RPP asks govt to declare Nepal as Hindu Rashtra
Feb 21, 2019, at 01:47 pm
Kathmandu, Feb 21 (UNI) The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), considered to be a right-wing political party in Nepal, has asked the government to declare the country as a Hindu Rashtra.
70 dead in Dhaka warehouse fire
Feb 21, 2019, at 11:33 am
Dhaka, Feb 21 (IBNS/UNI): As many as 70 bodies were recovered from a fire-ravaged chemical warehouse in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka on Thursday morning, police said.
Hoda Muthana: Trump bars US-born woman who joined ISIS from returning
Feb 21, 2019, at 08:59 am
Washington, Feb 21 (UNI) US President Donald Trump have said that the woman who left the US to become a propagandist for the Islamic State (IS) group will not be allowed to return to US.
Feb 21, 2019, at 08:53 am
New York, Feb 21 (IBNS): United Nations investigators on Wednesday denounced a raft of gross human rights violations being perpetrated in South Sudan, where over the past year, incidents of rape have surged and abductions, sexual slavery and brutal killings “have become commonplace.”
Prospect of lasting peace ‘fading by the day’ in Gaza and West Bank, senior UN envoy warns
Feb 21, 2019, at 08:50 am
New York, Feb 21 (IBNS): The spectres of violence and radicalism in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are growing, and the prospect of sustainable peace is fading by the day, a senior UN envoy in the region told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Man arrested in $8.5Mln business fraud scheme sent funds to Russia - US Justice Dept
Feb 21, 2019, at 08:34 am
New York City, Feb 21 (Sputnik) Florida resident Igor Buzyukov was arrested on charges of laundering $8.5 million in a business fraud scheme and sending funds to bank accounts in Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, the Justice Department said in statement.
Bangladesh: Fire at chemical warehouse kills 69
Feb 21, 2019, at 08:27 am
Dhaka, Feb 21 (IBNS): At least 69 people died as a fire broke out at a chemical warehouse in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka on Thursday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Roadside bombing kills six civilians
Feb 20, 2019, at 06:30 pm
Jalalabad, Feb 20 (IBNS): A roadside bombing in Qarghayo district of eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan left at least six civilians killed, media reports said.
Punish those behind Pulwama attack, US tells Pakistan
Feb 20, 2019, at 05:01 pm
Washington, Feb 20 (UNI) The United States, voicing its "strong support" for India, has pressed Pakistan to punish those behind the Pulwama terrorist attack.
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:54 am
New York, Feb 20 (IBNS): At a time of rapid urbanization, cities face challenges that are global in nature but require “the full engagement of local authorities” for multilateral solutions, the head of the United Nations agriculture agency told a special gathering of mayors on Tuesday.
US: Donald Trump says, he is in no rush for N Korea to denuclearise
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:49 am
Washington, Feb 20 (UNI) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he expected North Korea to end its nuclear program, but he is in no rush and has no pressing time schedule for Pyongyang to ultimately denuclearise.
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:45 am
New York, Feb 20 (IBNS): An inter-Burundian, inclusive dialogue remains the only viable option for lasting settlement of the political crisis and the holding of elections in 2020 in a peaceful environment, the United Nations Special Envoy for the country, Michel Kafando, told the Security Council on Tuesday
Moving from a promise made in Sweden to hope for peace in Yemen
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:41 am
New York, Feb 20 (IBNS): “Significant progress” is being made in implementing the deal reached in Stockholm last December between Government and Houthi leaders in Yemen, according to United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths.
Pak PM took 'instructions' on radio broadcast, says Imran's ex-wife Reham Khan
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:20 am
New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) Call it a major surprise or anything else, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was 'waiting for instructions' to make his radio broadcast on Pulwama terror attack, former cricket-star-turned politician's ex-wife Reham Khan has said.
Top US legal rights group ACLU files lawsuit challenging Trump emergency - Court Documents
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:05 am
Washington, Feb 20 (Sputnik) Lawyers from the same legal rights group that took the fight against the US travel ban all the way to the Supreme Court filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency to fund building a wall on the southern border, court documents revealed.
Not enough resettlement solutions for refugees worldwide, says UN
Feb 20, 2019, at 08:59 am
New York, Feb 20 (IBNS): Despite record numbers of people forcibly displaced across borders, with 1.2 million in need of a new permanent place to call home last year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) released new data on Tuesday showing that only 55,700 of them – 4.7 per cent – were able to be resettled in 2018.
