Zarif still waiting on official notice for US visa to attend UNSC meeting Iranian mission

Jan 07, 2020, at 05:12 pm

United Nation/Sputnik/UNI: Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations told Sputnik on Tuesday that it had not yet received any official notification of a visa for Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to visit the mission in the United States.

US army strengthens security at base attacked in Kenya

Jan 07, 2020, at 05:01 pm

Nairobi/Xinhua/UNI: The US military has said that its African Command's (Africom's) East Africa Response Force (EARF) has arrived at Kenya's Manda Bay to augment security after three Americans were killed in an attack launched by al-Shabab terrorists on Sunday.

Iran: 35 killed in a stampede at funeral of Qasem Soleimani

Jan 07, 2020, at 04:59 pm

Tehran/IBNS: At least 35 people were killed as a stampede occurred at the funeral of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in the southeastern city of Kerman on Tuesday, media reports said.

Iran Parliament names Pentagon terrorist organisation

Jan 07, 2020, at 04:56 pm

Tehran/UNI: Iran's Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill designating the US Department of Defence and all affiliated entities as terrorist organisations and all those involved in assassinating General Qasem Soleimani as terrorists.

Iran: Stampede kills mourners at Qasem Soleimani's burial

Jan 07, 2020, at 04:37 pm

Tehran/IBNS: Several mourners died due to a stampede on Tuesday that occurred during a funeral procession in the city of Kerman for Iranian elite Quds Force Qasem Soleimani in US airstrike, media reports said.

UN envoy appeals for other nations to ‘keep out of Libya’

Jan 07, 2020, at 04:18 pm

New York/IBNS: The top UN official in Libya has delivered a stern message urging other nations to stop intervening in the country’s ongoing crisis.

UN cultural agency chief meets with Iran ambassador amid current tensions

Jan 07, 2020, at 04:13 pm

New York/IBNS: The current tensions across the Middle East and Gulf region and their potential implications for cultural heritage sites were the focus of a meeting on Monday between the head of the UN’s cultural agency, UNESCO, and a senior diplomat from Iran.

Australia bushfire crisis: UNICEF offers help and support

Jan 07, 2020, at 04:01 pm

New York/IBNS: Raging bushfires wreaking havoc across Australia have prompted the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, to offer its support to the Australian Government and its partners which are battling the “unprecedented disaster”.

Stop escalation, urges UN chief, as geopolitical tensions reach ‘highest level this century’

Jan 07, 2020, at 03:56 pm

New York/IBNS: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on world leaders to de-escalate geopolitical tensions on Monday, which he described as being “at their highest level this century” as the new decade dawns.

Russian Defence Min, Iran official discuss situation after Soleimani murder: Ministry

Jan 06, 2020, at 08:06 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/IBNS: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held a phone conversation with the chief of staff for the Iranian armed forces, Mohammad Bagheri, to discuss steps for preventing escalation in Syria and the Middle East after the killing of Iranian top military commander Qasem Soleimani, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

Two servicemen killed in attack by IS terrorists in northern Iraq: Armed forces

Jan 06, 2020, at 06:21 pm

Cairo/Sputnik/UNI: An attack by members of the Islamic State terror group (banned in Russia) on Iraqi troops in the northern Kirkuk province left two servicemen killed and left three others injured, the Iraqi Armed Forces’ press service said in a statement on Monday.

Kenya arrests 3 for foiled attack on Britain army camp

Jan 06, 2020, at 06:11 pm

Nanyuki, Kenya/Xinhua/UNI: Kenyan security forces are holding three terror suspects who were arrested for trying to storm a British military camp in the country, an official said Monday.

Iraqi caretaker PM calls on people to unite

Jan 06, 2020, at 05:52 pm

Baghdad/Xinhua/UNI: In a statement marking the Iraqi Army Day that falls on Monday, Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi called on Iraqis to get united.

Save alma mater JNU: Fomer Nepal PM Bhattarai

Jan 06, 2020, at 05:18 pm

Kathmandu/UNI: Former prime Minister of Nepal Baburam Bhattarai on Monday extended solidarity with Jawaharlal Nehru University and said the "holy temple of learning" should be protected.

Pakistan FM speaks to foreign counterparts on US-Iran tension

Jan 06, 2020, at 05:09 pm

Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held telephonic conversation with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, discussing the emerging situation in the West Asia after a US airstrike killed an Iranian commander, according to the country's Foreign Ministry.

