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Active shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival, Trump urges people to remain safe

Jul 29, 2019, at 09:05 am

Los Angeles, July 29 (IBNS): Several people are feared to have been hurt as police are responding to reports of an active shooting at the famed Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California, media reports said.

2 killed, 25 injured in Kabul bomb blast

Jul 28, 2019, at 11:24 pm

Kabul, July 28 (Sputnik): At least 25 people were wounded and two were killed as a result of a bombing that occurred near the electoral office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's deputy Amrullah Saleh on an airport road in the country's capital of Kabul on Sunday, the Afghan Health Ministry said.

1 killed, 13 injured in Kabul blast

Jul 28, 2019, at 08:07 pm

Kabul, July 28 (Sputnik): At least one person was killed and 13 injured in a bombing that occurred near the electoral office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's deputy Amrullah Saleh on an airport road in the country's capital of Kabul on Sunday.

At least 3 killed, 1 missing as mine collapses in Indonesia

Jul 28, 2019, at 07:31 pm

Jakarta, July 28 (Xinhua/UNI) At least three people were killed and one remained missing after a tin mine collapsed in Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province, after the body of one more miner was retrieved on Sunday, a disaster agency official said.

Israel, US successfully test Arrow-3 missile defence system

Jul 28, 2019, at 07:03 pm

Jerusalem, Jul 28 (Xinhua/UNI) Israel and the United States successfully conducted tests of the advanced anti-ballistic missile system "Arrow-3," the Israeli Ministry of Defence said on Sunday.

IS claims attack targeting Syrian government troops in Daraa

Jul 28, 2019, at 06:45 pm

Damascus, Jul 28 (Xinhua/UNI) The Islamic State (IS) extremist group late Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack targeting a Syrian army unit in the southern province of Daraa.

Six Pakistani soldiers killed in North Waziristan

Jul 28, 2019, at 05:15 pm

Islamabad, July 28 (IBNS): Six Pakistani Army soldiers were killed  in the country's North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday when terrorists opened fire on them from across the Pak-Afghan border, officials said.

Bangladesh: Pickup van overturns in Noakhali, 4 die

Jul 28, 2019, at 04:43 pm

Dhaka, July 28 (IBNS): At least four people were killed as a pickup van overturned in Bangladesh's Noakhali area on Sunday, media reports said.

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters defy police

Jul 28, 2019, at 04:15 pm

Hong Kong City, July 28 (IBNS): Thousands of pro-democracy protesters on Sunday defied a police ban and blocked major roads in Hong Kong on Sunday, media reports said.

Three murders in British Columbia leave Canada in shock

Jul 28, 2019, at 12:42 pm

Manitoba, Jul 27 (IBNS): RCMP said Friday afternoon there could be a possibility of two murderers, Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, wanted in the killings of three people in Northern British Columbia, leaving Northern Manitoba area with the changed appearances with the help of someone who didn’t know who they were, media reports said.

Several injured is NY shooting at playground

Jul 28, 2019, at 10:51 am

Albany, Jul 28 (UNI) Several people were injured after shooting at a playground in Brooklyn, the most populous borough of New York City, local media reported on Sunday.

Hong Kong demonstration: Police fire tear gas shells at Yuen Long rally

Jul 27, 2019, at 06:32 pm

Hong Kong City, July 27 (IBNS): The Hong Kong Police fired tear gas shells on thousands of pro-democracy protesters in northern district of Yuen Long who had gathered for an unauthorized demonstration in the city, media reports said.

Sheikh Hasina sends mangoes, flowers to British PM Boris Johnson

Jul 27, 2019, at 04:53 pm

Dhaka, July 27 (IBNS): Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has sent mangoes and flowers to newly elected British PM Boris Johnson, media reports said on Saturday.

Five people detained in Dhaka for 'militant link'

Jul 27, 2019, at 04:46 pm

Dhaka, July 27 (IBNS): Bangladesh security forces have detained five people from a house in Mirpur area of capital Dhaka city for their alleged involvement with the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, media reports said on Saturday.

At least 4 killed, 20 injured by car explosion in Afghanistan

Jul 27, 2019, at 03:19 pm

Kabul, Jul 27 (Sputnik/UNI) At least four Afghan security officers were killed while 20 others sustained injuries by a car explosion in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan, local media reported on Saturday.

Three civilians killed, 10 wounded in 2 explosions in Iraq

Jul 27, 2019, at 08:01 am

Baghdad, July 27 (Xinhua/UNI) A total of three civilians were killed and 10 others wounded on Friday in two separate bombings in the provinces of Kirkuk and Salahudin, security officials said.

