Afghanistan: Unidentified gunmen kill policeman
Feb 05, 2019, at 06:23 pm
Kabul, Feb 5 (IBNS): A policeman was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, media reports said.
21 people found guilty in Kabul hotel attack: AGO
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:52 am
Kabul, Feb 5 (IBNS): The Attorney General Office (AGO) in Afghanistan on Monday handed jail terms ranging from five to 30 years as 21 people were found guilty of lotting the deadly attack on the Kabul Inter-Continental Hotel in 2018.
Confidence-building measures continue in new Yemen prisoner-swap talks
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:46 am
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS): Yemen’s warring sides are due to meet for fresh discussions on a prisoner exchange agreement, the UN’s Special Envoy for the war-torn country announced on Monday.
As inequality grows, the UN fights for a fairer world
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:40 am
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS): The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – the UN’s blueprint for a better and more sustainable future for all – calls for a reduction in inequality between and within countries. Nevertheless, global inequality is increasing. So what can be done?
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:36 am
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS): With mercenaries undermining global peace and security and weakening States’ capacities to protect their people, the UN Security Council on Monday shone its spotlight on their activities as a source of destabilization in Africa.
Neither side stands to benefit in US-China trade spat, UN says
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:31 am
New York, Feb 5 (IBNS): The tit-for-tat trade dispute between China and the United States may do little to protect domestic producers in either country and could have “massive” implications on the globaleconomy unless it is resolved, United Nations experts said on Monday.
Somalia: Car bomb blast in Mogadishu kills 10
Feb 04, 2019, at 06:24 pm
Mogadishu, Feb 4 (IBNS): At least 10 people were killed when a car bomb blast rocked a crowded shopping mall in Mogadishu city of Somalia on Monday.
Afghanistan : Ten Taliban and ISIS-K militants killed
Feb 04, 2019, at 03:12 pm
Kabul, Feb 4 (IBNS) :More than ten militants affiliated with the Taliban and ISIS Khurasan groups have been killed during the operations of the Afghan and Coalition Forces in various provinces of the country.
Emiliano Sala: Plane wreckage found
Feb 04, 2019, at 09:44 am
Washington, Feb 4 (IBNS): Wreckage of a flight, which was carrying Argentine football star Emiliano Sala and 3ent missing nearly two weeks ago, has been found, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Operation conducted by security forces leave local Taliban leader killed
Feb 04, 2019, at 09:24 am
Kabul, Feb 4 (IBNS): An operation conducted by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province left a key Taliban local leader killed, media reports said.
US: Hindu politician Tulsi Gabbard officially launches her 2020 presidential campaign
Feb 03, 2019, at 10:13 pm
Washington, Feb 3 (IBNS): In a bid to take a new path in her political career, US politician Tulsi Gabbard on Saturday officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign in Hawaii.
UN chief hopes for new agreement after Israel concludes international observation mission
Feb 03, 2019, at 05:07 pm
New York, Feb 3 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his gratitude to the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), West Bank, after Israel decided not to renew its mandate.
UN calls for support to implement Central Africa’s newly minted peace agreement
Feb 03, 2019, at 05:02 pm
New York, Feb 3 (IBNS): After 10 days of negotiations, the Central African government and 14 armed groups reached a peace agreement on Saturday, according to a tweet from the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
US imposes visa restrictions on Ghana
Feb 02, 2019, at 09:19 pm
Washington, Feb 2 (IBNS): The United States has imposed visa restrictions on Ghana following a row over the deportation of Ghanaians staying illegally in the country.
CIPRI, CIF participate in Higher Education Forum
Feb 02, 2019, at 07:26 pm
Toronto, Feb 2 (IBNS): Canada-India Project for Research and Innovation (CIPRI) at York Center for Asian Research (YCAR) along with Canada-India Foundation (CIF) participated in a Higher Education Forum in New Delhi, India and in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, between Jan 15 and 18, 2019, media reports said.
Racist yearbook photo row: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam apologises
Feb 02, 2019, at 07:18 pm
Washington, Feb 2 (IBNS): Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has apologised after his yearbook, which is dated back to his student life in 1984, emerged showing a photo featuring men in racist costumes.
