Afghanistan: Gunmen attack TV station in Kabul, 1 killed
Nov 07, 2017, at 09:54 pm
Kabul, Nov 7 (IBNS): Gunmen attacked a private TV sation in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city on Tuesday and left at least one worker dead, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Explosion heard in Kabul, TV station attacked
Nov 07, 2017, at 06:47 pm
Kabul, Nov 7 (IBNS): An explosion was heard near a TV station in Kabul city on Tuesday morning.
UN Security Council calls on Myanmar to end excessive military force in Rakhine state
Nov 07, 2017, at 06:02 pm
New York, Nov 7(Just Earth News): Strongly condemning the widespread violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, which has led to the displacement of over 600,000 members of the country’s minority Muslim Rohingya community, the United Nations Security Council on Monday called on the Government to end the use of excessive military force and intercommunal violence in the region.
Kabul: Curtain shops catch fire, no causality
Nov 04, 2017, at 11:56 pm
Kabul, Nov 4 (IBNS): Curtain shops in Afghanistan capital Kabul city caught fire on Saturday, media reports said.
Thousands of Rohingyas cross into Bangladesh overnight; child malnutrition soars in camps – UN
Nov 04, 2017, at 04:46 am
New York, Nov 3(Just Earth News):As more than 3,000 desperate, tired and hungry Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar over the past two days, United Nations agencies and their partners are working around the clock to provide urgent life-saving aid and shelter to this latest influx.
Afghanistan: 7 Talibans killed in clash
Nov 03, 2017, at 10:33 pm
Kabul, Nov 3 (IBNS): At least seven Taliban were killed during clash in Afghanistan's Arghandab district on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Baloch separatist leaders slam Pakistan, promises to make it pay for inhuman treatment
Nov 03, 2017, at 06:39 pm
Quetta, Nov 3 (IBNS): Going on the offensive, Baloch separatist leaders, who regularly slam Pakistan, have upped the tempo and have promised to make the country's government to pay for the inhuman treatment being meted out to the ethnic community.
Afghanistan: Air, artillery strikes kill at least 11 Taliban militants
Nov 03, 2017, at 06:18 pm
Lashkargah, Nov 3 (IBNS): At least 11 Taliban militants were killed by air and artillery strikes conducted by the Afghan forces in Helmand province, local Khaama Press reported.
Diarrhoea-related diseases claim lives of 26 children each day in Afghanistan – UNICEF
Nov 03, 2017, at 09:37 am
New York, Nov 3(Just Earth News): Although the number of children under five years dying from diarrhoea each year in Afghanistan has dropped below 10,000 for the first time, the disease still claims the lives of 9,500 children, or 26 each day, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi visits Rakhine in one-day unannounced trip
Nov 02, 2017, at 05:55 pm
Naypyidaw, Nov 2 (IBNS): Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday visited the violence hit Rakhine state in a one-day unannounced trip, reports said.
FEATURE: As Afghan war grinds on, a marginalized young generation raises its voice
Nov 01, 2017, at 01:24 pm
New York, Nov 1(Just Earth News): It is “show time” on Asia Television in Western Afghanistan, as talk show guest Somaia Ramish replies to a pointed question about war and peace.
Rohingya refugees drown as boat capsizes in rough waters off coast of Bangladesh – UN
Nov 01, 2017, at 05:38 am
New York, Oct 31(Just Earth News): At least four Rohingyas fleeing unrest in Myanmar drowned when a small fishing boat capsized in rough seas off the Bangladesh coast, the United Nations reported Tuesday, also warning that with thousands of refugees still heading to Cox's Bazar every day, sprawling makeshift camps there are now dangerously congested and overcrowded.
Afghanistan: Blast rocks Kabul, several feared killed
Oct 31, 2017, at 11:59 pm
Kabul, Oct 31 (IBNS): A blast rocked Afghanistan's Kabul city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Pakistan returns helicopters to US
Oct 31, 2017, at 09:31 pm
Islamabad, Oct 31 (IBNS): Pakistan have returned five of the helicopters to the US which were given to monitor border areas of the nation with Afghanistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Woman kills 15 in-laws with 'poisoned lassi'
Oct 31, 2017, at 09:30 pm
Multan, Oct 31 (IBNS): At least 15 people were killed after consuming poisonous lassi in Tehsil Alipur's neighbourhood Lashari area of Pakistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: 12 injured in magnetic bomb blast
Oct 30, 2017, at 10:05 pm
Kabul, Oct 30 (IBNS): At least 12 people were injured in a magnetic bomb blast on a vehicle in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.
