South Korea to permanently shut down 2nd nuclear reactor
Dec 24, 2019, at 07:11 pm
Seoul/Xinhua/UNI: South Korea decided to permanently shut down another nuclear reactor as part of efforts to reduce dependence on nuclear power and increase sustainable energy sources, local media reported on Tuesday.
Turkish Defense Ministry says Kurdish forces still remain in northern Syria
Dec 24, 2019, at 07:04 pm
Ankara/Sputnik/UNI: The Kurdish forces have not yet completely withdrawn from the areas in northern Syria that they were supposed to have left in accordance with the agreements that Turkey reached with Russia and the United States, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday.
Taliban attack leaves seven soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Dec 24, 2019, at 04:16 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A Taliban attack on a check post in Dawlat Abad district of Balkh province in Afghanistan on Tuesday left at least seven soldiers killed, media reports said.
Indonesia: Bus mishap leaves 26 dead
Dec 24, 2019, at 03:52 pm
Jakarta/IBNS: A bus plunged down a steep ravine and landed in a river in Indonesia which least at least 26 people dead, media reports said on Tuesday.
Son of slain Saudi journalist Khashoggi says trusts Saudi Judiciary
Dec 24, 2019, at 10:32 am
Doha/Sputnik/UNI: The elder son of slain Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi has said he has full trust in the Saudi judiciary after the Gulf monarchy’s court put five people on death row on Monday for killing his father.
US to urge Saudi Arabia for full accountability in Khashoggi case: State Department
Dec 24, 2019, at 10:26 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The United States will continue to encourage Saudi Arabia for transparency in the investigation of columnist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in order to bring all accountable to justice, a senior US State Department official told reporters.
UN relief chief condemns attacks against humanitarian premises in Yemen
Dec 24, 2019, at 10:15 am
New York/IBNS: The top UN humanitarian official has called for a thorough investigation into weekend attacks against the premises of three international aid organizations in Yemen that wounded one person, in addition to damaging property.
Much work needed to ‘target unacceptable levels’ of racism in Ecuador: UN experts
Dec 24, 2019, at 09:57 am
New York/IBNS: Ecuador must implement and enforce laws and policies to protect the rights of Afro-Ecuadorians, the UN Working Group on People of African Descent said on Monday, calling for an end to the “discrimination, exclusion and extreme poverty they suffer.”
Dec 24, 2019, at 09:09 am
Dhaka/IBNS: Two men, who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Chinese man in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, have confessed their crimes and gave statements in court “confessing” to killing him “for money”.
Saudi Arabia court sentences five to death over journalist Jamal Khashoggi murder
Dec 23, 2019, at 04:14 pm
Riyadh/IBNS: A Saudi Arabian court on Monday sentenced five people to death in connection with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Afghanistan: Taliban claims responsibility for the killing of US soldier
Dec 23, 2019, at 03:56 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban on Monday took the responsibility of killing a U.S soldier in the northern Kunduz province, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Three killed as explosion rocks Laghman
Dec 23, 2019, at 03:30 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least three people were killed as an explosion hit Afghanistan's Laghman province on Monday, media reports said on Monday.
Dec 23, 2019, at 10:23 am
New York/IBNS: Welcoming the preliminary results for Afghanistan’s presidential election on Sunday, the head of the United Nations mission in the country urged the authorities and all actors to “protect the integrity of the final stage of the process.”
Syrian government Army takes control of flashpoint Idlib village
Dec 23, 2019, at 10:00 am
Damascus/Sputnik/UNI: The Syrian government has reclaimed control of Alteh, a flashpoint village in the Idlib province, a source in the Syrian military told Sputnik on Sunday.
Syrian troops repel Islamist onslaught on Idlib’s Qarratin al-Qabira: Russian military
Dec 23, 2019, at 09:57 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: A hundred Syrian jihadists tried to storm the Idlib village of Qarratin al-Qabira over the weekend but was repelled by government forces, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Syria reconciliation center said Sunday.
Cold snap grips Bangladesh, hits normal life
Dec 22, 2019, at 07:35 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bone-chilling cold has slowed the wheels of normal life in most parts of Bangladesh including the capital of Dhaka.
Abdullah's team rejects Afghan presidential elections' preliminary result
Dec 22, 2019, at 07:29 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has rejected the preliminary result of Afghan presidential elections announced on Sunday as "fraudulent" and unacceptable.
Afghanistan: President Ashraf Ghani tops preliminary election results
Dec 22, 2019, at 07:05 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is all set to return for a second term as the top leader of the country as he is nearing to emerge victorious in the Presidential polls.
Guatemala: 21 people die in road mishap
Dec 22, 2019, at 05:55 pm
Guatemala City/IBNS: At least 21 people died when a bus and truck crashed in Guatemala on Saturday, media reports said.
Dhaka city polls to take place on Jan 30
Dec 22, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Dhaka will vote in the city's north and south city corporations polls on Jan 30, media reports said.
Dec 22, 2019, at 05:07 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: At a time when Pakistan PM Imran Khan shames 'secular' India on what he calls is now following a “Hindutva Supremacist fascist ideology”, the Islamic nation is pronouncing death sentences for blasphemy. The latest is a Multan court on Saturday sentencing Junaid Hafeez, a former university lecturer, to death on blasphemy charges.
Australian PM apologises for going on holiday amid wildfire emergency
Dec 22, 2019, at 10:48 am
Canberra/Sputnik: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised on Sunday for going on a family holiday to Hawaii amid wildfire emergency in the country.
Las Vegas: Six killed in apartment fire, 13 injured
Dec 22, 2019, at 08:49 am
Washington/UNI: At least six people were killed and 13 sustained injuries when a fire broke out in an apartment in the American city of Las Vegas.
South Korea: Fire breaks out in motel; 1 dead, 28 injured
Dec 22, 2019, at 08:36 am
Seoul/UNI: At least one person was killed and 28 others injured when a fire broke out at a motel in Southwestern South Korea on early Sunday.
Death toll from measles outbreak in Samoa rises to 79: Govt
Dec 22, 2019, at 08:31 am
Moscow/Sputnik: A measles outbreak in Samoa has already killed 79 people, with over 5,500 cases of the disease registered in the country, which has a population of less than 200,000, the Samoan government said on Sunday.
US expresses concern over situation in Libya
Dec 22, 2019, at 08:27 am
Washington/UNI: The United States is concerned by foreign actors in Libya funnelling fighters and military aid to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord and the Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar, US Department of State said in a statement.
Yemeni army launches offensive against Houthi rebels in Saada
Dec 21, 2019, at 11:17 pm
Sanaa/Xinhua/UNI: The Yemeni army said on Saturday it launched an offensive against the Houthi rebels in the northern province of Saada and captured several strategic highland sites.
Terror funding case: Pakistani court indicts Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed
Dec 21, 2019, at 02:47 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: A Pakistani court on Friday indicted 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in a terror funding case.
Dec 21, 2019, at 02:34 pm
Washington/IBNS: The United States has re-designated Pakistan and China, among several nations, as countries of particular concern on religious freedom where persecution continues on the basis of faiths.
Top Criminal Court to conduct official probe into alleged war crimes in Palestine
Dec 21, 2019, at 08:54 am
New Yor/IBNS: Following a “thorough, independent and objective assessment”, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Friday that she plans to open a formal investigation into alleged war crimes in Palestine, but asked the Court for a further ruling over territorial jurisdiction.