The officials and ministers of Pakistan’s Aviation Ministry have highlighted human error to be the cause of a plane crash that killed 97 people in Pakistan in the month of May in its initial report of the air crash. Pakistan’s Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan in his report to theContinue Reading
Calling for de-escalating the crisis situation, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Israel to abandon plans to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank. On June 24, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “If implemented, annexation would constitute a most serious violation of international law, grievously harmContinue Reading
Japan has again been jolted by strong tremors on June 25. Per the information made available by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), on June 25, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture in Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) divulging information aboutContinue Reading
In the latest of the rescue operation, about 100 fleeing Rohingya from Myanmar, have been rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island. The news has been confirmed by a maritime official of Indonesia on June 24. Of those who have been rescued, 30 wereContinue Reading
In the wake of easing the lockdown measures, with an intention to gradually open the country’s economy to cushion it from the ill-impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, Afghanistan has resumed international air travel on June 24. The Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the same in a statement. The statement fromContinue Reading
Leaders of Russia and France is to meet virtually pertaining to restrictions at hand because of the coronavirus pandemic. On June 26, French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a videoconference with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The announcement has been made by the France Presidency on June 24 that stated thatContinue Reading
With an aim to deescalate violence in Libya and bringing relative peace by addressing the human rights situation in the country, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted a resolution asking the High Commissioner to send a fact-finding mission to Libya. The UNHRC has asked the UN SupportContinue Reading
An energy infrastructure agreement worth 20.7 billion U.S. dollars has been signed between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and a syndicate of investors and funds. The announcement about the same has been made by the ADNOC, the state-owned oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on JuneContinue Reading
The adverse impact of coronavirus pandemic on the economy of not just developing or under-developed nations, but also of global economies, has forced countries to re-open despite witnessing a hike in COVID-19 cases. Going with the trend, Namibia has further eased the country’s lockdown measures to boost economic activity. Namibia’sContinue Reading
A landslide has occurred in Myanmar’s northernmost state of Kachin on June 23 that has caused some casualties. The landslide took place when a 91.4-metre-high slag heap collapsed at a jade mining site in Hpakant township, at around 4:00 p.m. local time (0930 GMT). According to local officials, at leastContinue Reading