Khaleda Zia to meet Rohingya refugees, distribute aides in Cox's Bazar
Oct 30, 2017, at 06:30 pm
Cox's Bazar, Oct 30 (IBNS): The opposition leader and the Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda Zia, will be meeting the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, where she will distribute support materials.
Six cops, 8 militants killed in Afghanistan clash
Oct 29, 2017, at 10:22 pm
Kabul, Oct 29 (IBNS): At least six policemen and eight terrorists were killed during a clash at Afghanistan's Arghandab district, media reports said on Sunday.
Bangladesh: Vehicles in BNP motorcade attacked, Zia unhurt
Oct 29, 2017, at 05:00 am
Dhaka, Oct 28 (IBNS): BNP leader Khaleda Zia's motorcade was attacked by unknown men in Bangladesh's Feni area on Saturday, media reports said.
Nepal bus crash kills 31, several injured
Oct 29, 2017, at 12:55 am
Kathmandu, Oct 28 (IBNS): At least 31 people, including an Indian woman, died in a bus crash in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, local media reports said.
20 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Oct 28, 2017, at 10:47 pm
Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS): In two separate airstrikes and a clash at least 20 Talibans were killed in Afghanistan's Zabul province, media reports said.
Rohingya crisis: UN agencies focus on improving access as overcrowded camps hampers response
Oct 28, 2017, at 09:44 am
New York, Oct 28(Just Earth News): As the number of Rohingya refugees sheltering in southern Bangladesh crosses 800,000, United Nations agencies responding to the crisis are working hard to ensure access in the difficult to reach area so that much needed assistance can be delivered in a timely manner.
Pakistan: Awami National Party leader, brother killed in explosion
Oct 28, 2017, at 12:13 am
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IBNS): Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) leader Abdul Razzak was killed in a blast that rocked country's Shahrag Tehsil of Balochistan's Harnai District on Friday, media reports said.
Oct 27, 2017, at 09:51 am
New York, Oct 27(Just Earth News): Voicing concern that hate speech and incitement to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya community has been “cultivated for decades†in the minds of the country's people, a United Nations human rights expert urged the Security Council to act strongly to resolve the crisis.
Afghanistan :US airstrike targets ISIS hideout in Nangarhar, 22 killed, wounded
Oct 26, 2017, at 06:48 pm
Afghanistan, Oct 26 (IBNS) : At least 22 militants were killed or wounded as the United States forces based in Afghanistan conducted a new airstrike on the hideout of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province.
Pakistan court issues arrest warrant against Nawaz Sharif
Oct 26, 2017, at 06:01 pm
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IBNS): The Pakistan court has issued an arrest warrant against ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in connection with the corruption cases that sprung from the Panama Papers leak, media reports said.
Afghan airstrike targets gathering of Taliban militants in Herat
Oct 25, 2017, at 07:08 pm
Herat, Oct 25 (IBNS): A large gathering of at least 300 Taliban militants were targeted by Afghan military as scores of terrorists were killed during an airstrike on Tuesday, local Khaama Press reported.
UN migration agency delivers hygiene kits to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 25, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Oct 25(Just Earth News): Soap, toothbrushes, water containers and liquid antiseptic are among the items the United Nations migration agency is distributing to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees that have settled in sprawling camps that cover the Cox's Bazar district of southern Bangladesh.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Oct 25, 2017, at 01:22 am
Islamabad, Oct 24 (IBNS): US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi here on Tuesday.
Rohingya crisis: Donors pledge $344 million at UN-backed conference to support aid efforts
Oct 24, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Oct 24(Just Earth News): A United Nations-supported humanitarian conference on Monday raised more than $344 million to fund critical relief programmes for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh.