Seven prisoners escape prison in Afghanistan
Jan 13, 2020, at 03:40 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least seven prisoners broke a jail in Afghanistan's Paktya area and fled away on Sunday evening, media reports said.
Iran's Rouhani blames US for current situation in Middle East: Presidential Press Office
Jan 13, 2020, at 10:23 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, during a telephone conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, said that the United States were to be blamed for the current developments in the Middle East, the presidential press office said in a statement.
Australian PM takes major polling hit amid bushfires
Jan 13, 2020, at 10:18 am
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suffered a blow to his approval rating amid the ongoing bushfire crisis.
Over dozens of Saudi trainees to be expelled from US military base in Florida - Reports
Jan 12, 2020, at 11:07 pm
Tallahassee/Sputnik/UNI: More than a dozen Saudi Arabian military personnel trained in the United States will be deported from the country following December's deadly shooting at a military base in Florida, the CNN broadcaster reported on Sunday, citing sources.
Netanyahu accuses Iran of deliberately lying about downed Ukrainian plane
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:57 pm
Telaviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of deliberately misleading the world about true causes of Ukraine's Boeing 737 fatal crash as it knew but failed to say right away that the jetliner was shot down by the Iranian military by mistake.
Donald Trump Tells Iranian Authorities to 'Stop Killing' Protesters
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: US President Donald Trump called on Iranian authorities to "stop the killing" of protesters, alleging that thousands were already murdered or imprisoned in Iran and that the international community was monitoring the situation.
Seven rockets hit Army base in Iraq's Salahudin province, two injured
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Baghdad/UNI: Seven Katyusha rockets on Sunday shook the Balad airbase, which previously housed US troops, in Iraq's central province of Salahudin,around 90 km from here, injuring two Iraqi soldiers, a provincial security source said.
Nearly 60 people injured in clashes between protesters, police in eastern Iraq - Reports
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Doha/Sputnik/UNI: Nearly 60 people, including 48 police officers, were injured in clashes between security forces and students outside the University of Wasit in Iraq's eastern Wasit province, media reported on Sunday, citing a security source.
Syrian helicopters drop leaflets to urge civilians to leave rebel-held areas in Aleppo, Idlib
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:24 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: Syrian choppers dropped leaflets on rebel-held areas in the northern province of Aleppo, urging civilians to leave rebel-held areas through humanitarian corridors which opened on Sunday, a war monitor reported.
Libya's eastern-based Parliament may ask Egypt for military assistance - Speaker
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:21 pm
Cairo/Sputnik/UNI: The eastern-based Libyan parliament, which supports Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), may ask Egypt for military support in case of foreign interference in the Libyan conflict, the parliament’s speaker, Aguila Saleh, said on Sunday, in the wake of Turkey's decision to send troops to Libya.
Arrest of UK ambassador to Iran was violation of international law: Britain
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:49 pm
London/IBNS: Britain on Saturday said the arrest of the UK ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire was a 'flagrant violation of international law'.
Jan 12, 2020, at 07:32 pm
New York/IBNS: On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude quake struck the Haiti, devastating its capital, Port-au-Prince. About 220,00 people were reportedly killed, among them, 102 UN staff who lost their lives when the stabilization mission there, known as MINUSTAH, collapsed. Some 300,000 people were injured and 1.5 million become homeless during the 35-second-long tremor.
Jan 12, 2020, at 07:23 pm
New York/IBNS: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his profound condolences to the Royal family, the Government and people of Oman on the passing of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, who passed away late Friday at the age of 79.
Afghanistan: IED blast leaves three cops killed
Jan 12, 2020, at 07:15 pm
Kabul/IBNS: An IED blast in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday left at least three policemen killed, media reports said.
Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan air strike
Jan 12, 2020, at 07:02 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A key Taliban commander, who was a citizen of Pakistan, was killed during an airstrike in Kunduz province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.
