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US lawmakers create bipartisan Uyghur Caucus to raise awareness about righ
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): US lawmakers Tom Suozzi and Chris Smith on Thursday (local time) announced the creation of the Congressional Uyghur Caucus that they said would raise awareness of the Chinese Community Party's (CCP) "systemic human rights violations against the Uyghur people i
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Palestine condemns Israel for 'killing two of its nationals in West Bank'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], July 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Palestine condemned Israeli soldiers for killing two of its nationals, including a child, in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Thursday.
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Palestinian boy killed in Israeli gunfire: Medics
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], July 29 (ANI): A Palestinian boy was killed on Wednesday by Israeli soldiers north of the West Bank city of Hebron, Xinhua reported quoting Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses.
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2 million Ethiopians vulnerable to flooding during rainy season, says repo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia] July 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Around two million Ethiopians are vulnerable to flooding during the ongoing rainy season, the Ethiopia National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) disclosed on Wednesday.
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Malaysia sees fresh high of 17,405 daily COVID-19 cases, 143 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 17,405 new COVID-19 infections in the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 1,061,476, the health ministry said Wednesday.
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Tokyo's daily COVID-19 cases surpass 3,000 for 1st time
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo reached 3,177 for the first time in a single day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday.
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5 children of same family killed in Bangladesh landslide
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five children of the same family were killed after a rain-triggered devastating landslide struck their house in Bangladesh's southeastern Cox's Bazar district early Wednesday.
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Lockdown in Sydney extended by 4 weeks as COVID cases surge
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): As daily case numbers in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) continued to hover in triple digits, the state government announced on Wednesday a four-week extension to the lockdown on Greater Sydney and surrounding areas.
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US lawmakers press corporate sponsors to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 28 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday (local time) urged corporate sponsors to back out of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, over human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province.
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Israeli gunfire kills Palestinian in northern West Bank: Medics
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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.
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Hundreds of children under care of London council abused, says report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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.
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Xi's resolve to revitalise CCP made him biggest threat to party's existenc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 27 (ANI): Xi Jinping since his ascendency as President of the People's Republic of China has resolved to strengthen the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but critics say he made himself its biggest threat.
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