Seven policemen killed in Pakistan blast

Oct 18, 2017, at 06:37 pm

Islamabad, Oct 18 (IBNS) : At least seven policemen were killed and 22 people injured in an explosion in Quetta, provincial capital of Pakistan's Balochistan on Wednesday, Dawn reported.

Afghanistan: US drone strike kills 2 Taliban leaders

Oct 18, 2017, at 04:35 pm

Bati Kot, Nangarhar, Oct 18 (IBNS): Drone strike carried out by the US troops accounted for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local Khaama Press said.

China: Communist Party meeting begins in Beijing, Xi expected to retain post

Oct 18, 2017, at 03:06 pm

Beijing, Oct 18 (IBNS): The political fest has begun in the Chinese capital, Beijing, on Wednesday morning.

Myanmar: Plight of refugees focus of top UN political official’s meetings New York, Oct 18(Just Earth News): Concluding a visit to Myanmar, the top United Nations political official has underscored the importance of accountability and non-discriminato

Oct 18, 2017, at 09:49 am

Thousands of Rohingya refugees stranded near Bangladesh-Myanmar border – UN

Oct 18, 2017, at 04:35 am

New York, Oct 17(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency is concerned about the humanitarian condition of up to 15,000 Rohingya refugees who are stranded in paddy fields near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

Afghanistan: Attack in Ghazni’s Andar district ends, 25 killed

Oct 18, 2017, at 01:15 am

Gardez, Oct 17 (IBNS):The fierce clash, which erupted after a car bombing in the Andar district of southern Ghazni province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, left at least 25 people dead on Tuesday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Suicide bombing kills 20 people, 160 injured

Oct 18, 2017, at 12:05 am

Gardez, Oct 17 (IBNS): At least 20 people including Patkia police chief were killed, leaving 160 others injured as a massive explosion hit Gardez area of Afghanistan on Tuesday morning, media reports said.

Explosion in Kabul city, driver killed

Oct 17, 2017, at 08:21 pm

Kabul, Oct 17 (IBNS) : An explosion took place in Kabul city earlier Tuesday leaving the driver of a vehicle dead, local Khaama Press reported.

UN calls for global solidarity ahead of pledging conference on Rohingya refugee crisis

Oct 17, 2017, at 09:49 am

New York, Oct 17(Just Earth News): Senior United Nations officials are urging the international community to come together in support of a 23 October pledging conference to “send a strong message to Rohingya refugees and their generous hosts in Bangladesh that the world is there for them in their greatest time of need.”

Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kills three members of a family

Oct 16, 2017, at 11:56 pm

Kabul, Oct 16 (IBNS): Three members of a family were shot dead by unknown gunmen in Shisht-i-Sharif district of western Herat province in Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.

At least eight Rohingyas die, many missing as boat capsizes in Bangla river

Oct 16, 2017, at 07:04 pm

Dhaka, Oct 16 (IBNS): At least eight people died after a boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized in Naf river on Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Monday, local media reports said.

Pakistan: Police claims to nab suspected Karachi knife attacker

Oct 16, 2017, at 01:42 am

Islamabad,Oct 15 (IBNS): The Pakistani police has claimed to have nabbed from Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, the suspected Karachi knife attacker, media reports said on Sunday.

IED blast kills four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Pakistan

Oct 15, 2017, at 10:25 pm

Islamabad, Oct 15 (IBNS): An improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Kharlachi area of Kurram Agency near the Pak-Afghan border left at least four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel killed on Sunday, officials said.

Afghanistan: 10 IS terrorists killed

Oct 14, 2017, at 09:23 pm

Kabul, Oct 14 (IBNS): At least 10 IS terrorists were killed during clashes in Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.

UN ramps up aid delivery amid surge of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Oct 14, 2017, at 02:53 pm

New York, Oct 14(Just Earth News): The speed and scale of people fleeing Myanmar has triggered a humanitarian emergency in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of refugees now depend on humanitarian assistance for shelter, food, water and other life-saving needs, says the United Nations migration agency.

American-Canadian family held hostage for five years by Taliban freed by Pakistan Army

Oct 13, 2017, at 11:09 pm

Islamabad, Oct 13 (IBNS): The Pakistani Army has said it has freed a North American family of five who were held hostage by the Afghan Taliban.