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Importance of indigenous languages for development, peace and reconciliation
Feb 02, 2019, at 07:12 pm
Ottawa, Feb 2 (IBNS): The International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL) is a United Nations (UN) observance in 2019 with an aim to raise awareness of the result of the global endangerment of indigenous languages and to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Bomb blast in Jalalabad leaves two injured
Feb 02, 2019, at 06:45 pm
Kabul, Feb 2 (IBNS): At least two people were hurt as a bomb blast rocked Jalalabad city in Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Coalition airstrikes lead to killing of five suspected IS, Taliban terrorists
Feb 02, 2019, at 04:21 pm
Kabul, Feb 2 (IBNS): At least five suspected Taliban and ISIS Khurasan terrorists were killed during separate airstrikes conducted by the coalition forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Security forces arrest four suspected terrorists
Feb 02, 2019, at 04:13 pm
Dhaka, Feb 2 (IBNS): Bangladesh security forces said they have arrested four suspected terrorists who were planning to murder a newspaper editor, media reports said.
UN chief welcomes new Government in Lebanon, after eight-month impasse
Feb 02, 2019, at 10:30 am
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed, on Friday, the announcement of a new Government in Lebanon; the result of eight months of negotiation, following general elections last May.
Feb 02, 2019, at 10:16 am
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): Small shelters, some covered in the ubiquitous white sheeting provided by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), dot the dusty grey sun-bleached plain around the village of Goura, in the far north-east of Cameroon.
Feb 02, 2019, at 10:10 am
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): Hundreds of ancestral languages have gone silent in recent generations, taking with them the culture, knowledge and traditions of the people who spoke them. To preserve and revitalize those that remain, the United Nations on Friday officially launched the International Year of Indigenous Languages, at UN Headquarters in New York.
Aid stepped up to Syria camp; new arrivals say terrorists blocked their escape
Feb 02, 2019, at 10:00 am
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): Harrowing details continue to emerge of thousands of families who have risked their lives fleeing fighting in Syria’s last ISIL terrorist-held enclave, as UN humanitarians warned on Friday that children are still dying on their way to an overcrowded camp for the displaced, amid access problems and perishing cold.
US ‘pay-and-stay’ immigration scam: 129 Indians arrested
Feb 02, 2019, at 09:20 am
Washington, Feb 2 (IBNS): US authorities have arrested 130 people, including 129 Indians, in connection with the investigation into the “pay-to-stay” immigration fraud incident till Thursday, media reports said on Saturday.
Kim Jong UN, Donald Trump expected to meet in Vietnam at the end of February
Feb 01, 2019, at 03:30 pm
Washington, Feb 1 (IBNS): The second meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump will take place in Vietnam at the end of this month, media reports said on Friday.
US not seeking to topple North Korean regime, says State dept
Feb 01, 2019, at 10:23 am
Washington, Feb 1 (IBNS): US State Department Special Representative on North Korea Stephen Biegun has said that his nation has no intention to topple the Kim Jong Un regime.
US: Miscreants vandalize Hindu temple in Kentucky
Feb 01, 2019, at 09:58 am
Kentucky, Feb 1 (IBNS): A Hindu Temple was vandalized by unknown people in the midwestern US state of Kentucky this week, officials said.
Top envoy to Yemen praises ‘flexibility’ of chief negotiators as new UN mission chief is named
Feb 01, 2019, at 08:58 am
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): The UN Special Envoy for Yemen said on Thursday that the main negotiators for the warring sides were continuing to show the “necessary flexibility and good faith” to move forward, despite delays in implementing the agreement marking the first steps towards a lasting peace deal, brokered in Sweden last December.
Feb 01, 2019, at 08:55 am
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): The Holocaust illustrates how easily “people can move from condoning brutality, to committing genocide” and shows that “leaders who sanction hate speech or make anti-Semitic or xenophobic slurs” are encouraging their own citizens “to do the same”, the UN’s head of Global Communications told leading members of the Jewish community at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday.