COVID-19 cases in Nepal cross 300 mark

May 18, 2020, at 12:35 pm

Kathmandu/Xinhua/UNI:  The number of COVID-19 cases in Nepal crossed 300 mark with the addition of nine cases on Monday morning, Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population said.

Man accidentally appears naked during Zoom call with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

May 18, 2020, at 11:45 am

Rio de Janeiro/IBNS: In an embarrassing situation created during a video conference with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro via Zoom, a man forgot to switch off his feed ending up showing his naked body to the participants.

Turkey confirms 1,368 new COVID-19 cases, 149,435 in total

May 18, 2020, at 11:38 am

Ankara/Xinhua/UNI: Turkey on Sunday confirmed 1,368 new COVID-19 cases and 44 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according to Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.

AU forces kill 3 al-Shabab militants in foiled attack in Somalia

May 18, 2020, at 11:19 am

Mogadishu/Xinhua/UNI:  The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said its forces on Saturday killed three al-Shabab terrorists and wounded several others in a foiled attack on Jubaland security forces in the southern region.

Libya extends curfew to fight COVID-19

May 18, 2020, at 11:16 am

Tripoli/Xinhua/UNI:  The UN-backed government of Libya has extended for 10 more days starting from Monday the curfew that has been in place to contain COVID-19.

Chinese specialists to visit Israel to investigate Ambassador's death

May 18, 2020, at 11:06 am

Tel Aviv/UNI: China will send a team of specialists to Israel on Monday to investigate the unexpected death of its ambassador to Tel Aviv, Du Wei, local media reported.

Pakistan welcomes signing of agreement between Afghan political leaders: foreign ministry

May 18, 2020, at 10:15 am

Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Pakistan welcomed the signing of an agreement between political leaders in Afghanistan to end a political deadlock, the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan said.

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber detonates explosive-laden vehicle close to NDS Special Unit building

May 18, 2020, at 10:08 am

Ghazni/IBNS: A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle close to a building of the National Directorate of Security’s (NDS) special unit in Ghazni province of Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.

Unite against hate and violence targeting LGBTI people: UN officials

May 17, 2020, at 11:02 pm

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for people everywhere to support the right to live free and equal, in line with his message for the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, observed on Sunday.

UN welcomes arrest of top suspect in Rwanda genocide

May 17, 2020, at 10:58 pm

New York/IBNS: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the arrest on Saturday of one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, his Spokesperson said in a statement.

US court sentences Pakistan-American woman to 13 years of imprisonment for funding ISIS

May 17, 2020, at 10:22 pm

New York/IBNS: A Pakistani-American woman was sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment by a United States' Federal Court for attempting to provide material support to the terrorist organization ISIS, officials said.

Honour Killing: Two Teenage girls murdered in Pakistan over mobile video

May 17, 2020, at 10:13 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: In a chilling instance of alleged 'honour-killing', two teenage girls were murdered in a village located close to the border of the North and South Waziristan tribal districts in Pakistan, media reports said.

Pakistani doctor, who planned an attack in USA, indicted on terrorism charges

May 17, 2020, at 10:01 pm

New York: A federal grand jury has indicted a Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator for providing support to a terrorist group after he told paid informants that he planned to carry out attacks against the US, media reports said.

Barack Obama takes jab at U.S. gov't over coronavirus response

May 17, 2020, at 09:46 pm

Washington/Xinhua/UNI: Former President Barack Obama took a jab at the U.S. government on Saturday over its response to the Corona virus pandemic.

Four IS terrorists killed in encounter in east Pakistan

May 17, 2020, at 09:34 pm

Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan police claimed on Sunday morning to have killed four Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Bahawalpur district in the country's eastern Punjab province.

Iraqi forces launch offensive to hunt down IS remnants in 3 provinces

May 17, 2020, at 09:27 pm

Baghdad/Xinhua/UNI:  Iraqi security forces on Sunday launched an offensive to hunt down remnants of Islamic State (IS) militants in the desert and rugged areas in the provinces of Anbar, Salahudin and Nineveh as well as the border areas with Syria.

Unknown gunmen kill ANA officer in Kabul

May 17, 2020, at 08:51 pm

Kabul: An unknown Afghan National Army (ANA) forces officer was killed by unknown gunmen in country's Kabul city, media reports said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Security forces kill key Taliban commander in Uruzgan

May 17, 2020, at 08:28 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Security forces in Afghanistan have killed 23 Taliban militants including a key Taliban commander, media reports said on Sunday.

Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead in Tel Aviv

May 17, 2020, at 08:04 pm

Tel Aviv/IBNS: Chinese ambassador to Israel Du Wei was found dead in his Herzliya home in the northern part of the city on Sunday morning, said media reports.

Kabul, Nangarhar attacks were carried out by Taliban: Amrullah Saleh

May 17, 2020, at 06:17 pm

Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan's First Vice-President Amrullah Saleh on Sunday blamed the Taliban for the deadly attacks that struck Kabul and Nangarhar, calling them the 'enemy of the country'.

Zoom Down: Several users say they are facing problem with video and audio output

May 17, 2020, at 05:25 pm

San Jose/IBNS: Popular video chat app Zoom is down as several users reported facing problems with video and audio output during their online meeting sessions on Sunday, media reports said.  

Blame game wrong, harmful remedy to COVID-19: Chinese ambassador

May 17, 2020, at 05:11 pm

Dublin/ Xinhua: Blame game is a wrong and harmful remedy to COVID-19 and can lead people to nowhere in the fight against the global pandemic, Chinese ambassador to Ireland He Xiangdong said here Saturday.

Bangladesh: Suspected Rohingya drug peddler killed during gunfight

May 17, 2020, at 04:29 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: An alleged Rohingya drug peddler was killed during a gunfight with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members in Bangladesh's Teknaf upazila, media reports said on Sunday.

Chinese mainland reports 5 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

May 17, 2020, at 10:13 am

Beijing/Xinhua: Chinese health authority said on Sunday that it received reports of five new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Saturday

Kenya to continue anti-doping tests for Olympic team despite virus threat

May 17, 2020, at 08:38 am

Nairobi/Xinhua: Kenya has set aside 17 million shillings (170,000 US dollars) towards the fight against doping for the national team preparing for the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games.

Trump weighs restoring partial US funding to WHO

May 16, 2020, at 08:04 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was considering restoring 10 percent of US funding to the World Health Organization that was frozen in April.

Pakistan's ISI kidnapped Mohammad Khalid 20 yrs ago for refusing to join Kashmir jihad: Mirza

May 16, 2020, at 06:15 pm

London: Human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has claimed that Mohammad Khalid of Hajera region in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) was kidnapped by Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) 20 years ago for his refusal to join the jihad in Kashmir.

Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme architect now kept as a 'prisoner'

May 16, 2020, at 06:02 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's former nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, who had earned international attention in 2004 after publicly confessing his role in global nuclear proliferation, has petitioned in the Supreme Court to say he is being kept as a 'prisoner' by the country's government agencies.

Two killed, 8 injured in east China factory blast

May 16, 2020, at 03:55 pm

Nanjing/Xinhua/UNI:  Two people are dead and eight injured after a blast in a factory in the city of Danyang, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, local authorities said Saturday.

COVID-19: Nepal registers 18 new cases tally rises to 267

May 16, 2020, at 03:02 pm

Kathmandu/UNI: With 18 new cases surfacing in the past 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 infected people mounted to 267 in Nepal on Saturday, according to Ministry of Health and Population data.