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German Parliament to hold discussion on situation of Uyghurs in China's Xi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 30 (ANI): In a bid to create pressure on China regarding human rights violations of the Uyghur community in the country, the German Parliament will hold a discussion on the situation of Uyghurs on Saturday.
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OSCE to close Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has announced that it would take immediate steps to close the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Friday.
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Digitalization of German SMEs slowed by data protection, security requirem
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Although the COVID-19 crisis triggered a digitization surge in German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a quarter of the country's 3.8 million SMEs were not pursuing any digitization activities, the German state-owned development bank KfW sai
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Lebanon cracks human smuggling network
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The Lebanese army on Friday cracked a human smuggling network in Tripoli while it was attempting to smuggle 85 people by sea, the National News Agency reported.
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3 killed, 9 wounded in factory fire in Turkey's Istanbul
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): At least three people were killed and nine others were wounded on Friday in a fire that erupted at a factory in Turkey's largest city Istanbul, local officials said.
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Pakistani Foreign Ministry condemns Afghanistan's twin blasts
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The Pakistani Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned the terrorist attacks which happened in Mazar-i-Sharif capital of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province causing the death of innocent Afghan civilians.
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Activists keep focus on Xinjiang access as UN rights chief preps for China
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 29 (ANI): The planned visit to China by the United Nations high commissioner for human rights should meet minimum standards to be considered credible, several rights groups have said.
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S.Korea reports 50,568 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 29 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 50,568 more COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 17,194,616, the health authorities said Friday.
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Xi Jinping set to secure historic third-term as China's President
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 29 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 20th National Congress is likely to re-elect General Secretary Xi Jinping for a historic third term, setting a new precedent for the country.
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With surge in fresh infections, Shanghai reports 5,487 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 29 (ANI): China's economic hub Shanghai on Thursday reported 5,487 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 9,545 local asymptomatic carriers, Xinhua reported citing the municipal health commission as saying on Friday.
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China asks Sweden to respect 'religious beliefs' of Muslims despite being
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 29 (ANI): China, which is listed among the worst human rights abusers in the world by the Human Rights Watch, has asked Sweden to respect the "religious beliefs" of Muslims and other minority groups, protect their lawful rights and interest, said a media report.
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Radiation levels at Ukraine's Chernobyl plant within safe range: IAEA
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chornobyl [Ukraine], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Radiation levels at the exclusion zone of Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant, which Russian forces had controlled for weeks before withdrawing in late March, have remained within the safe range, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sa
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