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WHO chief says threat of coronavirus becoming pandemic now 'very real'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 9 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organization Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that the threat of the coronavirus outbreak becoming a global pandemic was now "very real" after the deadly virus has spread in over 100 countries.
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India, Afghanistan victims of cross-border terrorism by Pakistan: Experts
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 9 (ANI): Political experts and human rights activists have accused Pakistan of promoting cross-border terrorism in India and Afghanistan, during an event held in Geneva.
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FIFA, AFC agree to postpone Asian qualifiers for WC 2022
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], Mar 9 (ANI): The football's elite governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have agreed to postpone the upcoming Asian qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
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Hazara minority facing persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan: Activist
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 8(ANI): A human rights activist, belonging to the Hazara ethnic group, has demanded an urgent intervention by the international community to protect the minorities facing persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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UN-backed candidate from Singapore beats China's nominee to head WIPO agen
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 8 (ANI): Daren Tang, a civil servant from Singapore, serving the United Nations since a long-time, has defeated China's nominee to lead the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a vote that followed weeks of vicious diplomatic sniping between Washingto
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Over 1 lakh confirmed coronavirus cases reported globally: WHO
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 8 (Xinhua/ANI): More than one lakh confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease have been reported globally as of Saturday morning (local time), World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said.
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Pakistan wants Taliban to rule Afghanistan, says brother of former Afghan
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 7 (ANI): Sediqullah Rahi, brother of former President of Afghanistan, Dr Najibullah, has said that Pakistan is backing the Taliban to topple the elected government in Kabul.
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Activist urges India to acquire control of Gilgit-Baltistan, accuses Pak o
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 7 (ANI): In a major embarrassment to Pakistan, Senge H Sering a political activist from Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday (local time) urged India to acquire control of the region to save its people from the "brutal colonial reign of Pakistan".
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Baloch, Sindhi, Pashtun activists lambast Pak Army for human rights violat
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): Activists from Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan have lambasted the Pakistani Army for carrying out human rights violations against the minorities in the country.
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US-Taliban peace deal doesn't protect rights of Afghan people, European th
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): The recently-signed peace deal between the United States and the Taliban does not secure the protection of the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Afghan people, said Soana Deunier, a Research Analyst at the European Foundation for
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Worsening human rights in PoK, Gilgit Baltistan raised at UN
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): Political activists from Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the worsening human rights situation in the region during the 43rd session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday.
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CAA an attempt to give identity to persecuted minority from Pakistan: NGOs
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 6 (ANI): A non-government organisation has said that the minorities facing systematic persecution in Pakistan can be given a new lease of life with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) recently passed by the Indian Parliament.
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