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.

Canada: Cellphone fire burns passenger on plane

Mar 02, 2018, at 05:53 pm

Toronto, Mar 2 (IBNS): A cellphone fire on Air Canada flight has burnt one passenger as the plane was taking off from Toronto, media reports said.

Canada to retaliate against Trump's imposition of tariffs on imported steel, aluminium

Mar 02, 2018, at 04:59 pm

Ottawa, Mar 2 (IBNS): Canada has reacted strongly to US President Donald Trump's announcement of imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminium imported from any other country.

UN ‘will not give up’ on push for ceasefire, says Syria envoy

Mar 02, 2018, at 02:19 pm

New York, Mar 2 (JEN): The United Nations mediator for the Syrian conflict on Thursday said the world body has not given up on the implementation of a recent Security Council resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire across the war-ravaged country.

In crisis-torn Sahel, UN anti-drugs and crime agency helps bolster justice system

Mar 02, 2018, at 02:14 pm

New York, Mar 2 (JEN): Africa’s vast Sahel – plagued by humanitarian crises, armed conflict and terrorism – is now witnessing improvements in its criminal justice system thanks to a special programme by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which assists Governments in the region to come together to fight corruption, and human and drug trafficking.

UN launches new global data collection tool to help reduce disaster, losses taking ‘a huge toll’

Mar 02, 2018, at 02:11 pm

New York, Mar 2 (JEN): The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) kick-offed on Thursday a historic new effort to collect comprehensive global data on disaster losses.

Ukraine crisis ‘forgotten by the world,’ senior UN relief official says, urging greater global support

Mar 02, 2018, at 02:07 pm

New York, Mar 2 (JEN): With 4.4 million people in Ukraine soon to enter a fifth year of conflict, the international community has an important role to play in supporting conflict resolution and bringing about lasting peace – the only durable humanitarian solution for the affected population, a senior United Nations official has said.

On ‘Zero Discrimination Day’ UN urges tackling everyday biases; ask yourself ‘what if...?

Mar 02, 2018, at 02:00 pm

New York, Mar 2 (JEN): To mark Zero Discrimination Day, the United Nations agency coordinating the global effort to tackle HIV/AIDS is challenging people to recognize where everyday discrimination takes place and take action to stop it by asking themselves simple questions: ‘What if the person you bought your vegetables from was living with HIV? Would you buy tomatoes from him?’