Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban terrorists kill lawmaker’s brother in Paktika
Apr 04, 2018, at 01:38 pm
Kabul, Apr 4 (IBNS): Suspected Taliban terrorists shot dead a lawmaker's brother in Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province, media reports said Wednesday.
UN eyes transition of Haiti role from peacekeeping to development
Apr 04, 2018, at 01:37 pm
New York, Apr 4 (JEN): The United Nations has already started to prepare for a post-peacekeeping presence in Haiti, a senior UN official said Tuesday, stressing there are many reasons to be optimistic that the country’s progress towards stability is now irreversible.
Apr 04, 2018, at 01:32 pm
New York, Apr 4 (JEN): An appeal that raised some $2 billion to help millions of people in Yemen was a “remarkable success of international solidarity” for the country’s war-weary people, but aid alone will not provide a solution to the conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday.
Female shooter at YouTube HQ dead after injuring 3 people, says police
Apr 04, 2018, at 01:07 pm
Washington, Apr 4 (IBNS): A woman shot and injured three people and then apparently killed herself at video sharing website You Tube's headquarter in Northern California, officials said on Wednesday.
Toronto observes caregivers’ day
Apr 04, 2018, at 12:50 pm
Toronto, Apr 3 (IBNS): Caregiver Day was observed today at Toronto City Hall, media reports said.
Bomb blast kills a cop in Afghanistan
Apr 04, 2018, at 01:45 am
Kabul, Apr 3 (IBNS): A magnetic bomb blast in Kunduz province of Afghanistan on Monday killed at least one policeman, media reports said.
Canada: Shooting takes place inside Karaoke bar in Toronto, two injured
Apr 04, 2018, at 12:46 am
Toronto, Apr 3 (IBNS): A shooting inside Karaoke bar in Toronto has injured two people on Tuesday early morning, media reports said.
Canada should show willingness towards Rohingya refugees, says envoy to Myanmar
Apr 04, 2018, at 12:16 am
Ottawa, Apr 3 (IBNS): Canada's special envoy to Myanmar gave a strong signal to his country saying willingness should be shown to the Rohingya refugees, who fled from Myanmar Rakhine state, CTV News reported.
Apr 03, 2018, at 10:01 pm
London, Apr 3 (IBNS): Two shooting incidents in London in a gap of an hour left one girl killed and another boy injured, officials said.
Pakistan: Fire in Lahore bakery kills 5
Apr 03, 2018, at 03:35 pm
Lahore, Apr 3 (IBNS): A fire broke out at a bakery in Lahore’s Barkat Market on Tuesday, killing at least five people, media reports said.
US government adds two Lashkar-e-Taiba aliases to Foreign Terrorist Organisations
Apr 03, 2018, at 03:24 pm
Washington, Apr 3 (IBNS): In a major move, the US Department of State has amended the designation of Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) to include the aliases Milli Muslim League (MML) and Tehreek-e- Azadi-e Kashmir (TAJK).
Donald Trump congratulates Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi over re-election
Apr 03, 2018, at 02:49 pm
Washington, Apr 3 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Monday congratulated Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on being re-elected as as the President of Egypt.
Anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies
Apr 03, 2018, at 02:35 pm
Johannesburg, Apr 3 (IBNS): Leaving people across the nation shocked, South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former first lady Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has passed away.
UN condemns attack on civilians in north-east Nigeria
Apr 03, 2018, at 01:57 pm
Denouncing an attack on civilians in Nigeria’s restive north-east region, a senior United Nations humanitarian official has called on all parties to the conflict to immediately cease hostilities and ensure the protection of civilians.
UN food aid to benefit 60,000 people in earthquake-hit Papua New Guinea
Apr 03, 2018, at 01:53 pm
New York, Apr 3 (JEN): The United Nations emergency food relief agency has airlifted over 80 metric tons of vital nutritional supplements to Papua New Guinea – enough to feed approximately 60,000 people in the earthquake-hit country.
