Tension mounts in Middle East after reports of Saudi Arabian citizen's kidnapping in Lebanon
Nov 11, 2017, at 07:51 pm
Riyadh/Beirut, Nov 11 (IBNS): Tensions among Riyadh and Beirut is on the rise after the National News Agency (NNA) of Lebanon reported that a citizen belonging to Saudi Arabia was kidnapped from his house in the vicinity of the Keserwan locality of Adma.
Key ISIS leader killed in Afghan airstrike
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:42 pm
Kabul, Nov 11 (IBNS): A key ISIS leader was killed in an Afghan airstrike in Kunar province of Afghanistan, local Tolo news reported.
Afghanistan: One killed, two injured in Humvee explosion
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:39 pm
Kabul, Nov 11 (IBNS): A car bomb explosion rocked Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday morning, killing the suspected suicide bomber and injuring two others, media reports said.
France’s former Culture Minister appointed new UNESCO chief
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:45 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Friday appointed Audrey Azoulay, a former culture minister of France, to the top post of the agency.
UN, partners building roads to reach Rohingya refugees camped in muddy, flood-prone terrain
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:44 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency and its partners are rushing to build roads in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar to improve humanitarian access to hilly terrain, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have settled in makeshift camps.
Unhealthy diets could undo progress on food security in Asia-Pacific, warns UN report
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:43 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): Urgent action is needed to tackle malnutrition and promote consumption of healthier foods in the Asia-Pacific region – home to most of the world’s undernourished people – the United Nations food security agency said Friday.
Bonn: New initiatives in energy, water and agriculture sectors announced at UN Climate Conference
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:42 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): New commitments and initiatives in energy, water and agriculture sectors were announced on Friday, at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, under the auspices of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action to help implement the Paris Agreement.
Afghanistan: Car bomb attack kills 1 cop
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:30 am
Lashkargah, Nov 10 (IBNS): At least one person was killed as a car bomb attack rocked southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said.
Accelerate climate action and raise ambition, urges UN chief
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:03 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): As the impact of climate change worsens around the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the global community to redouble efforts to help countries respond to climate shocks, especially the most vulnerable.
Science and technology can help tackle key sustainable development challenges
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:01 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): Integrated science is essential to strengthen water management, sustainably use the oceans and tackle climate change, the head of the United Nations cultural agency said on World Science Day for Peace and Development.
Afghanistan: 2 cops, three Talibans killed
Nov 11, 2017, at 01:37 am
Kabul, Nov 10 (IBNS): During a clash in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, two policemen and three Talibans were killed on Friday, media reports said.
Alberta car crash: Naked kidnappers suspected to drink trippy tea
Nov 10, 2017, at 08:19 pm
Edmonton, Nov 10 (IBNS): The naked kidnappers who have crashed a car with a lorry in Alberta days ago have been suspected to drink trippy tea leading to the incident, media reports said.
German nurse suspected to have killed at least 106 patients out of 'boredom'
Nov 10, 2017, at 06:52 pm
Berline, Nov 10 (IBNS) : A former German nurse has emerged as the country's worst serial killer as he is being linked to at least 106 deaths, media reports said.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE order citizens to leave Lebanon
Nov 10, 2017, at 06:01 pm
Riyadh, Nov 10 (IBNS): The Middle East is rife with tension as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have all ordered its citizens to return from Lebanon, while urging them to not travel to the former nation, reports said.
New Jersey elects first Sikh mayor Ravi Bhalla
Nov 10, 2017, at 05:51 pm
New Jersey, Nov 10 (IBNS): Ravi Bhalla has been elected as the first Sikh mayor of New Jersey in the United States, media reports said.
Following meeting, Trump all praise for Xi
Nov 10, 2017, at 03:24 pm
Beijing/Washington, Nov 10 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump was all praise for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping after their meeting in Beijing on Thursday.
Syrian conflict has now lasted longer than World War II – UN humanitarian envoy
Nov 10, 2017, at 09:59 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): While there had been a period of de-escalation in many areas of war-riven Syria – reducing human suffering to some extent – the fighting now seems to be returning to some of the “bleakest days” of the conflict, a senior United Nations official warned on Thursday.
Nov 10, 2017, at 09:58 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): One out of every four people in Central African Republic (CAR) is either displaced or living as a refugee in another country, a senior United Nations official said Thursday, urging the international community to provide more resources for a humanitarian plan that up to now is only partially funded.
Global food import bill rising despite robust output in 2017 – UN
Nov 10, 2017, at 09:56 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): The cost of importing food is rising in 2017, driven by increased international demand for most food stuffs, as well as higher freight charges, the United Nations agriculture agency said Thursday.
Nov 10, 2017, at 09:55 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): Youth groups working in Africa’s Congo Basin countries are supporting economic progress in isolated rural communities while protecting the forest, and it is high time their voices were heard, a young woman at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, said on Thursday.
Yemen facing largest famine the world has seen for decades, warns UN aid chief
Nov 10, 2017, at 04:30 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): Yemen will be gripped by famine – one the likes of which the world has not seen in years – if the blockade on basic supplies into the country imposed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition is not lifted immediately, the top United Nations humanitarian official has warned.
UN migration agency expands HIV/AIDS services in South Sudan displacement sites
Nov 10, 2017, at 04:29 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): Thanks to the recent expansion of HIV/AIDS services conducted by the United Nations migration agency, some 171,000 civilians and their host communities have gained benefit from these health facilities in South Sudan.
Pakistan DIG among three police officers killed in Quetta suicide attack
Nov 09, 2017, at 10:56 pm
Quetta, Nov 9 (IBNS) :: A senior police officer was among three officials killed in a suicide attack on Quetta's airport road on Thursday morning, Pakistan's Geo News reported. .
Six killed or wounded in Afghanistan explosion
Nov 09, 2017, at 10:15 pm
Kabul, Nov 9 (IBNS) : An explosion ripped through a guesthouse in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan leaving at least six people dead or wounded, the local officials said on Thursday.
Canada in no hurry to sign revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal: PM Trudeau
Nov 09, 2017, at 08:15 pm
Hanoi, Nov 9 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government is in no hurry to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal at the time other countries are looking forward to seal the deal, media reports said.
Stephen Bronfman's explanation on Paradise Papers satisfies Canadian PM Trudeau, not Opposition
Nov 09, 2017, at 08:13 pm
Ottawa, Nov 9 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he is satisfied with the explanation of a top Liberal fundraiser Stephen Bronfman, whose link to an offshore trust in the Cayman Islands came into light in the Paradise Papers, media reports said.
ISIS strike kills at least three Taliban militants
Nov 09, 2017, at 07:54 pm
Kabul, Nov 9 (IBNS): A clash between the ISIS and Taliban loyalists resulted in the death of at least three member of the latter's unit in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local Khaama Press reported.
Local tribal leader killed in Balkh suicide attack
Nov 09, 2017, at 06:59 pm
Kabul, Nov 9 (IBNS): A local tribal leader was killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan's Balkh province earlier on Thursday morning, local Khaama Press reported.
Nov 09, 2017, at 09:39 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Major Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al-Werfalli, a commander in the Al-Saiqa Brigade accused of murdering 33 people in the context of the ongoing conflict in Libya, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the United Nations Security Council.
UN agriculture agency launches handbook to improve safety in banana farming sector
Nov 09, 2017, at 09:38 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): The United Nations agriculture agency and the Government of Ecuador launched Wednesday a practical guide for workers in the banana sector – the most exported fresh fruit in the world, both by volume and by economic value – to promote healthier and safer work conditions.