Xi calls for strong China-France partnership
Mar 27, 2019, at 10:46 am
Paris, March 27 (Xinhua): Chinese President Xi Jinping met with French senate president Gerard Larcher here Tuesday, urging the two sides to maintain sound strategic partnership and foster more fruitful practical cooperation so as to lay a stronger foundation for bilateral ties.
China issues white paper on democratic reform, achievements in Tibet
Mar 27, 2019, at 10:08 am
Beijing, Mar 27 (Xinhua/UNI) China's State Council Information Office on Wednesday issued a white paper on democratic reform and the leap of development in Tibet over the past six decades.
Sudan condemns US recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli territory
Mar 27, 2019, at 10:06 am
Khartoum, Mar 26 (Xinhua/UNI) Sudan on Tuesday condemned a decision by the US administration recognizing Israel's sovereignty over Golan Heights.
Four suicide bombers killed in operation in SW Pakistan
Mar 27, 2019, at 10:03 am
Islamabad, Mar 27 (Xinhua/UNI) Pakistani security officials said on Tuesday that four terrorists were killed by detonating their explosives after security forces conducted an operation in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, local media reported.
Mar 27, 2019, at 09:38 am
New York, Mar 27 (IBNS): The UN’s outgoing Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region on Tuesday said countries there had made “important steps towards durable peace and stability” in the last 20 years, resulting in a region that is now “largely peaceful”.
Brazilian officer a ‘stellar example’ of why more women are needed in UN peacekeeping
Mar 27, 2019, at 09:13 am
New York, Mar 27 (IBNS): Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special gender advocate award, it was announced on Tuesday.
Mar 27, 2019, at 09:10 am
New York, Mar 27 (IBNS): With Yemen now in its fifth year of conflict between pro-Government forces and Houthi rebels, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for “unhindered access” to the most desperate areas in the frontline regions “to prevent the food security situation deteriorating”.
Mali’s ‘self-defence’ groups must face justice, after deadly intercommunal attacks
Mar 27, 2019, at 09:09 am
New York, Mar 27 (IBNS): Mali’s authorities have been urged by the UN to provide justice for the victims and survivors of attacks by so-called self-defence groups, responsible for horrific intercommunal violence in central Mali, after a weekend assault that claimed the lives of more than 150 people, including some 50 children.
‘Provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric’ destabilizing Middle East, warns top UN official
Mar 27, 2019, at 09:03 am
New York, Mar 27 (IBNS): Against a backdrop of rising tensions in Israel and Palestine, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East, painted a bleak picture once again in the Security Council on Tuesday, cataloguing further terrorist acts, attacks against civilians, reprisals against demonstrators, unlawful demolitions and settlement expansions, and a funding crisis which could have dramatic consequences for the stability of an already volatile region.
UN expert condemns new sentence for jailed Venezuelan judge as ‘another instance of reprisal’
Mar 27, 2019, at 08:50 am
New York, Mar 27 (IBNS): Maria Lourdes Afiuni, a jailed Venezuelan judge arrested ten years ago, has been slapped with a further five-year sentence, prompting a UN human rights expert to express his “grave concern”, describing the further punishment as an act of “reprisal against her”.
Tenants ‘forced out their homes’ by global investment firms, say UN experts
Mar 27, 2019, at 08:46 am
New York, Mar 27 (IBNS): UN human rights experts have condemned the ‘egregious’ business practices of global private equity and investment firms which, they say, have transformed the global housing landscape by raising rents and forcing some tenants out of their homes.
Mar 27, 2019, at 08:42 am
New York, Mar 27 (IBNS): Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is “yet another alarm bell about the dangers of climate change” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, warning that vulnerable countries like Mozambique, would be hit the hardest unless urgent action is taken by nations across the world.
Author Barry Brown's book examines history as the two-part story of one human family
Mar 26, 2019, at 09:16 pm
IBNS Canada correspondent Asha Bajaj recently interacted with Barry Brown, the author of "Humanity: The World Before Religion, War & Inequality". IBNS brings excerpts of the interaction
Woman who sheltered Edward Snowden granted asylum in Canada
Mar 26, 2019, at 08:55 pm
Ottawa, Mar 26 (IBNS): A woman, who sheltered former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Edward Snowden in Hong Kong after his leaks exposed US global surveillance programs, has been granted asylum in Canada, media reports said.
Facebook removes 2,632 pages, groups, accounts for 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour'
Mar 26, 2019, at 08:08 pm
California, Mar 26 (UNI): Facebook on Tuesday announced that it has removed over 2,600 pages, groups and accounts from both Facebook and Instagram for misrepresenting themselves and misleading users about their activities.
