Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill muezzin
Kabul: Unknown men killed a mosque’s muezzin, who performed the prayer call and taught children, in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, media reports said on Monday.
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Afghanistan: Pakistan head of mission, who escaped armed assault on life, visits home country
Kabul: Pakistan's head of mission in Kabul, Ubaid ur Rehman Nizamani, who recently escaped an armed assault on life during a terror attack in the Embassy in Kabul, has returned home for official engagements, media reports said.
Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest five terrorists
Dhaka: The Rapid Action Battalion on Monday said five members of a new terrorist group Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya have been arrested, media reports said.
Taliban minister accuses Iran of sending former Afghan soldiers to war in Ukraine
Kabul: Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the acting Afghan Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, has said that Iran is using former Afghan soldiers as a military force, media reports said on Sunday.
Fighting conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine
New York: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been described as a crisis for women and girls, with cases of conflict-related sexual violence on the rise. Hrystyna Kit, co-founder of JurFem, the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association, has found herself pushing forward against a rising tide of gender-based violence.
Pakistan Embassy attack in Kabul: ISIS claims responsibility
Kabul: Islamic State terror group has taken responsibility for the attack on Pakistan Embassy in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: 3 policemen die in terror attack in Nowshera
Islamabad: At least three policemen were killed in a terror attack in Nowshera district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, media reports said on Sunday.
High Air Pollution level creating physical, mental health hazards in Bangladesh: World Bank
Dhaka: Exposure to high level of air pollution significantly raises the risks of breathing difficulties, cough, lower respiratory tract infections, as well as depression and other health conditions. Children under five years, elderly, and people with comorbidities such as diabetes, heart or respiratory conditions, are most vulnerable, says a new World Bank report launched Sunday.
Japan: Three nursery school teachers arrested over abuse of school children
Tokyo: At least three female teachers, who worked at a nursery school in Japan, have been arrested on suspicion of repeatedly abusing toddlers in their care, media reports said on Sunday.
Xi unwilling to accept 'better' Western Covid-19 vaccines over not-so-effective Chinese jabs, says US official
Washington/Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with Covid-19, a US official said Saturday, according to media reports.
Iran abolishes morality police amid ongoing nationwide protests
Tehran: Iranian authorities have abolished the controversial morality police amid ongoing mass protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody, media reported, citing Iranian Attorney-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri.
Historic St Edward's Crown to be modified for King Charles's coronation in May
London/IBNS: The historic St Edward's Crown has been removed from the Tower of London to be modified for the coronation of King Charles III next May, Buckingham Palace said.
High school in US' Massachusetts bans mobile phones: Report
New Delhi/IBNS: A high school in the United States called Buxton School, located in northwest Massachusetts, has banned the use of smartphones in high school after reports suggested that students no longer interacted with each other, media reports said.
US: Elon Musk polls Twitter users on exiled whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Julian Assange
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has started a poll, asking the users whether whistle-blower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange should be pardoned.
Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket firing
Gaza: Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of airstrikes on facilities belonging to militant groups in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired from the coastal enclave, Palestinian eyewitnesses said.
Three businessmen killed in Pakistan: Bannu Jirga threatens to launch protest drive
Lakki Marwat, Pakistan: The members of the Bannu Bachao Tehreek on Thursday threatened to launch a protest movement over the recent killing of three businessmen in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan, media reports said.
Afghanistan witnessing hunger, privation for second consecutive winter: Reports
Kabul: The US Institute for Peace (USIP) has released a report which showed Afghanistan is facing hunger and privation for a second winter in a row.
London council rejects application to relocate Chinese embassy to site close to iconic Tower of London
London: A local council in Britain has rejected a planning application to relocate the Chinese embassy to a historic site in East London near the Tower of London, media reports said on Saturday.
China’s zero-Covid protests: Twitter, Telegram rise in popularity
Beijing: An app market researcher has found social media platforms like Twitter and Telegram, which are blocked in mainland China and only accessible via virtual private networks (VPNs), have become popular in the country amid widespread protests and restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.
Ottawa 'police stations': Canada issues ‘cease and desist’ warning to China
Ottawa: Canadian authorities have now summoned Beijing’s ambassador following reports of a network of illegal Chinese “police stations” in the country, media reports said on Saturday.
China-funded bridge may raze coral reef in southern Philippines: Reports
Manila: A Chinese-funded bridge project which is likely to connect Davao city with Samal islands in the southern Philippines has put the coral reef ecosystem under threat.
Woman dies as 'rogue wave' hits Antarctic cruise ship
One passenger died when a 'rogue wave' hit their cruise ship near the southernmost tip of South America on an Antarctic cruise during a storm earlier this week, media reports said on Saturday.
Train with US military equipment derails in northern Greece
Athens: A train with military equipment for US troops went off the rails near a port in the city of Alexandroupolis in northern Greece, the Greek Communist Party's (KKE) news portal 902.gr reported.
Uyghur activists demonstrate near Chinese Consulate in Istanbul
Istanbul: Several Uyghur activists demonstrated near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently.
China: Fire breaks out at factory, five die
Nanjing: At least five people died and two others were hurt as a fire broke out at a construction site in Xuzhou city of China, media reports said on Saturday.
Dramatic increase in Andaman Sea crossings, warns UN refugee agency
New York: UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday, issued an alert over the dramatic increase in the number of people attempting to cross the Andaman Sea, from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Ukraine rights probe condemns 'multiplying' impact of war on children
New York: A top UN Human Rights Council-appointed probe into potential rights abuses linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, outlined on Friday the “devastating” impact of the war on the country’s children.
Myanmar: Secretive military courts sentence scores of people to death
New York: Since last year’s military coup in Myanmar, military courts have sentenced more than 130 people to death behind closed doors, the UN human rights chief said on Friday, following the latest convictions announced this week.
Yemen: One person killed in mosque attack
Cairo/UNI: One person died and 20 others were injured in a grenade attack at a mosque in Hadhramaut Governorate in eastern Yemen, a local government source told Sputnik.
UN health agency outlines ‘clear direction’ for reducing online violence against children
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) published a report on Friday aimed at helping stakeholders worldwide end the growing scourge of violence online against children.