Category: International News

BEIJING, June 4 (APP)::China on Thursday appreciated the United Nations and Saudi Arabia for jointly organizing a high-level video donation meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. “China attaches great importance to the development of the situation in Yemen. It has always supported and participated in the efforts of the international community to alleviate the… Continue reading China appreciates UN, Saudi Arabia for hosting donation meeting for Yemen

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 04 (APP):The grievances at the heart of the nationwide protests in the United States need to be heard and addressed, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said. “The voices calling for an end to the killings of unarmed African-Americans need to be heard”, she said in a statement released… Continue reading US protesters’ grievances need to be heard and understood: UN rights chief

BEIJING, June 4 (APP):The trade volume between Pakistan and China has grown rapidly showing an increase from US$4 billion in year 2004-2005 to around US$20 billion in the recent years. “The trade between Pakistan and China has grown very rapidly. The total trade volume between the two countries in 2004-2005 was about US$4 billion, but… Continue reading Pak-China trade volume doubled in 15 years

BEIJING, June 4 (APP):A Chinese man in East China’s Jiangsu province was sentenced to death in a first-instance judgement for killing Moiz Uddin, a Pakistani student of the Nanjing University, according to the local media here on Thursday. The man surnamed Cong, 28, stabbed Moiz in his chest with a knife on July 11, 2018,… Continue reading Chinese man sentenced to death for killing Pakistani student in Jiangsu Province

NEW YORK, Jun 4 (APP):Former US Defence Secretary James Mattis has denounced President Donald Trump in a blunt statement that portrayed his former boss as a threat to American democracy. Trump is needlessly dividing the country and “militarizing” America’s response to the protests, Mattis wrote in a statement published by The Atlantic magazine, a prestigious… Continue reading Trump’s former defence secretary denounces president’s handling of crises in US

BEIJING, June 4 (APP)::China on Thursday reiterated its willingness for continuous support to Pakistan in a battle against COVID-19 and said it was ready to work with all-weather strategic cooperative partner to overcome the pandemic. “We are willing to continue to provide support as far as we can, according to Pakistan’s needs, and work with… Continue reading China reiterates continuous support to Pakistan in battle against COVID-19

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 04 (APP):UN experts Thursday called on the Indian Government to urgently comply with a Supreme Court order to ensure the wellbeing of more than 100 million internal migrant workers suffering hardship after coronavirus measures forced them to travel long distances home, many on foot. “We are appalled at the disregard shown by… Continue reading UN experts call for urgent help for India’s forgotten migrant workers

LONDON, Jun 03 (APP):Pakistan High Commissioner to United Kingdom Mohammad Nafees Zakaria on Wednesday held a virtual meeting with British Labour Party politician and UK Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy MP and they exchanged views on ways and means to further strengthen Pakistan-UK bilateral relations in diverse fields, beside discussing the grave human rights situation… Continue reading High Commissioner holds virtual meeting with UK Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy, discussed grave human rights violation

BEIJING, Jun 3 (APP):A Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson said on Wednesday that there was no need for any third party to intervene to resolve current border standoff between China and India. “There is no need for any third party to intervene,” Zhao Lijian said during his regular briefing while responding to a question on a… Continue reading No need for third party intervention to resolve border standoff with India: China

NEW YORK, Jun 03 (APP):Former US vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, Tuesday sharply criticized President Donald Trump for ordering protesters forcibly removed from near the White House so he could have his picture taken holding a Bible in front of a church. Meanwhile, cities across the US are seeing widespread protests… Continue reading Ex-US VP Biden slams Trump’s tough response to protestors

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (APP):The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Tuesday called for “urgent” action to address “the major disproportionate impact” of coronavirus on racial and ethnic minorities, including people of African descent. The disease is exposing alarming inequalities in some countries: disparities similar to those fuelling current protests for greater racial justice in… Continue reading UN rights chief calls for urgently dealing with ‘appalling impact’ of coronavirus on minorities

BEIJING, Jun 2 (APP):A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) special flight carrying 206 standard Pakistanis left Shanghai, China for Karachi on Tuesday. These Pakistani nationals were stranded in different areas in Shanghai and other cities due to flight cancellations and lockdowns amid Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan Ambassador to China, Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi said in a tweet here.… Continue reading PIA special plane airlifts 206 stranded Pakistanis from Shanghai

NEW YORK, Jun 02 (APP):US President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the military to end “riots and lawlessness” sweeping the country in an address from Washington punctuated by the sound of explosions as security forces dispersed peaceful demonstrators across the street from the White House. TV footage showed people running, falling and scrambling for… Continue reading Trump threatens to deploy ‘heavily armed’ US military to crush nationwide protests

NEW YORK, June 02 (APP):At least 200 serious attacks on individual journalists have taken place during six years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule resulting in the killing of 40 of them, according to a recent study cited in a Washington Post article, which portrays India as “one of the world’s deadliest places to practice… Continue reading India ‘one of world’s deadliest places to practice journalism’: American writer

NEW YORK, Jun 01 (APP):Relative calm descended on Minneapolis and other U.S. cities Monday after protesters and police across the country clashed for a sixth straight night in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died after he was pinned down by a white police officer, according to media reports.… Continue reading Big peaceful protests in US over African-American man’s death marred by bursts of violence

LONDON, Jun 01 (APP):Calling upon an immediate United Nations (UN) intervention to halt the forced demographic change by the Indian government in occupied Jammu and Kashmir(IOJK), Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid Coordinator Asean Ngo Advocacy Group for Kashmir, and President Malaysia Consultative Council of Islamic Organization urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for implementation of… Continue reading Malaysian Consultative Council for implementation of UN resolutions on Kashmir