Pakistan: Police arrest man accused of inciting Nankana Sahib Gurdwara violence

Jan 06, 2020, at 04:51 pm

Peshawar/IBNS: The police have arrested Imran Chishti who has been accused of inciting violence against Sikhs in Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan last week.

Baghdad lodges official complaint with UN Security Council over Soleimani killing -Reports

Jan 06, 2020, at 10:32 am

Cairo/Sputnik/UNI: The Iraqi Foreign Ministry is submitting an official complaint with the UN Security Council over the US attack that killed Iran's Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani and deputy commander of an Iraqi Shia militia group Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad, Al-Arabiya reported.

Trump threatens Baghdad with sanctions as Iraqi Parliament votes to expel foreign troops

Jan 06, 2020, at 10:29 am

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: US President Donald Trump threatened Iraq with "sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever," saying US troops will not leave the country unless Tehran pays for a "very extraordinarily expensive airbase" of the United States located there.

3 killed in Kenya's Manda Bay Airfield attack by al-Shabab: AFRICOM

Jan 06, 2020, at 10:23 am

Nairobi/Xinhua/UNI: A U S service member and two Department of Defense contractors were killed, following an attack by al-Shabab on Sunday at the Manda Bay Airfield in Kenya, according to the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).

US denies reports alleging Iranian-Americans detained at border

Jan 06, 2020, at 10:15 am

Washington/Xinhua/UNI: The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sunday denied reports that its agents were detaining Iranian-Americans at the nation's border.

Armed men kill American University of Afghanistan student in Kabul

Jan 06, 2020, at 10:09 am

Kabul/IBNS: Unknown men killed a third-year student of the American University of Afghanistan (AUOA) in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said on Monday.

Bangladesh: Road mishap leaves six dead in Faridpur

Jan 06, 2020, at 09:58 am

Dhaka/IBNS: A bus and a microbus collided in Bangladesh's  Faridpur area and left six people dead, media reports said on Monday.

UN Libya Mission strongly condemns bombing of military academy, at least 30 dead

Jan 06, 2020, at 09:51 am

New York/IBNS: The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), on Sunday strongly condemned the bombing of a military academy in the capital Tripoli, which according to news reports left at least 30 dead and more than 30 others wounded.

Netanyahu hails US for killing Iranian commander

Jan 05, 2020, at 08:10 pm

Jerusalam/Xinhua/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised on Sunday the United States for killing Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.

Kenya's Manda airstrip closed after al-Shabab attack

Jan 05, 2020, at 08:08 pm

Lamu, Kenya/Xinhua/UNI: Kenya's aviation authorities have closed indefinitely Manda airstrip following a dawn terror attack by al-Shabab militants early Sunday.

62 Ethiopian children intercepted in a suspected case of human trafficking

Jan 05, 2020, at 08:01 pm

Addis Ababa/Xinhua/UNI: Police in northern Ethiopia's Amhara regional state have intercepted 62 children in a suspected case of human trafficking, an Ethiopian official said on Sunday.

Tokyo prosecutors to investigate Ghosn's escape means

Jan 05, 2020, at 07:55 pm

Tokyo/Xinhua/UNI: Tokyo prosecutors will look into how Nissan Motor Co. former Chairman Carlos Ghosn jumped bail and fled Japan, a senior prosecutor said on Sunday.

Afghan forces capture Taliban key commander in northern Faryab province

Jan 05, 2020, at 07:51 pm

Maimana, Afghanistan/Xinhua: Afghan security forces have captured a Taliban key commander in the northern Faryab province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Karim Yurash said on Sunday.

Afghan army stops Taliban car bomb attack in Kandahar, nine militants killed: Spokesman

Jan 05, 2020, at 06:37 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: The Afghan National Army thwarted a Taliban car bomb attack on a military base in the Khakrez district of Kandahar province on Sunday morning, killing nine militants in the process, a police spokesman said.

Thousands stage anti-war protest in San Francisco against US strikes in Iraq

Jan 05, 2020, at 06:17 pm

San Francisco/Xinhua: Holding placards reading "No War on Iran" and "U.S. Troops out of Iraq," about 2,000 protesters rallied near a metro station downtown here Saturday to oppose the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military leader in Iraq.