5.1 earthquake hits Greece, no casualty
Aug 31, 2018, at 05:03 pm
Athens, Aug 31 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale hit central Greece on Friday, as per US Geological Survey (USGS).
Australian Police arrest Sri Lankan man over terror charges
Aug 31, 2018, at 04:51 pm
Melbourne, Aug 31 (IBNS): The Australian police on Friday said they have arrested a Sri Lankan man on charges of terrorism.
Afghanistan: Landmine explosion in Achin kills 4 cops
Aug 31, 2018, at 04:03 pm
Kabul, Aug 31 (IBNS): A landmine explosion in Afghanistan's Achin district on Thursday left at least four policemen killed, media reports said on Friday.
Truck carrying WFP food hit in Yemen's Hodeidah Governatorate
Aug 31, 2018, at 03:44 pm
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is gravely concerned about an incident on 29 August involving a truck under contract to WFP that came under shelling while delivering life-saving food assistance in the war-torn district of Al Tuhayta in Yemen’s southern Hodeidah governorate.
Aug 31, 2018, at 03:14 pm
London, Aug 31 (IBNS): Polish lawmaker Dominik Tarczynski has said that he supports the burqa ban, stepping in the ongoing debate.
Australia's Catholic Church rejects recommendation to report sexual abuse
Aug 31, 2018, at 02:01 pm
Canberra, Aug 31 (IBNS): Australia's Catholic Church has rejected a recommendation that priests should report confessed sexual abuse.
Cambodia: Australian filmmaker James Ricketson jailed for espionage
Aug 31, 2018, at 01:29 pm
Phnom Pehn, Aug 31 (IBNS): An Australian filmmaker has been jailed in Cambodia after a court in the country found him guilty of espionage.
Donald Trump threatens to pull out US from WTO
Aug 31, 2018, at 09:50 am
Washington, Aug 31 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Friday warned that his nation might withdraw from the World Trade Organization (WTO).
US: Road mishap in New Mexico kills 4
Aug 31, 2018, at 09:21 am
New Mexico, Aug 31 (IBNS): A head-on crash involving a Greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer in northwestern New Mexico on Thursday left at least four people killed, media reports said on Friday.
Security Council extends mandate of UN Interim Force in Lebanon for a year
Aug 31, 2018, at 09:02 am
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): In a unanimous action, the United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of the Organization’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until 31 August next year.
Guinea-Bissau: Upcoming elections vital to prevent ‘relapse’ into instability, says UN envoy
Aug 31, 2018, at 08:52 am
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): Highlighting the importance of the upcoming legislative elections in Guinea-Bissau, the top United Nations official in the country reiterated the importance of “far-reaching” reforms to prevent a relapse into political and institutional instability.
Aug 31, 2018, at 08:37 am
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): A massive military escalation by the Government of Syria to retake Idlib risks a “worst case scenario”, United Nations negotiator Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday.
London to witness bikini clad giant balloon of Sadiq Khan fly over Parliament Square
Aug 30, 2018, at 11:54 pm
London, Aug 30 (IBNS): A caricature of London Mayor Sadiq Khan in a giant balloon is all set to fly over Parliament Square on Sept 1.
Canada: RCMP capture three suspects in Manitoba Mountie shooting
Aug 30, 2018, at 07:10 pm
Winnipeg, Aug 30 (IBNS): RCMP have captured three suspects in the Manitoba shooting, in which a Mountie (a member of Royal Canadian Mounted Police) was shot in Onanole, media reports said.
Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland to be back at the US to negotiate NAFTA today
Aug 30, 2018, at 06:55 pm
Ottawa/Washington, Aug 30 (IBNS): Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to be back at the US to negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Thursday, media reports said.
Afghanistan : ISIS leader Yasir Khurasani killed with five comrades in drone strike
Aug 30, 2018, at 04:36 pm
Kabul, Aug 30 (IBNS) :A leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Yasir Khurasani was killed with his five comrades during an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
Herat blast kills one, injures six others
Aug 30, 2018, at 02:20 pm
Kabul, Aug 30 (IBNS): At least one civilian was killed and six others were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Afghanistan's Herat province.
Donald Trump accuses China of putting pressure on North Korea and slowing progress
Aug 30, 2018, at 01:18 pm
Washington, Aug 30 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump accused China of putting pressure on North Korea and halting bilateral progress.
Aug 30, 2018, at 01:12 pm
Naypyidaw, Aug 30 (IBNS): The outgoing head of United Nations Human Rights said that following the Rohingya crisis, Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have stepped down.
Aug 30, 2018, at 08:29 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): As war and the mediation of peace have become increasingly complex, innovative thinking is needed to save and improve the lives of millions, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Syria: UN chief warns Idlib offensive may set off ‘humanitarian catastrophe’
Aug 30, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, Aug 30(IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the growing risk of a humanitarian catastrophe should a full-scale military operation take place in Syria’s war-battered Idlib province.
UN rights office calls for action to end ‘repression and retaliation’ in crisis-torn Nicaragua
Aug 30, 2018, at 08:23 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): The United Nations on Wednesday called for urgent action to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua, where “repression and retaliation against demonstrators continue … as the world looks away.”
Nuclear test ban treaty critical to global collective security – UN chief
Aug 30, 2018, at 08:20 am
New York, Aug30 (IBNS): Every effort should be made to bring a global treaty into force that prevents more countries from developing nuclear weapons, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
Half the world’s refugee children not in school, UN agency finds
Aug 30, 2018, at 08:16 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): With more and more children forced to leave their homes, over half of the world’s school-aged refugees are now out of education, the United Nations refugee agency said in a new report released on Wednesday.
Canada: Ontario Education Minister to promote EQAO results
Aug 29, 2018, at 10:51 pm
Ottawa, Aug 29 (IBNS): An investment of $55 million in Math in Ontario district school boards to support Math facilitators was announced on Wednesday by Ontario Education Minister, Lisa Thompson, media reports said.
Canada: Tickets for Fredericton benefit concert up for sale today
Aug 29, 2018, at 07:26 pm
Fredericton, Aug 29 (IBNS): Tickets for the concert, which will benefit the Fredericton shooting victims, are up for sale on Wednesday.
Canada PM Trudeau announces changes to the Cabinet committees
Aug 29, 2018, at 06:51 pm
Ottawa, Aug 29 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced changes to the structure and mandate of Cabinet committees.
Afghanistan: Foreign airstrike kills Taliban shadow district governor in Kapisa
Aug 29, 2018, at 03:08 pm
Kabul, Aug 29 (IBNS): At least three insurgents, including a Taliban shadow district governor, were killed in an airstrike carried out by foreign forces in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, reports said.
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar rejects UN report, says it does not support human rights violation
Aug 29, 2018, at 02:52 pm
Naypyidaw, Aug 29 (IBNS): Days after a UN report said that top military leaders in Myanmar must face genocide charges pertaining to the Rohingya crisis, the country has rejected it.
Bangladesh : Woman journalist hacked to death at doorstep of home
Aug 29, 2018, at 02:16 pm
Dhaka, Aug 29 (IBNS) : A woman journalist of a television channel in Bangladesh was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in front of her residence in Pabna district town on Tuesday night.