About 90 suffocate from gas leak in eastern Iraq: health ministry

Mar 16, 2019, at 10:00 am

Baghdad, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI) About 90 people suffocated from the leak of chlorine gas in Iraq's eastern city of Kut, capital of Wasit Province, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said Friday.

US slaps Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:58 am

Washington, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI) The US Treasury announced on Friday that it has imposed sanctions on six Russian individuals and eight entities for supporting Russia's role in the Ukraine issue.

Three-storey building collapses in Nigeria's Ibadan, casualties feared

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:56 am

Lagos, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI): Local police confirmed that a three-storey building collapsed Friday in Nigeria's southwestern city of Ibadan, with casualties feared.

Heavy fire breaks out in US city of Boston

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:53 am

Washington, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI) Heavy fire broke out Friday in a factory building in the US city of Boston, local fire department said.

Pompeo says US "hopeful" for continued talks with N Korea

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:51 am

Washington, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Washington is still hopeful for continued talks with Pyongyang.

At most 117 children die in battered camp in northeastern Syria: watchdog

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:48 am

Damascus, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI) As many as 117 children died in a battered camp in northeastern Syria over the past few months, a war monitor reported Friday.

Trump vetoes bill blocking his border emergency declaration

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:43 am

Washington, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI): US President Donald Trump Friday vetoed a bill blocking his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, the first such move in his presidency.

Voices of young climate action activists ‘give me hope’ says UN chief

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:41 am

New York, Mar 16 (IBNS): In the wake of Friday’s demonstrations by schoolchildren across the world against climate change inaction, the UN Secretary-General has said he understands their fears, but is hopeful for the future.

UN ‘comes together in sadness and solidarity’ to honour staff who died on board Ethiopian Airlines flight

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:38 am

New York, Mar 16 (IBNS): Ceremonies were held at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva on Friday, to remember and honour the staff who died on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed near Addis Ababa last Sunday, killing all 157 passengers and crew.

‘Stand united against anti-Muslim hatred’ urges Guterres, after mosque shootings in New Zealand leave 49 dead

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:31 am

New York, Mar 16 (IBNS): The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to ‘stand united against anti-Muslim hatred’ following a mass shooting in New Zealand on Friday targeting two mosques, which has left at least 49 dead and many others wounded, some critically.

Tropical Cyclone Idai displaces 1.5 million across Mozambique and Malawi, as UN ramps up response

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:25 am

New York, Mar 16 (IBNS): A major aid operation is under way in Mozambique and Malawi to help victims of Tropical Cyclone Idai, which has reached the densely-populated Mozambican port city of Beira, after registering maximum wind speeds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour, UN agencies said on Friday.

Our gun laws will change: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says after Christchurch mosques attacks

Mar 16, 2019, at 09:19 am

Christchurch, Mar 16 (IBNS): Following the attacks on two mosques in New Zealand city Christchurch on Friday that left 49 people killed, country's PM Jacinda Ardern on Saturday said the gun laws of her nation will be changed.

New Zealand witnesses 'darkest day' as twin mosque attacks kill 49 in Christchurch

Mar 15, 2019, at 10:12 pm

Christchurch, Mar 15 (IBNS): New Zealand lived a horrifying Friday when gunmen attacked two mosques in Christchurch city and killed at least 49 people, evoking worldwide condemnation as Prime Minister Jacinda Arden called it the country's darkest day. At least 48 people were hurt in the attacks.  

Nearly 55,000 visas granted to Chinese businessmen in 2018: Pakistan

Mar 15, 2019, at 06:38 pm

Islamabad, Mar 15 (UNI) Around fifty-five thousand Chinese businessmen and workers were issued visas by Pakistan Embassy in Beijing and its four consulates, last year.

China's border region says drug crimes contained after crackdown

Mar 15, 2019, at 06:27 pm

Nanning, March 15 (Xinhua) Police in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region said they seized 2 tonnes of illegal drugs in 2018 in crackdowns that curbed the outflow of drugs from the border region.

Turkey's Erdogan condemns New Zealand mosque attacks

Mar 15, 2019, at 03:59 pm

Ankara, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned the attacks on two mosques in New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday.

