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29-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report UNITED NATIONS/ BEIJING/ KARACHI: The UN human rights chief has defended her China trip as she was accused of failing to hold Beijing accountable for its alleged human rights abuses, saying she raised concerns with officials about the treatment of Uighur …

29-05-2022 LAGOS: At least 31 people have been killed during a stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria’s Port Harcourt city, according to the police. Hundreds of people who had turned up to receive food at the event early on Saturday broke through a gate, causing the stampede, …

29-05-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s coal exports to Pakistan have surged. The Ministry of Finance said that since the Islamic Emirate came to power, two million tons of coal have been exported abroad, especially to Pakistan. Rising Afghan coal exports to Pakistan have caused an increase in fuel prices …

29-05-2022 Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the once-feared armed group Japanese Red Army, was released from prison on Saturday after serving a 20-year sentence and she apologized for hurting innocent people. “I feel strongly that I have finally come out alive,” she said, welcomed by her daughter and a crowd of …

29-05-2022 TRIPOLI: Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which has violated international law. In a United Nations report obtained by media, experts also accused seven Libyan armed groups of systematically using unlawful detention to punish perceived opponents, ignoring international …

28-05-2022 WASHINGTON: Less than 450km (280 miles) from where a gunman killed 21 people at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, former United States President Donald Trump has headlined a defiant conference of the pro-gun lobby group, the National Rifle Association (NRA). Amid growing calls for stronger gun control measures …

28-05-2022 DUBAI/ TEHRAN: Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, Iranian state media reported, shortly after Tehran warned it would take “punitive action” against Athens over the confiscation of Iranian oil by the United States from a tanker held off the Greek coast. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard …

28-05-2022 GENEVA: Countries should take quick steps to contain the spread of monkeypox and share data about their vaccine stockpiles, a senior World Health Organization official said on Friday. “We think that if we put in place the right measures now we probably can contain this easily,” Sylvie Briand, WHO …

27-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ NEW YORK: The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the country as the governing Taliban imposes new restrictions on women and attacks against religious minorities mount. Richard Bennett said on …

27-05-2022 DOHA/ HAGUE: Al Jazeera Media Network has assigned a legal team to refer the killing of its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The network said in a statement on Thursday that it has formed an international coalition that consists of its …