Egypt urged to free prominent couple jailed arbitrarily since last June: UN rights office
Jul 04, 2018, at 07:58 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): The UN human rights office is urging Egypt to free a prominent married couple that has been arbitrarily detained for more than a year.
Palestinian Bedouin community faces demolition after Israeli court ruling, warns UN rights office
Jul 04, 2018, at 07:54 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): A Palestinian Bedouin community is under threat from a demolition order within days, to make way for Israeli settlement expansion, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Tuesday.
Jul 04, 2018, at 07:50 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): The relentless conflict in Yemen has pushed a nation already on the brink “deep into the abyss,” said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief on Tuesday, after returning from a four-day visit to the war-torn country.
Ontario Premier Ford announces end of Cap-and-Trade Carbon Tax Era
Jul 03, 2018, at 11:19 pm
Ottawa, Jul 3 (IBNS): Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday confirmed that there would be an end of the Cap-and-Trade Carbon Tax Era in Ontario, media reports said.
UK government planning to ban gay conversion therapies
Jul 03, 2018, at 07:18 pm
London, Jul 3 (IBNS): In order to curb discrimination against LGBT people, the UK government is planning to put a ban on gay conversion therapies, media reports said.
Canada PM Trudeau interacts with Mexican President-elect Amlo, vows to work together
Jul 03, 2018, at 05:28 pm
Ottawa, July 3 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has interacted with Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador and wished to work closely with the latter.
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak arrested over money laundering charges
Jul 03, 2018, at 05:04 pm
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 3 (IBNS): Malaysian Authorities on Tuesday arrested former Prime Minister Najib Razak on the charge of multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund, media reports said.
Afghan and Indian experts blame Pakistan's ISI for Jalalabad blast killing 17 Sikhs
Jul 03, 2018, at 04:10 pm
Kabul, July 3 (IBNS): Days after a suicide blast in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city in Nangarhar province on Sunday killed at least 19 people, including 17 from the minority Sikh community, the needle of suspicion is towards Pakistan's ISI though apparently the attack was carried out by the Taliban.
USA: Birthday girl dies after being attacked at a party
Jul 03, 2018, at 02:48 pm
Idaho, July 3 (IBNS): A three-year-old girl was killed on her birthday and nine refugess were injured after a knife attack at her birthday party in Boise, Idaho, according to the US police.
One dead, over 1,500 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims stranded in Nepal
Jul 03, 2018, at 02:34 pm
Kathmandu, Jul 3 (IBNS): One person died as more than 1500 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims from India remained stranded in Nepal near Chin because of heavy rain, media reports said.
Car bomb blast kills woman and child in Afghanistan
Jul 03, 2018, at 01:15 pm
Kabul, July 3 (IBNS): At least two people, including a woman and a child, died after a car bomb exploded in central Logar province in Afghanistan on Monday evening, reports said.
Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa confirms death sentence awarded to 12 terrorists
Jul 03, 2018, at 09:55 am
Islamabad, July 3 (IBNS): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday confirmed death sentences awarded to 12 'terrorists', officials confirmed.
Afghanistan security forces arrest three ISIS-K terrorists
Jul 03, 2018, at 09:41 am
Kabul, July 3 (IBNS): At least three ISIS-K terrorists were arrested by Afghanistan security forces from Behsud district in the country, media reports said on Tuesday.
Mike Pompeo will leave for North Korea on July 5: White House
Jul 03, 2018, at 09:27 am
Washington, July 3 (IBNS): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be leaving for North Korea on July 5, officials said.
Food safety critical to development and ending poverty: FAO deputy chief
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:20 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): Ensuring that people everywhere can trust the safety and quality of the food they eat is the focus of a UN meeting taking place this week in Rome.
Ben Stiller’s new role, more about hope than humour, as he’s named Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:16 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), announced on Monday that the actor, director, producer and philanthropist Ben Stiller, is to become its latest Goodwill Ambassador, as he issued an appeal for action on behalf of those forced to flee their homes around the world.
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:12 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): In the wake of dozens of civilian deaths – the most recent, a suicide attack in Jalalabad on Sunday – a high-level United Nations representative on the ground called for “the architects of this appalling crime” to be brought to justice.
Two shipwrecks add to ‘alarming increase’ in migrant deaths off Libya coast: IOM
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:06 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): More than 200 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean in the past three days, bringing the overall death toll so far this year to more than 1,000, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday.
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:02 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Monday, declaring that “nothing could have prepared me for the scale of the crisis and extent of suffering” he witnessed there.
UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan condemns Afghanistan terror blast
Jul 02, 2018, at 07:53 pm
Kabul, July 2 (IBNS): The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns on Sunday’s attack in Jalalabad that killed at least 19 civilians, and expresses its concern about a recent spate of incidents in which civilians have been killed in attacks on schools and medical centres.
We stand strong, says Canada PM Trudeau after counter-tariffs come into effect
Jul 02, 2018, at 07:36 pm
Toronto, July 2 (IBNS): After the counter-tariffs on US goods came into effect on Sunday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the country stands strong, media reports said.
World condemns Afghanistan suicide blast
Jul 02, 2018, at 07:27 pm
Kabul, July 2 (IBNS): The suicide blast in Jalalabad area of Afghanistan, which left at least 19 people killed, has triggered widespread condemnation.
Canada well prepared to counter U.S. tariffs
Jul 02, 2018, at 07:24 pm
Hamilton (ON), Jul 2 (IBNS): Canada is in the midst of a counter-strike with the United States after the latter's imposition of duties of 25 percent on Canadian steel and 10 percent on aluminum, came into effect on July 1, media reports said.
Looking forward to work closely with Mexican President-elect Amlo: Canada PM Trudeau
Jul 02, 2018, at 05:47 pm
Ottawa, July 2 (IBNS): Congratulating newly elected Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he is looking forward to work closely with the former.
Pakistan condemns Afghanistan blast
Jul 02, 2018, at 04:37 pm
Islamabad, July 2 (IBNS): Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs on Monday condemned the blast in Afghanistan's Jalalabad area which left at least 19 people killed on Sunday.
Left-winger Amlo wins Mexican presidential polls; Trump says looking forward to working together
Jul 02, 2018, at 11:41 am
Mexico City: Left wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known as Amlo, is Mexico's President-elect, after surging ahead of his opponents in the recently concluded presidential polls.
UN chief condemns attack targeting international forces in northern Mali
Jul 02, 2018, at 09:07 am
New York, July 2 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned an attack in Gao, northern Mali, targeting international forces that left at least two civilians dead and over fifteen injured.
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty an ‘essential pillar’ of international peace, says UN chief
Jul 02, 2018, at 09:03 am
New York, July 2 (IBNS): On the 50th anniversary of the opening for signature of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged all State parties to ensure the Treaty’s continued strength and importance in the years ahead.
UN chief applauds Bangladesh for ‘opening borders’ to Rohingya refugees in need
Jul 02, 2018, at 08:56 am
New York, July 2 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has applauded Bangladesh for giving a safe haven to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees driven from their homes in Myanmar by systematic and widespread violence.
Latest tragedy in the Mediterranean claims over 100 lives – UN refugee agency
Jul 02, 2018, at 08:49 am
New York, July 2 (IBNS): Expressing “deep sadness” over the deaths of more than 100 refugees and migrants when their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, the United Nations refugee agency has called for greater international efforts to avoid further tragedies.