US expresses concern over 'high level of campaign violence' in Bangladesh
Dec 28, 2018, at 03:51 pm
Dhaka, Dec 28 (IBNS): The US has expressed its concern over the 'high level of campaign violence' over the last two weeks as Bangladesh is gearing up to vote in the general polls on Sunday.
BNP is sensing poll defeat: Sheikh Hasina
Dec 28, 2018, at 03:42 pm
Dhaka, Dec 28 (IBNS): As Bangladesh is gearing up to vote in the crucial general elections on Sunday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she feels that the key opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has sensed that they might be defeated in the upcoming polls.
Michelle Obama becomes 'most admired woman' in Gallup survey
Dec 28, 2018, at 12:03 pm
Washington, Dec 28 (IBNS): Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has been named as the "most admired woman" in a survey conducted by Gallup, a company which is known for its public opinion polls.
Afghanistan: US conducted airstrike leaves 2 local Taliban leaders killed
Dec 28, 2018, at 09:53 am
Kabul, Dec 28 (IBNS): A US force conducted airstrike in Afghanistan's western Farah province left two prominent local leaders of the Taliban group killed, media reports said on Friday.
US airstrike kills local ISIS-K spokesman in Afghanistan
Dec 28, 2018, at 09:48 am
Kabul, Dec 28 (IBNS): A US force conducted airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province left local spokesman of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Sul Aziz Azam killed, media reports said on Friday.
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Portion of mine collapses in Pakistan, 3 miners killed
Dec 28, 2018, at 09:44 am
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IBNS): A portion of a mine collapsed in Balochistan's Dukki district of Pakistan and left at least three miners dead on Thursday, media reports said.
Newly displaced fleeing attacks in northeast Nigeria, top 2,000
Dec 28, 2018, at 08:53 am
New York, Dec 28 (IBNS): After fleeing terrorist attacks, as well as clashes between Government forces and militia, more than 2,000 newly displaced Nigerians have arrived in an already over-stretched camp known as Teacher’s Village, in Maiduguri, the capital of the country’s Borno State.
Guinea-Bissau needs ‘genuinely free and fair elections’ to break cycle of instability
Dec 28, 2018, at 08:40 am
New York, Dec 28 (IBNS): Unless political actors in Guinea-Bissau demonstrate renewed good faith to hold “genuinely free and fair elections,” the country is set to face a continuous cycle of instability, the United Nations Security Council warned on Thursday.
‘Repeated attacks’ could close down key hospital in eastern Libya, says WHO
Dec 28, 2018, at 08:36 am
New York, Dec 28 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly condemned an armed attack in Al Jala Hospital in Libya’s second-largest city of Benghazi, which took place on Tuesday, warning that further assaults could shutter the key facility.
UN calls for ‘peaceful, credible and inclusive’ election in Bangladesh
Dec 28, 2018, at 08:33 am
New York, Dec 28 (IBNS): In the run-up to Sunday’s general elections in Bangladesh, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for “an environment free of violence, intimidation and coercion” to allow a “peaceful, credible and inclusive poll.”
Freezing rain should come overnight, says Environment Canada
Dec 27, 2018, at 07:13 pm
Ottawa, Dec 27 (IBNS): Environment Canada has warned that freezing rain should fall overnight across eastern Ontario and western Quebec, media reports said.
Indonesian tsunami death toll climbs over 400 as Government-led relief efforts are stepped up
Dec 27, 2018, at 09:12 am
New York, Dec 27 (IBNS): Government-led relief efforts are being stepped up at the tip of the Indonesia’s two main islands of Sumatra and Java after a tsunami slammed into densely-populated coastal areas along the Sunda Strait on Saturday night.
Libya: Attack on foreign ministry, an attack on all Libyans, stresses UN envoy
Dec 27, 2018, at 09:09 am
New York, Dec 27 (IBNS): The United Nations peace mission in Libya has “strongly” condemned a terrorist attack on the country’s foreign ministry in the capital, Tripoli.
Afghanistan: UN ‘unequivocally condemns’ attack in Kabul
Dec 27, 2018, at 09:07 am
New York, Dec 27 (IBNS): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, known by its acronym UNAMA, condemned an attack on a government compound in the country’s heavily populated capital city of Kabul on Monday night, which news reports say left more than 40 dead.