Women and girls with autism must be empowered to overcome discrimination they face, says UN chief
Apr 03, 2018, at 01:51 pm
New York, Apr 3 (JEN): On World Autism Awareness Day, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has joined the global call to empower women and girls with autism and involve them and their advocates in policy and decision-making to address the challenges they face.
Canada: Decomposed body found in Montreal apartment, a man arrested
Apr 03, 2018, at 03:26 am
Montreal, Apr 2 (IBNS): A Montreal man has been arrested after a decomposed body of an elderly woman was found at an apartment, media reports said.
Canada: Equal pay for equal work, new rule for part time employees begins in Ontario
Apr 03, 2018, at 03:06 am
Toronto, Apr 2 (IBNS): Bringing a kind of justice to the part time employees in Ontario, a new rule of equal pay for equal work has been enforced in the province, media reports said.
Malala ends her Pakistan visit, returns to UK
Apr 02, 2018, at 10:58 pm
London, Apr 2 (IBNS): After completing her trip to Pakistan, Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to the UK, media reports said.
Kim Jong-un, wife attend K-pop concert in Pyongyang
Apr 02, 2018, at 08:07 pm
Pyongyang, Apr 2 (IBNS): Ahead of the historic Korean bi-lateral meet between the North and the South, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife attended a K-pop concert in the latter's national capital Pyongyang on Sunday, reports said.
Costa Rica set for Centre-Left President
Apr 02, 2018, at 04:49 pm
San Jose, Apr 2 (IBNS): Costa Rica is set for a Centre-Left President after reports suggested a win for presidential candidate Carlos Alvarado.
10 IS terrorists killed during clash in Afghanistan
Apr 02, 2018, at 03:24 pm
Kabul, Apr 2 (IBNS): At least 10 Islamic State terrorists were killed during a clash in Dar Zab district of northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump suggests no deal on DACA
Apr 02, 2018, at 02:49 pm
Washington, Apr 2 (IBNS): In a major move, US President Donald Trump on Sunday said there will be no Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA deal.
USS Little Rock leaves for Florida after 3 months
Apr 02, 2018, at 01:58 pm
Ottawa/Washington, Apr 1 (IBNS): American warship USS Little Rock, which had been trapped by ice at the port of Montreal since Christmas eve, finally left for its home port in Florida Saturday after spending more than three months in Montreal, media reports said.
Ontario’s equal pay for equal work kicks in
Apr 02, 2018, at 01:29 pm
Toronto, Apr 1 (IBNS): The equal pay for equal work legislation took effect from today in Canada's second largest and most populous province Ontario.
5.3 earthquake hits Iran, no casualty
Apr 02, 2018, at 04:18 am
Tehran, Apr 1 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hit western Iran on Sunday, as per USGS website.
Bangladesh: Bus plunges into ditch, 8 killed
Apr 02, 2018, at 01:14 am
Dhaka, Apr 1 (IBNS): A bus plunged into a ditch beside Dhaka-Barisal highway in Muksudpur upazila of Bangladesh on Sunday which left at least eight people dead, media reports said.
Kemerovo Region governor Aman Tuleyev resigns over Russian mall fire
Apr 01, 2018, at 11:07 pm
Moscow,Apr 1 (IBNS): Days after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in Russia and left at least 64 people killed, the governor of Siberia's Kemerovo Region, Aman Tuleyev, resigned on Sunday, media reports said.
Stephen Hawking's funeral takes place in Cambridge
Apr 01, 2018, at 04:01 am
Cambridge, Mar 31 (IBNS): Thousands of mourners gathered on the streets of Cambridge, England, as the funeral of British physicist Stephen Hawking took place on Saturday morning.
Russia expels four Canadian diplomats
Apr 01, 2018, at 03:11 am
Ottawa, Mar 31 (IBNS): Russia has expelled four Canadian diplomats as the dispute between the Moscow Kremlin and the West over the poisoning of an ex-spy in Salisbury, United Kingdom (U.K.) continues, Global Affairs Canada said on Saturday, media reports said.