Afghanistan killings: Thousands protest in Kabul

Nov 11, 2015, at 11:54 pm

Kabul, Nov 11 (IBNS): Thousands of people protested against the killing of seven civilians by Islamic State (IS) insurgents in southern Zabul province on Wednesday, media reports said.

Lahore factory collapse: Death toll touches 45

Nov 07, 2015, at 08:58 pm

Lahore, Nov 7 (IBNS): Rescue workers pulled out four more bodies on Saturday as the death toll in the collapse of a factory in Pakistan's Sunder Estate touched 45, media reports said.

Bangladesh: UN rights chief calls for protection of writers threatened by extremists

Nov 06, 2015, at 01:51 pm

New York, Nov 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In the wake of recent violence against publishers, writers, bloggers and civil society groups by extremists in Bangladesh, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday condemned the acts and urged the Government to take "urgent, concerted measures to ensure the protection of all those who are being threatened by extremists operating in the country."

Emergency declared in Maldives

Nov 04, 2015, at 08:08 pm

Male, Nov 4 (IBNS) Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Wednesday declared a state of emergency, reports said.

Nepal: Bus mishap kills 33

Nov 04, 2015, at 02:15 am

Kathmandu, Nov 3 (IBNS): At least 33 people were killed as the bus in which they were traveling veered off the road and plunged more than 100 metres down in Nepal's Ramche village on Tuesday, media reports said.

Pakistan flight makes emergency crash-landing, 10 injured

Nov 04, 2015, at 12:22 am

Lahore, Nov 3 (IBNS) At least 10 people were injured as a Pakistani flight made an emergency crash-landing at Lahore's Allama Iqbal airport on Tuesday , media reports said.

Pakistan bans media coverage of 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa

Nov 03, 2015, at 02:53 pm

Islamabad, Nov 3 (IBNS) In a crucial move, the Pakistan government has banned media coverage of militant groups like Lash­kar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), media reports said on Tuesday.

Nepal police fires at protesters, Indian national killed

Nov 02, 2015, at 10:15 pm

Birgunj, Nov 1 (IBNS): An Indian national has been killed during firing by the Nepal police in Birgunj city of Nepal, media reports said.

Nepal: Police-protesters clash, 1 killed

Nov 02, 2015, at 09:05 pm

Kathmandu, Nov 2 (IBNS) At least one person was killed during firing by Nepali Police over protesters Shankaracharya Gate area in the country's Birgunj town, media reports said.

Nepal police use batons on protestors to clear crucial link-bridge

Nov 02, 2015, at 05:52 pm

Raxaul, Nov 2 (IBNS) The Nepal police lathicharged people from the Madhesi community - protesting against the country's new constitution - as they blocked a connecting bridge near the Indo-Nepal border in Raxaul in Bihar, reports said.

Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD expected to win in the Myanmar elections

Nov 01, 2015, at 06:29 pm

Naypyidaw, Nov 1 (IBNS) The Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy (NLD) is expected to win big in the upcoming Nov 8 Myanmar elections, according to reports.

Dhaka: Bangladesh publishers attacked, 1 killed

Nov 01, 2015, at 06:50 am

Dhaka, Oct 31 (IBNS): A Bangladeshi publisher was hacked to death by unknown attackers in Dhaka on Saturday, media reports said.

Nepal welcomes its first female President

Oct 29, 2015, at 01:40 am

Kathmandu, Oct 28 (IBNS) Nepal on Wednesday achieved a historic feat by electing its first ever female President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

UN ramps up to assist those in Afghanistan and Pakistan affected by earthquake

Oct 28, 2015, at 02:48 pm

New York, Oct 28 (IBNS): Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands of homes in Afghanistan and Pakistan were destroyed by the massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the Badakshan Province in Afghanistan on Monday, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

UN agencies ready to support Government-led relief efforts in quake-hit South Asia

Oct 27, 2015, at 02:39 pm

New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): United Nations agencies are mobilizing and stand ready to support Government-led relief operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday, adding that his thoughts are with the people of the two countries after a powerful earthquake struck Badakshan province in Afghanistan.

UN condemns attack in Afghanistan that killed two, injured six

Oct 27, 2015, at 02:03 pm

New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): The top UN official in Afghanistan has condemned the killing of two human rights workers on Monday by a remote-controlled explosive device in the eastern city of Jalalabad, saying "the climate of fear created by such attacks, threatens vital human rights work" being carried out throughout the country.

