20 killed in Pakistan road mishap
Nov 20, 2017, at 09:55 pm
Islamabad, Nov 20 (IBNS): A passenger van rammed into a coal filled truck near Sindh's Khairpur district of Pakistan and left at least 20 people killed on Monday, media reports said.
Desperate Rohingya refugees use home-made rafts to get to Bangladesh – UN
Nov 18, 2017, at 10:32 am
New York, Nov 18(Just Earth News): Over the past 10 days, dozens of makeshift rafts carrying more than a thousand people have floated into Bangladesh, proof that Rohingya refugees are resorting to increasingly desperate means to flee to Myanmar, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
UN envoy urges greater support for Rohingya victims of sexual violence
Nov 17, 2017, at 05:55 pm
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): Following a visit to Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have settled in makeshift camps, a United Nations envoy has called for enhanced measures to protect and assist victims of sexual violence among the displaced population.
ISIS claims deadly Kabul attack as death tolls touches 19
Nov 17, 2017, at 05:49 pm
Kabul, Nov 17 (IBNS): ISIS has claimed the latest attack in Kabul which accounted for at least 19 lives, including policemen, local Tolo News reported.
Afghanistan: At least 18 killed in Kabul blast
Nov 16, 2017, at 10:01 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): At least 18 people have been killed and 10 others injured after a blast rocked Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city, local Tolo News reported.
Afghanistan: At least five policemen killed in Kabul blast
Nov 16, 2017, at 09:34 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): At least five policemen have been killed and dozens others injured after a blast rocked Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city, local Tolo News reported.
Afghanistan: At least two killed, eight injured as blast rocks Kabul
Nov 16, 2017, at 08:58 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): At least two people have been killed and eight others injured after a blast rocked Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city, reports said.
Explosion rocks Kabul, casualty feared
Nov 16, 2017, at 08:57 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): An explosion outside a restaurant in Kabul city has rocked Afghanistan's capital on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
Afghanistan: 9 militants killed
Nov 16, 2017, at 08:45 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): At least nine Taliban militants have been killed in Afghanistan's southern Helmand provinces, media reports said on Thursday.
Afghanistan opium production jumps 87 per cent to record level – UN survey
Nov 16, 2017, at 09:50 am
New York, Nov 16(Just Earth News): A profoundly alarming trend in the cultivation and production of opium in Afghanistan reveals an 87 per cent production increase compared to 2016, the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) said Wednesday in its Afghanistan Opium Survey 2017.
Afghanistan: Magnetic bomb explosion kills Parwan Education Director
Nov 15, 2017, at 07:33 pm
Kabul, Nov 15 (IBNS): A magnetic improvised explosive devise (IED) blast has killed the Education Director of Parwan province in Afghanistan, reports said.
UN warns of trafficking, sexual abuse in shadow of Rohingya refugee crisis
Nov 15, 2017, at 04:25 am
New York, Nov 14(Just Earth News): Human trafficking and exploitation are rife among Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar to seek safety in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, the United Nations migration agency has found.
Car bombing kills four US soldiers in Afghanistan
Nov 14, 2017, at 10:23 pm
Kabul, Nov 14 (IBNS): A car bomb attack in Dand district of southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan hit a troops convoy on Monday which left at least four US soldiers injured, media reports said .
5 killed in Afghanistan bus mishap
Nov 14, 2017, at 02:03 am
Kabul, Nov 13 (IBNS): At least five passenger were killed as the vehicle in which they were travelling flipped over in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Monday, media reports said.
Bangladesh steps up vaccination for new Rohingya arrivals as measles cases rise
Nov 14, 2017, at 01:59 am
Cox’s Bazar, Nov 13 (IBNS): An increase in the number of suspected measles cases among the newly arrived Rohingya and their host communities in southern Bangladesh has prompted the Government and UN partners to step up immunization efforts in overcrowded camps and makeshift shelters close to the border with Myanmar.
Gang of kidnappers detained in Kabul
Nov 13, 2017, at 12:53 am
Kabul, Nov 12 (IBNS): Afghanistan security forces have detained a group of 14 kidnappers from Afghanistan capital Kabul city, media reports said on Sunday.
SK Sinha resigns as Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Nov 11, 2017, at 10:49 pm
Dhaka, Nov 11 (IBNS): Chief Justice of Bangladesh Surendra Kumar Sinha has stepped down from his position, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: ANA soldier killed in bomb attack
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:51 pm
Kabul, Nov 11 (IBNS): A Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed in a bomb attack in Nawa district of southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Attack on Hindu house in Bangladesh: 53 detained
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:37 pm
Dhaka, Nov 11 (IBNS): At least 53 people were detained over arson attacks on the homes of Hindus in Bangladesh, media reports said on Saturday.
Key ISIS leader killed in Afghan airstrike
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:42 pm
Kabul, Nov 11 (IBNS): A key ISIS leader was killed in an Afghan airstrike in Kunar province of Afghanistan, local Tolo news reported.
Afghanistan: One killed, two injured in Humvee explosion
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:39 pm
Kabul, Nov 11 (IBNS): A car bomb explosion rocked Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday morning, killing the suspected suicide bomber and injuring two others, media reports said.
UN, partners building roads to reach Rohingya refugees camped in muddy, flood-prone terrain
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:44 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency and its partners are rushing to build roads in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar to improve humanitarian access to hilly terrain, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have settled in makeshift camps.
Afghanistan: Car bomb attack kills 1 cop
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:30 am
Lashkargah, Nov 10 (IBNS): At least one person was killed as a car bomb attack rocked southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 2 cops, three Talibans killed
Nov 11, 2017, at 01:37 am
Kabul, Nov 10 (IBNS): During a clash in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, two policemen and three Talibans were killed on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan DIG among three police officers killed in Quetta suicide attack
Nov 09, 2017, at 10:56 pm
Quetta, Nov 9 (IBNS) :: A senior police officer was among three officials killed in a suicide attack on Quetta's airport road on Thursday morning, Pakistan's Geo News reported. .
Six killed or wounded in Afghanistan explosion
Nov 09, 2017, at 10:15 pm
Kabul, Nov 9 (IBNS) : An explosion ripped through a guesthouse in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan leaving at least six people dead or wounded, the local officials said on Thursday.
ISIS strike kills at least three Taliban militants
Nov 09, 2017, at 07:54 pm
Kabul, Nov 9 (IBNS): A clash between the ISIS and Taliban loyalists resulted in the death of at least three member of the latter's unit in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local Khaama Press reported.
Local tribal leader killed in Balkh suicide attack
Nov 09, 2017, at 06:59 pm
Kabul, Nov 9 (IBNS): A local tribal leader was killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan's Balkh province earlier on Thursday morning, local Khaama Press reported.
Afghanistan: Coordinated Taliban attack repulsed by forces, at least 15 militants killed
Nov 08, 2017, at 07:13 pm
Kabul, Nov 8 (IBNS): A coordinated attack by the Taliban militants were repulsed by Afghan forces in Maidan Wardak province of the country, local Khaama Press reported.
Attacks against places of worship in Afghanistan rise sharply, UN warns
Nov 08, 2017, at 09:47 am
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): Afghanistan has seen a sharp increase in attacks against places of worship, religious leaders and worshippers, with civilian casualties since 2016 representing nearly double the cumulative number of the preceding seven years, the United Nations mission in the country said Tuesday in a special report.