Gas explosion in Russia’s Urals city leaves three dead
Dec 31, 2018, at 04:47 pm
Moscow, Dec 31 (IBNS): A gas explosion at a house in Russia's Urals city of Magnitogorsk left three people dead, local media reports said.
Philippines: Blast outside shopping mall leaves 2 dead
Dec 31, 2018, at 04:32 pm
Cotabato City, Dec 31 (IBNS): An explosion ripped through rows of stalls selling firecrackers and fireworks in front of the SouthSeas Mall in the southern Philippines which left at least 2 people dead on Monday, media reports said.
Egypt: Security officials kill 40 terrorists during raids after tourist bus blast
Dec 29, 2018, at 07:53 pm
Cairo, Dec 29 (IBNS): Security officials in Egypt have killed dozens of terrorists during a raid in the country on Saturday, media reports said.
7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off Philippines coast
Dec 29, 2018, at 02:22 pm
Manila, Dec 29 (IBNS) : A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Mindanao, a southern Philippine island,on Saturday, producing a tsunami threat for parts of the Pacific, media reports said.
Egypt: Blast hits tour bus near Giza pyramids, 4 killed
Dec 29, 2018, at 08:50 am
Cairo, Dec 29 (IBNS): A roadside blast near Giza pyramids in Egypt left four people killed, media reports said on Saturday.
Yemen: Committee brings warring parties to the table in Hudaydah, builds on ceasefire
Dec 29, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, Dec 29 (IBNS): Yemen’s warring parties have begun the process this week of implementing a comprehensive ceasefire agreement across the key rebel-held port city of Hudaydah, raising hopes that groundbreaking consultations convened by the UN in Sweden can lead to a lasting peace through further talks next year.
‘Continue working together’ UN chief urges DR Congo, as country heads to polls
Dec 29, 2018, at 08:35 am
New York, Dec 29 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on all those playing an active political role in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to “continue working together” to ensure free and fair elections, as the country heads to polls this Sunday.
Children suffering ‘atrocities’ as number of countries in conflict hits new peak: UNICEF
Dec 29, 2018, at 08:29 am
New York, Dec 29 (IBNS): The world “has failed” to sufficiently protect children caught up in conflict and millions more are at risk of harm, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Friday, adding that national leaders need to hold perpetrators of violence more accountable.
Dec 29, 2018, at 08:24 am
New York, Dec 29 (IBNS): The excessive use of force during large-scale demonstrations against food and fuel shortages in Sudan is alarming, and an infringement on the right of peaceful assembly, said UN independent experts on Friday.
Dec 28, 2018, at 06:20 pm
Tashkent, Dec 28 (IBNS): The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev recently addressed the Parliament of the country when he highlighted the achievements of his government.
Uzbekistan declares 2019 as the Year of Active Investments and Social Development
Dec 28, 2018, at 06:12 pm
Tashkent, Dec 28 (IBNS) At the suggestion of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, 2019 has been declared as the Year of Active Investment and Social Development as a logical continuation of activities that begun in 2018 and to raise it to an even higher level.
Children’s wellbeing not negatively affected by living in single parent households, study shows
Dec 28, 2018, at 05:01 pm
London, Dec 28 (IBNS): The experience of single parenthood is more common than typically reported – and children’s wellbeing is not negatively affected by living in single parent households – according to a study led by the University of Sheffield.
Newly displaced fleeing attacks in northeast Nigeria, top 2,000
Dec 28, 2018, at 08:53 am
New York, Dec 28 (IBNS): After fleeing terrorist attacks, as well as clashes between Government forces and militia, more than 2,000 newly displaced Nigerians have arrived in an already over-stretched camp known as Teacher’s Village, in Maiduguri, the capital of the country’s Borno State.
Guinea-Bissau needs ‘genuinely free and fair elections’ to break cycle of instability
Dec 28, 2018, at 08:40 am
New York, Dec 28 (IBNS): Unless political actors in Guinea-Bissau demonstrate renewed good faith to hold “genuinely free and fair elections,” the country is set to face a continuous cycle of instability, the United Nations Security Council warned on Thursday.
‘Repeated attacks’ could close down key hospital in eastern Libya, says WHO
Dec 28, 2018, at 08:36 am
New York, Dec 28 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly condemned an armed attack in Al Jala Hospital in Libya’s second-largest city of Benghazi, which took place on Tuesday, warning that further assaults could shutter the key facility.
