Pakistani authorities say secured release of four abducted Iranian soldiers
Mar 21, 2019, at 11:54 am
Moscow, Mar 21 (Sputnik) The Pakistani security forces helped release four Iranian servicemen, kidnapped last year, during an operation near the Pakistani-Afghan border, Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday, adding that the freed soldiers were being handed over to Tehran.
‘Growing alarm’ over Fall Armyworm advance, with cash crops ‘under attack’ across Asia
Mar 21, 2019, at 11:51 am
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS): The Fall Armyworm pest is continuing to sweep across the globe, having moved eastwards from their native Americas, onto Africa, before arriving in Asia only last summer, where they now threaten to cost farmers from India to Thailand, billions of dollars in lost production.
New Zealand bans Military Style Semi-Automatics, Assault Rifles - Prime Minister
Mar 21, 2019, at 11:44 am
Moscow, Mar 21 (Sputnik) New Zealand introduces a ban on military style semi-automatic firearms and assault rifles in the wake of the deadly attack on two mosques in the city of Christchurch, the country’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said on Thursday.
Venezuela: ‘A worrying destabilizing factor in the region’, Bachelet tells Human Rights Council
Mar 21, 2019, at 11:37 am
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS): Expressing deep concern at the “magnitude and gravity of the human rights impact” of Venezuela’s current crisis, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Wednesday that the country had become “a worrying destabilizing factor in the region.”
UN court increases sentence of former Bosnian-Serb leader to life imprisonment
Mar 21, 2019, at 11:30 am
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS): A United Nations appeals court on Wednesday increased the 40-year sentence initially imposed on Radovan Karadžić, former leader of the Republika Srpksa region of Bosnia and head of the Bosnian-Serb Army, to life imprisonment.
Libya stands at a ‘critical juncture’, UN mission head tells Security Council
Mar 21, 2019, at 11:21 am
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS): Predicting that the “days ahead will prove foundational to the years ahead for Libyans and the region”, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday, that it was no exaggeration to describe the oil-rich nation as having reached “a crucial juncture”.
Mar 21, 2019, at 11:16 am
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS): South-South cooperation is key to the world’s sustainable development and the fight against global warming said the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday, as the opening session of the Second UN Conference on South-South Cooperation got underway in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.
UN allocates $20 million in emergency funding, as Cyclone Idai disaster unfolds
Mar 21, 2019, at 11:11 am
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS): As the full scale of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai in South-West Africa continues to be assessed, the UN and humanitarian partners are ramping up the provision of emergency food, shelter, water and health care supplies to hundreds-of-thousands who have been affected across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Canada: Hindus embrace Jewish writer's research
Mar 20, 2019, at 10:41 pm
Toronto, Mar 18 (IBNS): Toronto’s Hindu community is embracing the work of a Jewish writer whose research shows the Biblical Hebrew people came to the Middle East from Ancient India.
Pakistan: Six killed in check post firing
Mar 20, 2019, at 07:33 pm
Islamabad, Mar 20 (UNI): At least six security personnel were killed when unknown militants opened fire at a security check post in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Wednesday, local reports and officials said.
UK police fail to protect domestic & sexual abuse victims, says watchdog
Mar 20, 2019, at 07:23 pm
Moscow, Mar 20 (Sputnik): UK public interest law firm Center for Women's Justice (CWJ) has filed a super-complaint against the UK police for allegedly failing to use existing protective measures in cases involving violence against women and girls.
Australia reduces annual immigrant cap
Mar 20, 2019, at 07:08 pm
Sydney, Mar 20 (IBNS): The Australian government has decided to significantly reduce its annual intake of immigrants by 15 percent, reports said.
Google fined 1.49bln euros for anti-trust breach by EU
Mar 20, 2019, at 06:30 pm
Brussels, Mar 20 (Xinhua/UNI) US internet giant Google on Wednesday received a new fine ticket of 1.49 billion euros (1.69 billion US dollars) from the European Union (EU) for breaching of anti-trust rules.
New Utrecht shooting suspect arrested, two others released
Mar 20, 2019, at 06:09 pm
The Hague, Mar 20 (Xinhua/UNI) A fourth suspect in a tram shooting in the Dutch city of Utrecht has been arrested, while two other suspects have been released, the Dutch public prosecutor said Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Train hits motorcycle, three killed
Mar 20, 2019, at 05:33 pm
Dhaka, Mar 20 (IBNS): At least three people were killed when the motorcycle, which they were riding, was hit by a train in Bangladesh's Gopalganj area on Wednesday, media reports said.
