UN urges electoral authorities to safegaurd integrity and transparency of parliamentary polls
Oct 29, 2018, at 10:03 am
Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS): With voting in parliamentary elections largely complete following yesterday’s delayed vote in Kandahar, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urges the country’s electoral authorities to safeguard the integrity and transparency of the electoral process, especially concerning vote counting, as well as the tabulation and announcement of results.
Lion Air plane with 189 passengers crashes after takeoff from Jakarta
Oct 29, 2018, at 09:53 am
Jakarta, Oct 29 (IBNS): A Lion Air Boeing 737 passenger plane, which was carrying 189 passengers, crashed after taking off from Jakarta city in Indonesia on Monday, media reports said.
Indonesia: Lion Air Boeing 737 passenger plane crashes off Jakarta
Oct 29, 2018, at 08:54 am
Jakarta, Oct 29 (IBNS): A Lion Air Boeing 737 passenger plane came down crashing minutes after taking off from Jakarta on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Bus falls into deep gorge, kills 17
Oct 29, 2018, at 08:45 am
Islamabad, Oct 29 (IBNS): At least 17 people were killed as a passenger bus fell into a deep gorge on Sunday evening while travelling on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan's Lotar area of Pakistan, media reports said.
Leicester City owner killed in helicopter crash
Oct 29, 2018, at 08:34 am
London, Oct 29 (IBNS): Football club Leicester City has confirmed its owner has died in a helicopter crash outside the stadium on Sunday.
‘Exercise restraint’ Guterres urges Sri Lankans, as political crisis deepens
Oct 29, 2018, at 08:25 am
New York, Oct 29 (IBNS): United Nations chief António Guterres said on Sunday he was following Sri Lanka’s deepening political crisis with “great concern”, after a man was killed allegedly by a politician’s bodyguard, who reportedly fired on a crowd of demonstrators.
Indonesian Lion Air aircraft goes missing after taking off from Jakarta
Oct 29, 2018, at 08:18 am
Jakarta, Oct 29 (IBNS): A Lion Air passenger plane went missing after taking off from Indonesia's Jakarta city on Monday, media reports said.
Oct 28, 2018, at 08:31 pm
Colombo, Oct 28 (IBNS): At least three people were injured security personnel of country's Minister of Petroleum Resources Development Arjuna Ranatunga fired live rounds of bullets on Sunday, media reports said.
UN chief calls for ‘united front’ against anti-Semitism after US synagogue mass-shooting
Oct 28, 2018, at 07:12 pm
New York, Oct 28 (IBNS): The UN Secretary-General said on Saturday he was “deeply shocked” by a deadly mass-shooting inside a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh, which reportedly left 11 people dead and several others wounded, some critically.
Mali: Two peacekeepers dead after dawn attack, several injured – UN Mission
Oct 28, 2018, at 07:11 pm
New York, Oct 28 (IBNS): The UN Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, reported on Saturday that two peacekeepers had been killed and several others wounded, following on from a coordinated attack at dawn, on a base in the north of the country.
Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists kill two security guards of Logar governor
Oct 28, 2018, at 05:49 pm
Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS): The Taliban terrorists have killed two security guards of central Logar governor and seized a Humvee vehicle, media reports said on Sunday.
Helicopter believed to be carrying Leicester City owner crashes
Oct 28, 2018, at 04:45 pm
London, Oct 28 (IBNS): The Leicester City owner's helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground after it left the ground following a premier league match featuring the English club.
Security forces thwart explosion plan by terrorists in Kabul city
Oct 28, 2018, at 03:51 pm
Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS): The Afghan National Police Forces have thwarted a plan by anti-government armed terrorists to detonate a magnetic bomb in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.
Canadians' hearts with Jewish community in Pittsburgh: Justin Trudeau
Oct 28, 2018, at 12:00 am
Ottawa, Oct 27 (IBNS): Sharing solidarity, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the hearts of his countrymen are with the Jewish community in US' Pittsburgh, where a shooting took place on Saturday.
