Pakistan: Blast kills three levies personnel in Balochistan
Sep 14, 2018, at 03:38 pm
Islamabad, Sept 14 (IBNS): A blast near the assistant commissioner Barshore's car in Balochistan's Pishin area of Pakistan leaf at least three levies personnel killed, media reports said.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visits Pakistan
Sep 14, 2018, at 09:56 am
Islamabad, Sept 14 (IBNS): Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoÄŸlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, is paying an official visit to Pakistan from Thursday.
Afghanistan: One person killed, 3 injured in blast
Sep 14, 2018, at 09:20 am
Kabul, Sept 14 (IBNS): A magnetic bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province killed at least one policeman, media reports said on Friday.
Multiple gas explosions in Boston kill 1
Sep 14, 2018, at 09:08 am
Boston, Sept 14 (IBNS): At least one person was killed and dozens of other houses were damaged as 70 explosions and fires hit Lawrence, North Andover, and Andover areas of Boston city in the US on Thursday, officials said.
Security Council extends mandates of UN peace operations in Libya, Colombia through next September
Sep 14, 2018, at 08:53 am
New York, Sept 14 (IBNS): By unanimous agreement on Thursday, the Security Council extended the mandates of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Organization’s Verification Mission in Colombia.
Somalia’s destiny lies in the hands of the people, highlights outgoing UN envoy
Sep 14, 2018, at 08:51 am
New York, Sept 14 (IBNS): Despite remarkable achievements in Somalia in the recent past, structural challenges remain and continue to undermine the country’s security and political stability, the United Nations envoy for the country has warned.
Landmark South Sudan deal offers hope, but trust ‘still lacking’ between parties – UN envoy
Sep 14, 2018, at 08:46 am
New York, Sept 14 (IBNS): Rebuilding trust and overcoming suspicion will be key to ensure the success of Thursday’s landmark peace agreement between the South Sudanese Government and main political opposition, the top United Nations official in the country has said.
FROM THE FIELD: Rwanda’s Green Villages benefit poorest
Sep 14, 2018, at 08:43 am
New York, Sept 14 (IBNS): An innovative approach to supporting the poorest and most vulnerable in Rwanda, is helping to address environmental problems and achieve ambitious development goals there, according to the UN Development Programme, UNDP.
Scourge of genocide remains a ‘threat and a reality’ today: UN human rights chief
Sep 14, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, Sept 14 (IBNS): Genocide remains a “threat and a reality” in the 21st century, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday, in an appeal to States to do more to act on the “warning signs” that often precede grave violations of international law.
Sep 14, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, Sept 14 (IBNS): Like few today, former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, could “bring people together, put them at ease, and unite them towards a common goal”, said the current UN chief, António Guterres on Thursday, speaking at his predecessor’s funeral in Ghana.
Sep 14, 2018, at 08:36 am
New York, Sept 14 (IBNS): Economic sanctions must not be allowed to degenerate into blockades which “expose people to the ravages of economic war in peacetime” said the UN independent expert on the effects of sanctions on human rights.
Canada: Humboldt Broncos return to ice after crash
Sep 13, 2018, at 07:22 pm
Humboldt, Sept 13 (IBNS): Canadian ice hockey team Humboldt Broncos played their first game on Wednesday since they suffered a deadly accident on a highway of the province in April this year, media reports said.
Canada: Scientists discover world's oldest sketch in South Africa cave
Sep 13, 2018, at 04:57 pm
South Africa, Sept 13 (IBNS): Scientists have discovered a 73,000-year-old sketch in a South African cave, media reports said.
Sep 13, 2018, at 11:31 am
Naypyidaw, Sept 13 (IBNS): Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has finally broken her silence on the Rohingya crackdown and jailing of Reuters journalists.
South-South Cooperation Day focuses in on sustainable development, a ‘new phase of cooperation’
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:22 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): As part of the 40th anniversary of the International Day for South-South Cooperation, the United Nations drew together on Wednesday, more than 100 best-practices developed in the countries of the Global South, which embody the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:15 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): The Occupied Palestinian Territory now suffers the highest unemployment rate in the world, with incomes and agricultural production going down, the United Nations trade and development agency said on Wednesday, noting that women and young people were worst affected, as the Israeli occupation continues.
