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Over 40 people injured in Peru earthquake

Lima [Peru], July 31 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 41 people were injured after a strong earthquake hit northwestern Peru, the Piura region's health department said.

2021-07-31T05:18:15.178162+00:00 IST

Protest held outside Pak embassy in Sweden against Islamabad's involvement in Afghan proxy war

Stockholm [Sweden], July 30 (ANI): A demonstration was staged in front of the Pakistan Embassy in Sweden on Friday in which protestors alleged the involvement of Pakistan in a proxy war in Afghanistan.

2021-07-30T18:21:41.192629+00:00 IST

Time for EU to question Pakistan's GSP+ status, say experts

Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's blasphemy laws are used and abused by extremist Islamic groups to persecute members of non-Muslim minorities and whoever tries to combat this religiously motivated instrumentalization is at risk of losing their lives, experts from a non-governmental organization with participatory status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council ( ECOSOC ) has said.

2021-07-30T18:04:40.032094+00:00 IST

More than 100,000 children in Ethiopian Tigray are at risk of malnutrition

Geneva [Switzerland] July 30 (ANI/FENA): More than 100,000 children in Ethiopia's Tigray region could suffer from severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.

2021-07-30T14:05:09.132842+00:00 IST

Chinese mission opposes EU push for COVID-19 origins study

Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI/Xinhua): China opposes any attempts to manipulate the study of the COVID-19 origin in the name of open and transparent scientific study, the spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the European Union (EU) has said.

2021-07-30T04:38:25.232454+00:00 IST

Zelensky-Biden Talks to Be 'Heated' Due to Nord Stream Deal - Ukrainian Ruling Party Head

Kyiv [Ukraine] July 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Ukrainian ruling party leader Davyd Arakhamia said that he expects the closed-door part of the upcoming meeting of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Joe Biden to be "heated" due to the Nord Stream 2 deal recently reached by the United States and Germany.

2021-07-29T12:39:06.705538+00:00 IST

Beaune: British decision discriminatory for travelers from France

Paris [France] July 29 (ANI/FENA): France said on Thursday that it did not understand why it was exempted from the new rule which allows fully vaccinated European Union citizens to enter England without quarantine.

2021-07-29T11:41:06.712203+00:00 IST

COVID-19 infections rise, Delta variant spreads to 132 countries: WHO

Geneva [Switzerland], July 29 (ANI): The global number of new COVID-19 cases reported last week (19-25 July) was over 3.8 million, an 8 per cent increase as compared to the previous week, the UN health agency reported on Wednesday.

2021-07-29T04:03:40.764103+00:00 IST

UK scraps quarantine for vaccinated EU, US travellers

London [UK], July 29 (ANI): Fully vaccinated people from the United States and European Union will be allowed to travel to England without having to quarantine on arrival, the UK government said.

2021-07-28T22:51:10.411544+00:00 IST

Expand number of types of cybercrimes from 9 to 23, Russia proposes to UN

Moscow [Russia], July 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has proposed to the United Nations to expand the number of internationally designated types of cybercrimes from nine to 23, Deputy Prosecutor General Petr Gorodov told Sputnik.

2021-07-28T01:29:09.250557+00:00 IST

Israeli gunfire kills Palestinian in northern West Bank: Medics

Ramallah [Palestine], July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): A Palestinian man was killed on Tuesday night by Israeli soldiers near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medics said.

2021-07-27T23:27:47.037797+00:00 IST

Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder Altaf Hussain condemns torture of Hindu boy by Pak army officer

London [UK] July 28 (ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party founder Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the torture of a Hindu boy by a Pakistani Army officer in Thar district of the country's Sindh province.

2021-07-27T18:55:31.056664+00:00 IST

Hundreds of children under care of London council abused, says report

London [UK] July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Hundreds of children in the care of Lambeth Council in south London were subjected to levels of cruelty and sexual abuse that were "hard to comprehend" for several decades since 1960s, a report released Tuesday has found.

2021-07-27T18:47:30.618024+00:00 IST

UK reports 131 coronavirus deaths, highest since March 17

London [UK] July 27 (ANI): Britain on Tuesday reported 23,511 coronavirus cases, while 131 deaths have also been reported, which is the highest number of daily deaths since March 17.

2021-07-27T17:31:46.533133+00:00 IST

COVID-19: Delta variant dominates in Slovenia, over 100 infections reported again

Ljubljana [Slovenia] July 27 (ANI/FENA): In the last 24 hours, 106 new coronavirus infections and no deaths among patients have been confirmed in Slovenia, the Slovenian government announced on Tuesday.

2021-07-27T16:34:28.560302+00:00 IST

Access to vaccines widens the gap between rich and poor countries

London [UK] July 27 (ANI/FENA): Economic prospects between rich and poor countries have had an even bigger gap due to different approaches to the COVID-19 vaccine, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

2021-07-27T16:24:23.274866+00:00 IST

Military establishment wins elections in PoK

Glasgow [Scotland], July 27 (ANI): July 25, 2021, will be remembered as the day when elections held for the so-called legislative assembly of Pakistani-occupied Kashmir (PoK) were marred with rigging, violence and murder under the watchful eye of the Pakistani military establishment itself.

2021-07-27T13:29:43.271632+00:00 IST

UK court declares Vijay Mallya bankrupt allowing Indian banks to pursue his assets worldwide

London [UK], July 26 (ANI): Fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya on Monday (local time) was declared bankrupt by a British court allowing Indian banks to pursue his assets worldwide.

2021-07-26T17:12:49.403612+00:00 IST

European Parliament to withdraw Pakistan's GSP+ status over abuse of blasphemy laws

Brussels [Belgium], July 26 (ANI): Amid abuse of the blasphemy laws and cases widely reported across Pakistan, the European Parliament has moved to withdraw Islamabad's GSP+ status.

2021-07-26T16:43:07.583737+00:00 IST

French Interior Minister asks EU to handle migrants at Northern Borders

Paris [Farnce] July 26 (ANI/Sputnik): French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin asked for the EU border agency Frontex's assistance and the closer cooperation of northern European states in stemming the flow of illegal migrants crossing the Channel en route to the United Kingdom.

2021-07-26T13:26:45.741344+00:00 IST

Russia records 23,239 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Moscow [Russia], July 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 23,239 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 24,072 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,149,780, the federal response center said on Monday.

2021-07-26T08:44:35.908549+00:00 IST