13 soldiers, 1 cop killed in Boko Haram ambush in Nigeria
Dec 26, 2018, at 06:50 pm
Borno, Dec 26 (IBNS): At least 13 soldiers and a policeman were killed in an ambush by terrorist group Boko Haram in Borno State of Nigeria on Monday, media reports said on Wednesday.
China: Explosion in Beijing Jiaotong University lab kills 3
Dec 26, 2018, at 05:51 pm
Beijing, Dec 26 (IBNS): At least three students were killed during an explosion at a lab in China's Beijing city on Wednesday, media reports said.
OIC condemns Kabul attack that left over 40 killed
Dec 26, 2018, at 04:54 pm
Kabul, Dec 26 (IBNS): The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a government building that houses a public welfare department in Kabul, Afghanistan by a suicide bomber and some extremists on Monday, leading to the death of dozens of people and injuring many more others.
OIC Secretary General condemns Libya attack
Dec 26, 2018, at 04:01 pm
Tripoli, Dec 26 (IBNS): The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its strong condemnation of the terrorist attack perpetrated on Tuesday, against the Libyan Foreign Ministry in Tripoli, resulting in a number of fatalities and injuries among innocent people.
Justin Trudeau spends time with Canadian Forces on Christmas
Dec 26, 2018, at 03:31 pm
Ottawa, Dec 26 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent the Christmas with the Canadian Forces on Tuesday.
Canadian citizenship for Indians goes up by 50 percent
Dec 26, 2018, at 03:13 pm
New Delhi/Ottawa, Dec 26 (IBNS): Canadian citizenship for Indians has gone up by 50 percent in last one year, a report published on The Times Of India said.
Afghanistan: Drone strikes leaves 8 militants dead in Logar province
Dec 26, 2018, at 03:07 pm
Kabul, Dec 27 (IBNS) : At least eight militants were killed in drone strikes in central Logar province of Afghanistan, the Afghan Military in the Southeast said in a statement.
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Deadly bombing in Iraq's Tal Afar kills 2, ISIS claims responsibility
Dec 26, 2018, at 09:33 am
Baghdad, Dec 26 (IBNS): At least two people were killed when a car bomb exploded in an outdoor market in the city of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday, media reports said.
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Mexico-US border: Detained Guatemalan boy dies
Dec 26, 2018, at 09:22 am
Washington, Dec 26 (IBNS): An eight-year-old Guatemalan boy has died in the US custody, officials said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Suicide attack kills 2
Dec 26, 2018, at 09:09 am
Kabul, Dec 26 (IBNS): A suicide attack in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday left at least two people killed, media reports said on Wednesday.
Fighting drought with Somalia’s sand dams
Dec 26, 2018, at 09:03 am
New York, Dec 26 (IBNS): The construction of sand dams which retain water above and below sand bars, is improving access to water supplies for people in Somalia as the country continues to weather periods of damaging drought.
Setting out to ‘transform the world’ in the General Assembly's Second Committee
Dec 26, 2018, at 08:59 am
New York, Dec 26 (IBNS): How is the UN tackling its most ambitious and far-reaching project: the 2030 Agenda to “transform the world”? This is the mammoth responsibility of the UN’s General Assembly’s Second Committee – the body which deals with “economic and financial matters”. Here is the second in our series on what happens at the UN when the world leaders have gone home at the end of September, and the Committees get going on turning pledges and ideas into action.
Pakistan PM says India doesn't treat minorities right
Dec 25, 2018, at 08:28 pm
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said minorities were not treated right in India and his government would ensure they were treated as equal citizens in Pakistan, sparking criticism from across the border.
Dec 25, 2018, at 06:55 pm
Kabul, Dec 25 (IBNS): The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday condemned the attack carried out last night in an area of Kabul city heavily populated by civilians.
Gunmen attack Libyan Foreign Ministry Headquarter, 1 killed
Dec 25, 2018, at 06:50 pm
Tripoli, Dec 25 (IBNS): Gunmen stormed the foreign ministry office of Libya and killed at least one person, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan condemns terror attack in Kabul city
Dec 25, 2018, at 06:02 pm
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IBNS): Pakistan on Tuesday 'strongly condemned' the shooting and suicide attack at a government building in Kabul that left over 43 people dead.