World Published 11 Feb, 2023 08:56am Children rescued as Turkiye-Syria quake toll nears 24,000 The UN World Food Programme appealed for $77 million to provide food rations
World Published 03 Feb, 2023 05:05pm Indian police arrest 1,800 men in crackdown on underage marriage 'From Muslims to Hindus, there are men from all faiths and communities who got arrested,' says Assam CM
Pakistan Published 17 Jan, 2023 02:50pm Rising violence along Pak-Afghan border is ‘concerning’: Pak envoy tells UN Ambassador says more groups than just TTP and BLA are behind militancy
World Published 13 Jan, 2023 11:19am 2022 one of the warmest years on record: UN weather agency The year was marked by dramatic weather disasters linked to climate change
World Updated 10 Jan, 2023 10:34am Pakistan secures over $10b in pledges at Climate Resilience Conference Donor pledges exceed Pakistan's objectives; Floods killed over 1,700 people, displaced millions
Pakistan Updated 09 Jan, 2023 09:19am Pakistan seeks billions for flood recovery, climate resilience UN children's agency says as many as 4m children were still living near contaminated, stagnant flood waters
Pakistan Published 08 Jan, 2023 09:53pm PM Shehbaz leaves for Geneva to co-host ‘Climate Resilient Pakistan’ conference Premier and the UN secretary general will also hold a joint press stakeout
Pakistan Updated 08 Jan, 2023 02:11pm Pakistan seeks help with $16b flood rebuilding at UN conference UN chief, France's Macron set to participate; Pakistan's finances seen as increasingly fragile
Pakistan Published 07 Jan, 2023 07:41pm Pakistan hoping to raise $7 billion for flood-hit at Geneva conference More than $16 billion is needed for recovery & rehabilitation from devastating floods that submerged a third of the country last year
Pakistan Published 06 Jan, 2023 07:27pm Pakistan needs billions for flood recovery, UN urges PM Shehbaz Sharif, UNSG Antonio Guterres to host international conference in Geneva next week
World Updated 31 Dec, 2022 03:13pm UN General Assembly refers Israeli occupation to International Court of Justice The resolution also demands that Israel cease settlements
World Published 29 Dec, 2022 04:46pm U.N. halts some programs in Afghanistan after ban on women aid workers Several countries and the EU jointly call on Taliban to reverse ban on female aid workers
Life & Style Published 28 Dec, 2022 07:10pm After year of climate disasters, world off-track to curb warming Floods super-charged by climate change engulfed Pakistan, affecting 33 mln people & causing losses of $30 billion
World Published 25 Dec, 2022 11:56pm Three foreign NGOs stop work in Afghanistan after Taliban ban on women staff Ban will impact the UN's operations as it distributes aid through a vast network of NGOs
World Published 24 Dec, 2022 07:52pm Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work Directives issued as protests continue over an earlier ban on girls' university education
World Published 21 Dec, 2022 02:34pm Afghan women stopped from entering universities after Taliban ban This decision will come with consequences for the Taliban, says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
World Published 21 Dec, 2022 08:48am UN chief ‘deeply alarmed’ by Taliban university ban for women: spokesman Urges authorities in Afghanistan to 'ensure equal access to education at all levels'
Pakistan Published 20 Dec, 2022 12:18pm UN chief ‘committed to doing everything’ to support flood-hit Pakistan Says Islamabad needs ‘strong’ world support for reconstruction
World Published 17 Dec, 2022 07:03pm BJP supporters burn effigies of Bilawal Bhutto over ‘butcher of Gujarat’ remark Pakistan's foriegn minister was responding to Indian counterpart's Pakistan being 'epicentre of terrorism' remark at UN
Pakistan Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:05pm UN chief says Pakistan’s post-flood reconstruction his ‘top priority’ Antonio Guterres meets foreign minister on the sidelines of G-77 in New York
▶️ Pakistan Published 16 Dec, 2022 01:55pm Bilawal hits out at Indian claims of supporting terrorism Says India has admitted to backing terror in Pakistan
Pakistan Published 15 Dec, 2022 07:35pm UN says funds for flood-hit Pakistan to run out in weeks Says number of people in need of life-saving food assistance will grow during winter
World Published 29 Nov, 2022 07:54pm Two brothers among three Palestinians shot dead by Israel Palestinian minister describes the killing of the two brothers as an 'execution in cold blood'
Pakistan Published 23 Nov, 2022 03:45pm Three Pakistanis executed in Saudi Arabia UN condemns almost daily-executions and end of moratorium on death penalty on drug offences
World Published 15 Nov, 2022 01:50pm US sinks boat carrying ‘explosive materials’ from Iran to Yemen The boat, which the US navy seized on November 8 in the Gulf of Oman was sunk on Sunday
World Published 13 Nov, 2022 03:08pm Israel’s Netanyahu poised to retake reins of power Polls on November 1 gave Netanyahu and his far-right allies a clear majority in the 120-seat parliament
Pakistan Published 05 Nov, 2022 03:53pm Flood-hit Pakistan seeks loss and damage ‘compensation’ at COP27 Recovery from latest floods will cost $16 billion; COP27 to address funding for climate-vulnerable nations
Business & Economy Published 05 Nov, 2022 10:24am Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8b despite sanctions Binance says is not a US company, but has taken proactive
World Published 04 Nov, 2022 11:24pm UN sounds alarm after Taliban detain women’s rights activists UN rights office spokesman urges de facto authorities to respect women's rights
World Published 03 Nov, 2022 01:48pm US wants to oust Iran from UN women’s commission Iran is just starting a four-year term on the commission, which meets annually every March