US veto sinks Palestinian UN membership bid UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Thursday spoiled a long-shot Palestinian bid for full United Nations ... Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am
World Israel, Iran trade accusations at Security Council meeting UNITED NATIONS: Israel and Iran accused one another Sunday at the United Nations of being the main threat to peace ... Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am
World Israel kills Hezbollah field commander in Lebanon, UN urges halt to fighting BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon early on Monday killed a field commander in the heavily-armed Lebanese... Published 08 Apr, 2024 01:48pm
World World food prices rebound from 3-year low, says UN agency PARIS: World food prices rebounded in March from a three-year low, boosted by increases in vegetable oils, meat and... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Pakistan Al-Quds Day: JI urges Muslim world to take joint stance against Israeli aggression in Gaza ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Friday, while urging the Muslim world to take a joint stance against Israeli... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
World Israel announces ‘temporary’ opening of aid routes into Gaza OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel announced on Friday that it would allow “temporary” aid deliveries into famine-threatened... Updated 05 Apr, 2024 10:08pm
World White House hosts muted Ramadan event as Biden’s Israel policy draws anger WASHINGTON: The White House held a scaled-down iftar dinner on Tuesday to celebrate Islam’s holy month of Ramadan,... Published 03 Apr, 2024 10:34am
Pakistan BECS marks World Autism Awareness Day ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Basic Education Community Schools (BECS) celebrated World Autism Awareness Day... Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am
World Three UN observers and a translator wounded in south Lebanon, peacekeeping mission says BEIRUT: Three United Nations observers and a translator were wounded on Saturday when a shell exploded near them as... Published 31 Mar, 2024 10:42am
Pakistan Key world capitals: PM likely to appoint new envoys after Eid ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to approve the appointments of new ambassadors in important... Updated 28 Mar, 2024 06:08am
World Palestinian journalists: CPJ calls on UN to probe Israel’s arbitrary detention: CPJ NEW YORK: Israel is utilizing administrative detention to detain a record number of Palestinian journalists without... Published 27 Mar, 2024 04:38am
World Five Rohingya found dead after Indonesia boat capsize: UN MEULABOH: The bodies of at least five Rohingya refugees have been recovered off Indonesia’s westernmost coast after... Published 25 Mar, 2024 11:26am
World UN chief to visit Gaza border in new plea for truce CAIRO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Egypt’s border with Gaza on Saturday to renew... Published 23 Mar, 2024 10:57am
World Afghan schools restart, with girls barred for third year running KABUL: Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday, the education ministry said, with girls... Published 20 Mar, 2024 11:47am
World Antony Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia, Egypt to discuss Gaza ceasefire: spokesman MANILA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week to discuss efforts to... Updated 19 Mar, 2024 01:28pm
World Afghan govt welcomes UN mission extension KABUL: Taliban authorities on Saturday welcomed the renewal of the mandate of the UN mission to Afghanistan, saying... Updated 16 Mar, 2024 10:15pm
Pakistan IGME report on child mortality rate released: Pakistan, Afghanistan lagging behind in meeting SDGs in SA ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME) has observed that Pakistan ... Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am
World Gazans break fast without 'joy of Ramazan' as Israel aggression continues GAZA STRIP: The first day of Ramazan came and went in Gaza, with residents marking a joyless iftar against a... Updated 12 Mar, 2024 10:29pm
World World food price index falls in February: UN agency LONDON: The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in February for a seventh consecutive month as... Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am
World Expanding Israeli settlements a 'war crime': UN GENEVA: Expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories constitutes "a war crime" and risks... Updated 08 Mar, 2024 11:43pm
World Israeli offensive in Gaza’s Rafah ‘cannot be allowed to happen’: UN GENEVA: The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that an Israeli offensive in Gaza’s border town of... Published 08 Mar, 2024 02:59pm
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World Sudan soon to be ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’: WFP PORT SUDAN: Sudan’s nearly 11-month war between rival generals “risks triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis”,... Published 06 Mar, 2024 12:40pm
World Hunger crisis in Gaza: children starving to death amid Israeli aggression WASHINGTON: Children have begun starving to death in Gaza, where the United Nations has warned a famine is “almost... Updated 06 Mar, 2024 01:45pm
World Diplomatic push for Israel-Hamas ceasefire intensifies GAZA STRIP: International mediators and Hamas delegates were in Cairo Tuesday for talks to try to secure a pause in... Updated 05 Mar, 2024 04:35pm
World Nikki Haley wins Washington, D.C., Republican primary, in small symbolic boost WASHINGTON: Presidential contender Nikki Haley won the Washington, D.C., Republican primary on Sunday, her first... Published 04 Mar, 2024 10:41am
World Talks on Gaza truce expected as offensive and aid crisis rage on CAIRO: Mediators expected to reconvene in Cairo as soon as Sunday and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and... Updated 03 Mar, 2024 11:55am
World Gaza famine ‘almost inevitable’: UN GENEVA: Famine in the Gaza Strip is almost inevitable unless the Israel-Hamas war changes, the United Nations said... Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am
Pakistan 2022 flood victims in Sindh still struggling to cope with losses ISLAMABAD: The 2022 flood victims in Sindh who were devastated by the worst ever flooding in the country’s ... Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am
Editorials Capital punishment ought to stop EDITORIAL: Whilst there is a worldwide trend towards abolition of death penalty — 170 out of the 193 UN members... Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am
In historic visit, Iran President Raisi says decision made to increase bilateral trade five-fold to $10bn