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IOM deploys teams to support Rohingya refugees affected by camp fire in Ba
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 10 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has deployed several teams within Rohingya camp-16 in Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh to provide assistance to refugees affected by a second devastating fire in one week, as per media reports.
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Over 70 pc minors among victims of forced conversion in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): Pakistan's minority councillors have voiced their concerns over the lack of protection to religious minorities as the country is witnessing a steep increase in incidents of forced conversion, with cases rising from 15 in 2020 to over 60 in 2021, accord
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Pakistan's anti graft body asks NAB chief to attend Public Accounts Commit
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Pakistan's anti-graft body -- National Accountability Bureau -- has requested the National Assembly secretary to consider its earlier letter as withdrawn in which the bureau had said that its chairman Javed Iqbal will not attend a meeting of the Public
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Sri Lanka could go bankrupt this year as inflation rises to record levels:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka is facing a deepening financial and humanitarian crisis that could lead it to bankruptcy in 2022 as inflation rises to record levels, said a media report.
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Amid unrest, Pakistan claims it has set up help desk in Kazakhstan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Amid civil unrest in Kazakhstan, Pakistan claimed that its Embassy in the country has established help desks in Nur-Sultan and Almaty to facilitate its citizens, local media reported on Sunday.
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10 killed, 13 injured in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following heavy rai
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Ten people were killed and 13 were injured in separate incidents in different parts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province due to the heavy rains, local media reported on Sunday.
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Windsor Castle to become no-fly zone over concerns for Queen's safety: Rep
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], January 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Windsor Castle, the official royal residence of British monarchs, will become a no-fly zone due to the concerns for the safety of Queen Elizabeth II, the country's media reported on Sunday.
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Earthquake strikes China's Qinghai, 9 injured
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 9 (ANI): A total of nine people have been injuried as of Sunday noon after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake jolted Menyuan County in northwest China's Qinghai province on Saturday, local media reported citing authorities.
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Olympic organizing body refutes reports of athlete with COVID-19 entering
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 9 (ANI): Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on Sunday dismissed reports that a Spanish athlete who tested positive for COVID-19 visited downtown Beijing, local media reported.
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China's Xi'an reports 30 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Xi'an [China], January 9 (ANI): Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, reported 30 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Saturday, local media reported citing authorities as saying on Sunday.
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Closure of passport office in Kabul angers people
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 9 (ANI): The closure of the passport department in the capital city Kabul has once again sparked reactions from the people as they desperately seek the resumption of the process as quickly as possible, local media reported.
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New coronavirus variant 'Deltacron' emerges in Cyprus
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 9 (ANI): A new coronavirus variant Deltacron has emerged in Cyprus which has a similar genetic background to the Delta variant, as well as some of the mutations from Omicron, and experts say that it is not something to be worried about at the moment, a media repo
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