British couple in hospital after Novichok nerve agent poisoning
Jul 05, 2018, at 01:11 pm
London, July 5 (IBNS): Following a brief disappearance, the Novichok nerve agent is back in the news, after reports suggested that the highly poisonous substance landed a couple in hospital after they fell unconscious.
Trump issues veiled threat against OPEC; Oil prices drop
Jul 05, 2018, at 11:35 am
Washington, July 5 (IBNS): Unhappy with surging oil prices, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in a veiled threat tweeted the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce prices if they want to continue enjoying the security that America provides them.
Zeid calls for ICC probe into Myanmar Rohingya crisis
Jul 05, 2018, at 08:10 am
New York, July 5 (IBNS): Myanmar should “have some shame” after attempting to convince the world that it is willing to take back hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled an “ethnic cleansing campaign” last year, given that “not a single” one has returned officially, the United Nations human rights chief warned on Wednesday.
Mali facing ‘alarming’ rise in rights violations, warns UN expert
Jul 05, 2018, at 08:06 am
New York, July 5 (IBNS): In Mali, a senior United Nations rights expert on Wednesday described an “alarming” deterioration of the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in northern and eastern areas of the country.
Afghanistan: US drone strike kills Taliban commander Mullah Yasir
Jul 04, 2018, at 03:51 pm
Kabul, July 4 (IBNS): A US drone attack in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province killed top Pakistani Taliban commander Mullah Yasir, media reports said on Wednesday.
Extreme heat prevails in Canada, kills six people in Montreal
Jul 04, 2018, at 02:05 pm
Montreal, Jul 4 (IBNS): At least six people have died due to intense heat wave sweeping large parts of Canada, media reports said.
UN report says militant groups using children to spread terror in India's Kashmir and Maoist regions
Jul 04, 2018, at 11:48 am
Washington, July 4 (IBNS): According to a report published by the United Nations, terror and extremist outfits are recruiting children to wreck havoc in India's trouble torn states like Jammu and Kashmir and other Maoist insurgency hit regions.
Najib Razak arrest: Former Malaysian PM urges fans not to believe in reports
Jul 04, 2018, at 11:33 am
Kuala Lumpur, July 4 (IBNS): Disgraced Malaysian politician and the country's former Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who was arrested on Tuesday by the authorities, after an investigation found him guilty of embezzling state funds, has urged his fans not to believe all the reports they hear.
'We will not give up on looking for peace for South Sudan': UN deputy chief
Jul 04, 2018, at 08:05 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): In a visit to South Sudan on Tuesday, the UN Deputy Secretary-General spoke mother-to-mother with displaced women, pledging that she and other senior women leaders from the international community will not give up on the hope for peace for their nation.
As many as 330,000 displaced by heavy fighting in south-west Syria – UN agency
Jul 04, 2018, at 08:01 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): Intense air and ground-based strikes at multiple locations in Syria’s south-western Dara’a governorate has resulted in the “largest displacement” in the area since the conflict began more than seven years ago, the United Nations refugee agency has reported.
Egypt urged to free prominent couple jailed arbitrarily since last June: UN rights office
Jul 04, 2018, at 07:58 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): The UN human rights office is urging Egypt to free a prominent married couple that has been arbitrarily detained for more than a year.
Palestinian Bedouin community faces demolition after Israeli court ruling, warns UN rights office
Jul 04, 2018, at 07:54 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): A Palestinian Bedouin community is under threat from a demolition order within days, to make way for Israeli settlement expansion, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Tuesday.
Jul 04, 2018, at 07:50 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): The relentless conflict in Yemen has pushed a nation already on the brink “deep into the abyss,” said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief on Tuesday, after returning from a four-day visit to the war-torn country.
Ontario Premier Ford announces end of Cap-and-Trade Carbon Tax Era
Jul 03, 2018, at 11:19 pm
Ottawa, Jul 3 (IBNS): Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday confirmed that there would be an end of the Cap-and-Trade Carbon Tax Era in Ontario, media reports said.