‘Collective endeavour’ needed to strengthen peacekeeping further, says top UN official
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:12 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): Highlighting complex and evolving challenges, the head of UN peacekeeping on Wednesday called for heightened vigilance and a more robust response to existential threats against both peacekeepers and those they strive to defend.
A record one million Syrians displaced over six months, during six key battles: UN investigators
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:06 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): All parties to the seven-year Syria conflict and the States that support them should do “everything in their power” to prevent a full-scale military assault on Idlib, a high-level United Nations-appointed panel of investigators said on Wednesday.
Alarming level of reprisals against activists, human rights defenders, and victims – new UN report
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:03 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): An alarming and “shameful” level of harsh reprisals and intimidation against those who cooperate with the United Nations in an effort to uphold human rights, has been revealed by a new UN report launched on Wednesday.
Canada: Ontario school bus crash leaves three students in serious condition
Sep 12, 2018, at 11:40 pm
Toronto, Sept 12 (IBNS): A school bus crash in central Ontario left three students in serious condition on Wednesday, media reports said.
Canada: Humboldt Broncos to return to ice tonight; PM Trudeau says country will cheer team
Sep 12, 2018, at 11:39 pm
Humboldt, Sept 12 (IBNS): Canadian ice hockey team Humboldt Broncos will play their first game on Wednesday since they suffered a deadly accident on a highway of the province in April this year, media reports said.
Iraq: Bomb blast kills 2 in Baghdad
Sep 12, 2018, at 07:09 pm
New Delhi, Sept 12 (IBNS): Two Iraqi civilians were injured in a bomb blast in Baghdad city of Iraq on Wednesday, media reports said.
Death toll in Afghanistan suicide attack incident touches 68
Sep 12, 2018, at 03:39 pm
Kabul, Sept 12 (IBNS): The death toll in the suicide attack on a protest rally in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has touched 68, media reports said.
Million gather at Catalonia national day rally in Barcelona
Sep 12, 2018, at 12:49 pm
Barcelona, Sept 12 (IBNS): Around a million people took to the streets in Barcelona to participate in the Catalonia national day rally and demand independence from Spain.
Former Brazilian President Lula pulls out of presidential election
Sep 12, 2018, at 11:06 am
Brasilia, Sept 12 (IBNS): Tainted Brazilian politician and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pulled out of next month's presidential election, reports said.
Afghanistan: Nangarhar suicide attack death toll touches 32
Sep 12, 2018, at 09:28 am
Kabul, Sept 12 (IBNS): A suicide bomber targeted a protest rally in Momandara district of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province and killed at least 32 people killed on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Yemen: UN envoy asks Security Council for more support ‘to move back’ to the negotiating table
Sep 12, 2018, at 09:13 am
New York, Sept 12 (IBNS): United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffith told the Security Council on Tuesday that he never expected an easy mission when he convened Intra-Yemeni Consultations in Geneva last week, for which the Houthis delegation failed to show up.
‘Vague and over-broad’ laws stifling independent journalism in Myanmar – UN rights report
Sep 12, 2018, at 08:52 am
New York, Sept 12 (IBNS): Describing the conviction in Myanmar of two Reuters journalists last week as a “particularly outrageous” example of judicial harassment against the media there, “vague and over-broad” laws have made it impossible for the press to do its job in the country, without fear or favour, a new United Nations report has found.
Hunger reached ‘alarming’ ten-year high in 2017, according to latest UN report
Sep 12, 2018, at 08:45 am
New York, Sept 12 (IBNS): With food deprivation on the rise due to conflict and climate change, more people went hungry in 2017 than at any time in the previous decade, according to the latest edition of the UN’s annual multi-agency flagship report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World.
Sep 12, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, Sept 12 (IBNS): A full-scale battle for Idlib must be avoided at all costs, the United Nations Secretary-General has stressed, warning that failure to do so would unleash “a humanitarian nightmare unlike any seen in the blood-soaked Syrian conflict” so far.