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In a powerful address to the UN General Assembly, the 193-member body’s President, Philémon Yang said the annual high-level debate “remains one of the world’s most inclusive, represented, representative and authoritative platforms for global reflection of collective action”.
The international community bears responsibility for its failure to stop the catastrophe in Gaza, the Amir of Qatar told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, emphasizing that after almost a year of conflict, it is no longer tenable to speak of Israel’s right to defend itself without being complicit in justifying their actions.
Cape Breton/IBNS: The Celtic Colours International Festival will return to Cape Breton in Nova Scotia from Oct 11 to 19, 2024 with hundreds of events and performances scheduled to take place in communities around the island.
Colombo/IBNS: In one of his first key moves after assuming office as Sri Lanka's newly-elected President, leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake Tuesday dissolved the country's Parliament and called for snap polls within one month.
The world is locked in a “purgatory of polarity” with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a “get out of jail free card”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly, which opened its annual high-level meeting on Tuesday.
United States President Joe Biden told leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday that with the world at a historical inflection point “our task, our test, is to make sure that the forces holding us together are stronger than those that are pulling us apart.”
Israel on Tuesday claimed a key Hezbollah commander was killed during an airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
A group of youth have announced they will join the family members of Dr Shah Nawaz Kunbhar, a blasphemy suspect who was killed by police in an alleged encounter, for a sit-in demonstration in Umerkot region of Pakistan on Wednesday.
A hand grande attack on a vehicle carrying Frontier Corps personnel in Kharan town in Pakistan left at least seven people injured, media reports said.
National People's Power (NPP) MP Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on Tuesday took oath as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Russian authorities are using torture “with a sense of impunity” in the ongoing war in Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva heard on Monday.
Lebanese Health Ministry has said at least 356 people died following Israel's strike on Lebanon, media reports said.
Lebanese Health Ministry has said at least 356 people died following Israel's strike on Lebanon, media reports said.
Beirut/IBNS: In the deadliest cross-border escalation since war erupted in Gaza on October 7, Israeli air strikes on Lebanon Monday left 356 people dead, including 24 children, the Lebanese health minister told the media.
Ottawa/IBNS: Months after stating that there is no guarantee Ottawa can evacuate Canadians if the situation deteriorates further In Lebanon, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has said nearly 45,000 citizens are still stuck in the middle eastern country.
Pakistan police have registered a case against a man for allegedly posting blasphemous post on Facebook.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday took oath as the ninth executive president of Sri Lanka, just years after the country experienced a severe economic crisis.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday took oath as the ninth executive president of Sri Lanka, just years after the country experienced a severe economic crisis.
Last October’s terror attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups on Israeli communities marked a devastating day for children, and the suffering has continued unabated, a senior UNICEF official said on Thursday.
Colombo/IBNS: Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist leaning leader known for his closeness to China, has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election riding on the hope of combating corruption and refurbishing the struggling economy.
Colombo/IBNS: Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist leaning leader known for his closeness to China, has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election riding on the hope of combating corruption and refurbishing the struggling economy.
A policeman died and three others were injured on Sunday after their vehicle, which was part of a convoy that was escorting dignitaries from 12 nations, was caught in an explosion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district on Sunday.
A US woman, whose son is accused of killing four people during a shooting incident, is now facing allegations of taping her elderly mother to a chair, stealing her phone and damaging her home, media reports said.
At least four people died and 18 others were injured after multiple shooters opened fire at a popular entertainment centre in the US city of Birmingham in Alabama state.
An explosion triggered by a gas leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran on Sunday left at least 51 people dead, media reports said.
Israeli military raided the offices of news organisation Al Jazeera in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on early Sunday morning during a live broadcast and ordered it to shut down for 45 days, media reports said.
The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Taiwan has directed the Chinese government to share information about a man who went missing after arriving in Shanghai.
Gaza: At least 22 people were killed in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City on Saturday, Reuter reported.
The Hindu community members in Bangladesh recently took out a procession in Dhaka city when they demanded the authority to accept their eight-point demand and extend the Durga Puja holidays.
Pakistan has diagnosed yet another polio case, taking the total number of diagnosed cases in the country this year to 18.
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