Security forces kill four al-Shabab fighters in southern Somalia
May 29, 2019, at 05:44 pm
Mogadishu, May 29 (Xinhua/UNI) Somali security forces on Tuesday killed a senior al-Shabab terrorist and three other fighters as they intensified assault against the insurgents in the Horn of Africa nation.
May 29, 2019, at 09:04 am
New York, May 29 (IBNS): Artificial intelligence, or AI, is at the forefront of fighting hunger, mitigating the climate crisis and facilitating “the transition to smart sustainable cities", said the chief of the UN agency which specializes in information and communication technologies, Houlin Zhao, kicking off the third AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.
May 29, 2019, at 09:00 am
New York, May 29 (IBNS): Although the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to make headway thanks to the determination of health workers on the ground, insecurity is still hampering the response, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. This has led the UN to establish a new coordination structure in the hopes that access to at-risk areas can be improved.
May 29, 2019, at 08:52 am
New York, May 29 (IBNS): After eight years of deadly air strikes and terrorist attacks that have left hundreds of thousands of Syrians dead and millions of others injured, United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ursula Mueller asked the Security Council on Tuesday, the hard-hitting question: “Can’t this Council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage”?
May 29, 2019, at 08:47 am
New York, May 29 (IBNS): Bribery is the main way people in North Korea get food, healthcare, shelter and work, a new UN human rights office report said on Tuesday.
Payal Tadvi death: Three doctors arrested
May 29, 2019, at 08:32 am
Mumbai, May 29 (IBNS): At a time when the city witnessed protests over the alleged suicide of second-year medical student Dr Payal Tadvi, the Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested all the three doctors accused of abetting the suicide, media reports said.
Japan knife attack incident leaves two people killed
May 28, 2019, at 03:47 pm
Tokyo, May 28 (IBNS): At least two people, including a 12-year-old girl, were killed as a man attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus in the Japanese city of Kawasaki near Tokyo with a knife, media reports said.
2 IS militants killed, 3 civilians wounded in clash in eastern Iraq
May 28, 2019, at 10:31 am
Baghdad, May 28 (Xinhua/UNI) A clash between Islamic State (IS) militants and Iraqi farmers on Monday killed two IS militants and wounded three civilians, a local official told Xinhua.
China stopped buying oil from Iran due to US sanctions - reports
May 28, 2019, at 10:16 am
Moscow, May 28 (Sputnik/UNI) China has stopped buying oil from Iran after Washington announced a decision not to extend exemptions from its sanctions for certain countries, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources in the Iranian oil industry.
May 28, 2019, at 09:44 am
New York, May 28 (IBNS): Like a well-tuned orchestra, successful modern societies have a balance of diversity and culture, that is a source of “enormous richness, not a threat” said the UN chief on Monday, speaking alongside UN Messenger of Peace, acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
Yemen update: UNICEF chief condemns attack in Taiz that claims lives of seven children
May 28, 2019, at 09:06 am
New York, May 28 (IBNS): Nowhere is safe in Yemen, the head of the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF said, after an attack in the city of Taiz claimed the lives of 12 civilians, including seven youngsters – the latest victims of the country’s more than four-year war.
Japan: 1 elementary schoolgirl dead, 12 other girls, 3 adults injured in stabbing incident
May 28, 2019, at 08:45 am
Tokyo, May 28 (IBNS): One elementary school girl was killed and 12 others and three adults were injured in a knife attack incident in Japan's Kawasaki city on Tuesday, media reports said.
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Knife attacker injures 4 newspaper staff in southern Russia
May 27, 2019, at 09:48 pm
Pyatigrosk (Russia), May 27 (Sputnik): The staff of Rodina newspaper in the city of Stavropol in southwestern Russia were on Monday targeted by a knife-wielding attacker, who left four injured, the governor of the region Vladimir Vladimirov said.
May 27, 2019, at 05:42 pm
Harare , May 27 (Xinhua/UNI) At least eight people died at a mine in Mazowe, about 40 km north of Harare, after a mine shaft they were working in collapsed following an explosion, the information department in the Zimbabwean government said Monday.
Israel's supreme court president criticises Netanyahu for plans to limit judicial power
May 27, 2019, at 05:33 pm
Jerusalem, May 27 (Xinhua/UNI) Israel's Supreme Court President Esther Hayut criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, for the intention of the right-wing parties in the parliament (the Knesset) to limit the power of the state's judicial system.
Eight killed in road accident in central Kuwait
May 27, 2019, at 05:14 pm
Kuwait City, May 27 (Xinhua/UNI) At least eight people were killed and one injured in an early Monday road accident in central Kuwait, the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) said in a statement Monday.
