UN receives 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in three months
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:14 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): The United Nations received 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse across all its entities and implementing partners, between the beginning of April to the end of June this year, UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, announced on Monday, with 18 cases involving peacekeeping operations, and 25 from “agencies, funds and programmes.”
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:11 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): Delivering life-saving assistance to millions of women, children and men in Syria, local aid workers need to be safer and better protected, said the top United Nations humanitarian official in the country on Monday.
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:06 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): Marking World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the United Nations sheds light on the plight of millions of children, women and men – especially migrants – who, every year, fall prey to traffickers across the world.
Canada: Dozens of forest fires in northeastern Ontario still out of control
Jul 30, 2018, at 06:40 pm
Toronto, July 30 (IBNS): Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources said dozens of forest fires in northeastern Ontario are still out of control, media reports said.
Canada: Trudeau expected to attend funeral of Toronto shooting victim Reese Fallon today
Jul 30, 2018, at 05:33 pm
Toronto, July 30 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend the funeral of Reese Fallon, who had died in the recent Toronto mass shooting, on Monday, media reports said.
Imran Khan to take oath as Pakistan Prime Minister on Aug 11?
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:09 pm
Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan has said he will take oath on Aug 11, media reports said on Monday.
Doctor who examined Nawaz Sharif in prison suffers heart attack
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:07 pm
Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): The doctor, who had examined jailed ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif in Adiala jail, has suffered heart attack, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani invites Imran Khan to visit Kabul
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:05 pm
Kabul/Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday spoke to Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan and invited him to visit Kabul city.
Afghanistan: Five Taliban militants killed after IED goes off prematurely
Jul 30, 2018, at 01:34 pm
Kabul, July 30 (IBNS): At least five Taliban militants were killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off prematurely in northern Kunduz province.
Mugabe-less Zimbabwe to vote for the first time since independence
Jul 30, 2018, at 12:30 pm
Harare, July 30 (IBNS): Zimbabweans will witness history on Monday as the country will undergo the presidential polls without its longtime leader, Robert Mugabe, for the first time since independence.
Pakistan: Jailed ex-PM Nawaz Sharif shifted to PIMS hospital
Jul 30, 2018, at 09:40 am
Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): Following the order of the caretaker government, jailed Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was shifted from Adiala Jail to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital's cardiac ward on Sunday, media reports said.
Hudaydah ‘one airstrike away from unstoppable epidemic’: UN humanitarian chief in Yemen
Jul 30, 2018, at 09:27 am
New York, July 30 (IBNS): The crucial Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, which has been living under fire from pro-Government forces for weeks now, could be just “one airstrike away from an unstoppable epidemic”, said the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the country on Sunday.
Jul 30, 2018, at 09:22 am
New York, July 30 (IBNS): The recent infringement of democratic rights and civil liberties in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros, ahead of a vote on constitutional reform, is a source of concern said United Nations chiefAntónio Guterres on Sunday.
Jul 30, 2018, at 09:12 am
New York, July 30 (IBNS): Ahead of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on Monday, the UN human rights expert on the issue has emphasized that both victims and potential victims’ rights must be upheld – especially women and children – and appealed for all States to prevent and combat the global scourge.
Ashraf Ghani invites Imran Khan to visit Afghanistan
Jul 29, 2018, at 07:57 pm
Islamabad, July 29 (IBNS): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeemul Haque on Sunday said country's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan has been invited to visit Afghanistan by President Ashraf Ghani.
Indonesia earthquake leaves 14 killed
Jul 29, 2018, at 07:41 pm
Bali, July 29 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok and left at least 14 people killed, media reports said.
Caretaker government in Pakistan directs jail authorities to shift Nawaz Sharif to hospital
Jul 29, 2018, at 06:30 pm
Islamabad, July 29 (IBNS): The caretaker government in Pakistan has directed jail authorities to shift former country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after his health deteriorated, media reports said on Sunday.
Imran Khan may take oath at D-Chowk in Islamabad: PTI
Jul 29, 2018, at 05:40 pm
Islamabad, July 29 (IBNS): Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan may take oath at D-Chowk in Islamabad city of the country, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeemul Haque said.
Make Sunday ‘an important celebration of democracy’ UN chief urges voters in Mali
Jul 29, 2018, at 04:49 pm
New York, July 29 (IBNS): On the eve of Mali’s crucial presidential election, the United Nations Secretary-General said that despite clear security challenges, voters in the arid African nation of around 18 million, needed to ensure that the key poll was first and foremost “an important celebration of democracy”.
US catholic Cardinal McCarrick resigns over accusation of sexual abuse
Jul 28, 2018, at 11:13 pm
New York, July 28 (IBNS): Prominent US catholic, Cardinal Theordore McCarrick has resigned over the accusation of sexually assaulting a teenager five decades ago, media reports said.
Canada: NDP leader Horwath compares Ontario premier Ford to 'dictator' over his political shakeup
Jul 28, 2018, at 10:05 pm
Toronto, July 28 (IBNS): New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Andrea Horwath has compared Ontario premier Doug Ford to a "dictator" over the latter's political restructuring by reducing the number of Toronto council seats, media reports said.
Canada: Fire at a Toronto hydro station leaves thousands of houses without power
Jul 28, 2018, at 09:39 pm
Toronto, July 28 (IBNS): A fire at a hydro station in Toronto has left thousands of houses in the city without power, media reports said.
Pakistan Polls: Non-Muslim Mahesh Kumar Malani wins National Assembly seat
Jul 28, 2018, at 08:55 pm
Islamabad, July 28 (IBNS): A Pakistani Hindu has become the first non-Muslim to win a National Assembly seat in the country.
Afghanistan: Midwife Center attack leaves 2 people killed
Jul 28, 2018, at 07:40 pm
Bangladesh photographer who clicked kissing couple in public faces wrath
Jul 28, 2018, at 07:32 pm
Dhaka, July 28 (IBNS): A Bangladeshi photographer has alleged that he has been facing the wrath of self-proclaimed social media moral police for spreading 'obscenity' after he posted an image online where a couple could be seen kissing each other.
Five dead in shootings tied to Texas nursing home killing
Jul 28, 2018, at 04:04 pm
Robstown, Texas, July 28 (IBNS): Five people were killed in separate shootings that included a nursing home in a Corpus Christi suburb in Texas in what authorities said were related incidents.
At least 16 IS militants killed in government airstrikes in Afghanistan
Jul 28, 2018, at 02:07 pm
Kabul, July 28 (IBNS): At least 16 Islamic State (Daesh) militants were gunned down during airstrikes conducted by the national army in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the defence ministry said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Explosions heard, attack underway in Jalalabad
Jul 28, 2018, at 01:40 pm
Kabul, July 28 (IBNS): An attack is underway in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, where several explosions have been heard.
Rohingya encroachment aiding landslides in Bangladesh, says Minister
Jul 28, 2018, at 01:11 pm
Dhaka, July 28 (IBNS): With frequent deaths occurring in Bangladesh due to landslides, the country's Forest and Environment Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud said that illegal Rohingya establishments need to be checked in order to prevent the loss.
Mali: Any dispute over key Sunday vote must be resolved peacefully, says UN envoy
Jul 28, 2018, at 08:25 am
New York, July 28 (IBNS): With key presidential elections in Mali just two days away, the top United Nations official there on Friday stressed that candidates must accept the results and ensure that the democratic process in Mali is “irreversible”.