Indonesian tsunami death toll climbs over 400 as Government-led relief efforts are stepped up
Dec 27, 2018, at 09:12 am
New York, Dec 27 (IBNS): Government-led relief efforts are being stepped up at the tip of the Indonesia’s two main islands of Sumatra and Java after a tsunami slammed into densely-populated coastal areas along the Sunda Strait on Saturday night.
Libya: Attack on foreign ministry, an attack on all Libyans, stresses UN envoy
Dec 27, 2018, at 09:09 am
New York, Dec 27 (IBNS): The United Nations peace mission in Libya has “strongly” condemned a terrorist attack on the country’s foreign ministry in the capital, Tripoli.
13 soldiers, 1 cop killed in Boko Haram ambush in Nigeria
Dec 26, 2018, at 06:50 pm
Borno, Dec 26 (IBNS): At least 13 soldiers and a policeman were killed in an ambush by terrorist group Boko Haram in Borno State of Nigeria on Monday, media reports said on Wednesday.
China: Explosion in Beijing Jiaotong University lab kills 3
Dec 26, 2018, at 05:51 pm
Beijing, Dec 26 (IBNS): At least three students were killed during an explosion at a lab in China's Beijing city on Wednesday, media reports said.
OIC Secretary General condemns Libya attack
Dec 26, 2018, at 04:01 pm
Tripoli, Dec 26 (IBNS): The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its strong condemnation of the terrorist attack perpetrated on Tuesday, against the Libyan Foreign Ministry in Tripoli, resulting in a number of fatalities and injuries among innocent people.
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Deadly bombing in Iraq's Tal Afar kills 2, ISIS claims responsibility
Dec 26, 2018, at 09:33 am
Baghdad, Dec 26 (IBNS): At least two people were killed when a car bomb exploded in an outdoor market in the city of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday, media reports said.
Fighting drought with Somalia’s sand dams
Dec 26, 2018, at 09:03 am
New York, Dec 26 (IBNS): The construction of sand dams which retain water above and below sand bars, is improving access to water supplies for people in Somalia as the country continues to weather periods of damaging drought.
Setting out to ‘transform the world’ in the General Assembly's Second Committee
Dec 26, 2018, at 08:59 am
New York, Dec 26 (IBNS): How is the UN tackling its most ambitious and far-reaching project: the 2030 Agenda to “transform the world”? This is the mammoth responsibility of the UN’s General Assembly’s Second Committee – the body which deals with “economic and financial matters”. Here is the second in our series on what happens at the UN when the world leaders have gone home at the end of September, and the Committees get going on turning pledges and ideas into action.
Gunmen attack Libyan Foreign Ministry Headquarter, 1 killed
Dec 25, 2018, at 06:50 pm
Tripoli, Dec 25 (IBNS): Gunmen stormed the foreign ministry office of Libya and killed at least one person, media reports said on Tuesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping condoles of loss of lives in Indonesia tsunami
Dec 25, 2018, at 03:56 pm
Beijing, Dec 25 (IBNS): Chinese president Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a message to his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo over the tsunami tragedy which hit the nation and leftover 400 people killed.
UN ceasefire monitoring chief tours Yemeni port of Hudaydah
Dec 25, 2018, at 09:04 am
New York, Dec 25 (IBNS): The head of the UN team which is monitoring and helping implement a ground-breaking ceasefire across Yemen’s crucial port city of Hudaydah, had his first face-to-face meeting with authorities there on Monday.
Indonesia tsunami: Many still missing as death toll rises
Dec 25, 2018, at 09:01 am
New York, Dec 25 (IBNS): Indonesians are being warned to stay away from beaches along the Sunda Strait, between the islands of Sumatra and Java, following this weekend’s devastating tsunami in the area, which government and humanitarian agency reports indicate has claimed hundreds of lives, with the total likely to rise.
UN rights expert urges full investigation into death of migrant girl, held in US
Dec 25, 2018, at 08:52 am
New York, Dec 25 (IBNS): A United Nations rights expert has called for a thorough investigation into the death of a Guatemalan migrant child, while she was in the custody of United States immigration authorities.
Disarmament for a peaceful world, defines work of UN General Assembly's First Committee
Dec 25, 2018, at 08:46 am
Washington, Dec 25 (IBNS): Every year in September, the United Nations General Assembly makes the headlines as world leaders gather at UN headquarters to set the agenda for the year ahead.
Terror group Al Qaeda is plotting plane attacks in Europe, warns UK Security Minister Ben Wallace
Dec 24, 2018, at 04:26 pm
London, Dec 24 (IBNS): UK Security Minister Ben Wallace has warned that terrorist group Al Qaeda might carry out terror attacks on passenger planes and airports in Europe.