Man arrested for 'raping' dumb girl in Bangladesh
Jan 12, 2020, at 05:22 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a dumb girl in Pabna area of Bangladesh, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: IED blast in Kandahar leaves 2 US servicemen killed
Jan 12, 2020, at 04:34 pm
Kandahar/IBNS: At least two US soldiers were killed in an IED explosion in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, media reports said on Sunday.
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Eleven dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey
Jan 12, 2020, at 12:11 pm
Ankara/UNI: At least 11 people died and eight others were rescued by the Turkish coast guard after the boat capsized near the country's western shores, the Anadolu news agency reported.
UN chief condoles Oman Sultan's death
Jan 12, 2020, at 09:58 am
United Nations/UNI: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended his condolences to Oman over the death of the Gulf country's sultan, UN spokesman said on Sunday.
Jan 12, 2020, at 09:11 am
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has extended his support to the protesters in Iran who are demanding the resignation and prosecution of those responsible for the Ukrainian Boeing 737 plane crash with 176 people on board in Tehran.
UK envoy arrest: US state department wants Iran to formally apologise
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:59 am
Washington/UNI: US State department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus has condemned Iran's move to detain UK Ambassador Rob Macaire's and called for a public apology by the Iranian regime.
Police disperse student protesters in Iran for chanting radical slogans: Reports
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:49 am
Tehran/Moscow/Sputnik: Hundreds of students gathered on Saturday outside the Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran to honor those killed in the fatal Ukrainian plane crash in Iran, which resulted in a rally that the police eventually dispersed, media reported.
Trump's security aide sees higher chances for dialogue with Iran after Soleimani killing
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:32 am
Washington/Sputnik: US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien believes that Tehran is more inclined to dialogue with the United States after US operation to assassinate Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani than before.
Black boxes of plane crashed in Iran to be deciphered in Ukraine: French Bureau BEA
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:26 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Black boxes of a plane that crashed in Iran will be deciphered in Ukraine, while French experts will participate in the technical work, France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) said on Saturday, adding that Tehran was responsible for communication and the investigation process.
Japanese PM leaves for Middle East trip amid US - Iran tensions
Jan 11, 2020, at 06:31 pm
Tokyo/Xinhua/UNI: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Tokyo for a five-day trip to the Middle East on Saturday, aiming to help ease tensions in a key region for resource-poor Japan.
North Korea to have no more talks on denuclearisation for partial lift of sanctions: KCNA
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:53 pm
Seoul/Sputnik/UNI: North Korea will no longer engage in talks on complete denuclearization in exchange for only a partial lift of sanctions, and the United States will have to comply with Pyongyang's demands if it wants the nuclear talks to resume, Kim Kye Gwan, an adviser to the North Korean Foreign Ministry, said on Saturday.
Zelenskyy to hold phone talks with Rouhani over crashed plane on Saturday — Press Service
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:16 pm
Kiev/Sputnik/UNI: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday will give a phone call to his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, to discuss the situation around the Ukrainian passenger plane erroneously shot down by the Iranian military in Tehran, The Ukrainian presidential press service announced.
Iran to send Ukraine jet black box to France for decoding — State media
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:14 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Hassan Rezaeifar, head of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization's investigation board, said on Saturday that the flight recorder of the unintentionally downed Ukrainian passenger plane will be sent to France for decoding, Iranian state media reported.
Eighteen Afghan militants killed in northern Takhar province
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Afghanistan/Xinhua: Afghan forces, during a cleanup operation, have killed at least 18 Taliban militants in the country's northern province of Takhar, Pamir Army Corps 217 said in a statement released here Saturday. The operation, backed by military planes, was conducted for the last two days in the troubled Darqad district of the province, resulting in the death of at least 18 Taliban fighters and injury of 11 others, the statement said.
Fire at Croatian retirement home kills six
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:12 pm
Zagreb/Xinhua: At least six people have died in a fire at a home for the elderly in northwestern Croatia on early Saturday, national broadcaster HRT quoted police as saying.