Beijing, July 27 (IANS) A pastor in China’s Xinjiang has been asked to follow regulations imposed by Communist officials and might face the shutdown of his church, according to a report. The pastor, identified as “Pastor A” to protect his identity, is a member of the Uyghur ethnic group and leads a small house church in Xinjiang, The Western Journal reported, citing a release from International Christian Concern.In the past few months, Communist officials have intensified pressure on the congreg…
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Sanaa, July 26 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi group claimed on Sunday that it has shot down a Saudi-operated reconnaissance drone over the northern province of Al-Jawf, as a separate security incident was reported in the southern Red Sea involving a tanker.Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on social media platform X that the group’s forces downed the drone with “appropriate weaponry” while it was conducting what he called “hostile operations” in Al-Jawf’s airspace. He did not elaborate on the…
Quetta, July 23 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation has submitted a petition to the European Parliament seeking the suspension of Pakistan’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP Plus) status, citing systematic violence by Pakistani authorities, judicial weaponisation, and grave violations of core EU trade and human rights conventions in Balochistan.The petition was submitted by Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), alongside a comprehensive, well…
United Nations, July 23 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for justice in natural resource value chains. “We must ensure mineral development delivers fair and sustainable outcomes for resource-endowed countries and communities,” he said on Wednesday (local time). “It is time to break the age-old pattern — where resources are extracted, value is captured elsewhere, and impoverished communities are left behind to cope with the environmental and socioeconomic damage.”During a …
Washington, July 21 (IANS) Over 50 Uyghur civil society organisations on Tuesday strongly condemned Beijing’s Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress (Ethnic Unity Law), urging the international community to take meaningful action to repeal the legislation. According to a joint statement, the law, which entered into force on July 1, 2026, is not a “technical administrative measure” but a “legislative instrument of forced assimilation”. It noted that the legislation explicitly…
United Nations, July 10 (IANS) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher called for urgent action to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region.”We need to move faster to break the back of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” said Fletcher in a statement on Thursday. “Ituri province remains the centre of the outbreak, but the virus is spreading across other provinces where conflict and the constant…
United Nations, July 7 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that rising global conflicts, impunity and emerging technologies are increasing the risk of mass atrocities, urging the international community to act “before warning signs become mass graves.””We see widespread violations of international law and a growing sense of impunity,” Guterres said in remarks to the UN General Assembly on the Responsibility to Protect, delivered by his chef de cabinet, Earle Courtenay Rattray.”Th…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended warm birthday greetings to the Dalai Lama and said that his message of peace and harmony has been a guiding force for people across the world. PM Modi took to social media ‘X’ and said, “Warm birthday greetings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His message of peace and harmony has been a guiding force for people across the world. His moral and spiritual strength and his commitment to global good are commendable. Wishing him a…
Aden, July 5 (IANS) The death toll from a Houthi attack on Yemeni government forces in the Red Sea province of Hodeidah has risen to 14, with several others wounded after fierce clashes on the Hays frontline, military and medical officials said on Sunday.The Houthi assault targeted two barracks of the 2nd Zaraniq Brigade on the Hays frontline in the southern part of Hodeidah province on Saturday, where fierce fighting erupted between the two sides, a military official told Xinhua news agency on …
Zurich, July 3 (IANS) Over 400 participants took part in a peaceful march in Switzerland, demonstrating from Werdmuhleplatz to the Chinese Consulate General in Zurich, to protest against China’s recently enacted “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress”.The protest was organised by the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein in partnership with the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE), the Swiss Tibetan Friendship Association (GSTF), the World Uyghur Congress, the Swiss T…