Hunger rates remain high amid conflict, climate shocks, warns UN food security report

Mar 06, 2018, at 02:03 pm

New York, Mar 6 (JEN): Increased hunger and food insecurity, fuelled by conflict and climatic challenges, continues to inflict suffering on populations in different parts of the world, forcing them to remain dependent on humanitarian assistance, a new United Nations report has warned.

Trade tariffs exemption only if new NAFTA signed, Trump warns Trudeau

Mar 06, 2018, at 02:48 am

Washington/Ottawa, Mar 5 (IBNS): In a tone of blackmail, US President Donald Trump has warned his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau saying that Canada will only be exempted from the trade tariffs, which are planned to be imposed, if a fresh North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed.

Oscar 2018: Canadians win big for The Shape Of Water

Mar 06, 2018, at 02:17 am

Los Angeles/Toronto, Mar 5 (IBNS): Three Canadians, who were parts of film The Shape Of Water, bagged Academy Awards for the production designs on Sunday.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi visiting Nepal

Mar 06, 2018, at 01:35 am

Kathmandu, Mar 5 (IBNS):  Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is currently on a two-day visit to Nepal.

Sheikh Hasina visits hospital to meet Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

Mar 05, 2018, at 10:09 pm

Dhaka, Mar 5 (IBNS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday visited a hospital in Dhaka to meet knife-attack victim writer Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal.

Afghanistan: 70 Taliban insurgents ready to join peace process, say Herat officials

Mar 05, 2018, at 04:12 pm

Kabul, Mar 5 (IBNS): At least 70 Taliban militants are ready to lay down their arms and join the peace process, according to officials in Afghanistan's Herat province.

Afghanistan: Two key ISIS members arrested

Mar 05, 2018, at 03:18 pm

Kabul, Mar 4 (IBNS): Two Islamic State militants, who were suspected to be involved in planning attacks on Imam Zaman mosque and some other areas of Afghanistan capital Kabul city, have been arrested, media reports said on Sunday.

Aid convoy for Eastern Ghouta should arrive on Monday, UN and partners announce

Mar 05, 2018, at 03:03 pm

New York, Mar 5 (JEN): The United Nations and its partners plan to deliver much-needed relief assistance to the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta this week, the global organization’s humanitarian wing said on Sunday.

Hindu Dalit woman elected to Pakistan Senate

Mar 04, 2018, at 11:46 pm

Islamabad, Mar 4 (IBNS): Creating history, a  Hindu Dalit woman has become a senator in Muslim-majority Pakistan, media reports said.

Pakistan: Car mishap kills four person in Chakwal

Mar 04, 2018, at 10:39 pm

Chakwal, Mar 4 (IBNS): At least four people were killed when a car in which they were traveling  overturned on the motorway in Chakwal area of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Three children die after vaccination in Nawabshah

Mar 04, 2018, at 10:28 pm

Islamabad, Mar 4 (IBNS): At least three Pakistani children died after undergoing routine immunisation vaccines in Nawabshah area of the country, media reports said.

Afghanistan: At least four Taliban militants killed in Helmand

Mar 04, 2018, at 07:21 pm

Kabul, Mar 4 (IBNS): At least four Taliban militants have been killed in an operation launched by Afghan forces in the country's Helmand province, local media reports said.

London man found guilty of building child jihadists army

Mar 04, 2018, at 05:05 pm

London, Mar 4 (IBNS): A religious teacher, who attempted to groom children to become future suicide attackers, has been convicted of preparing acts of terrorism in London, officials said.

UN chief, Security Council, strongly condemn Burkina Faso terrorist attacks

Mar 04, 2018, at 03:53 pm

New York, Mar 4 (JEN): The two deadly terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ougadougou, on Friday have been strongly condemned by the United Nations. 

Bangladeshi writer Prof Zafar Iqbal stabbed in university campus, attacker detained

Mar 04, 2018, at 05:09 am

Dhaka, Mar 3 (IBNS): Shocking the nation, popular Bangladeshi science writer Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal was attacked by an unknown youth on Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) campus in Sylhet on Saturday.

