Somali, US forces kill senior al-Shabab militant
Dec 30, 2019, at 10:19 am
Mogadishu/Xinhua/UNI: Somali and US forces conducted an airstrike in southern region on Sunday, killing a senior al-Shabab terrorist, a government official said.
Catastrophic bushfire warnings issued again for South Australia
Dec 30, 2019, at 10:13 am
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: South Australia (SA) has been warned to prepare for catastrophic bushfire conditions for the third time in 10 days.
New Year's fireworks cancelled in Australian capital amid bushfire crisis
Dec 30, 2019, at 10:11 am
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Australia's capital city has cancelled its planned New Year's Eve fireworks displays on account of high bushfire risk.
Over 30,000 forced to flee Australia's Gippsland Valley as bushfires rage
Dec 30, 2019, at 10:03 am
Sydney/Xinhua/UNI: Over 30,000 people had been told to evacuate Australia's East Gippsland region before 9 a.m. local time on Monday, as soaring temperatures and high winds are expected to fan the flames of three enormous wildfires which have already burnt through 130,000 hectares of forest.
Rohingya man detained with fake passport in Bangladesh airport
Dec 30, 2019, at 09:40 am
Dhaka/IBNS: A Rohingya man was detained on Monday with fake passport and other documents after he reached Bangladesh's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in country's capital Dhaka from Malaysia.
Guterres's message for 2020: In world of turmoil, youth are its ‘greatest source’ of hope
Dec 30, 2019, at 09:15 am
New York/IBNS: As the world enters 2020 with “uncertainty and insecurity all around”, the United Nations chief maintained that the world’s young people are its "greatest source” of hope.
Continued airstrikes in western Libya ‘utterly unacceptable’, says UN mission chief
Dec 30, 2019, at 09:07 am
New York/IBNS: The top United Nations official in Libya has condemned recent airstrikes targeting civilian installations that left at least three people dead and several others injured.
US: Texas church shooting leaves 2 killed
Dec 30, 2019, at 08:57 am
Texas/IBNS: At least two parishioners were killed as a gunman opened fire on them in a church in US state of Texas, media reports said on Monday.
Terrorists Attacked Syrian Forces' Positions Twice in Idlib Province - Russian Military
Dec 29, 2019, at 10:43 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Terrorists attacked Syrian forces in the northwestern province of Idlib two times, and approximately 50 militants were involved in the attacks each time, Maj. Gen. Yuri Borenkov, the head of the Russian Center for Syrian reconciliation, said on Saturday.
20 bodies recovered after boat accident in central DR Congo
Dec 29, 2019, at 10:40 pm
Kinshasa/Xinhua/UNI: At least 20 bodies have been recovered from a boat accident taking place late Monday in Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local authorities said.
Chinese envoy in Nepal asks people to follow and promote her on Twitter in lieu of movie tickets
Dec 29, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Beijing/IBNS: In an unheard of social media diplomacy, the Chinese envoy in Nepal has offered people of the Himalayan nation to follow her on Twitter and retweet her posts in exchange for movie tickets.
New York: Five people stabbed during Hanukkah celebration at rabbi's residence
Dec 29, 2019, at 04:11 pm
New York/IBNS: At least six people were stabbed at the residence of a rabbi in US city of New York, media reports said on Sunday.
UN Secretary-General condemns ‘horrendous’ Somalia car bomb attack
Dec 29, 2019, at 03:48 pm
New York/IBNS: Perpetrators behind the deadly terrorist attack in Somalia on Saturday must be brought to justice, the UN Secretary-General has said.
Tropical Cyclone Sarai in Fiji leaves 1 killed, over 2,500 evacuated: Disaster Management
Dec 29, 2019, at 08:42 am
Moscow/Sputnik: An 18-year old male student marked the first fatality of tropical cyclone Sarai in Fiji, while another unidentified person sustained injured and more than 2,500 others have been evacuated across the country, the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) said.
