UK’s Heathrow Airport, The Sun reported.
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi discussed bilateral relations and the situation in Syria in a phone call.
Tehran: Iran's judiciary handed down a death sentence to a former Iranian Defense Ministry official on the charge of espionage against the country.
Kyiv: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will send monitoring missions to nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Ukraine, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported, citing a senior official.
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to visit the United Kingdom on Wednesday as part of a tour to allied Western countries.
London/IBNS: Japan has secured the first rank as the world's most powerful passport, allowing visa-free entry to 193 global destinations, according to the latest Henley Passport Index.
Ottawa: The Canadian government has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankan state officials, including former presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, over human rights violations, officials said on Tuesday.
Beijing/IBNS: Disturbing satellite images have emerged showing a funeral home in Beijing clearing the way for a car park as more bodies arrive for cremation revealing the true scale of China's Covid situation even as the government tried to downplay it.
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Minister of Housing and Diversity Ahmed Hussen has announced a combined investment of nearly $132 million to support the construction of over 380 units in the province.
Washington/IBNS: After over 5,400 United States domestic flights were halted or delayed over a technical glitch, air traffic services resumed in the country on Wednesday evening (India time), the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.
Kabul: The chargés d'affaires of Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad, Sardar Ahmad Shakib, has asked Pakistan not to arrest Afghanistan citizens in the country.
Islamabad: About seven million people in textile and textile-related industries have been laid off due to dwindling exports and the government’s failure to end the economic crisis, experts associated with the industry said.
Dera Ismail Khan: Unknown gunmen attacked the Yarik police station in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan region on Sunday.
Washington: All domestic flights in America have been halted until 0900 ET (1400 GMT) due to a glitch, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday.
Paris: At least six people were hurt due to an attack in Gare Du Nord train station in the French capital city of Paris on Wednesday, media reports said.
Japan's worst pathogenic avian influenza epidemic has forced the culling of 10 million chickens, reports said.
Taipei: Taiwan’s latest decision to ban imports of crabs from China due to the presence of the hazardous chemical Dioxin has triggered fear about the hazardous effects of food items imported from China.
Swat: People from different regions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Sunday demonstrated against rising prices of flour and other essential commodities.
Muzaffarabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Raja Farooq Haider has cautioned against alleged land grabbing in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
Beijing/UNI: China stopped issuing ordinary visas to Japanese citizens in connection with Tokyo's "discriminatory" requirement for Chinese travelers to submit negative PCR tests, the Chinese Embassy in Japan said.
Moscow/Kiev/UNI: An air raid warning has been issued in Ukraine's Kharkiv Region, Strana.ua reported.
Lahore: Two Karachi girls, who went missing last week from the city's Korangi area, have been recovered from Lahore city of Pakistan, media reports said.
Toronto/IBNS: Canada is witnessing a big increase in 3D-printed guns, homemade firearms referred to as “ghost guns,” even as more than 100 of these were seized by the Canada Police last year, media reports said.
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said his country's so-called "golden era" of relations with China is over.
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres responded to the storming on Brazil’s Congress by insisting that it would not shake the country’s strong democratic foundations.
