Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits southern California, strongest in 20 years
Jul 06, 2019, at 10:32 am
Los Angeles, Jul 5 (Xinhua) A magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Friday hit southern California at 8:19 pm local time (0319 GMT Saturday).
Second Quake Hits Canada Off Pacific Coast, Aftershocks Rattle California - Gov’t. Monitor
Jul 06, 2019, at 06:59 am
Washington, Jul 6 (Sputnik/UNI) Canada has registered its second earthquake in two days off the coast of Vancouver Island, estimated at magnitudes of 4.9 and 5.0, the federal government's monitoring service Earthquakes Canada reported.
UN chief welcomes power-sharing deal between Sudanese military and opposition
Jul 06, 2019, at 06:53 am
New York, July 6 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday he was “encouraged” by reports of a newly-inked power-sharing deal between the Forces for Freedom and Change – a coalition of opposition and protest groups – and Sudan’s ruling military council.
Scores of Rohingya refugee shelters in Bangladesh destroyed by flooding
Jul 06, 2019, at 06:47 am
New York, July 6 (IBNS): Heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh have drenched the Cox’s Bazar settlement, home to more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees, destroying some 273 shelters, and injuring 11 people, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. The huge refugee camp has been hit by three days of non-stop rain, and more heavy downpours are expected throughout next week, with four months of the monsoon season still to go.
Jul 06, 2019, at 06:42 am
New York, July 6 (IBNS): The toll from Tuesday’s reported airstrikes on a detention centre in the suburbs of Tripoli has risen to 53 dead and more than 130 injured among the “severely traumatized” surviving migrants and refugees, UN aid agencies said on Friday, reiterating their appeal to close all such facilities in the embattled country.
Jul 06, 2019, at 06:37 am
New York, July 6 (IBNS): “The only way out of this crisis is to come together, in dialogue”: that was the clear message delivered by Michelle Bachelet, the UN human rights chief, to the Government of Venezuela on Friday, during an address to the Human Rights Council, coinciding with the publication of a new UN report on Venezuela.
Over 20 people injured in explosion at mosque in eastern Afghanistan- local officials
Jul 06, 2019, at 05:53 am
Kabul, Jul 5 (Sputnik/UNI): At least 21 people were injured on Friday in a powerful explosion that hit a mosque in the eastern Afghan city of Ghazni, local officials told Sputnik.
Three killed in car explosion in southern Turkey
Jul 05, 2019, at 06:22 pm
Ankara, July 5 (Xinhua/UNI) At least three people were killed, and one was wounded in a car explosion on Friday in Reyhanli district of Turkish southern Hatay province, near the Syrian border, Anadolu Agency reported.
Teenage boy arrested in Dhaka for allegedly raping minor
Jul 05, 2019, at 05:35 pm
Dhaka, July 5 (IBNS): A teenage boy has been arrested in Bangladesh for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in country's capital Dhaka city, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 40 hurt in Taliban mortar attack on Faryab market
Jul 05, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Kabul, July 5 (IBNS): At least 40 people were hurt when the Taliban militants shelled a local market in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Erdogan says deadly car explosion in Turkey's Reyhanli may be terror attack
Jul 05, 2019, at 05:11 pm
Ankara, July 5 (Sputnik/UNI) The deadly car explosion in the Turkish town of Reyhanli, located in Hatay province near the border with Syria, may have been a terror attack, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
Pakistan, Iran agree to strengthen bilateral trade by removing bottlenecks
Jul 05, 2019, at 05:05 pm
Islamabad, Jul 5 (Xinhua/UNI) Pakistan and Iran have agreed to strengthen bilateral trade and economic ties and vowed to remove potential bottlenecks coming in the way, local media reported on Friday.
More than 80 people feared drowned in Tunisia shipwreck: UNHCR
Jul 05, 2019, at 10:16 am
Geneva, Jul 5 (Xinhua/UNI) More than 80 people are feared drowned following a boat disaster off Tunisia, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
Pay packet inequality growing worldwide, says new UN report
Jul 05, 2019, at 10:13 am
New York, July 5 (IBNS): Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half, while everyone else has seen their pay packets shrink by comparison, UN economists reported on Thursday.