UK Prime Minister to present new proposals on Irish backstop issue on Wednesday
Feb 20, 2019, at 08:55 am
Moscow, Feb 20 (Sputnik) UK Prime Minister Theresa May will present new proposals on the Irish border backstop issue in a new attempt to gain support for the deal on the country's withdrawal from the European Union, local media reported on Wednesday.
Myanmar and UN agriculture agency agree framework to improve nutrition and food security
Feb 20, 2019, at 08:51 am
New York, Feb 20 (IBNS): The Myanmar Government and the UN’s agriculture agency signed on Tuesday a multi-year agreement that will create conditions to help improve nutrition and food security in the south-east Asian country, while safeguarding and sustainably managing the use of natural resources.
UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ by upsurge in attacks against civilians in Syria’s Idlib
Feb 20, 2019, at 08:41 am
New York, Feb 20 (IBNS): Civilians in Syria's north-western city of idlib continue to be used “as pawns”, caught in the crossfire of bombardments by the Government and its allies, and attacks by non-State armed groups, the United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, warned on Tuesday.
Another Canadian woman who shifted to Syria for ISIS-linked husband misses home
Feb 19, 2019, at 09:22 pm
Ottawa, Feb 19 (IBNS): After Amy, now another Canadian woman, who got married to husband and went to Syria, has confessed that she is missing her country, media reports said.
Canada PM Trudeau's principal secretary resigns
Feb 19, 2019, at 09:19 pm
Ottawa, Feb 19 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's principal secretary and longtime friend Gerald Butts has stepped down, media reports said.
Afghan forces kill nine militants in eastern province
Feb 19, 2019, at 08:44 pm
Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Feb 19 (Xinhua/IBNS) A total of nine militants were killed and few others injured after the government forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Khogiani district of the eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, said a statement of provincial government released here on Tuesday.
Feb 19, 2019, at 06:53 pm
New York, Feb 19 (IBNS): Hailing the recent peace agreement signed by 15 warring parties in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stressed on Monday that “now is the time for action” and outlined concrete steps that armed groups, judicial authorities and the Government can take so the future of millions of children can be safeguarded.
Canada: Politicians to return to Ontario legislature tomorrow
Feb 18, 2019, at 04:39 pm
Toronto, Feb 18 (IBNS): Canadian politicians will return to the Ontario legislature on Tuesday after a winter break, CTV News reported.
Canadian 'ISIS bride' in Syria seeks to return home
Feb 18, 2019, at 04:29 pm
Ottawa, Feb 18 (IBNS): Canadian woman, who had once married an ISIS-supporting husband and shifted to Syria, is now seeking to return to her own country, media reports said.
Ex-FBI chief claims Trump chose to believe Putin over US intelligence on N Korea missiles
Feb 18, 2019, at 11:56 am
Moscow, Feb 18 (Sputnik) US President Donald Trump did not believe US intelligence officials, who tried to persuade him that North Korea was capable of hitting the US territory with ballistic missiles, because Russian President Vladimir Putin convinced him that Pyongyang did not have such missiles, Andrew McCabe, who served as FBI acting director from May to August 2017, told the CBS News broadcaster.
Pakistan denies India's allegations on its involvement in Pulwama attack
Feb 17, 2019, at 11:11 pm
Islamabad, Feb 17 (IBNS): Pakistan on Sunday denied India's allegations that it had a hand in the February 14 attack on a convoy of Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district that killed 40 people.
Taliban attack leaves six police personnel killed in Afghanistan
Feb 17, 2019, at 06:38 pm
Kabul, Feb 17 (IBNS): At least six police personnel, including a commander, were killed in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province on Sunday, media reports said.
Feb 17, 2019, at 05:48 pm
Tehran, Feb 17 (IBNS): Amid killing of 27 members of the country's elite security force, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) chief has warned neighbouring Pakistan to initiate crackdown on armed group Jaish al-Adl or face their revenge.
Senior al-Shabab commander killed in southwestern Somalia: military
Feb 17, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Mogadishu, Feb 17 (Xinhua/UNI) Somali National Army (SNA) killed a senior al-Shabab commander in an operation in Bakol region in southwestern Somalia, officials said on Sunday.