Two dead, 57 injured in northern Philippine car accident
May 27, 2019, at 05:07 pm
Manila, May 27 (Xinhua/UNI) The drivers of a passenger bus and a trailer truck were killed in a collision on Sunday in the northern Philippines, that also injured 57 people, local police said on Monday.
69 dialysis patients infected with Hepatitis C in east China hospital
May 27, 2019, at 05:04 pm
Nanjing, May 27 (Xinhua/UNI) Experts from health authorities are investigating a Hepatitis C infection case involving 69 dialysis patients in a hospital in Dongtai, east China's Jiangsu Province, sources with the press office of the municipal government said Monday.
Vietnam to connect more bus routes with China-built urban railway
May 27, 2019, at 05:03 pm
Hanoi, May 27 (Xinhua/UNI) Vietnam's capital Hanoi plans to increase the number of bus routes connected with China-constructed Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway from 43 to 50, with 65 bus stops along the route, local media reported on Monday.
Second suspect detained in French Lyon within investigation into Friday blast : Mayor
May 27, 2019, at 04:50 pm
Paris, May 27 (Sputnik/UNI) French law enforcement bodies have detained the second person in connection with the investigation into the blast, which left 13 people injured in the French city of Lyon on Friday, Lyon Mayor Gerard Collomb said on Monday.
Israel's Netanyahu vows to make "final effort" to prevent another election
May 27, 2019, at 10:34 am
Jerusalem, May 26 (Xinhua/UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that he is making a final effort to form a new government and refrain from another "unnecessary general elections."
Ireland's referendum to ease divorce restrictions wins overwhelming support of voters
May 27, 2019, at 10:29 am
Dublin, May 27 (Xinhua/UNI) A referendum held earlier in Ireland to ease the restrictions on divorce in the country's Constitution has won the overwhelming support of the Irish voters, according to official statistics released here on Sunday.
Death toll rises to 13 in southwest China boat accident
May 27, 2019, at 10:23 am
Guiyang, May 27 (Xinhua/UNI) The death toll in a boat accident in southwest China's Guizhou Province Thursday has risen to 13 after rescuers recovered all the bodies over the weekend, local authorities said Monday.
Huawei CEO says against China possibly retaliating to US sanctions by banning Apple
May 27, 2019, at 10:21 am
Moscow, May 27 (Sputnik/UNI) Chinese Huawei telecom giant's chief executive, Ren Zhengfei, said he would be the first to protest if Beijing retaliated against US sanctions by banning US tech giant Apple products from China.
Amid spike in anti-Semitic attacks, Jews advised against donning kippah in parts of Germany
May 26, 2019, at 05:41 pm
Berlin, May 26 (UNI): The German government's anti-Semitism commissioner has warned Jewish people not to wear 'kippahs', the traditional Jewish skullcaps, in parts of the country, amid uptick in anti-Semitic attacks, media reports said on Sunday.
ICG welcomes Oslo's announcement about upcoming 2nd round of Intra-Venezuelan talks
May 26, 2019, at 03:01 pm
Moscow, May 26 (Sputnik): The International Contact Group (ICG) on Venezuela welcomed on Sunday Norway's announcement about its plans to host another round of consultations between the Venezuelan government and opposition in a bid to establish dialogue and peacefully resolve the political crisis in the Latin American country.
Voters in Latvia, Malta, Slovakia head for polls in European elections
May 26, 2019, at 10:01 am
Brussels, May 26 (Xinhua) Voters in Latvia, Malta and Slovakia headed for the polls on Saturday as part of the European Parliament elections, while citizens in the Czech Republic continued their voting for a second day.
Eight killed in southern Philippine clash between gov't troops, ASG
May 26, 2019, at 09:49 am
Manila, May 26 (Xinhua): Eight people, including a one-year-old baby, were killed and 14 others wounded when some 30 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists attacked government troops in a remote coastal town of Sulu province in the southern Philippines, the military said on Sunday.
Four missing after two ships collide in Japan
May 26, 2019, at 09:42 am
Yokohama, Japan, May 26 (UNI): Four crew members were missing after two Japanese cargo ships collided on Sunday in the Pacific to Japan's east, the coast guard official said.
Five IS militants killed in attacks in central Iraq
May 25, 2019, at 04:57 pm
Baghdad, May 25 (Xinhua/UNI) A total of five Islamic State (IS) militants and seven other people were killed Saturday in separate attacks, targeting security forces and farmers in Iraq's central province of Salahudin, security sources said.