US ‘pay-and-stay’ immigration scam: 129 Indians arrested
Feb 02, 2019, at 09:20 am
Washington, Feb 2 (IBNS): US authorities have arrested 130 people, including 129 Indians, in connection with the investigation into the “pay-to-stay” immigration fraud incident till Thursday, media reports said on Saturday.
Kim Jong UN, Donald Trump expected to meet in Vietnam at the end of February
Feb 01, 2019, at 03:30 pm
Washington, Feb 1 (IBNS): The second meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump will take place in Vietnam at the end of this month, media reports said on Friday.
US not seeking to topple North Korean regime, says State dept
Feb 01, 2019, at 10:23 am
Washington, Feb 1 (IBNS): US State Department Special Representative on North Korea Stephen Biegun has said that his nation has no intention to topple the Kim Jong Un regime.
US: Miscreants vandalize Hindu temple in Kentucky
Feb 01, 2019, at 09:58 am
Kentucky, Feb 1 (IBNS): A Hindu Temple was vandalized by unknown people in the midwestern US state of Kentucky this week, officials said.
Top envoy to Yemen praises ‘flexibility’ of chief negotiators as new UN mission chief is named
Feb 01, 2019, at 08:58 am
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): The UN Special Envoy for Yemen said on Thursday that the main negotiators for the warring sides were continuing to show the “necessary flexibility and good faith” to move forward, despite delays in implementing the agreement marking the first steps towards a lasting peace deal, brokered in Sweden last December.
Feb 01, 2019, at 08:55 am
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): The Holocaust illustrates how easily “people can move from condoning brutality, to committing genocide” and shows that “leaders who sanction hate speech or make anti-Semitic or xenophobic slurs” are encouraging their own citizens “to do the same”, the UN’s head of Global Communications told leading members of the Jewish community at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday.
Syria: ‘Violence, displacement’ and cold kill 11 infants ‘in the past two days’
Feb 01, 2019, at 08:51 am
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): “Violence, displacement and extremely harsh conditions” in northern and eastern Syria have killed at least 32 children since December – including 11 infants in the past two days, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Thursday.
Independent UN rights expert calls for compassion, not sanctions on Venezuela
Feb 01, 2019, at 08:48 am
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): The crisis in Venezuela will not be solved by sanctions that “can lead to starvation”, a UN-appointed rights expert said on Thursday. Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy, who reports to the Human Rights Council, issued the warning against the background of widespread suffering in the South American country, linked to spiralling economic woes and deep political uncertainty.
New French study shows baby diapers contain harmful chemicals
Jan 31, 2019, at 11:00 pm
Toronto, Jan 31 (IBNS): A new French study, conducted by Anses, which is a French agency in charge of food, environmental, and occupation health and safety, published last week that diapers contain harmful substances including carcinogen, as classified by the World Health Organization (WHO), media reports said.
GDP falls 0.1% in November, says Statistics Canada
Jan 31, 2019, at 08:05 pm
Ottawa, Jan 31 (IBNS): Statistic Canada has said the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 0.1% in the month of November, media reports said.
Extreme weather grips US, nine deaths reported
Jan 31, 2019, at 03:59 pm
Washington, Jan 31 (IBNS): At least nine weather-related deaths have been reported from the US so far as the continent is experiencing extreme cold conditions for the past several days.
Venezuela crisis: US President Donald Trump speaks with Guaido, congratulates him
Jan 31, 2019, at 03:23 pm
Washington, Jan 31 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Thursday called Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido and congratulated him for being the country's leader amid unrest in the South American nation.
US: Kamala Harris programme on CNN gets record views
Jan 30, 2019, at 09:21 pm
Washington DC, Jan 30 (IBNS): Indian-origin US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris gave CNN its highest rating ever for an event with an individual candidate, reports quoted the network as saying.
Philippines: Explosion in Zamboanga mosque kill 2
Jan 30, 2019, at 03:48 pm
Manila, Jan 30 (IBNS): An explosion rocked a mosque in Zamboanga City of Philippines on Wednesday which left at least two people dead, media reports said.
23 ISIS-K and Taliban militants killed in Afghan and Coalition Forces operations
Jan 30, 2019, at 02:39 pm
Kabul, Jan 30 (IBNS) :At least 23 ISIS Khurasan (ISIS-K) and Taliban militants were killed during separate operations and airstrikes of the Afghan and Coalition Forces in the past 24 hours.