New Zealand mosque attack: Death toll at 49, darkest day, says Arden

Mar 15, 2019, at 03:40 pm

Christchurch, Mar 15 (IBNS): At least 49 people have died in New Zealand's worst terror attack in which gunmen stormed two city mosques on Friday and opened fire, police commissioner Mark Bush said.

In support of India's fight against terror, France to freeze assets of JeM chief Azhar

Mar 15, 2019, at 01:29 pm

New Delhi, Mar 15 (UNI): In a major display of strategic partnership with India and solidarity on the issue of terror, France on Friday announced that it will "freeze" all assets of JeM chief Masood Azhar in application of the country's Monetary and Financial Code.

New Zealand shooting toll rises to 40 as PM Arden calls it one of our 'darkest days'

Mar 15, 2019, at 12:42 pm

Wellington, Mar 15 (UNI) With the death toll in mosque shootings in New Zealand's Christchurch rising to about 40, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern held a press conference about the carnage in the country's east coast city of Christchurch and termed the incident one of New Zealand's darkest days.

Shooting inside 2 mosques, dozens feared dead in Christchurch, New Zealand

Mar 15, 2019, at 11:54 am

Christchurch, Mar 15 (IBNS): Dozens of people are feared killed in shootings inside at least two city mosques on Friday, media reports said.

China adopts foreign investment law

Mar 15, 2019, at 10:11 am

Beijing, Mar 15 (Xinhua) China's national legislature on Friday passed the foreign investment law at the closing meeting of its annual session.

Nigeria confirms 55 Boko Haram militants killed in multilateral operation

Mar 15, 2019, at 10:09 am

Abuja, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) Fifty-five Boko Haram militants were killed in the past two days following a joint operation by forces from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Benin and Niger, the Nigerian military said Thursday.

Islamic Cooperation Organization members reaffirm solidarity with Palestinians

Mar 15, 2019, at 10:07 am

Rabat, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) The Parliamentary Union of Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC) reaffirmed Thursday in Rabat its solidarity with the Palestinian people.

US considering sanctions against China over imprisonment of Muslims: State Dept

Mar 15, 2019, at 10:05 am

Washington, Mar 15 (Sputnik/UNI) The United States is considering targeted sanctions over human rights violations against Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province, Department of State Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino said during a press briefing on Thursday.

Israel's Netanyahu convenes military consultation after rocket attack from Gaza

Mar 15, 2019, at 10:02 am

Jerusalem, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Thursday night an urgent consultation with the country's top military commanders following a rocket attack on Tel Aviv from Gaza.

Nine IS militants killed in airstrike in northern Iraq

Mar 15, 2019, at 09:57 am

Baghdad, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) Nine Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an airstrike by Iraqi airforce and international coalition aircraft in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said.

Gunmen kill 17 in northern Nigeria

Mar 15, 2019, at 09:54 am

Lagos, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI): Nigerian police in the northern state of Kaduna on Thursday said unidentified gunmen shot dead 17 members of a local vigilante group following an attack on Jan Ruwa village Tuesday.

Service and Sacrifice: Guinean peacekeepers make their mark in Mali

Mar 15, 2019, at 09:50 am

New York, Mar 15 (IBNS): As the sun rises over Mali’s vast desert, a group of 20 peacekeepers prepare their equipment and line up to receive instructions before heading out for their first patrol of the day on one of the most dangerous roads in the region.

Drug laws must be amended to ‘combat racial discrimination’, UN experts say

Mar 15, 2019, at 09:47 am

New York, Mar 15 (IBNS): At every stage of the criminal justice system, people of African descent around the world are discriminated against, including death sentencing for drugs-related crimes, United Nations human rights experts said on Thursday, calling on Member States to do more to “combat racial discrimination”.

DR Congo Ebola centre attacks could force retreat against the deadly disease, warns UN health chief

Mar 15, 2019, at 09:44 am

New York, Mar 15 (IBNS): Attacks on Ebola treatment centres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), risk reversing the gains made during the current outbreak in the north-east of the country, the head of the UN health agency said on Thursday.