Canada: Birthplace doesn't necessarily guarantee citizenship, federal govt tells SC
Sep 08, 2018, at 09:51 pm
Ottawa, Sept 8 (IBNS): The federal government of Canada told the Supreme Court that birthplace doesn't necessarily be the only criteria to attain citizenship, media reports said.
Helicopter crash in Nepal kills 6
Sep 08, 2018, at 05:50 pm
Kathmandu, Sept 8 (IBNS): At least six people were killed when an Altitude Air helicopter crashed into the dense forest area bordering Dhading and Nuwakot district in Nepal on Saturday.
Ingrid Hayden appointed as Deputy Special Representative of UNAMA
Sep 08, 2018, at 04:05 pm
Kabul, Sept 8 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Saturday the appointment of Ingrid Hayden of Australia as his Deputy Special Representative (Political) for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Canada PM Justin Trudeau meets Malala Yousafzai in Ottawa
Sep 08, 2018, at 02:20 pm
Ottawa, Sept 8 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday met activist and Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai in Ottawa, the capital of the country.
Brazil election: Candidate Jair Bolsonaro not returning to campaign after being stabbed
Sep 08, 2018, at 12:12 pm
Brasilia, Sept 8 (IBNS): Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro will not return to campaign after he was stabbed during a rally on Thursday, his family has confirmed.
Afghanistan: Road accident kills at least 15 in Kandahar
Sep 08, 2018, at 11:22 am
Kabul, Sept 8 (IBNS): At least 15 people were killed in a road accident in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Saturday.
144 years on, Universal Postal Union meets to define its 21st Century role
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:45 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS):The Universal Postal Union (UPU), one of the world’s oldest international organizations, has met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to improve its working practices and define its role in the modern world.
UN police investigating killing of displaced people in Central African Republic
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Perpetrators behind the killing of a number of people displaced by conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) must be brought to justice, the UN peacekeeping operation in the country said on Friday.
Halt ‘imminent’ executions of Kurdish prisoners, UN experts urge Iran
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:34 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Two independent United Nations human rights experts have called on the Iranian Government to halt the execution of three prisoners from the Kurdish community, amid concerns that they did not receive a fair trial and allegations that they were tortured while in detention.
‘Sanctity of human civilian life’ in Idlib must win out, urges UN Syria Envoy
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:31 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): With the ingredients for a “perfect storm” brewing in the Syrian province of Idlib, the international community cannot allow civilians there to succumb to such a fate, the UN Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Friday.
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Virginia Gamba, the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, on Friday called for much greater accountability and effort, to prevent grave violations against children across the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan.
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:21 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Emergency food supplies for hundreds of thousands of people in Syria’s Idlib are “ready for distribution” in the event of mass displacement caused by a full-scale military offensive on the last opposition-held region, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Canada revises travel advisory for Islamabad
Sep 07, 2018, at 03:37 pm
Toronto, Sept 7 (IBNS): The Canadian government has revised travel advisory for traveling in Pakistan's Islamabad city and removed it from the list of “avoid non-essential travel” cities.
James Mattis visits Afghanistan, meets President Ashraf Ghani
Sep 07, 2018, at 03:20 pm
Kabul, Sept 7 (IBNS): United States Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, on Friday visited Afghanistan and met country's president Ashraf Ghani.
After late night negotiations, Canada, US to resume NAFTA talks today
Sep 07, 2018, at 03:13 pm
Washington, Sept 7 (IBNS): Following a late night negotiations, Canada and the United States will resume the talks over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Friday, media reports said.
Indian youth among three killed in Cincinnati bank shooting, gunman shot dead
Sep 07, 2018, at 01:52 pm
Cincinati, Sept 7 (IBNS): A 25-year-old Indian man was among three people killed after a gunman opened fire in a bank headquarters in Cincinnati on Thursday, media reports said.
Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed during election campaign
Sep 07, 2018, at 11:57 am
Belem, Sept 7 (IBNS): Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed during a campaign rally in southeastern Brazil on Thursday, media reports said.
British Airways probes customer data theft
Sep 07, 2018, at 09:53 am
London, Sept 7 (IBNS): Airlines major British Airways on Thursday announced it is probing a customer data theft from its website and app.
Sep 07, 2018, at 09:15 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): Experts continue to gather information related to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, earlier this year, the UN’s nuclear disarmament chief told the Security Council on Thursday.
Sep 07, 2018, at 09:11 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): The United Kingdom and Russia traded a volley of words at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, with the former laying out information which, it alleges, clearly places two Russian military intelligence operatives behind the deadly nerve-agent attack in the English city of Salisbury on 4 March.
Haiti’s security situation remains ‘fragile’: UN representative
Sep 07, 2018, at 09:09 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): Haitian authorities must do more to prepare the Caribbean island nation for the planned withdrawal of the country’s UN peacekeeping mission, Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council on Thursday.
Caribbean hurricane season ‘will be different this time’
Sep 07, 2018, at 09:06 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): In September 2017 two category five hurricanes swept across the Caribbean, devastating island communities in the region. In the 2nd part of this special report marking the one year anniversary of hurricanes Irma and Maria hitting the Caribbean, UN News looks at how the UN has responded, helping communities to get back on their feet, and preparing them for the inevitability of more damaging hurricanes in the future.
UN chief ‘looks forward’ to progress on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula
Sep 07, 2018, at 09:02 am
New York, Sept 6 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un’s commitment on Wednesday, to continue working towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
UN Envoy working to ‘overcome obstacles’ barring resumption of Yemen peace talks
Sep 07, 2018, at 08:59 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen met Government representatives on Thursday at the start of what were due to be the first peace talks involving both warring parties to be held in two years, vowing to “overcome obstacles” which have so far prevented the Houthi rebel delegation from showing up.
Sep 07, 2018, at 08:57 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): Around 150 million school children aged 13-15 are the victims of violence from their peers, says a new report from the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.
Verdict against South Sudan soldiers ‘finally delivers justice’ – UN Mission
Sep 07, 2018, at 08:54 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has applauded the verdict by a military court on Thursday, that found ten government soldiers guilty of murder, rape and other crimes against civilians and journalists at a hotel in the capital Juba, just over two years ago.
‘Legally binding’ nuclear-test ban essential to prevent ‘catastrophic impact’ says UN chief
Sep 07, 2018, at 08:52 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): On the annual observance of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, Secretary-General António Guterres has highlighted the “inextricable connection” between testing and eliminating nuclear weapons across the world.
UN hails ‘ground-breaking’ Supreme Court ruling to decriminalize gay sex in India
Sep 07, 2018, at 08:48 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): A landmark ruling in India that decriminalizes gay sex has been welcomed as a “ground-breaking decision” by the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS.
UN condemns deadly twin bombings in Kabul, killing first-responders, sportsmen, journalists
Sep 07, 2018, at 08:40 am
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned an attack on a Kabul sports centre on Wednesday, which killed at least 22 people, including first-responders, sportsmen, and two journalists who were covering the initial bombing for a local news agency. Around 75 others were wounded.
Hillary Clinton lost US election because Democrats were too inclusive: Study
Sep 06, 2018, at 07:29 pm
Washington, Sept 6 (IBNS): Hillary Clinton may have lost out to Donald Trump in the battle for the US Presidency because the Democrats were too willing to welcome others with differing views to theirs into their political party, a new study reveals.