Canada: MP Sahota supports 2018 federal budget's focus on equality and growth of middle class

Mar 04, 2018, at 04:52 am

Ottawa, Mar 3 (IBNS):  Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament (MP) for Brampton North, on Friday applauded the 2018 federal budget's focus on equality and growth of Canada's middle class, media reports said.

Trump's imposition on trade tariffs 'unacceptable': Canada PM Trudeau

Mar 04, 2018, at 03:27 am

Ottawa, Mar 3 (IBNS): Echoing the words of Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has termed the imposition of trade tariffs as "unacceptable", media reports said.

Nigeria: UN chief condemns killing of aid workers by Boko Haram insurgents

Mar 03, 2018, at 09:44 pm

New York, Mar 3 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of three aid workers Thursday night in Rann town in Borno state, Nigeria, following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.

UN must stand by Central African Republic as long ‘as it needs support,’ says UN envoy

Mar 03, 2018, at 09:41 pm

New York, Mar 3 (JEN): The international community should continue to assist the Central African Republic (CAR) to restore stability, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, has said, stressing that it is too early for the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping operation from the crisis-gripped country.

Those responsible for war crimes in Syria ‘will be held accountable for what they have done,’ says UN rights chief

Mar 03, 2018, at 09:13 pm

New York, Mar 3 (JEN): War crimes, potentially crimes against humanity, are likely being committed in east Ghouta and elsewhere in Syria, and the United Nations human rights chief warned on Friday that the perpetrators of these acts must know they are being identified and will be held accountable.

President Trump's decision to hike import tariff of steel and aluminium puts nations in a quandary

Mar 03, 2018, at 08:46 pm

Mumbai, Mar 3 (IBNS): The global market fears that the decision taken by the United States to impose heavy tariff on imported steel and aluminium may spiral into a trade war, media reports said.

Canada: City of Toronto, for the third consecutive year, named one of Canada's best diversity employers

Mar 03, 2018, at 06:35 pm

Toronto, Mar 3 (IBNS): The City of Toronto was named one of Canada's best diversity employers for the third consecutive year for its exceptional workplace diversity and inclusion programs by Mediacorp Canada Inc. media reports said.

Kabul car bomb attack: Two Australian nationals wounded says Julie Bishop

Mar 03, 2018, at 05:36 pm

Kabul, Mar 3 (IBNS): At least two Australian nationals were wounded in a car bomb attack which rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Friday, Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop confirmed.

Afghanistan: At least 28 militants killed in anti-terrorism drive

Mar 03, 2018, at 03:56 pm

Kabul, Mar 3 (IBNS): At least 28 insurgents have been killed in anti-terrorism drive in Afghanistan carried out by the national forces, the Ministry of Defence said.

Donald Trump's tariff will hurt US, wars IMF

Mar 03, 2018, at 03:22 pm

New York, Mar 3 (IBNS): Criticising US President Donald Trump's plan of imposing   a 25 per cent tariff on steel imports and 10 per cent on aluminium, the  International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said the move might hurt both the US and other nations.

USA: At least two dead in Central Michigan University shooting

Mar 03, 2018, at 04:28 am

Mount Pleasant, Mar 2 (IBNS): At least two people have died after a gun man opened fire at Central Michigan University on Friday morning, reports said.

US reeling under 800 billion USD tax deficit; Trump to introduce reciprocal taxes

Mar 03, 2018, at 02:43 am

Washington, Mar 2 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will introduce reciprocal taxes to bridge the 800 billion USD trade deficit that is biting America.

Burkina Faso: At least seven militants gunned down

Mar 03, 2018, at 01:07 am

Ouagadougou, Mar 2 (IBNS): At least seven militants have been gunned down by security forces after the former attacked the French Embassy in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Friday.

Armed men attack French embassy in Burkina Faso

Mar 03, 2018, at 12:51 am

Ouagadougou, Mar 2 (IBNS): An attack is underway in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, where armed men stormed the French Embassy on Friday, reports said.

Afghanistan: Three killed, 22 injured in Kabul explosion

Mar 02, 2018, at 11:36 pm

Kabul, Mar 2 (IBNS): At least three people died in a car bomb explosion which rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Friday morning, reports said.