FEATURE SERIES: Mali and the UN Peacebuilding Fund

Aug 09, 2016, at 01:23 pm

New York, Aug 9 (Just Earth News): “In the talk about peacebuilding and reconciliation, we sometimes forget that it’s about how local communities come back together,” said the United Nations Assistant-Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, discussing the UN’s Peacebuilding Fund – which supports millions of people in 27 countries.

Pakistan: Ban condemns ‘appalling’ terrorist attack at hospital in Quetta

Aug 09, 2016, at 04:32 am

New York, Aug 8 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned on Monday’s terrorist bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, underscoring that the targeting of mourners at a civilian hospital made the attack “particularly appalling.”

Pakistan: Ban condemns ‘appalling’ terrorist attack at hospital in Quetta

Aug 09, 2016, at 04:19 am

New York, Aug 8 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned on Monday’s terrorist bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, underscoring that the targeting of mourners at a civilian hospital made the attack “particularly appalling.”

UN rights experts ‘gravely concerned’ by reports of reprisals against Burundian lawyers

Aug 09, 2016, at 04:17 am

New York, Aug 8 (Just Earth News): Gravely concerned by reports that four Burundian lawyers who provided information to the United Nations Committee on Torture (CAT) are being subjected to reprisals, the body said on Monday that it has sent a letter to the Ambassador of Burundi to the United Nations in Geneva seeking assurances that no member of Burundian civils society would be subjected to such treatment for cooperating with the CAT.

Mali: Ban condemns attack that kills UN peacekeeper in Kidal

Aug 09, 2016, at 04:14 am

New York, Aug 8 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned an attack in Mali on a convoy of the UN mission in the country that resulted in the death of a peacekeeper.

Pakistan: Quetta blast kills 64

Aug 08, 2016, at 10:49 pm

Quetta, Aug 8 (IBNS): A powerful blast hit Quetta’s Civil Hospital on Monday which left at least 64 people killed and making country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemn the attack.

Two Pakistani journalists killed in Quetta blast

Aug 08, 2016, at 10:37 pm

Quetta, Aug 8 (IBNS): Two Pakistani journalists were killed in blast which hit a hospital in Pakistan's Quetta area on Monday.

Seven passengers, including newborn, feared dead in Nepal helicopter crash

Aug 08, 2016, at 09:15 pm

Kathmandu, Aug 8 (IBNS) : All seven people, including a newborn, on board the Fishtail Air helicopter were presumed dead after it crashed at Nepal's Bhatine Danda in Nuwakot on Monday, The Kathmandu Post said quoting the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (Caan).

Quetta hospital blast: At least 53 casualties reported

Aug 08, 2016, at 08:14 pm

Quetta, Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS): The casualties in the Quetta civil hospital explosion have risen to 53, while 57 others are reportedly injured, media reports said.

Afghanistan: 12 ISIS loyalists killed in clean-up operations

Aug 08, 2016, at 08:10 pm

Kabul, Aug 8 (IBNS): At least 12 ISIS militants were killed and 19 others injured in a clean-up operation by the Afghan military forces, reports said.

RAW behind Quetta blast: Balochistan CM

Aug 08, 2016, at 07:36 pm

Quetta, Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS): Following the explosion in Pakistan's Quetta city, the capital of Balochistan, Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri said that Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is behind the ghastly attack, reports said.

Quetta Civil hospital explosion: At least 35 killed, over 30 others injured

Aug 08, 2016, at 07:02 pm

Quetta, Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS): At least 35 people were killed and over 30 others sustained injuries, following a massive explosion in Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said.

At least 25 killed in blast in Pakistan's Quetta civil hospital

Aug 08, 2016, at 06:13 pm

Quetta, Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS) : At least 25 people were killed and 35 others injured in a massive bomb blast in a Quetta hospital in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Monday morning, Geo News reports said.

Afghanistan: Kabul explosion leaves one dead, three injured

Aug 08, 2016, at 06:04 pm

Kabul, Aug 8 (IBNS): At least one person died and three others were injured in an explosion which rocked Kabul city on Monday, reports said.

