Car bomb rocks Somali interior ministry, several feared killed
Jul 07, 2018, at 06:30 pm
Mogadishu, July 7 (IBNS): A car bomb blast occurred close to Somalia's ministry of internal security in the Mogadishu city, killing several people, media reports said.
Libya urged to end migrant detention amid warnings over threat to Mediterranean search and rescue
Jul 07, 2018, at 07:21 am
New York, July 7 (IBNS): The head of UN Migration Agency (IOM), William Lacy Swing, has urged Libya to stop detaining migrants who have been returned to the country’s shores after trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
Girls groomed for suicide missions fight back against the extremists of Lake Chad
Jul 07, 2018, at 07:17 am
New York, July 7 (IBNS): Halima Yakoy Adam won’t forget 22nd December in 2015, the day she was supposed to carry out a suicide bomb attack in the Lac Region town of Bol, 200 km north of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, in Central Africa.
Forests ‘essential’ for the future, UN agriculture chief spells out in new report
Jul 07, 2018, at 07:12 am
New York, July 7 (IBNS): Time is running out for the world’s forests, warns a new report by the United Nations agriculture agency, urging governments to foster an all-inclusive approach to benefit both trees and those who rely on them.
Thailand cave operation: Diver dies due to lack of oxygen while helping trapped football team
Jul 06, 2018, at 04:01 pm
Chiang Rai, July 6 (IBNS): A retired Thai navy driver has perished due to lack of oxygen while helping the football them who are trapped inside a cave in the country's Chiang Rai province.
Canada: Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls meeting with PM Trudeau as 'productive'
Jul 06, 2018, at 01:17 pm
Ottawa/Toronto, July 6 (IBNS): Ontario's newly elected Premier Doug Ford has called his meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as "productive".
Shoko Asahara: Cult leader responsible for Japan Sarin attack, executed with six others
Jul 06, 2018, at 12:37 pm
Tokyo, July 6 (IBNS): Japan has executed cult leader Shoko Asahara along with six others on Friday.
Mexico: Fireworks depot explosions kill 24
Jul 06, 2018, at 08:18 am
Mexico City, July 6 (IBNS): At least 24 people were killed as explosions rocked a fireworks depot in Mexico's Tultepec city on Thursday, media reports said.
Act now to end violence, Zeid urges Nicaraguan authorities
Jul 06, 2018, at 07:56 am
New York, July 6 (IBNS): The Nicaraguan authorities should “take real steps” to prevent further loss of life in the country amid ongoing protests and violent repression by pro-Government “armed elements”, the UN’s top human rights official said on Thursday.
Syria: Civilians caught in crossfire, UN refugee chief urges Jordan to open its border
Jul 06, 2018, at 07:53 am
New York, July 6 (IBNS): The head of the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, appealed on Thursday for Jordan to open its border with south-west Syria to help protect around 750,000 civilians who are “caught in the crossfire”, amidst airstrikes and heavy shelling.
British couple in hospital after Novichok nerve agent poisoning
Jul 05, 2018, at 01:11 pm
London, July 5 (IBNS): Following a brief disappearance, the Novichok nerve agent is back in the news, after reports suggested that the highly poisonous substance landed a couple in hospital after they fell unconscious.
Zeid calls for ICC probe into Myanmar Rohingya crisis
Jul 05, 2018, at 08:10 am
New York, July 5 (IBNS): Myanmar should “have some shame” after attempting to convince the world that it is willing to take back hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled an “ethnic cleansing campaign” last year, given that “not a single” one has returned officially, the United Nations human rights chief warned on Wednesday.
Mali facing ‘alarming’ rise in rights violations, warns UN expert
Jul 05, 2018, at 08:06 am
New York, July 5 (IBNS): In Mali, a senior United Nations rights expert on Wednesday described an “alarming” deterioration of the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in northern and eastern areas of the country.
UN report says militant groups using children to spread terror in India's Kashmir and Maoist regions
Jul 04, 2018, at 11:48 am
Washington, July 4 (IBNS): According to a report published by the United Nations, terror and extremist outfits are recruiting children to wreck havoc in India's trouble torn states like Jammu and Kashmir and other Maoist insurgency hit regions.