Voices of Afghan women ‘must be heard at the table in the peace process and beyond’ UN deputy chief tells Security Council

Jul 27, 2019, at 07:04 am

New York, July 27 (IBNS): Afghan women have “paid a high price” during their country’s nearly four decades of conflict, the United Nations deputy chief said on Friday, addressing the Security Council a day after Kabul had been hit with a fresh round of “horrific” bomb attacks.

Senior UN officials call for return to sea rescues, after ‘the worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year’

Jul 27, 2019, at 06:45 am

New York, July 27 (IBNS): Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, along with the heads of a number of UN agencies, expressed horror at Thursday’s reports that as many as 150 people may be dead after a boat they were traveling in capsized off the coast of Libya, making it the worst such tragedy in the Mediterranean this year.

UN human rights chief fears world has grown numb to Syrian carnage

Jul 27, 2019, at 06:38 am

New York, July 27 (IBNS): The relentless campaign of airstrikes in Syria has been met with a “collective shrug,” the top United Nations human rights official said on Friday, denouncing the world’s apparent indifference to the mounting civilian casualties as a “failure of leadership” by the world’s most powerful countries.

RCMP believes alleged killers Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky still hiding in Gillam, Manitoba

Jul 26, 2019, at 09:56 pm

Toronto, July 26 (IBNS): Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, the suspects in the double homicide of Australian Lucas Fowler, 23, and American Chynna Deese, 24 on July 15, are still believed by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to be hiding in Gillam, Manitoba, media reports said.

Highest rate of hate crimes in Canada is in Hamilton(Ontario), report says

Jul 26, 2019, at 08:26 pm

Ottawa, July 26 (IBNS): A Statistics Canada report published earlier this week, showed that Hamilton, in Ontario, recorded the highest police-reported hate crimes in Canada.

Nearly 140 pieces of luggage stolen at Vancouver International Airport last year

Jul 26, 2019, at 06:51 pm

Vancouver (B.C.), Jul 26 (IBNS): Nearly 140 pieces of luggage were reported stolen at Vancouver International Airport between June 2018 and July 2019, media reports said.

Taliban group leader Qari Syed killed during airstrike in Afghanistan

Jul 26, 2019, at 04:14 pm

Kabul, July 26 (IBNS):  A Taliban group leader Qari Syed was killed during an airstrike in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province, media reports said on Friday.

Bangladesh: Islamic State claims responsibility for two bombs found in Dhaka

Jul 26, 2019, at 03:20 pm

Dhaka, July 26 (IBNS): Islamic State has claimed that its members placed two bombs found near police boxes in Dhaka, media reports said on Friday.

New President of top UN economic and social body to push for development financing, fundamental freedoms ‘for all’

Jul 26, 2019, at 10:22 am

New York, July 26 (IBNS): In her inaugural speech as President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Mona Juul, of Norway, underscored that the body’s mandate today remains “as relevant and compelling” as it did back in 1945 when it was tasked with “fostering international cooperation on economic, social, and cultural issues”.

Despite 'considerable progress,' Somalia needs help tackling political, economic and rights challenges, says UN expert

Jul 26, 2019, at 10:20 am

New York, July 26 (IBNS): Although Somalia has made “considerable progress” in its political, economic, social and human rights situation over the past six years, “there is much more to do,” a United Nations expert said on Thursday, urging the international community to assist.

Sheikh Hasina congratulates new UK PM Boris Johnson

Jul 26, 2019, at 09:52 am

Dhaka, July 26 (IBNS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated her UK counterpart Boris Johnson as he took over the post recently.

US President Donald Trump to visit Pakistan soon: PM Imran Khan

Jul 26, 2019, at 09:02 am

Islamabad, July 26 (IBNS): Pakistan PM Imran Khan has said during a Cabinet meeting that US President Donald Trump will visit his nation soon, media reports said.

Death toll in Kabul blast rises to 11

Jul 25, 2019, at 06:46 pm

Kabul, July 25 (UNI): At least 11 people were killed and 45 others were wounded in three explosions in Kabul on Thursday, the government has  confirmed.

Switzerland ranked as most innovative country in new UN report

Jul 25, 2019, at 02:03 pm

New York, July 25 (IBNS): The World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO, named Switzerland as the world’s most innovative country on Wednesday, during the launch of its latest Global Innovation Index, (GII) in the Indian capital New Delhi.