Bangladesh reports 54 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Apr 08, 2020, at 04:26 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh reported 54 COVID-19 patients in the past 24 hours, taking the number of infected people in the nation to 218, media reports said.
US military eliminates senior Al-Shabab leader in Somalia
Apr 08, 2020, at 01:41 pm
Mogadishu/Sputnik/UNI: The US military eliminated a senior al-Shabab terrorist leader during an airstrike in Somalia last week, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a statement on Tuesday.
He was great: Donald Trump praises Modi after India agrees to Hydroxychloroquine export
Apr 08, 2020, at 01:20 pm
Washington/IBNS: A day after threatening New Delhi with a "retaliation", US President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him "great" following India's decision to export anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine to the COVID-19-hit nations.
COVID-19 death toll in US rises above 12,000: Johns Hopkins University
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:30 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has risen above 12,000, according to the latest data published by Johns Hopkins University at 7:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).
Canada invests $3 mln to combat COVID-19 misinformation
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:27 pm
Ottawa/UNI: As the world is fighting coronavirus amid reports of fake news which are daily misleading the people, Canada on Wednesday decided to invest $ 3 million to counter misinformation online about the pandemic.
Twitter CEO doantes $1Bln to fight pandemic coronavirus
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:23 pm
Washington/UNI: Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday announced that he has donated one billion dollars to fund the global fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Australia "exposed" to global medical supply shortage: Minister
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:13 pm
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Australia's Finance Minister has warned that the nation's medical stockpile has been "somewhat exposed" to international shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
UN General Assembly: The world’s ‘town hall’ remains open during COVID-19 crisis
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:12 pm
New York/IBNS: Although it seems the whole world is on lockdown as countries follow health guidelines to curb the spread of COVID-19, the global “town hall” at UN Headquarters in New York remains open for business, albeit with a technical twist.
Mali: UN mission fulfills mandate, aids battle against coronavirus
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:11 pm
New York/IBNS: As the COVID-19 pandemic plagues the world, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali told the Security Council on Tuesday that the mission continues to fulfill its mandate while doing whatever it can to prevent the coronavirus outbreak from overrunning the country.
Children vulnerable to abuse and violence during coronavirus lockdowns, UN experts warn
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:10 pm
New York/IBNS: Independent UN human rights experts have called on States to boost child protection measures to help safeguard the welfare of millions of children who may be more exposed to violence, sale, trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Course of coronavirus pandemic across Libya, depends on silencing the guns
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:07 pm
New York/IBNS: Fighting must stop immediately in Libya if it is to have any chance of staving off the COVID-19 outbreak, the top United Nations official in the North African country said on Tuesday as he condemned an attack on a major Tripoli hospital.
Apr 08, 2020, at 11:30 am
New York/IBNS: Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, were systematically killed in Rwanda, 26 years ago, the UN chief underscored on Tuesday that “we must never again let such an atrocity occur”.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson stable, remains in Intensive Care
Apr 08, 2020, at 09:46 am
London/Sputnik/UNI: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stable and will stay in intensive care for a second night after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, his office said late on Tuesday.
Donald Trump blasts WHO for being 'China-centric'
Apr 07, 2020, at 11:52 pm
Washington/IBNS: At a time when the United States is reeling under the threat from the highly contagious novel Coronavirus, which claimed 11,830 lives in the country, President Donald Trump has hit out at the World Health Organization (WHO) for being 'China-centric' and giving 'faulty recommendations'.
Pakistan mulling army deployment in Gilgit Baltistan, says PoK activist Amjad Ayub Mirza
Apr 07, 2020, at 07:16 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Doubting that it might be an attempt to establish absolute army rule, a human rights activist has alleged that the Pakistan Army is considering a massive deployment of troops in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region.