20 bodies recovered after boat accident in central DR Congo
Dec 29, 2019, at 08:33 am
Kinshasa/Xinhua: At least 20 bodies have been recovered from a boat accident taking place late Monday in Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local authorities said.
Dec 28, 2019, at 05:03 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Continuing her government's development policy, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated two new airplanes added to the fleet of Bangladesh Biman and even the construction of the terminal 3 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in country capital Dhaka.
Somalia: Car bomb blast rocks Mogadishu, 60 killed
Dec 28, 2019, at 04:04 pm
Mogadishu/IBNS: At least 60 people were killed as a suicide car bomb blast rocked Somalia's capital city Mogadishu on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan:Taliban attack leaves 10 soldiers killed
Dec 28, 2019, at 03:39 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least 10 soldiers were killed on Friday as Taliban terrorists attacked their outpost in Sangin district of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Islamic State beheads Christian hostages in Nigeria to 'avenge' Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's killing
Dec 28, 2019, at 02:39 pm
Abuja/IBNS: The Islamic State terror group has released a video and claimed to have killed 11 Christian hostages, mostly by beheading, in Nigeria, media reports said.
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attacks in Northern Burkina Faso - Reports
Dec 28, 2019, at 08:16 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia) claimed responsibility for the recent attacks in Burkina Faso that took dozens of lives, Reuters news agency reported on Friday, citing the organization's statement.
At least 15 injured in U.S. aviation plant explosion
Dec 28, 2019, at 08:12 am
Washington/Xinhua/UNI: At least 15 people were injured and no one was reported dead Friday in an explosion at an aviation plant in Wichita, the U.S. state of Kansas, according to U.S. media reports.
Kyrgyz President extends condolences over plane crash in Kazakhstan
Dec 28, 2019, at 08:00 am
Bishkek/Xinhua/UNI: President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov has expressed condolences to his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the people of Kazakhstan in connection with the victims of an airplane crash near Almaty city.
Militants tried to attack Syrian airfield in Hama with drones – Reports
Dec 28, 2019, at 07:55 am
Damascus/Sputnik/UNI: Militants tried to attack a military airfield in the Syrian city of Hama with unmanned aerial vehicles, media reported.
Migrants' boat sinks in Turkey's Lake Van, 2 Pakistanis die
Dec 28, 2019, at 06:52 am
Islamabad/IBNS: At least two Pakistani people died as a boat capsized in Lake Van of Turkey's Bitlis province, officials said on Saturday.
Haiti: Food insecurity expected to rise next year, UN humanitarian agency reports
Dec 28, 2019, at 06:40 am
New York/IBNS: The number of Haitians who do not have sufficient food to eat is expected to surpass four million next year, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday.
Pakistan blasphemy death sentence ‘travesty of justice’, say UN experts
Dec 28, 2019, at 06:33 am
New York/IBNS: Independent UN human rights experts condemned on Friday the death sentence of a university lecturer charged with blasphemy in Pakistan, calling the ruling "a travesty of justice".
Women in Business 'must be knowledgeable and trust their knowledge'
Dec 28, 2019, at 06:23 am
New York/IBNS: Women who set up their own businesses will succeed if they are knowledgeable about their field and “trust their knowledge”; that’s according to the owner of a successful wine bar and store in the city of New Orleans in the United States.
Pakistan Army is ready for India: Imran Khan
Dec 27, 2019, at 06:33 pm
Islamabad/ IBNS: With the India-Pakistan tension simmering since the beginning of the year over post-Pulwama Balakot strike and the post-Article 370 Kashmir reality, Imran Khan once again upped the ante on Thursday when he warned that his country's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Bajwa has assured him that the forces are ready to face India.
Benjamin Netanyahu wins Likud leadership contest
Dec 27, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Jerusalem/UNI: Israel's embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday scored a "huge win" in a vote that was seen a challenge to his leadership of the Likud party.
Dec 27, 2019, at 04:35 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Former Pakistan president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Friday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court where he challenged special court’s verdict which awarded him death in a high treason case.