New Zealand attacks: PM Jacinda Ardern calls for global anti-racism fight
Mar 20, 2019, at 05:12 pm
Christchurch, Mar 20 (IBNS): At a time when the nation is still mourning the deaths of 50 people in a terror attack in two mosques in Christchurch city of New Zealand, the country's PM Jacinda Ardern has called for a global fight to root out racist right-wing ideology.
China, US and EU provide donation to stranded Zimbabweans following Cyclone Idai battering
Mar 20, 2019, at 04:39 pm
Harare, Mar 20 (Xinhua) More organizations are coming on board to provide help to victims of Cyclone Idai which battered Zimbabwe between Friday and Sunday.
New Zealand: Days after Mosques shooting, Parliament opens with Quran recitation
Mar 20, 2019, at 03:12 pm
Wellington, Mar 20 (IBNS): Days after the Mosques shooting in New Zealand's Christchurch, the parliament opened with the recitation of Islamic religious text Quran on Tuesday, media reports said.
France revises 2019 growth target due to
Mar 20, 2019, at 09:56 am
Paris, Mar 20 (Xinhua/UNI) France has reduced its economic growth target for this year to 1.4 percent from 1.7 percent after the "Yellow Vest" protest movement severely impacted the country's economy, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said here on Tuesday.
UN launches 'South-South Galaxy' knowledge-sharing platform in Buenos Aires
Mar 20, 2019, at 09:33 am
New York, Mar 20 (IBNS): When countries of the Global South forged an historic technical cooperation deal among themselves 40 years ago, digital technology was a thing of the future, but developing nations have come a long way since then.
Safe drinking water, sanitation, are ‘basic human rights’: new UN Water Development report
Mar 20, 2019, at 09:25 am
New York, Mar 20 (IBNS): Safe water and access to proper sanitation are essential to eradicate poverty, build peaceful societies and ensure that no one is left behind on the path towards sustainable development, according to the 2019 UN World Water Development Report, launched on Tuesday in Geneva.
First peaceful transfer of power in DR Congo ‘an extraordinary opportunity’ for advancing rights
Mar 20, 2019, at 09:21 am
New York, Mar 20 (IBNS): The election of President Felix Tshisekedi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marks “an extraordinary opportunity” for the country to advance civil and political rights, said a senior UN official, on Tuesday at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Five militants killed, 7 injured in eastern Afghan provinces
Mar 19, 2019, at 05:54 pm
Jalalabad, Mar 19 (Xinhua) Five Taliban militants were killed and seven others wounded in clashes in two eastern Afghan provinces on Monday as fighting rages in the country, authorities said Tuesday.
Afghan special forces kill 35 Taliban militants in country's north
Mar 19, 2019, at 05:52 pm
Moscow, Mar 19 (Sputnik/UNI): Afghan Special Forces have killed at least 35 Taliban terrorists and destroyed a large cache of weapons and explosives in the Taliban-dominated Kunduz province in the country's north, local media reported on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka receives highest ever FDIs of 2.37 billion USD in 2018
Mar 19, 2019, at 05:27 pm
Colombo, Mar 19 (Xinhua) Sri Lanka received its highest ever foreign direct investments (FDI) of 2.37 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, up 38 percent from 1.78 billion US dollars received a year earlier, the state owned Board of Investment said here on Tuesday.
Qatar plans to host conference on Afghanistan with Russia's participation
Mar 19, 2019, at 04:49 pm
Doha Mar 19 (Sputnik/IBNS) Doha is planning to host a conference on the settlement of the Afghan conflict with the participation of Qatari and Russian representatives, Russian Ambassador to Qatar Nurmakhmad Kholov told Sputnik.
Russian, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Venezuela in phone talks
Mar 19, 2019, at 04:46 pm
Moscow, Mar 19 (Sputnik/IBNS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif have addressed the situation in Venezuela in phone talks at the initiative of Tehran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Awami League leader found dead in Sunamganj
Mar 19, 2019, at 04:27 pm
Dhaka, Mar 19 (IBNS): A union level leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League was found dead in the country's Sunamganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday, media reports said.
One of the seven Indian nationals kidnapped in Afghanistan returns home: MEA
Mar 19, 2019, at 04:24 pm
Kabul, Mar 19 (IBNS): One of the seven Indian nationals, who was kidnapped in Baghlan province of Afghanistan in May 2018, has safely returned to India, Ministry of External Affairs confirmed on Monday.
Escalation of US-China bilateral tariffs to shave off 1 tln dollars from US GDP in 10 years: study
Mar 19, 2019, at 10:04 am
Washington, Mar 19 (Xinhua/UNI) An escalation of US-China bilateral tariffs will shave off 1 trillion US dollars from the US economy in a decade and inflict a particular damage on the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, according to a recent study released by the US Chamber of Commerce.