Disease outbreak ‘real and present danger’ UNICEF warns, launching latrine-building plan in Cox’s Bazar

Oct 13, 2017, at 05:10 am

New York, Oct 12(Just Earth News): New latrines will be constructed in the Rohingya camps and settlements of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district to provide sanitation coverage to some 250,000 people, averting a major disease outbreak, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported Thursday.

Attacks against Rohingya ‘a ploy’ to drive them away; prevent their return – UN rights chief

Oct 12, 2017, at 04:43 am

New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): Brutal, well-organized, coordinated and systematic attacks have been carried out against the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar, with the intention of not just driving them away but also preventing their return, a new United Nations human rights report has revealed.

UN agencies launch cholera immunization campaign for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Oct 11, 2017, at 04:12 am

New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): In a race to prevent a cholera outbreak among the more than half a million Rohingya refugee arrivals over the past six weeks in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, United Nations agencies launched on Tuesday a massive immunization campaign.

Afghanistan: 7 terrorists blown up by their own bomb

Oct 10, 2017, at 09:44 pm

Kabul, Oct 10 (IBNS): Explosion of their own bomb left at least seven Taliban insurgents killed and nine others injured in Alingar district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.

Bangladesh: Boiler blast leaves 11 injured

Oct 10, 2017, at 09:34 pm

Dhaka, Oct 10 (IBNS): At least 11 people were injured in a boiler explosion at a steel manufacturing factory in Sitakunda upazila of Bangladesh city Chittagong on Tuesday, media reports said.

Rohingya refugee children perish as boat capsizes off Bangladesh – UN migration agency

Oct 10, 2017, at 01:16 pm

New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): At least 13 Rohingya refugees, 11 of them young children, fleeing violence in Myanmar have drowned when the fishing boat they were on capsized in stormy weather, the United Nations migration agency said.

Days of depending on US are over: Pakistan PM

Oct 09, 2017, at 10:52 pm

Islamabad, Oct 9 (IBNS): Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the days of his country's dependency on the US over its military and other requirements are over.

Quetta: Five killed as gunmen open fire at vehicle

Oct 09, 2017, at 10:22 pm

Quetta, Oct 9 (IBNS): At least five people were killed as gunmen targeted a vehicle in Pakistan's Quetta area on Monday, media reports said.

Former Afghanistan President Karzai slams US govt, says latter aiding ISIS

Oct 09, 2017, at 06:43 pm

Kabul, Oct 9 (IBNS): Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has slammed the US government, saying that it aids the so-called Islamic State or ISIS.

Afghanistan: Airstrike kills at least four ISIS militants in Nangarhar

Oct 09, 2017, at 06:28 pm

Achin, Nangarhar, Oct 9 (IBNS): At least four Islamic State militants have been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local Khaama Press reported.

Boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes near Bangladesh, at least 11 dead

Oct 09, 2017, at 03:04 pm

Cox's Bazar, Oct 9 (IBNS): At least 11 Rohingya refugees have died after a boat carrying them capsized near the Bangladeshi coast on Monday morning, local Dhaka Tribune reported.

UN seeks more funds to assist Rohingya amid world's fastest growing refugee crisis

Oct 07, 2017, at 09:46 am

New York, Oct 7(Just Earth News): United Nations agencies are seeking more funds to cope with the mass exodus of people fleeing violence in Myanmar into Bangladesh, which the top UN aid official described the world's fastest growing refugee crisis.

FEATURE: In Western Afghanistan, an ancient love of poetry thrives again

Oct 06, 2017, at 01:27 pm

New York, Oct 6(Just Earth News): As she begins to read her poem, Fatema’s voice is faint and unsure of itself. She has been writing poetry only for the last six months because, as she explains, she wants to get in touch with her inner feelings. What emerges in her recitation has echoes of Afghanistan’s ancient past, and signs of a new and modern passion. What is heard, translated from Dari, is a short narrative about the horrors of war – “The color of blood and cold corpses … fresh bodies thrown into battle” – and Fatema’s own story, one that ends with the hope that, “somewhere between the lines, set in the sweetness, is a space without war.”

Rohingya refugees living in ‘dire’ conditions, senior UN officials warn, appealing for assistance

Oct 05, 2017, at 01:11 pm

New York, Oct 5(Just Earth News): The human tragedy unfolding in southern Bangladesh is staggering in its scale, warned two senior United Nations officials on Wednesday as they wrapped up a mission to Cox’s Bazar with calls for a “significant increase in assistance” for the thousands of Rohingyas have settled in the area after fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar.