Islamabad: Pakistan stands at 145 among 146 countries listed in the Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum with Afghanistan as the only country behind in this list for its worst performance. The Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection Against Harassment’s (FOSPAH) report stated that
Washington: The person who leaked US classified documents prompting a national security investigation is a gun enthusiast in his 20s who worked on a military base, the Washington Post reported, citing fellow members of an online chat group. The person shared classified information to a group
Chhattisgarh: Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindutva group Vishwa Hindu Parishad on April 10 pledged the economic boycott of Muslims and Christians in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur days after communal clashes took place in the state, reported The Hindu. Communal clashes had erupted in Bemetara district
New Delhi: The Indian army has said that it had located an assault rifle believed to have been used to kill four soldiers at a military base in the northern border state of Punjab, though no one had yet been arrested over the attack. The four
Haryana: A soldier died of a gunshot wound at a military base in India’s northern border state of Punjab, but it was not related to the killing of four soldiers there hours earlier, the Indian army said on Thursday. The soldier at Bathinda Military Station on
Dhaka: Anwara Begum used to find herself busy with preparations in the days leading up to Ramadan, when it had meant stocking up on chickpeas and noodles, and making plans to distribute food for orphans and the elderly in her village in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. For
Mogadishu: Somalia is suffering from the impact of a climate crisis it has done almost nothing to create, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, as a full-blown famine threatens to follow a drought that killed 43,000 people last year. Some 8.3 million Somalis, almost
Sanaa: A prisoner exchange involving hundreds of detainees from Yemen’s brutal civil war will start on Thursday, a Yemeni government official said, against a backdrop of rising hopes for peace. Nearly 900 prisoners, most of whom were fighting with Houthi rebels, will be flown between Yemen
Rome: Italian ministers have called a six-month state of emergency in response to a rise in migrant numbers crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. The decision frees up €5m (£4.4m) in funds and coincides with the arrival of 3,000 migrants in three days. A number of boats
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The United Nations food relief agency is investigating the theft of food aid from lifesaving humanitarian operations in Ethiopia, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. The World Food Program’s Ethiopia director, Claude Jibidar, says in the letter that “WFP is