At least 15 killed in blast in Pakistan's Quetta civil hospital

Aug 08, 2016, at 04:49 pm

Quetta,Pakistan, Aug 8 (IBNS) : At least 15 people were killed and 35 others severely injured when a a powerful blast struck Quetta’s civil hospital on Monday morning.

Afghanistan: American and Australian academics kidnapped in Kabul

Aug 08, 2016, at 04:38 pm

Kabul, Aug 8 (IBNS): An American professor and his Australian colleague were kidnapped at gunpoint by unknown men in Kabul, media reports said.

UN chief welcomes South Sudan's acceptance of African-led regional protection force

Aug 08, 2016, at 01:17 pm

New York, Aug 8 (Just Earth News): Welcoming the Government of South Sudan's acceptance of a regional protection force to help quell the ongoing violence in the country, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called on all South Sudanese parties to uphold their responsibility to protect civilians and to demonstrate their commitment to a peace agreement, “the only viable path” out of the crisis.

Treason: Iranian scientist executed?

Aug 08, 2016, at 05:11 am

Tehran, Aug 7 (IBNS): An Iranian scientist has been hanged on charges of treason, media reports said.

Belgium attack: ISIS claims responsibility

Aug 08, 2016, at 02:59 am

Brussels, Aug 7 (IBNS): Militant group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the machete attack in Charleroi, Belgium.

Macedonia flood kills 20

Aug 08, 2016, at 01:32 am

Skopje, Aug 7 (IBNS): Storm, which caused flash floods in Macedonia capital Skopje, has killed at least 20 people, media reports said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Air strike kills 6 ISIS loyalists

Aug 08, 2016, at 01:00 am

Kabul, Aug 7 (IBNS): At least six ISIS loyalists were killed during airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.

Injured Oscar Pistorius treated in hospital

Aug 07, 2016, at 10:14 pm

Johannesburg, Aug 7 (IBNS): Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, who was jailed recently, was treated in a hospital, media reports said.

Yemeni peace talks enter 'new phase,' as UN envoy announces month-long pause for consultations

Aug 07, 2016, at 01:24 pm

New York, Aug 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy facilitating peace talks on Yemen announced on Saturday that as the discussions wind down for a one-month break, the process will enter a “new phase,” during which “the focus will be on working with each side separately to crystalize precise technical details.”

Blast heard close to Rio Olympics Cycling Track, no injury

Aug 07, 2016, at 04:51 am

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (IBNS): A small blast occurred close to the finish line of the men's cycling road race event of the Rio Olympics on Saturday, media reports said.

On anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, Ban urges all States to 'galvanize global will for disarmament'

Aug 07, 2016, at 03:56 am

New York, Aug 6 (Just Earth News): With global tensions rising and progress on nuclear disarmament hard to find, “the world needs the Hibakusha spirit more than ever,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday, citing the determination and perseverance of those survivors of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb attacks as an example for championing peace and a seeking a better future for all.

Afghanistan: 6 Taliban eliminated

Aug 06, 2016, at 10:34 pm

Kabul, Aug 6 (IBNS): At least six Taliban militants were killed during incidents of violence in Afghanistan's Laghman province on Friday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: At least 10 civilians killed in separate bomb explosions in Paktia province

Aug 06, 2016, at 07:20 pm

Kabul, Aug 6 (IBNS): At least 10 civilians were killed following two separate bomb explosions in Afghanistan's Paktia province, reports said.

Afghanistan: ISIS sympathisers behead two men in Kot district

Aug 06, 2016, at 06:52 pm

Kabul, Aug 6 (IBNS): Angry with the frequent operations carried out against them, ISIS sympathisers beheaded two men they identified as government supporters in the restive Kot district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, reports said.

Pakistan: Hindu doctor shot dead

Aug 06, 2016, at 03:34 pm

Karachi, Aug 6 (IBNS): A Hindu doctor was shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi city, media reports said on Saturday.

France bar fire leaves 13 killed

Aug 06, 2016, at 03:20 pm

Rouen, Aug 6 (IBNS): Fire at a bar in French city of Rouen killed at least 13 people on Friday, media reports said.