North Korea unlikely to fully give up its nuclear weapons: US intelligence
Jan 30, 2019, at 09:31 am
Washington, Jan 30 (IBNS): With a second meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is scheduled to take place next month, a US intelligence report has said the Asian nation is unlikely to fully give up its nuclear weapons.
Human trafficking cases hit a 13-year record high, new UN report shows
Jan 30, 2019, at 09:13 am
New York, Jan 30 (IBNS): The latest Global Report On Trafficking In Persons, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at UN headquarters in New York, shows a record-high number of cases detected during 2016, but also the largest recorded conviction rate of traffickers.
Palestine refugee crisis ‘expanding’; leaving highest number at risk this century across Gaza
Jan 30, 2019, at 09:05 am
New York, Jan 30 (IBNS): “Alarming and expanding” problems affecting Palestine refugees, risk further destabilizing the Middle East, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNWRA, said on Tuesday.
Nearly $4 billion needed to protect 41 million children from conflict and disaster
Jan 30, 2019, at 08:46 am
New York, Jan 30 (IBNS): Tens of millions of children living through conflict, disaster and other emergencies in dozens of countries urgently need protection, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, in an appeal for $3.9 billion to support its humanitarian work around the world.
Canada promotes renewable energy innovation in mining
Jan 29, 2019, at 10:21 pm
Ottawa, Jan 29 (IBNS): Paul Lefebvre, parliamentary secretary to Amarjeet Sohi, who is Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, announced the country would be making a combined investment of $4.2-million for two TUGLIQ Energy Corporation projects in Nunavut and Quebec, media reports said.
After getting acquitted by Pakistan court, Aasia Bibi heads to Canada
Jan 29, 2019, at 10:00 pm
Islamabad/Ottawa, Jan 29 (IBNS): After getting acquitted by her country's top court over blasphemy, Pakistani Christian woman, Aasia Bibi, is heading to Canada to unite with her daughters, media reports said.
Leader of Imran Khan's PTI converts Chinese man to Islam
Jan 29, 2019, at 09:21 pm
Islamabad, Jan 29 (IBNS): In a video which is available on internet, a leader of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Tehreek-e-Insaf, is seen converting a Chinese man to Islam, media reports said.
Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan
Jan 29, 2019, at 05:20 pm
Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS): A security operation in Afghanistan's Manogi district of eastern Kunar province on Monday left key Taliban commander dead, media reports said.
Pakistan: Supreme Court upholds Aasia Bibi's blasphemy acquittal
Jan 29, 2019, at 05:11 pm
Islamabad, Jan 29 (IBNS): In a major decision, the Pakistani Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking review of the top court's Oct 31, 2018 verdict of acquitting Christian woman Aasia Bibi.
New vulnerabilities soar, OT attacks on the rise and cryptominers reign supreme: Report
Jan 29, 2019, at 03:50 pm
San Jose, Jan 29 (IBNS): Skybox Security, a global leader in cybersecurity management, on Tuesday announced the release of its latest Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report which analyzes the vulnerabilities, exploits and threats in play over the previous year.
Internet goes nuts over Trump's global warming tweet
Jan 29, 2019, at 03:08 pm
Washington DC, Jan 29 (IBNS): It is well known that US President Donald Trump believes climate change and global warming are hoaxes. He reasserted the fact in a recent tweet.
Afghanistan : Militants suffer heavy casualties in Ghazni province
Jan 29, 2019, at 01:11 pm
Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS) :Several anti-government armed militants have been killed or wounded during the separate operations, airstrikes, and clash in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan.
Jan 29, 2019, at 05:21 am
New York, Jan 29 (IBNS): More than seven decades ago in Auschwitz, Jewish teenager Marian Turski felt he “had no name, he had nothing, but a number” tattooed on his body. Speaking on Monday, at the annual Holocaust Memorial Ceremony, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the 92-year-old called on the world to express renewed “empathy and compassion”.
UN chief of peace operations honours fallen Chadian ‘blue helmets’ serving in northern Mali
Jan 29, 2019, at 05:16 am
New York, Jan 29 (IBNS): After 10 Chadian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were killedin a terrorist attack on 20 January, the UN chief of peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, went to N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, to pay tribute to them on Monday in a ceremony organised by the Government.
Link between conflict and hunger worldwide, ‘all too persistent and deadly’, says new UN report
Jan 29, 2019, at 05:14 am
New York, Jan 29 (IBNS): Conflict-driven hunger is getting worse, according to a snapshot of the eight places in the world with the highest number of people in need of emergency food support, and the link between them is “all too persistent and deadly” according to a new report delivered to the UN Security Council on Monday.