Administration buildings evacuated in several German cities over bomb threats
Mar 26, 2019, at 06:43 pm
Moscow, Mar 26 (Sputnik/UNI) Administration buildings were evacuated on Tuesday in Augsburg in Bavaria and several other German cities, local media reported.
British Airways flight to Germany lands in Scotland by mistake
Mar 26, 2019, at 06:22 pm
London, Mar 26 (Xinhua/UNI) A British Airways (BA) flight destined for Dusseldorf in Germany has mistakenly landed in Edinburgh, Scotland, after flight plan paperwork was submitted incorrectly.
Former senior official handed 14-year jail term for bribery
Mar 26, 2019, at 05:12 pm
Hangzhou, Mar 26 (Xinhua/UNI) Lu Wei, former deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, was handed a 14-year jail term plus a fine of 3 million yuan (about 450,000 US dollars) for taking bribes, the Ningbo Municipal Intermediate People's Court ruled on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif granted bail on medical ground for six weeks
Mar 26, 2019, at 03:25 pm
Islamabad, Mar 26 (IBNS): Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif was granted bail by Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday for six weeks to obtain medical treatment within the country.
On International Day, UN stands in solidarity with some 20 detained staff
Mar 26, 2019, at 09:50 am
New York, Mar 26 (IBNS): Marking International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to UN personnel abducted, detained or missing while serving.
Syria condemns Trump's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over disputed Golan Heights
Mar 26, 2019, at 09:41 am
Damascus, Mar 25 (Xinhua/UNI) The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned US President Donald Trump's recognition of the Syrian Golan Heights as Israeli territory, the state news agency SANA reported.
UN urges ‘maximum restraint’ as Israel-Hamas tensions rise over rocket attack
Mar 26, 2019, at 09:37 am
New York, Mar 26 (IBNS): The UN Secretary-General said he was “gravely concerned” by the firing of a rocket from Gaza deep into Israel on Monday which reportedly injured seven people, including three children, north of the capital Tel Aviv.
‘Uphold human dignity’, dismantle ‘specious notion of racial superiority’ urges UN chief
Mar 26, 2019, at 09:30 am
New York, Mar 26 (IBNS): Raise awareness of the dangers of racism and “stand up against old and new forms of slavery” was the resounding message of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday during a special event marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Autonomous weapons that kill must be banned, insists UN chief
Mar 26, 2019, at 09:23 am
New York, Mar 26 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged artificial intelligence (AI) experts meeting in Geneva on Monday to push ahead with their work to restrict the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems, or LAWS, as they are also known.
UN launches drive to highlight environmental cost of staying fashionable
Mar 26, 2019, at 09:22 am
New York, Mar 26 (IBNS): It takes around 7,500 litres of water to make a single pair of jeans, equivalent to the amount of water the average person drinks over a period of seven years. That’s just one of the many startling facts to emerge from recent environmental research, which show that the cost of staying fashionable is a lot more than just the price tag.
Ukraine measles outbreak kills 14, infects over 32,000
Mar 26, 2019, at 09:20 am
Kiev, Mar 26 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 14 people died and more than 32,000 were infected in a major measles outbreak in Ukraine in the past three months, the country's Health Ministry said on Monday.
‘Ticking bomb’ health warning over deteriorating conditions facing Cyclone Idai victims
Mar 26, 2019, at 08:51 am
New York, Mar 26 (IBNS): Efforts are continuing to reach all victims of Cyclone Idai in southern Africa where a senior relief chief has warned of a “water, sanitation and hygiene ticking bomb”, as the scale of the emergency continues to unfold, and the official death toll rises.
69 girls sexually assaulted in Mongolia in first two months of 2019
Mar 25, 2019, at 04:57 pm
Ulan Bator, March 25 (Xinhua) A total of 69 girls have been sexually assaulted in Mongolia in the first two months of 2019, the Mongolian Women's Federation (MWF) said Monday.
About 30 firms estimated to first enter China's new tech board
Mar 25, 2019, at 04:53 pm
Beijing, Mar 25 (Xinhua) An industry report predicted that around 30 firms with total market value of about 178 billion yuan (26.5 billion US dollars) will become the first batch of enterprises be listed on China's new science and technology innovation board.
Israel's army boosts forces following Gaza rocket attack
Mar 25, 2019, at 04:25 pm
Jerusalem, Mar 25 (Xinhua) Israel's army mobilized forces on Monday morning, reinforcing troops along the Gaza border and at Iron Dome anti-rocket system batteries after a Gaza rocket hit an Israeli home.