Dhaka Mosque: Caretaker's body found
Jul 05, 2019, at 10:00 am
Dhaka, July 5 (IBNS): Police have recovered a body from an abandoned room in Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque in Dhaka’s Azimpur area, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Security forces kill 2 ISIS terrorists
Jul 05, 2019, at 09:44 am
Kabul, July 5 (IBNS): The Afghan Special Forces killed two Islamic State terrorists in country's Nangarhar province, media reports said on Friday.
Trump stays tough on immigration, defending border patrol, detention facilities amid criticism
Jul 04, 2019, at 01:25 pm
Washington, July 4 (Xinhua): As recent polls show that US voters see immigration as the most important issue facing the United States, US President Donald Trump has been unwavering to stay tough on his handling of a migrant crisis on the US- Mexico border.
Chinese ambassador urges Britain to reflect on words and deeds on Hong Kong affairs
Jul 04, 2019, at 01:00 pm
London, Jul 4 (Xinhua): Chinese Ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming urged the British side to seriously reflect on its “wrongful” remarks and actions on Hong Kong and stop at once any types of interference in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs.
North Korea releases detained Australian national
Jul 04, 2019, at 12:41 pm
Canberra, Jul 4 (UNI): Australian Alek Sigley who went missing in North Korea last week is "released and safe", Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said.
Russia calls for end to conflict in Afghanistan, stands for inclusive dialogue
Jul 03, 2019, at 08:05 pm
Moscow, July 3 (Sputnik): Russia wants to see the decades-long armed conflict in Afghanistan end, and calls for an inclusive dialogue in the country involving all public and political forces to that end, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
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Boat carrying over 50 people capsizes in Pakistan
Jul 03, 2019, at 07:18 pm
Islamabad, Jul 3 (Xinhua): A boat carrying over 50 passengers capsized in Tarbela Lake in Pakistan's northwest district of Haripur on Wednesday, local media reported.
Four IS militants killed in northern Iraq
Jul 03, 2019, at 06:32 pm
Baghdad, Jul 3 (Xinhua/UNI) The Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces conducted Wednesday an operation in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh and killed four Islamic State (IS) militants, the Iraqi military said.
Jul 03, 2019, at 05:44 pm
Dhaka, July 3 (IBNS): A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced nine people to death and 25 others to life in prison for attacking a train which was carrying current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago, media reports said.
Karachi Chinese consulate attack: Main suspect arrested
Jul 03, 2019, at 05:26 pm
Karachi, July 3 (IBNS): The main suspect in the Chinese consulate attack in Pakistan's Karachi city last year has been arrested, media reports said on Wednesday.
US government designates Balochistan Liberation Army as global terrorist group
Jul 03, 2019, at 05:13 pm
Islamabad, July 3 (IBNS): The US Department of State on Tuesday designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Hizballah operative Husain Ali Hazzima as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under Executive Order (E.O.), officials said.
Nine awarded death penalty, 25 life imprisonment for 1994 train attacks in Bangladesh
Jul 03, 2019, at 04:47 pm
Dhaka, Jul 3 (Xinhua/UNI) A court in Bangladesh Pabna district, some 216 km west of capital Dhaka, has handed death penalty to nine people for attacks on a train decades back with a view to assassinating then opposition leader and now incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
16-year-old boy faces 6 terrorism charges in London court
Jul 03, 2019, at 10:27 am
London, July 3 (Xinhua/UNI) A 16-year-old boy is to face six terrorism charges at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, counter terrorism police in northeast England said Tuesday.
Jul 03, 2019, at 10:14 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): The UN human rights chief has expressed her deep concern over the alleged torture and subsequent death of a retired navy captain who had been imprisoned in Venezuela, urging authorities to conduct a prompt, thorough, independent, and transparent investigation into his death.
UN cultural agency removes birthplace of Jesus from its list of heritage sites in danger
Jul 03, 2019, at 10:13 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): The United Nations’ cultural agency announced on Tuesday that it was removing the place that is officially recognized as the Birthplace of Jesus, from its List of World Heritage in Danger – crediting extensive restorative work on Bethlehem’s Nativity Church, in Palestine.
DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri province
Jul 03, 2019, at 10:05 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world’s second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen.