Pakistan hosting OIC FMs’ conference in Islamabad on Sunday

Islamabad December 17 (Online): Pakistan is hosting OIC Foreign Ministers’ conference on Sunday in Islamabad to bridge gap between Taliban and international community on Afghan humanitarian crisis. According to details, all the arrangements to welcome the foreign delegates of OIC Foreign Minister’s extraordinary conference have […]

488 journalists imprisoned, 46 killed in 2021: RSF

London-December 16 (Online): There are currently 488 media professionals imprisoned around the world, the highest number since Reporters Without Borders began counting more than 25 years ago, the NGO announced on Thursday. Report stated that, the number killed this year — 46 — was the […]

US threatens new measures against Myanmar junta

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):The United States is considering new measures to pressure the Myanmar junta to return to a “democratic trajectory”, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, as alarm grows over an escalating crackdown on dissent. Myanmar has been in chaos since February […]

Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate: WHO

Geneva, Dec 14 (AFP/APP):The new coronavirus variant Omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate, the WHO said Tuesday, urging countries to act swiftly to rein in transmission and protect their health systems. Since the new, heavily-mutated variant was first detected in southern Africa last month, […]

7.3-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia

Jakarta, Dec 14 (AFP/APP):A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with monitors briefly warning of the possibility of hazardous tsunami waves before lifting the threat. The epicentre was north of the island of Flores in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara […]

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