KABUL -UNS : Three women and 11 men were flogged on Wednesday on the orders of an Afghan court after they were found guilty of theft and “moral crimes”, a provincial official said. The lashings are the first to be confirmed since the Taliban’s supreme leader ordered judges this month […]
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ISLAMBAD – UNS- he Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, addressed the 9th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), being hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco in the city of Fez from 22-23 November 2022. In her statement, the Minister of State […]
JAMES M. DORSEY As Indonesia passed the chairmanship of the Group of 20 (G-20) to India earlier this month, major Muslim and Hindu organisations, some backed by their governments, are battling to define the role of religion in global politics and whether the world’s significant faiths need reform to harness […]
West Java killed at least 268 people, many of them children, with 151 still missing, disaster relief officials said on Tuesday, as rescuers searched the rubble of destroyed buildings for survivors. The shallow 5.6-magnitude quake struck Indonesia’s most populous province on Monday afternoon, causing significant damage to the town of […]
LUSAIL, Qatar (Reuters) – Unheralded Saudi Arabia notched one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Lionel Messi’s Argentina thanks to a scintillating second half come back. On his fifth and final quest for the only major trophy to elude him, the […]
AL RAYYAN- Reuters/UNS – Argentina captain Lionel Messi said he was physically ready for the World Cup in Qatar and that it will be a special occasion as his side are one of the favourites in what is likely to be his last appearance in the global tournament. “I feel […]
DOHA-UNS/AFP-The World Cup kicked off in Qatar on Sunday with the Muslim nation, which faced a barrage of criticism over its treatment of foreign workers, LGBT rights and social restrictions, staking its reputation on delivering a smooth tournament. Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani arrived at the stadium flanked […]
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian control, was rocked by shelling on Sunday, drawing condemnation from the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog who said such attacks risked a major nuclear disaster. POWER SUPPLIES * Ukrainian electricity supplies are under control despite Russian attacks on power-generating infrastructure […]
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -UNS -Pakistan on behalf of developing countries as chair of G-77and China and painstaking negotiations at Sharm EI Sheikh,COP27 has approved financial arrangement and fund for loss and damage. According to details COP27 UN Climate summit has reached a breakthrough agreement on establishment of a fund to help […]
ANKARA -UNS/AFP-Turkey announced early on Sunday that it had carried out air strikes against outlawed Kurdish militant bases across northern Syria and Iraq, which it said were being used to launch “terrorist” attacks on its soil. The offensive codenamed Operation Claw-Sword comes after a deadly blast in central Istanbul last […]