COVID-19 outbreak: Journalists protest against police torture in Gilgit
Apr 07, 2020, at 07:10 pm
Gilgit/IBNS: Journalists have protested against police action in Pakistan occupied Kashmir's Gilgit Baltistan region after cops allegedly tortured a scribe who was reporting from the ground amid the COVID-19 lockdown, media reports said.
COVID-19: PoK migrant workers stuck in Karachi, political activists slam govt over mismanagement
Apr 07, 2020, at 06:51 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Politicial activists have attacked Pakistan government by alleging that it is not providing food and other crucial items needed by throusands of migrant workers from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) who are currently stuck in Karachi city due to COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said.
British PM Boris Johnson is stable: Officials
Apr 07, 2020, at 06:24 pm
London/IBNS: British PM Boris Johnson, who is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in a London hospital, is in 'good spirit', officials said on Tuesday.
Nepali PM addresses nation, says coming two weeks challenging in fighting COVID-19
Apr 07, 2020, at 04:42 pm
Kathmandu/Xinhua/UNI: Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday said that the coming two weeks will be more challenging for Nepal, as it is starting the rapid detection tests for the first time in order to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 infection.
FATF to review Pakistan performance in June
Apr 07, 2020, at 04:39 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) would be reviewing Pakistan’s performance in meeting its commitments to check terror financing and money laundering at the body's next meeting slated to be held in Beijing on June 21-26, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
Bangladsh: Sheikh Mujib convicted killer Abdul Majed arrested
Apr 07, 2020, at 04:32 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangabandhu’s killer Abdul Majed, a sacked army captain and one of the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was sent to the jail hours after he was arrested in Dhaka on Tuesday.
US deploys 40,000 military personnel for COVID-19 response operations: Pentagon
Apr 07, 2020, at 01:17 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: The US Department of Defense has deployed 40,000 of its personnel, including 4,000 medics, to support the efforts to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) across the United States, spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said during a briefing.
Trump says US has made 'Tremendous' progress on COVID-19 therapeutics
Apr 07, 2020, at 01:12 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: US President Donald Trump during a press briefing said the United States has made progress developing therapeutics for the novel oronavirus (COVID-19).
Fire-Damaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris to hold Good Friday mass on April 10: Reports
Apr 07, 2020, at 01:09 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, which was heavily damaged in a devastating fire almost one year ago, will hold a Good Friday mass on April 10, Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit told the French BFMTV broadcaster.
New Zealand offers COVID-19 mental health support
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:52 pm
Wellington/Xinhua/UNI: A range of support is being rolled out across New Zealand to help people look after their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister David Clark said on Tuesday.
How can the world counter COVID-19 online? UN issues hackers’ challenge to CodeTheCurve
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:13 pm
New York/IBNS: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inviting young innovators, data scientists and designers throughout the world – especially those whose schools have closed due to COVID-19 - to join a month-long hackathon to come up with digital solutions to the global pandemic.
Syria: Warring parties failed to abide by international law over hospital attacks
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:09 pm
New York/IBNS: Parties to Syria’s brutal civil war, now in its tenth year, failed to abide by their obligations under international law to avoid attacks on hospitals and other civilian facilities that featured on the UN’s so-called deconfliction list, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.
Prison shelling in Yemen kills five women and a child: UN rights chief condemns possible war crime
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:06 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN has condemned the shelling of the women’s section of the Central Prison in a district of Yemen’s war-torn Taizz Governerate, in the south of the country, which has left at least five women and one child dead, and wounding more than 11, with casualties expected to rise.
Rights experts warn against discrimination in COVID-19 response
Apr 07, 2020, at 11:57 am
New York/IBNS: Fearing a needless increase in COVID-19 deaths due to discrimination, UN independent human rights experts on Monday called for Governments to commit to racial equity and equality in their response to the pandemic.
UN backs global action to end violence against women and girls amid COVID-19 crisis
Apr 07, 2020, at 11:56 am
New York/IBNS: The United Nations is advocating immediate global action to end all forms of violence against women and girls in the midst of a global upsurge related to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world.