‘Exercise restraint,’ UN urges Zimbabwe after post-election violence
Aug 02, 2018, at 09:15 am
New York, Aug 2 (IBNS): After reported attacks on demonstrators protesting election results in Zimbabwe that have left three dead, the United Nations called on the country’s leaders on Wednesday to reject any form of violence.
Aug 02, 2018, at 09:12 am
New York, Aug 2 (IBNS): The death of a local United Nations staff member in a suicide attack on Wednesday in the city of Jalalabad, has highlighted the tragic and relentless effects of terrorist attacks targeting civilians across Afghanistan.
Aug 02, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, Aug 2 (IBNS): Children’s rights continue to be violated in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Israel, according to three leading UN officials in the region who on Wednesday called on all parties responsible to take concrete and immediate steps to “allow children to live free of fear and to realize all their rights”.
Aug 02, 2018, at 09:03 am
New York, Aug 2 (IBNS): Ongoing violence and attacks on civilian infrastructure in Hudaydah directly threaten hundreds of thousands of children and their families in Yemen, according to the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a statement released on Wednesday
Ontario Government to reform Social Assistance program
Aug 02, 2018, at 01:39 am
Toronto, Aug 2 (IBNS): Ontario is working on a plan to reform Social Assistance to help more people re-enter the workforce and get back on track than just depend on dole, media reports said.
Afghanistan: IOM employee killed in Jalalabad attack
Aug 01, 2018, at 05:17 pm
Kabul, Aug 1 (IBNS): The United Nations on Wednesday confirmed that an International Organisation for Migration (IOM) employee was killed in the terrorist attack on the Department of Refugees and Returnees in Jalalabad on Tuesday.
UNAMA condemns terrorist attack in Jalalabad Refugee Department
Aug 01, 2018, at 04:02 pm
Kabul, Aug 1 (IBNS): The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday condemned the attack in Afghanistan's Jalalabad area on Tuesday that killed at least 15 civilians and injured 20 others.
Aug 01, 2018, at 02:16 pm
Toronto, Aug 1 (IBNS): An Indian-origin couple has been abused and threatened by a man, who called himself a "racist", in Ontario province of Canada, media reports said.
Mexico flight crash leaves 85 injured
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:53 am
Durango, Aug 1 (IBNS): At least 85 people were injured as a flight in which they were traveling crashed in Mexico'so Durango state, media reports said on Wednesday.
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:35 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): As part of a recent pattern of attacks in Afghanistan, at least 13 civilians were killed and 20 others wounded on Tuesday in Jalalabad, drawing “outrage” and condemnation “in the strongest terms” from the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country, UNAMA.
UN calls on Saudi Arabia to release jailed human rights defenders, including women activists
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:32 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): Concerned over the continuing arrests and “apparently arbitrary detentions” of human rights defenders – including campaigners who lobbied for an end to the ban on women driving – the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday called on Saudi Arabia to “unconditionally” release all those being held.
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:29 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a strongly-worded statement on Tuesday, denouncing last week’s brutal killings and raids by members of the terrorist group ISIL, in Sweida, south-west Syria.
Afghanistan: 15 people killed in Jalalabad attack
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:24 am
Kabul, Aug 1 (IBNS): The death toll following a terrorist attack on migrants and refugees’ affairs in Jalalabad area of Afghanistan left 15 people killed on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’ - UN expert
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:08 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Sundarbans forest, a which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to several endangered species, is being threatened by “heedless industrialization”, according to a UN rights expert, who on Tuesday, called on the Government of Bangladesh to halt the process.
Aug 01, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): As thousands flee mounting political tensions, violence and serious human rights violations in Nicaragua, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has called for international solidarity and more support for the countries hosting those who are joining the exodus.
Nawaz Sharif shifted from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences to Adiala jail
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:05 pm
Islamabad, July 31 (IBNS): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been shifted from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences to Adiala jail on Tuesday, media reports said.
IAEA reviews Saudi Arabia’s nuclear power infrastructure development
Jul 31, 2018, at 10:42 pm
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July 31 (IBNS): An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded a twelve-day mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to review its development of infrastructure for a nuclear power programme.
Canada: Toronto Council opposes Ontario bill reducing number of councillors
Jul 31, 2018, at 07:05 pm
Toronto, July 31 (IBNS): Toronto Council has voted to oppose the new Ontario bill which is set to reduce the number of councillors from 47 to 25, media reports said.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau attends funeral of Toronto shooting victims
Jul 31, 2018, at 05:39 pm
Toronto, July 31 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has attended the funeral of victims of the Toronto mass shooting, which took place at the Danforth Avenue on July 22, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Bus hits a roadside bomb, 8 killed
Jul 31, 2018, at 03:34 pm
Kabul, July 31 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed when a passenger bus hit a roadside bomb in western Farah province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
US spy agencies report new nuclear activity in North Korea
Jul 31, 2018, at 01:39 pm
Pyongyang, July 31 (IBNS): Quoting US spy agencies, The Washington Post has reported that North Korea is constructing 'new missiles at a factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States'.
Islamic State claims fatal attack on foreign cyclists in Tajikistan
Jul 31, 2018, at 11:13 am
Dushanbe, July 31 (IBNS): The Islamic State has claimed Sunday's fatal attack on four foreign cyclists in Tajikistan, reports said.
UN receives 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in three months
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:14 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): The United Nations received 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse across all its entities and implementing partners, between the beginning of April to the end of June this year, UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, announced on Monday, with 18 cases involving peacekeeping operations, and 25 from “agencies, funds and programmes.”
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:11 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): Delivering life-saving assistance to millions of women, children and men in Syria, local aid workers need to be safer and better protected, said the top United Nations humanitarian official in the country on Monday.
Jul 31, 2018, at 09:06 am
New York, July 31 (IBNS): Marking World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the United Nations sheds light on the plight of millions of children, women and men – especially migrants – who, every year, fall prey to traffickers across the world.
Canada: Dozens of forest fires in northeastern Ontario still out of control
Jul 30, 2018, at 06:40 pm
Toronto, July 30 (IBNS): Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources said dozens of forest fires in northeastern Ontario are still out of control, media reports said.
Canada: Trudeau expected to attend funeral of Toronto shooting victim Reese Fallon today
Jul 30, 2018, at 05:33 pm
Toronto, July 30 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend the funeral of Reese Fallon, who had died in the recent Toronto mass shooting, on Monday, media reports said.
Imran Khan to take oath as Pakistan Prime Minister on Aug 11?
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:09 pm
Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan has said he will take oath on Aug 11, media reports said on Monday.
Doctor who examined Nawaz Sharif in prison suffers heart attack
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:07 pm
Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): The doctor, who had examined jailed ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif in Adiala jail, has suffered heart attack, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani invites Imran Khan to visit Kabul
Jul 30, 2018, at 04:05 pm
Kabul/Islamabad, July 30 (IBNS): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday spoke to Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan and invited him to visit Kabul city.