Afghanistan: Blast kills 2 AIHRC officials killed

Oct 26, 2015, at 11:45 pm

Kabul, Oct 26 (IBNS): A bomb blast in Afghanistan's Jalalabad area left two officials of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), media reports said.

Dhaka: 1 killed in homemade bomb explosions

Oct 24, 2015, at 04:10 pm

Dhaka, Oct 24 (IBNS): At least one person as killed in homemade bomb explosions in old Dhaka on Saturday, media reports said.

Ban condemns terrorist attacks in Pakistan on religious holiday

Oct 24, 2015, at 02:51 pm

New York, Oct 24 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Friday's bombing of a procession of worshippers marking the Shia religious holiday of Ashura in Jacobabad, and the recent terrorist attacks in the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan and Sindh.

Six months after earthquake, Nepal racing against winter: UN relief official

Oct 24, 2015, at 02:49 pm

New York, Oct 24 (IBNS): As winter approaches, the top United Nations humanitarian official for Nepal on Friday stressed that shelter and food remain top priorities six months after the devastating earthquakes that shook the country in April.

Pakistan: Suicide attack kills 12

Oct 24, 2015, at 02:48 am

Jacobabad, Oct 23 (IBNS): At least 12 people were killed in a suicide attack which targeted a Muharram procession near Shershah Haveli in Jacobabad's Lashari Mohalla Friday, media reports said.

UN relief wing races against time to reach isolated areas of Nepal

Oct 21, 2015, at 04:32 pm

New York, Oct 21 (IBNS): As the approaching winter has left a small time window for aid workers to reach earthquake-hit, high-altitude areas in Nepal, the United Nations humanitarian wing and its partners are racing against the clock to ensure timely delivery of food and shelter supplies to the isolated communities.

Pakistan: Explosion in bus kills 11

Oct 20, 2015, at 06:14 am

Quetta, Oct 20 (IBNS): An explosion in a bus in Pakistan's Quetta city killed at least 11 people on Monday, media reports said.

Despite calm in Kunduz, conditions for humanitarian assistance not yet restored: UN

Oct 16, 2015, at 01:17 pm

New York, Oct 16 (IBNS): While reports indicate that Kunduz city centre in northeast Afghanistan remains relatively quiet, with sporadic fighting taking place on the outskirts, full conditions for the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance have not yet been restored, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Stuck in Pakistan for 11 years, Geeta recognises family, to return soon

Oct 15, 2015, at 05:48 pm

Karachi/New Delhi, Oct 15 (IBNS) Geeta, a deaf and mute Indian woman, who has been stranded in Pakistan for 11 years after accidentally crossing the border, is likely to be flown home soon, media reports said.

After six years on the rise, Afghan opium crop cultivation declines: UN survey

Oct 15, 2015, at 03:08 pm

New York, Oct 15 (IBNS): Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan decreased 19 per cent in 2015, compared to the previous year, according to the latest Afghanistan Opium Survey figures released on Wednesday by the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Suicide attack in Pakistan's PML-N MNA's office kills 7

Oct 15, 2015, at 12:39 am

Islamabad, Oct 14 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed as a suicide bomber blew up his explosives at the office of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Amjad Farooq Khosa in Pakistan's Dera Ghazi Khan district on Wednesday, media reports said.

UN mission concerned by Taliban threats against Afghan media outlets

Oct 14, 2015, at 01:49 pm

New York, Oct 14 (IBNS): Expressing serious concerns at recent statements made from the Taliban that identified specific Afghan media outlets and its staff as targets, the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) on Tuesday urged all parties to the conflict to respect and protect the right to freedom of expression.

UN relief official urges action to address urgent needs in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Oct 14, 2015, at 01:32 pm

New York, Oct 14 (IBNS): The head of Operations at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), John Ging, called on Tuesday for renewed international commitment to address urgent humanitarian needs, and to shore up regional peace and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan, noting that the two countries were on differing humanitarian trajectories.

Pakistan: Landslide buries shanties in Karachi, 13 killed

Oct 13, 2015, at 10:39 pm

Karachi, Oct 13 (IBNS): AT least 13 people were killed in a landslide that buried shanties in Gulsitan-e-Jauhar area here on Tuesday, media reports said.