US: Pittsburgh synagogue shooting claims several lives; shooter identified
Oct 27, 2018, at 11:13 pm
Pittsburgh, Oct 27 (IBNS): Several people were killed in a shooting which took place at Pittsburgh city of the US on Saturday, media reports said.
Canada Environment Minister McKenna calls Conservative criticism of carbon tax as 'smokescreen'
Oct 27, 2018, at 10:03 pm
Ottawa, Oct 27 (IBNS): Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has called the criticisms of carbon tax by the Conservative leaders as "smokescreen", media reports said.
Pakistan: Policeman goes missing in Islamabad
Oct 27, 2018, at 07:12 pm
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IBNS): Superintendent of police (SP) Tahir Khan of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police went missing from Pakistan's Islamabad city on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban kills population registration official in Ghor
Oct 27, 2018, at 04:23 pm
Kabul, Oct 27 (IBNS): The head of population registration department in the Shahrak district of western Ghor province was killed by Taliban insurgents on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Car bombing kills seven in central Maidan Wardak province
Oct 27, 2018, at 03:21 pm
Kabul, Oct 27 (IBNS): A car bombing incident in Afghanistan's central Maidan Wardak province on Saturday left at least seven people killed, media reports said.
The Netherlands issues its first gender neutral passport
Oct 27, 2018, at 01:03 pm
Amsterdam, Oct 27 (IBNS): Last week, The Netherlands created history after issuing its first ever gender neutral passport.
Afghanistan: Five dead in Maidan Wardak blast
Oct 27, 2018, at 11:39 am
Kabul, Oct 27 (IBNS): At least five people were killed in an explosion in Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak province, reports said.
‘Bring to life’ precious moments caught on film or tape, UN agency urges on World Day
Oct 27, 2018, at 08:22 am
New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): Old, grainy film and video footage from years gone by, not only stirs powerful memories – it’s also a vital resource for future generations, the United Nations cultural agency has highlighted, urging everyone to safeguard audio-visual heritage and make archives more accessible.
Oct 27, 2018, at 08:19 am
New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): The difficulties of “keeping everyone onboard” an agreed path to peace in Syria highlights that “radically different” approaches are likely doomed to failure, the out-going United Nations Special Envoy for the war-torn country warned on Friday.
2,300 migrant children in Central American ‘caravan’ need protection, UNICEF says
Oct 27, 2018, at 08:16 am
New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): As some 7,000 mostly-Honduran migrants continue their journey northwards toward the United States, governments must prioritize the needs of migrant children when it comes to applying immigration laws and procedures, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday.
Over 330,000 Congolese migrants at risk after mass deportations from Angola – UN rights chief
Oct 27, 2018, at 08:11 am
New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, on Friday warned that the forcible mass expulsion of Congolese migrants from Angola has resulted in “serious human rights violations by security forces on both sides of the border” and left at least 330,000 returnees in an “extremely precarious situation”.
Jordan flash flooding: UN chief ‘saddened’ by loss of life
Oct 27, 2018, at 08:08 am
New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday that he was “deeply saddened by the loss of life and extensive damage” that occurred from large-scale flash flooding near the Dead Sea, in Jordan, which reportedly swept away a bus carrying pupils and staff on a school trip.
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu visits Oman
Oct 27, 2018, at 07:16 am
Jerusalem, Oct 27 (IBNS): Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu visited Oman on Friday and met the Sultan of the nation Qaboos Ben Sa'id.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau congratulates Brian Bowman for winning Winnipeg mayoral election
Oct 26, 2018, at 10:52 pm
Ottawa, Oct 26 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated Progressive Conservative (PC) leader Brian Bowman for winning Winnipeg's mayoral election for the second term.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau discusses Khashoggi killing with Turkish President
Oct 26, 2018, at 10:50 pm
Ottawa, Oct 26 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday interacted with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, media reports said.
6.8 earthquake hits Greece, no injury
Oct 26, 2018, at 04:17 pm
Athens, Oct 26 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit Mouzaki area of Greece on Friday, as per the USGS website.