Najib Razak arrest: Former Malaysian PM urges fans not to believe in reports
Jul 04, 2018, at 11:33 am
Kuala Lumpur, July 4 (IBNS): Disgraced Malaysian politician and the country's former Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who was arrested on Tuesday by the authorities, after an investigation found him guilty of embezzling state funds, has urged his fans not to believe all the reports they hear.
'We will not give up on looking for peace for South Sudan': UN deputy chief
Jul 04, 2018, at 08:05 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): In a visit to South Sudan on Tuesday, the UN Deputy Secretary-General spoke mother-to-mother with displaced women, pledging that she and other senior women leaders from the international community will not give up on the hope for peace for their nation.
As many as 330,000 displaced by heavy fighting in south-west Syria – UN agency
Jul 04, 2018, at 08:01 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): Intense air and ground-based strikes at multiple locations in Syria’s south-western Dara’a governorate has resulted in the “largest displacement” in the area since the conflict began more than seven years ago, the United Nations refugee agency has reported.
Egypt urged to free prominent couple jailed arbitrarily since last June: UN rights office
Jul 04, 2018, at 07:58 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): The UN human rights office is urging Egypt to free a prominent married couple that has been arbitrarily detained for more than a year.
Palestinian Bedouin community faces demolition after Israeli court ruling, warns UN rights office
Jul 04, 2018, at 07:54 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): A Palestinian Bedouin community is under threat from a demolition order within days, to make way for Israeli settlement expansion, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Tuesday.
Jul 04, 2018, at 07:50 am
New York, July 4 (IBNS): The relentless conflict in Yemen has pushed a nation already on the brink “deep into the abyss,” said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief on Tuesday, after returning from a four-day visit to the war-torn country.
UK government planning to ban gay conversion therapies
Jul 03, 2018, at 07:18 pm
London, Jul 3 (IBNS): In order to curb discrimination against LGBT people, the UK government is planning to put a ban on gay conversion therapies, media reports said.
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak arrested over money laundering charges
Jul 03, 2018, at 05:04 pm
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 3 (IBNS): Malaysian Authorities on Tuesday arrested former Prime Minister Najib Razak on the charge of multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund, media reports said.
Car bomb blast kills woman and child in Afghanistan
Jul 03, 2018, at 01:15 pm
Kabul, July 3 (IBNS): At least two people, including a woman and a child, died after a car bomb exploded in central Logar province in Afghanistan on Monday evening, reports said.
Food safety critical to development and ending poverty: FAO deputy chief
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:20 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): Ensuring that people everywhere can trust the safety and quality of the food they eat is the focus of a UN meeting taking place this week in Rome.
Ben Stiller’s new role, more about hope than humour, as he’s named Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:16 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), announced on Monday that the actor, director, producer and philanthropist Ben Stiller, is to become its latest Goodwill Ambassador, as he issued an appeal for action on behalf of those forced to flee their homes around the world.
Two shipwrecks add to ‘alarming increase’ in migrant deaths off Libya coast: IOM
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:06 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): More than 200 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean in the past three days, bringing the overall death toll so far this year to more than 1,000, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday.
Left-winger Amlo wins Mexican presidential polls; Trump says looking forward to working together
Jul 02, 2018, at 11:41 am
Mexico City: Left wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known as Amlo, is Mexico's President-elect, after surging ahead of his opponents in the recently concluded presidential polls.
UN chief condemns attack targeting international forces in northern Mali
Jul 02, 2018, at 09:07 am
New York, July 2 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned an attack in Gao, northern Mali, targeting international forces that left at least two civilians dead and over fifteen injured.
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty an ‘essential pillar’ of international peace, says UN chief
Jul 02, 2018, at 09:03 am
New York, July 2 (IBNS): On the 50th anniversary of the opening for signature of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged all State parties to ensure the Treaty’s continued strength and importance in the years ahead.
Latest tragedy in the Mediterranean claims over 100 lives – UN refugee agency
Jul 02, 2018, at 08:49 am
New York, July 2 (IBNS): Expressing “deep sadness” over the deaths of more than 100 refugees and migrants when their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, the United Nations refugee agency has called for greater international efforts to avoid further tragedies.