UK government planning to ban gay conversion therapies
Jul 03, 2018, at 07:18 pm
London, Jul 3 (IBNS): In order to curb discrimination against LGBT people, the UK government is planning to put a ban on gay conversion therapies, media reports said.
Canada PM Trudeau interacts with Mexican President-elect Amlo, vows to work together
Jul 03, 2018, at 05:28 pm
Ottawa, July 3 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has interacted with Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador and wished to work closely with the latter.
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak arrested over money laundering charges
Jul 03, 2018, at 05:04 pm
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 3 (IBNS): Malaysian Authorities on Tuesday arrested former Prime Minister Najib Razak on the charge of multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund, media reports said.
Afghan and Indian experts blame Pakistan's ISI for Jalalabad blast killing 17 Sikhs
Jul 03, 2018, at 04:10 pm
Kabul, July 3 (IBNS): Days after a suicide blast in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city in Nangarhar province on Sunday killed at least 19 people, including 17 from the minority Sikh community, the needle of suspicion is towards Pakistan's ISI though apparently the attack was carried out by the Taliban.
USA: Birthday girl dies after being attacked at a party
Jul 03, 2018, at 02:48 pm
Idaho, July 3 (IBNS): A three-year-old girl was killed on her birthday and nine refugess were injured after a knife attack at her birthday party in Boise, Idaho, according to the US police.
One dead, over 1,500 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims stranded in Nepal
Jul 03, 2018, at 02:34 pm
Kathmandu, Jul 3 (IBNS): One person died as more than 1500 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims from India remained stranded in Nepal near Chin because of heavy rain, media reports said.
Car bomb blast kills woman and child in Afghanistan
Jul 03, 2018, at 01:15 pm
Kabul, July 3 (IBNS): At least two people, including a woman and a child, died after a car bomb exploded in central Logar province in Afghanistan on Monday evening, reports said.
Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa confirms death sentence awarded to 12 terrorists
Jul 03, 2018, at 09:55 am
Islamabad, July 3 (IBNS): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday confirmed death sentences awarded to 12 'terrorists', officials confirmed.
Afghanistan security forces arrest three ISIS-K terrorists
Jul 03, 2018, at 09:41 am
Kabul, July 3 (IBNS): At least three ISIS-K terrorists were arrested by Afghanistan security forces from Behsud district in the country, media reports said on Tuesday.
Mike Pompeo will leave for North Korea on July 5: White House
Jul 03, 2018, at 09:27 am
Washington, July 3 (IBNS): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be leaving for North Korea on July 5, officials said.
Food safety critical to development and ending poverty: FAO deputy chief
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:20 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): Ensuring that people everywhere can trust the safety and quality of the food they eat is the focus of a UN meeting taking place this week in Rome.
Ben Stiller’s new role, more about hope than humour, as he’s named Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:16 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), announced on Monday that the actor, director, producer and philanthropist Ben Stiller, is to become its latest Goodwill Ambassador, as he issued an appeal for action on behalf of those forced to flee their homes around the world.
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:12 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): In the wake of dozens of civilian deaths – the most recent, a suicide attack in Jalalabad on Sunday – a high-level United Nations representative on the ground called for “the architects of this appalling crime” to be brought to justice.
Two shipwrecks add to ‘alarming increase’ in migrant deaths off Libya coast: IOM
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:06 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): More than 200 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean in the past three days, bringing the overall death toll so far this year to more than 1,000, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday.
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:02 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Monday, declaring that “nothing could have prepared me for the scale of the crisis and extent of suffering” he witnessed there.
UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan condemns Afghanistan terror blast
Jul 02, 2018, at 07:53 pm
Kabul, July 2 (IBNS): The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns on Sunday’s attack in Jalalabad that killed at least 19 civilians, and expresses its concern about a recent spate of incidents in which civilians have been killed in attacks on schools and medical centres.