Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists fire mortars, 1 civilian killed
Apr 20, 2020, at 05:09 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Suspected Taliban terrorists fired mortars in North-eastern Kapisa province which left at least one civilian killed, media reports said.
Pakistan: Five terrorists killed in exchange of fire with security forces in North Waziristan
Apr 20, 2020, at 03:58 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: An anti-terror operation in North Waziristan left at least five terrorists killed, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday.
Eight detained after children's bodies found in China's Henan
Apr 20, 2020, at 12:11 pm
Zhengzhou/Xinhua/UNI: Eight suspects were under criminal detention after four children's bodies were found in an earth dump in central China's Henan Province, according to local authorities.
Japan's Foreign Minister says economy facing worst postwar crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 20, 2020, at 11:43 am
Tokyo/Sputnik/UNI: Japan’s economy is facing the most serious crisis since World War II due to the coronavirus pandemic, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday.
COVID-19: Death toll in Bangladesh touches 91
Apr 19, 2020, at 08:30 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from Novel Coronavirus has reached 91 in Bangladesh, as seven more people succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours, a senior government official confirmed on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Local police commander killed in suspected Taliban attack
Apr 19, 2020, at 05:46 pm
Kabul/IBNS: In a suspected attack by Taliban terrorists, a local police commander and two others were killed in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis on Sunday, media reports said.
Britain spends £16m by ordering flawed COVID-19 testing kits from China
Apr 19, 2020, at 03:45 pm
London/IBNS: Britain found themselves in midst of trouble, like many other Western nations earlier claimed, after the country paid two Chinese companies an estimated £16 million for two million COVID-19 antibody tests that officials later on found were not accurate enough to be rolled out.
China's death is far higher than US: Donald Trump
Apr 19, 2020, at 12:13 pm
Washington/IBNS: United States President Donald Trump has expressed doubts over the official figures of China's death toll due to the Coronavirus outbreak, claiming that the casualty is much higher than what has been declared.
South Korea records lowest daily increase in COVID-19 cases since mid-Feb
Apr 19, 2020, at 10:58 am
Seoul/Sputnik: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Korea has risen by only eight to 10,661 over the past 24 hours, which is the lowest increase since mid-February, the Health Ministry's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Sunday.
Some US states to begin easing coronavirus restrictions this month: Trump
Apr 19, 2020, at 10:40 am
Washington/Sputnik: Texas, Vermont and Montana will start to allow some businesses to open this month, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday after releasing the federal guidelines for lifting some restrictions imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
French Prez Emmanuel Macron questions China's handling of COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 18, 2020, at 08:00 pm
Paris/IBNS: French President Emmanuel Macron has questioned China's way of handling COVID-19 outbreak by saying that things "happened that we don't know about".
ISIS claims responsibility for blowing up boats in Maldives
Apr 18, 2020, at 07:24 pm
Male/IBNS: Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility of blowing up five boats at Mahibadhoo harbour in Maldives on Wednesday, at a time when the world is busy combating COVID-19 outbreak.
Afghanistan: Security forces kill six Taliban terrorists
Apr 18, 2020, at 05:43 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Afghanistan security forces have killed six Taliban militants and wounded two others in the country's South-eastern Paktiya province, media reports said on Saturday.
Arrested Kabul gurdwara attacker Ahangar has links with Pakistan's Sialkot region
Apr 18, 2020, at 02:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The arrest of chief recruiter of the Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir Aijaz Ahangar, the terrorist who was arrested 25 years after he vanished from Kashmir, has a strong link with Pakistan's Sialkot region, media reports said.
Apr 18, 2020, at 01:50 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Demanding release of Jang Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman (MSR), the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, has written a letter to Pakistan PM Imran Khan.
Pakistan reactivates Taliban terror to launch attacks in India's Kashmir: Reports
Apr 18, 2020, at 01:43 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan has reactivated Taliban terror camps, which are situated at Afghanistan-Pakistan border, to launch attacks in Kashmir region of India, media reports said.
Almost 25,000 prisoners released in Myanmar as part of new year amnesty
Apr 18, 2020, at 11:36 am
Naypyitaw/Sputnik/UNI: Myanmar President U Win Myint has granted amnesty to a total of 24,896 prisoners across the country as part of the celebration of traditional Burmese New Year, media reported on Friday.
Turkey-backed rebels kidnap 25 civilians in NE Syria
Apr 18, 2020, at 11:29 am
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: The Turkey-backed Syrian rebels on Friday kidnapped 25 civilians in the northeastern province of Hasakah, state news agency SANA reported.
Donald Trump says 80Mln Americans have received stimulus money, adds $19Bln in aid for farmers
Apr 18, 2020, at 11:25 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that 80 million Americans have received their coronavirus relief money and announced that his administration will provide $19 billion in aid to US farmers.
COVID-19: Rights experts highlight LGBTI discrimination, antisemitism
Apr 18, 2020, at 10:36 am
New York/IBNS: New guidance from the UN human rights office, issued on Friday, sets out key actions to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people against discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus economics: Debt-laden countries at risk, as financial markets screech to a halt
Apr 18, 2020, at 10:30 am
New York/IBNS: Economists and finance experts are warning that countries with “high” or “distressed” public debt levels are at risk of severe economic shocks amid the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for restructuring plans based on the principle of solidarity.
UN human rights office calls for compassion following Rohingya deaths at sea
Apr 18, 2020, at 10:21 am
New York/IBNS: The UN human rights office (OHCHR), is calling for compassion for people desperately seeking shelter, after 30 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar died on a boat in the Bay of Bengal that had spent nearly two months at sea.
Ceasefire during COVID-19 pandemic essential, to safeguard 250 million children
Apr 18, 2020, at 10:06 am
New York/IBNS: The head of the UN children’s fund UNICEF warned on Friday that 250 million children around the world living in the “waking nightmare” of conflict desperately need warring parties to stop fighting as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads.
Apr 17, 2020, at 05:10 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan government seems to face a growing challenge in their act to contain COVID-19 as a section of the Islamic clerics have warned they will flout the government’s restrictions on group prayers especially during the holy month of Ramadan.
US says China may have conducted low-level nuclear test blasts, Beijing rejects
Apr 17, 2020, at 05:04 pm
Washington/IBNS: The United States recently claimed that China may have secretly conducted a low-yield underground nuclear test, an accusation that might further deteriorate the relationship between Washington and Beijing, which has been badly hit over the recent COVID-19 outbreak.
Bangladesh reports 15 new COVID-19 deaths
Apr 17, 2020, at 03:56 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh has reported 15 more deaths due to COVID-19, media reports said on Friday.
Taiwan makes public December email to WHO showing caution about COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 17, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Taipei/IBNS: Giving more fuel to the suspicion of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s collusion with China over the COVID-19 outbreak, Taiwan has recently released an email which was sent to the organisation cautioning it of the pandemic virus.
US COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 32,000, Nearly 4,000 Die Within 24 Hours - JHU
Apr 17, 2020, at 12:47 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The coronavirus pandemic killed nearly 4,000 in the United States within less than a day, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) data revealed.
IMF Approves $1.4Bln Disbursement to Pakistan for COVID-19 Crisis - Statement
Apr 17, 2020, at 12:46 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: Pakistan won approval of $1.3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ease the economic impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and help cover rapid increases in health spending needed to fight the disease, the IMF announced in a press release.
Apr 17, 2020, at 12:35 pm
New York/IBNS: With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to deepen suffering in Yemen, now is the time for rival parties to commit to ending their conflict, UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Thursday, during an informal meeting via videoconference.