IED blast kills four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Pakistan
Oct 15, 2017, at 10:25 pm
Islamabad, Oct 15 (IBNS): An improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Kharlachi area of Kurram Agency near the Pak-Afghan border left at least four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel killed on Sunday, officials said.
Afghanistan: 10 IS terrorists killed
Oct 14, 2017, at 09:23 pm
Kabul, Oct 14 (IBNS): At least 10 IS terrorists were killed during clashes in Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
UN ramps up aid delivery amid surge of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 14, 2017, at 02:53 pm
New York, Oct 14(Just Earth News): The speed and scale of people fleeing Myanmar has triggered a humanitarian emergency in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of refugees now depend on humanitarian assistance for shelter, food, water and other life-saving needs, says the United Nations migration agency.
American-Canadian family held hostage for five years by Taliban freed by Pakistan Army
Oct 13, 2017, at 11:09 pm
Islamabad, Oct 13 (IBNS): The Pakistani Army has said it has freed a North American family of five who were held hostage by the Afghan Taliban.
Oct 13, 2017, at 05:10 am
New York, Oct 12(Just Earth News): New latrines will be constructed in the Rohingya camps and settlements of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district to provide sanitation coverage to some 250,000 people, averting a major disease outbreak, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported Thursday.
Attacks against Rohingya ‘a ploy’ to drive them away; prevent their return – UN rights chief
Oct 12, 2017, at 04:43 am
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): Brutal, well-organized, coordinated and systematic attacks have been carried out against the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar, with the intention of not just driving them away but also preventing their return, a new United Nations human rights report has revealed.
UN agencies launch cholera immunization campaign for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 11, 2017, at 04:12 am
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): In a race to prevent a cholera outbreak among the more than half a million Rohingya refugee arrivals over the past six weeks in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, United Nations agencies launched on Tuesday a massive immunization campaign.
Afghanistan: 7 terrorists blown up by their own bomb
Oct 10, 2017, at 09:44 pm
Kabul, Oct 10 (IBNS): Explosion of their own bomb left at least seven Taliban insurgents killed and nine others injured in Alingar district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Boiler blast leaves 11 injured
Oct 10, 2017, at 09:34 pm
Dhaka, Oct 10 (IBNS): At least 11 people were injured in a boiler explosion at a steel manufacturing factory in Sitakunda upazila of Bangladesh city Chittagong on Tuesday, media reports said.
Rohingya refugee children perish as boat capsizes off Bangladesh – UN migration agency
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:16 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): At least 13 Rohingya refugees, 11 of them young children, fleeing violence in Myanmar have drowned when the fishing boat they were on capsized in stormy weather, the United Nations migration agency said.
Days of depending on US are over: Pakistan PM
Oct 09, 2017, at 10:52 pm
Islamabad, Oct 9 (IBNS): Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said the days of his country's dependency on the US over its military and other requirements are over.
Quetta: Five killed as gunmen open fire at vehicle
Oct 09, 2017, at 10:22 pm
Quetta, Oct 9 (IBNS): At least five people were killed as gunmen targeted a vehicle in Pakistan's Quetta area on Monday, media reports said.
Former Afghanistan President Karzai slams US govt, says latter aiding ISIS
Oct 09, 2017, at 06:43 pm
Kabul, Oct 9 (IBNS): Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has slammed the US government, saying that it aids the so-called Islamic State or ISIS.
Afghanistan: Airstrike kills at least four ISIS militants in Nangarhar
Oct 09, 2017, at 06:28 pm
Achin, Nangarhar, Oct 9 (IBNS): At least four Islamic State militants have been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local Khaama Press reported.
Boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes near Bangladesh, at least 11 dead
Oct 09, 2017, at 03:04 pm
Cox's Bazar, Oct 9 (IBNS): At least 11 Rohingya refugees have died after a boat carrying them capsized near the Bangladeshi coast on Monday morning, local Dhaka Tribune reported.
UN seeks more funds to assist Rohingya amid world's fastest growing refugee crisis
Oct 07, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Oct 7(Just Earth News): United Nations agencies are seeking more funds to cope with the mass exodus of people fleeing violence in Myanmar into Bangladesh, which the top UN aid official described the world's fastest growing refugee crisis.
