New York: A group of UN-appointed human rights experts expressed grave concern on Monday over Russia’s decision to dismiss all legal challenges to the country’s criminalisation of “public actions aimed at discrediting” the Russian Armed Forces.
While its peacekeeping operation in Mali, MINUSMA draws to a close by the end of this year, the UN remains committed to supporting the country’s stability and development, the head of the Mission said on Monday.
Internationally popular rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail.
Police have taken a suspect in custody after a shooting incident at the University of North Carolina in the US town of Chapel Hill left a faculty member dead.
At least two police officers were killed and three others were injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat region when unidentified gunmen attacked a patrolling vehicle on Monday, media reports said.
Truck drivers in southern Africa who have been recruited to traffic or smuggle people illegally are learning about the risks involved thanks to the UN drugs and crime agency, UNODC.
The Islamabad Police rearrested human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari, hours after she was released on bail by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday.
The French government has decided to ban students from wearing abaya, a robe worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools.
At least two persons died and five others were injured in a shooting at a restaurant in downtown Louisville in the U.S. state of Kentucky early Sunday morning.
A large number of Pakistani Christians demonstrated outside the UN headquarters on Thursday evening and urged the world body to take decisive action to protect the minority community from mob attacks.
Canberra: A United States Marine Corps helicopter V-22 Osprey, carrying about 23 marines, crashed during the Predators Run exercises off the coast of the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing three Marines and injuring 20 media reported.
Russian officials on Sunday confirmed genetic analysis of bodies showed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin died during a plane crash last week.
Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, a group that recently completed two-year rule in the country, have banned women from visiting Band-e-Amir National Park in the central Bamiyan province, media reports said.
At least three people died as a gunman opened fire on them in a suspected racially motivated attack in the Jacksonville region of the US state of Florida on Saturday.
A Pakistani doctor, employed in the United States on an H-1B visa, has been handed an 18-year prison sentence after being found guilty of attempting to provide support to the terrorist organization ISIS and plotting “lone wolf” attacks within the country.
Sydney/IBNS: A United States military helicopter V-22 Osprey, carrying about 20 marines, crashed during the Predators Run exercises off the coast of the northern Australian city of Darwin, Sky News Australia reported on Sunday, citing sources.
Damascus/IBNS/UNI: Eleven Syrian military personnel were killed, and 20 others were injured on Saturday in a rebel attack in the country's northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported.
Khartoum/IBNS/UNI: A huge blast hit the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Saturday afternoon, sources told Sputnik, with video footage showing a massive fireball and black plumes of smoke billowing above the city.
Police recovered a Chinese citizen's body from Bhairab River in Khulna region of Bangladesh on Saturday, media reports said.
At least 12 people died and 80 others were injured on Friday afternoon in a stampede at the entrance to the Mahamasina Stadium in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, media reports said.
Despite successful international counter-terrorism initiatives, the extremist group Da’esh and its affiliates continue to pose a serious threat in conflict zones and neighbouring countries, the UN Security Council heard on Friday.
Donald Trump's joint fundraising committee has started selling merchandise goods, which contains the mugshot photo of Donald Trump, a move made shortly after the former President was arrested on racketeering and conspiracy charges in relation to his effort to overturn the 2020 election in the state of Georgia.
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that the spread of fighting and hunger in Sudan could destroy the country, as the future of a “lost generation” of children lies in the balance.
People demonstrated against exorbitant power bills on the streets of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Saturday.
In light of recent threats faced by the Sikh community in Pakistan, the plight of this minority group has once again come into the spotlight.
Hundreds of girls in a Pakistani government-run college in Balochistan demonstrated for the past two days against the absence of teachers for several months.
British postal service and courier company Royal Mail recently revealed images of 10 Special Stamps being issued to celebrate 65 years of the most beloved marmalade-loving bear – Paddington.
A US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet near San Diego on Thursday, leaving the pilot dead.
Dutch brewer Heineken completes Russia exit, sells business for USD1
An independent UN expert expressed grave concern on Thursday over the human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), calling for political dialogue and a new “climate of trust”.
