Mexico flight crash leaves 85 injured
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:53 am
Durango, Aug 1 (IBNS): At least 85 people were injured as a flight in which they were traveling crashed in Mexico'so Durango state, media reports said on Wednesday.
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:35 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): As part of a recent pattern of attacks in Afghanistan, at least 13 civilians were killed and 20 others wounded on Tuesday in Jalalabad, drawing “outrage” and condemnation “in the strongest terms” from the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country, UNAMA.
UN calls on Saudi Arabia to release jailed human rights defenders, including women activists
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:32 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): Concerned over the continuing arrests and “apparently arbitrary detentions” of human rights defenders – including campaigners who lobbied for an end to the ban on women driving – the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday called on Saudi Arabia to “unconditionally” release all those being held.
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:29 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a strongly-worded statement on Tuesday, denouncing last week’s brutal killings and raids by members of the terrorist group ISIL, in Sweida, south-west Syria.
Afghanistan: 15 people killed in Jalalabad attack
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:24 am
Kabul, Aug 1 (IBNS): The death toll following a terrorist attack on migrants and refugees’ affairs in Jalalabad area of Afghanistan left 15 people killed on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’ - UN expert
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:08 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Sundarbans forest, a which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to several endangered species, is being threatened by “heedless industrialization”, according to a UN rights expert, who on Tuesday, called on the Government of Bangladesh to halt the process.
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): As thousands flee mounting political tensions, violence and serious human rights violations in Nicaragua, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has called for international solidarity and more support for the countries hosting those who are joining the exodus.
Nawaz Sharif shifted from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences to Adiala jail
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:05 pm
Islamabad, July 31 (IBNS): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been shifted from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences to Adiala jail on Tuesday, media reports said.
IAEA reviews Saudi Arabia’s nuclear power infrastructure development
Jul 31, 2018, at 10:42 pm
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July 31 (IBNS): An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded a twelve-day mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to review its development of infrastructure for a nuclear power programme.
Canada: Toronto Council opposes Ontario bill reducing number of councillors
Jul 31, 2018, at 07:05 pm
Toronto, July 31 (IBNS): Toronto Council has voted to oppose the new Ontario bill which is set to reduce the number of councillors from 47 to 25, media reports said.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau attends funeral of Toronto shooting victims
Jul 31, 2018, at 05:39 pm
Toronto, July 31 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has attended the funeral of victims of the Toronto mass shooting, which took place at the Danforth Avenue on July 22, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Bus hits a roadside bomb, 8 killed
Jul 31, 2018, at 03:34 pm
Kabul, July 31 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed when a passenger bus hit a roadside bomb in western Farah province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
US spy agencies report new nuclear activity in North Korea
Jul 31, 2018, at 01:39 pm
Pyongyang, July 31 (IBNS): Quoting US spy agencies, The Washington Post has reported that North Korea is constructing 'new missiles at a factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States'.
Islamic State claims fatal attack on foreign cyclists in Tajikistan
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:13 am
Dushanbe, July 31 (IBNS): The Islamic State has claimed Sunday's fatal attack on four foreign cyclists in Tajikistan, reports said.
UN receives 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in three months
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:14 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): The United Nations received 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse across all its entities and implementing partners, between the beginning of April to the end of June this year, UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, announced on Monday, with 18 cases involving peacekeeping operations, and 25 from “agencies, funds and programmes.”
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:11 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): Delivering life-saving assistance to millions of women, children and men in Syria, local aid workers need to be safer and better protected, said the top United Nations humanitarian official in the country on Monday.
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:06 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): Marking World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the United Nations sheds light on the plight of millions of children, women and men – especially migrants – who, every year, fall prey to traffickers across the world.
Canada: Dozens of forest fires in northeastern Ontario still out of control
Jul 30, 2018, at 06:40 pm
Toronto, July 30 (IBNS): Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources said dozens of forest fires in northeastern Ontario are still out of control, media reports said.
Canada: Trudeau expected to attend funeral of Toronto shooting victim Reese Fallon today
Jul 30, 2018, at 05:33 pm
Toronto, July 30 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend the funeral of Reese Fallon, who had died in the recent Toronto mass shooting, on Monday, media reports said.
Imran Khan to take oath as Pakistan Prime Minister on Aug 11?
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:09 pm
Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan has said he will take oath on Aug 11, media reports said on Monday.
Doctor who examined Nawaz Sharif in prison suffers heart attack
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:07 pm
Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): The doctor, who had examined jailed ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif in Adiala jail, has suffered heart attack, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani invites Imran Khan to visit Kabul
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:05 pm
Kabul/Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday spoke to Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan and invited him to visit Kabul city.
Afghanistan: Five Taliban militants killed after IED goes off prematurely
Jul 30, 2018, at 01:34 pm
Kabul, July 30 (IBNS): At least five Taliban militants were killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off prematurely in northern Kunduz province.
Mugabe-less Zimbabwe to vote for the first time since independence
Jul 30, 2018, at 12:30 pm
Harare, July 30 (IBNS): Zimbabweans will witness history on Monday as the country will undergo the presidential polls without its longtime leader, Robert Mugabe, for the first time since independence.
Pakistan: Jailed ex-PM Nawaz Sharif shifted to PIMS hospital
Jul 30, 2018, at 09:40 am
Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): Following the order of the caretaker government, jailed Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was shifted from Adiala Jail to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital's cardiac ward on Sunday, media reports said.
Hudaydah ‘one airstrike away from unstoppable epidemic’: UN humanitarian chief in Yemen
Jul 30, 2018, at 09:27 am
New York, July 30 (IBNS): The crucial Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, which has been living under fire from pro-Government forces for weeks now, could be just “one airstrike away from an unstoppable epidemic”, said the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the country on Sunday.
Jul 30, 2018, at 09:22 am
New York, July 30 (IBNS): The recent infringement of democratic rights and civil liberties in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros, ahead of a vote on constitutional reform, is a source of concern said United Nations chiefAntónio Guterres on Sunday.
Jul 30, 2018, at 09:12 am
New York, July 30 (IBNS): Ahead of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on Monday, the UN human rights expert on the issue has emphasized that both victims and potential victims’ rights must be upheld – especially women and children – and appealed for all States to prevent and combat the global scourge.
Ashraf Ghani invites Imran Khan to visit Afghanistan
Jul 29, 2018, at 07:57 pm
Islamabad, July 29 (IBNS): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeemul Haque on Sunday said country's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan has been invited to visit Afghanistan by President Ashraf Ghani.
Indonesia earthquake leaves 14 killed
Jul 29, 2018, at 07:41 pm
Bali, July 29 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok and left at least 14 people killed, media reports said.