File photo After the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, USA, UK, Canada, European Union issued travel advisory. The travel advisory states that citizens should avoid unnecessary travel to Azad Kashmir, Balochistan, KP. The Canadian High Commission says there is a risk of terrorism, unrest and kidnapping, so be careful in Western-style restaurants and…
That’s according to the UN Trade and Development body UNCTAD’s Trade and Environment Review 2023, published on Monday, which analyses the world’s $3-6 billion ocean economy, and assesses how human activity and multiple global crises have significantly impacted sectors like fishing, seafood, shipping and coastal tourism. The report, presented at the 3rd UN Trade Forum in Geneva, calls for…
Saudi Arabia introduced e-visa by eliminating visa stickers for 7 countries; Photo: File Riyadh: Saudi Arabia abolished the visa sticker and introduced e-visa service in 7 countries. According to the Saudi media, in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is said that the countries receiving the facility of e-visa service include…
Saudi Arabia has started issuing digital visas for 7 countries. Instead of a visa sticker on the passport, there will be a QR code visa system. According to foreign media, Saudi Arabia has started issuing digital visas for 7 countries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia has said that it has started issuing…
Saudi Arabia has started issuing digital visas for 7 countries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia has said that it has started issuing digital visas experimentally for 7 countries. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there will be a QR code visa system instead of a visa sticker on the passport. The…
Over the course of two weeks of meetings, countries are expected to make progress on adding new so-called “forever chemicals” to the list of toxic substances to be banned or restricted under the Stockholm Convention – the global treaty protecting human health and the environment from long-lasting chemical pollution. They will also seek ways to…
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) sounded the alarm after 36,000 people of Haitian origin were deported during the first three months of the year, according to figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Some 90 per cent were deported from the Dominican Republic. Violations and abuses against Haitians The…
The Akkuyu nuclear plant has been built in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin and will have a production capacity of 4,800 megawatts (Photo: File). Ankara: Turkey inaugurated the country’s first nuclear power plant built with the help of Russia. According to the Turkish news agency Anadolu, on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during…
Launching a special edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) progress report, he warned that their collective promise made in 2015 of a more green, just and equitable global future, is in peril. “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been,” he said. Rising poverty…
Paris: France and other Western countries have expressed displeasure over the questioning of Ukraine’s sovereignty by China’s ambassador to France, Luo Shai. According to international media reports, at a conference held in Paris, the capital of France, when asked whether Crimea is part of Ukraine or not, Chinese Ambassador Lu Shai said that historically it…
