New Delhi, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Samsung has pulled an ad in Singapore showing a Muslim mother expressing support for her drag queen son, after backlash from some parts of the Muslim community, the BBC reported….
Sanaa, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the continued airstrikes in Sanaa, Hodeidah and elsewhere in Yemen in recent days, said his spokesman. Guterres also noted with alarm that missile…
Minsk, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree on calling a referendum to amend the country’s Constitution, which will be held on February 27. According to Igor Karpenko, chairman of the…
Damascus, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Islamic State (IS) attacked a Kurdish-run prison in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah in an attempt to free inmates of the terror group, a war monitor reported. The UK-based Syrian…
United Nations, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali has regained flight clearance from the authorities and can restart air operations in the country, a top official said. “We are happy to report…
Ottawa, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The bodies of four people have been found near the Canada-US border, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). RCMP found the bodies of the four people on the Canadian…
United Nations, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The UN and its nongovernmental organisation partners are having to reduce, postpone or cancel critical distributions of assistance, including food, medicine, and nutrition interventions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, said the…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) In November this year, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will have to make some important decisions, including choosing the country’s new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), as well as the…
Ankara, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the presidents of Russia and Ukraine to hold talks in Istanbul in an effort to calm tensions between the two sides. “We disapprove of…
Mogadishu, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 3.2 million people have been affected by the severe drought which is ravaging several parts of Somalia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. The…
Dar es Salaam, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tanzanian health authorities said plans were afoot to trace at least 200,000 unregistered HIV patients to control new infections. Ummy Mwalimu, the Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Seniors…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least three people lost their lives and 26 others were wounded when a remote-controlled device blew up in Lahores New Anarkali Market. A couple of hours after the blast,…
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three cyber criminals, who have sided with war-crime convicts and alleged to have been paid by Pakistan, are obstructing the development of Bangladesh and tarnishing the country’s image…
Seoul, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thousands of Buddhist monks held a rally in Seoul on Friday, demanding President Moon Jae-in to apologise for what they called the government’s “anti-Buddhist bias” after a ruling party lawmaker accused…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Baloch Nationalist Army, a newly emerged militant outfit, has claimed responsibility for the powerful blast in Lahore that killed three people and injured dozens others, Dawn reported. The group…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 90 per cent of primary and lower-secondary students in Pakistan have only a weak or basic understanding of the mathematics and science they are required to learn, according…
Stockholm, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Police in Sweden have announced that tens of thousands of individuals were believed to have travelled abroad with bogus negative PCR Covid test certificates. Around 35,000 individuals who are believed to…
Hong Kong, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) All in-person classes of secondary schools in Hong Kong will be suspended no later than January 24 until the Chinese New Year holidays after several Covid-19 cases were detected, the…
Brazzaville, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Weekly Covid-19 cases in Africa have dropped significantly and deaths dipped for the first time since the peak of the fourth wave of the pandemic propelled by the Omicron variant, said…
Tokyo, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures in Japan will jointly request the central government to place the regions under a Covid-19 quasi-state of emergency as the Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly…