Bangladesh: Vehicles in BNP motorcade attacked, Zia unhurt
Oct 29, 2017, at 05:00 am
Dhaka, Oct 28 (IBNS): BNP leader Khaleda Zia's motorcade was attacked by unknown men in Bangladesh's Feni area on Saturday, media reports said.
Nepal bus crash kills 31, several injured
Oct 29, 2017, at 12:55 am
Kathmandu, Oct 28 (IBNS): At least 31 people, including an Indian woman, died in a bus crash in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, local media reports said.
20 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Oct 28, 2017, at 10:47 pm
Kabul, Oct 28 (IBNS): In two separate airstrikes and a clash at least 20 Talibans were killed in Afghanistan's Zabul province, media reports said.
Rohingya crisis: UN agencies focus on improving access as overcrowded camps hampers response
Oct 28, 2017, at 09:44 am
New York, Oct 28(Just Earth News): As the number of Rohingya refugees sheltering in southern Bangladesh crosses 800,000, United Nations agencies responding to the crisis are working hard to ensure access in the difficult to reach area so that much needed assistance can be delivered in a timely manner.
Pakistan: Awami National Party leader, brother killed in explosion
Oct 28, 2017, at 12:13 am
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IBNS): Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) leader Abdul Razzak was killed in a blast that rocked country's Shahrag Tehsil of Balochistan's Harnai District on Friday, media reports said.
Oct 27, 2017, at 09:51 am
New York, Oct 27(Just Earth News): Voicing concern that hate speech and incitement to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya community has been “cultivated for decades†in the minds of the country's people, a United Nations human rights expert urged the Security Council to act strongly to resolve the crisis.
Afghanistan :US airstrike targets ISIS hideout in Nangarhar, 22 killed, wounded
Oct 26, 2017, at 06:48 pm
Afghanistan, Oct 26 (IBNS) : At least 22 militants were killed or wounded as the United States forces based in Afghanistan conducted a new airstrike on the hideout of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province.
Pakistan court issues arrest warrant against Nawaz Sharif
Oct 26, 2017, at 06:01 pm
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IBNS): The Pakistan court has issued an arrest warrant against ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in connection with the corruption cases that sprung from the Panama Papers leak, media reports said.
Afghan airstrike targets gathering of Taliban militants in Herat
Oct 25, 2017, at 07:08 pm
Herat, Oct 25 (IBNS): A large gathering of at least 300 Taliban militants were targeted by Afghan military as scores of terrorists were killed during an airstrike on Tuesday, local Khaama Press reported.
UN migration agency delivers hygiene kits to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 25, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Oct 25(Just Earth News): Soap, toothbrushes, water containers and liquid antiseptic are among the items the United Nations migration agency is distributing to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees that have settled in sprawling camps that cover the Cox's Bazar district of southern Bangladesh.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Oct 25, 2017, at 01:22 am
Islamabad, Oct 24 (IBNS): US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi here on Tuesday.
Rohingya crisis: Donors pledge $344 million at UN-backed conference to support aid efforts
Oct 24, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Oct 24(Just Earth News): A United Nations-supported humanitarian conference on Monday raised more than $344 million to fund critical relief programmes for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh.
Pakistan: Building roof collapse kills 7
Oct 24, 2017, at 12:18 am
Peshawar, Oct 23 (IBNS): The collapse of a roof of a house in Pakistan's Bajaur Agency on Monday left at least seven people dead, media reports said.
Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh Home Minister leaves for Myanmar
Oct 23, 2017, at 10:54 pm
Dhaka, Oct 23 (IBNS): At a time when the country is facing the current Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday left Dhaka city for Myanmar.
8 terrorists killed in Pakistan
Oct 22, 2017, at 10:31 pm
Karachi, Oct 22 (IBNS): Security forces in Pakistan have killed at least eight terrorists in Pakistan, media reports said.
Missing Pak journalist pursuing case of Indian engineer recovered after two years
Oct 21, 2017, at 05:01 pm
Islamabad, Oct 21 (IBNS) : Zeenat Shahzadi, the Pakistani journalist who went missing in Lahore in 2015, has been recovered by security forces, Dawn reports.
Rohingya crisis: UNICEF issues 'Child Alert,' outlines urgent action to save lives
Oct 21, 2017, at 09:41 am
New York, Oct 21(Just Earth News): Issuing a dire warning on the desperate situation of Rohingya refugee children, who now number more than 320,000 in Bangladesh, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for an end to the atrocities targeting civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine state, and immediate and unfettered access to all children affected by the violence there.
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Afghanistan: Gun and bomb attack in Kabul mosque kills 30
Oct 21, 2017, at 02:45 am
Kabul, Oct 20 (IBNS): Unknown gunman opened fire on people visiting a Shia mosque to worship before detonating explosives on Friday which left at least 30 people killed, media reports said.
12 terrorists killed in drone attack close to Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Oct 21, 2017, at 12:53 am
Peshawar, Oct 20 (IBNS): At least 12 suspected terrorists were killed in a drone attack close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Collapse of part of coal mine leaves 1 dead
Oct 20, 2017, at 10:47 pm
Balochistan, Oct 20 (IBNS): Collapse of a part of a coal mine left at least one person dead in Balochistan's Harnai District of Pakistan, media reports said.
Over 700 000 people vaccinated against cholera in Cox’s Bazar
Oct 20, 2017, at 09:35 pm
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Oct 20 (IBNS): More than 700 000 people over the age of one year have been administered oral cholera vaccine in the first phase of a campaign here to protect the newly arrived Rohingya population and their host communities against the deadly diarrheal disease.
UN migration chief urges more support for Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar or 'thousands will suffer'
Oct 20, 2017, at 04:36 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency and its partners are supporting Bangladesh in coordinating assistance for the influx of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, including with clean water and sanitation, shelter, food and psychosocial care for the most vulnerable.
Afghanistan: ISIS, Taliban militants engage in war, at least five dead
Oct 20, 2017, at 12:28 am
Nangarhar, Oct 19 (IBNS): At least five militants have died in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province after the ISIS and Taliban faithfuls engaged in a gun battle, local Khaama Press reported.
Nawaz Sharif, daughter and son-in-law indicted by Pak anti-corruption court in NAB reference
Oct 19, 2017, at 08:07 pm
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IBNS) : A Pakistan court on Thursday indicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law MNA Capt (retd) Safdar in the Avenfield properties case, Geo News reported.
Afghan army and Taliban suffer heavy casualties in Kandahar base attack
Oct 19, 2017, at 07:34 pm
Kabul, Oct 19 (IBNS) : The Afghan army and Taliban insurgents have suffered heavy casualties in a coordinated attack by the Taliban insurgents on an army base in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan
Afghanistan : ISIS suffer heavy casualties in latest US airstrikes
Oct 19, 2017, at 07:28 pm
Kabul, Oct 19 (IBNS) : Militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group suffered heavy casualties in the latest airstrikes conducted by the US forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local Khaama Press reported. .
UN strongly condemns terrorist attacks across Afghanistan
Oct 19, 2017, at 09:54 am
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned a wave of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan that killed at least 70 people and injured more than 200.
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber arrested in Kabul
Oct 18, 2017, at 10:36 pm
Kabul, Oct 18 (IBNS): Afghanistan security forces have arrested a suicide bomber on a bicycle in capital Kabul city, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Wednesday.
Imran Khan condemns loss of lives in Pakistan blast
Oct 18, 2017, at 10:01 pm
Islamabad, Oct 18 (IBNS): Former Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Wednesday condemned the Quetta bombing which left seven people killed.
Afghanistan: Grenade attack kills one in Kabul
Oct 18, 2017, at 08:13 pm
Kabul, Oct 18 (IBNS): At least one person was killed and three others were hurt in a grenade attack in Kabul city of Afghanistan, reports said.