FEATURE: In Western Afghanistan, an ancient love of poetry thrives again
Oct 06, 2017, at 01:27 pm
New York, Oct 6(Just Earth News): As she begins to read her poem, Fatema’s voice is faint and unsure of itself. She has been writing poetry only for the last six months because, as she explains, she wants to get in touch with her inner feelings. What emerges in her recitation has echoes of Afghanistan’s ancient past, and signs of a new and modern passion. What is heard, translated from Dari, is a short narrative about the horrors of war – “The color of blood and cold corpses … fresh bodies thrown into battle†– and Fatema’s own story, one that ends with the hope that, “somewhere between the lines, set in the sweetness, is a space without war.â€
Oct 05, 2017, at 01:11 pm
New York, Oct 5(Just Earth News): The human tragedy unfolding in southern Bangladesh is staggering in its scale, warned two senior United Nations officials on Wednesday as they wrapped up a mission to Cox’s Bazar with calls for a “significant increase in assistance†for the thousands of Rohingyas have settled in the area after fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
In Bangladesh, UN aid chief urges scaling up response for Rohingya refugee crisis
Oct 04, 2017, at 10:58 am
New York, Oct 4(Just Earth News): With over half a million Rohingya refugees having fled their homes in Myanmar since violence erupted in late August, the top United Nations humanitarian official has underscored that the solution to the crisis needs to be found within Myanmar.
SDGs ‘take off’ in Nepal’s skies with UN development programme-airline partnership
Oct 04, 2017, at 10:57 am
New York, Oct 4(Just Earth News): Through a partnership between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and a private aircraft company, airplanes flying in Nepal’s skies will bear UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) branding icons, disseminating the globally-agreed targets far and wide.
As Rohingya crisis continues, UNICEF seeks funds to reach 720,000 children in need
Oct 03, 2017, at 01:31 pm
New York, Oct 3(Just Earth News): Amid the deepening refugee crisis in Bangladesh and its attendant toll on children, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNCEF) launched on Monday an appeal for its emergency response to reach some 720,000 children – both in Rohingya refugee and host communities – with protection and assistance.
In Bangladesh, UN food relief agency chief urges support amid massive Rohingya influx
Oct 02, 2017, at 07:17 pm
New York, Oct 2(Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations food relief agency called on Sunday for an end to the “horrors†driving Rohingyas by the tens of thousands from their homes in Myanmar into neighboring Bangladesh.
Half a million Rohingya arrive in Bangladesh; UN agencies rush to provide shelter, clean water
Sep 30, 2017, at 09:54 am
New York, Sept 30(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency announced on Friday that it has started distributing plastic sheeting and essential relief items to Rohingyas arriving in from Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh, as part of a massive effort to cut the time refugees spend in the open.
Horrific accounts of sexual violence against Rohingya ‘just tip of the iceberg’ – UN agency
Sep 29, 2017, at 03:26 pm
New York, Sept 29(Just Earth News): Warning that the horrific accounts of rape and sexual assault against Rohingya women and girls fleeing unrest in Myanmar could be “just the tip of the iceberg,†the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) underscored the need to ensure that such violence is prevented and called for additional resources so that it can reach all those in need of assistance.
Hafiz Saeed and Lashkar liability for us : Pak Foreign Minister
Sep 27, 2017, at 08:29 pm
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IBNS) : Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has reportedly admitted that Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba are a "liability" for the country and for the south Asian region, The Times of India reported. but said the country "needs time to get rid of this liability".
China blocks WhatsApp, beefs up surveillance ahead of Communist Party gathering
Sep 26, 2017, at 04:18 pm
Beijing, Sep 26 (IBNS): Beijing has blocked instant messaging app WhatsApp in order to bolster online surveillance ahead of the upcoming Communist Party meeting, reports said.
Parties to Afghan conflict show renewed interest in political engagement, UN envoy says
Sep 26, 2017, at 02:46 pm
New York, Sept 26(Just Earth News): Although efforts over the past few years to reach a political solution to the Afghan conflict have led to little progress, the top United Nations envoy in the country today reported a renewed interest in political engagements for peace.
In Bangladesh, UN refugee chief warns influx of Rohingya outpaces capacities to respond
Sep 26, 2017, at 01:22 pm
New York, Sept 26(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee chief on Monday called for ramped-up support for an estimated 436,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in the last month, warning that the massive influx of people seeking safety far outpaces capacities to respond.
Death toll of Hindus rises in Myanmar's Rakhine state
Sep 26, 2017, at 03:44 am
Naypyidaw, Sep 25 (IBNS): The death toll of Hindus in Myanmar's Rakhine state has risen from 28 to 45, a recent media report stated.
Bangladesh govt rejects reports on plot to kill PM Sheikh Hasina
Sep 25, 2017, at 03:35 am
Dhaka, Sept 24 (IBNS): The Bangladesh government has rejected some media reports which claimed that attempt to assassin Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was made recently.