Pakistan reported a new case of polio in the country's southern Sindh province, bringing the total number of the disease-infected children to three since the beginning of this year, officials from the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
US federal government employees received an email late Saturday asking them to summarise their work accomplishments from the previous week by Monday night or risk losing their jobs, media reported.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to prepare for a yearlong presence in refugee camps in the West Bank as Israel escalates the ongoing large-scale military campaign in the occupied Palestinian territory.
At least 20 Kenyan fishermen were killed on Saturday night by suspected Ethiopian militiamen in the Todonyang border area along Lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya, government officials and witnesses confirmed on Sunday.
Jason Hall, the High Commissioner of Jamaica to India, praised External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, calling him "one of the most proactive, most productive, most efficient foreign ministers" after attending a session at IIT Varanasi.
Japanese citizens have started thronging various shrines and temples as the Japanese New Year has officially begun.
The Petroleum Division has warned the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) that the stocks of petroleum products may dry up as banks are refusing to open and confirm Letters of Credit (LCs) for imports.
Pakistan shipping agents have forewarned the government that all export cargoes could come to a halt as foreign shipping lines are considering stopping their services for the countryafter banks stopped remitting freight charges to them for lack of dollar availability.
A high-level UN delegation led by the Deputy Secretary-General called on the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan to reverse the course on recent decrees limiting women's and girls' rights, saying Afghans must not be abandoned.
Downgrading the deadly Covid-19's legal status to seasonal flu will trigger more infections, putting millions at long Covid and death risk for people in Japan, the media reported on Saturday.
