McConnell unveils draft schedule for Trump impeachment trial
Jan 21, 2020, at 10:21 am
Washington/Xinhua/UNI: US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday proposed a draft resolution on schedules of the upcoming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Republican led upper chamber.
Fire kills 5 in southern Vietnam
Jan 21, 2020, at 10:12 am
Hanoi/Xinhua/UNI: A fire in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City killed five early Tuesday, Vietnam News Agency reported.
World Economic Forum: Imran Khan to meet Donald Trump
Jan 21, 2020, at 10:07 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan PM Imran Khan, who will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, will meet US President Donald Trump at the sidelines of the event, officials said.
Jan 21, 2020, at 09:32 am
New York/IBNS: Around half a billion people work fewer paid hours than they would like, or are not getting enough access to paid work, shows a study published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Monday, which also forecasts that unemployment will rise by about 2.5 million this year.
Major humanitarian hub in north-east Nigeria burned in attack
Jan 21, 2020, at 09:24 am
New York/IBNS: The top UN aid official in Nigeria has condemned a weekend attack against a major humanitarian facility in the north-east of the country.
Latin America and Caribbean region deadliest for journalists in 2019
Jan 21, 2020, at 09:12 am
New York/IBNS: Twenty-two journalists were reported killed in the Latin America and Caribbean region in 2019, making it the deadliest part of the world for the press, followed by 15 in Asia-Pacific, and 10 in Arab States.
Pipeline explosion kills at least 2 in Nigeria's economic hub
Jan 20, 2020, at 05:53 pm
Lagos/Xinhua/UNI: At least two bodies had been recovered from the explosion site of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, an official with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday.
Broken hot water pipe kills 5 in Russian hotel
Jan 20, 2020, at 05:50 pm
Moscow/Xinhua/UNI: Five people died and at least three others were hospitalized on Monday after hot water flooded a small hotel in the Russian city of Perm near the Ural Mountains, the regional investigative committee said.
Lebanon: 140 injured in clashes between police, protesters
Jan 20, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Beirut/Xinhua/UNI: Secretary General of Lebanese Red Cross Georges Kettaneh announced on Monday that the number of injured people reached 140 during Sunday's clashes between protesters and riot police, local media reported.
Dhaka Police Attack: Two neo-JMB terrorists arrested
Jan 20, 2020, at 05:27 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh police have arrested two neo-JMB terrorists in connection with the attacks on police in Dhaka in 2019, media reports said on Monday.
Kabul: Afghan government official’s family members killed
Jan 20, 2020, at 10:15 am
Kabul/IBNS: Unknown men killed four members of a family of an Afghanistan government official in Kabul city, media reports said on Monday.
World leaders must address ‘shameful’ disparities in education spending: UN children’s agency
Jan 20, 2020, at 09:55 am
New York/IBNS: A new report from the UN children’s fund, UNICEF, shows that a third of adolescent girls from the poorest households have never been to school, and spending on education is heavily skewed towards wealthier households.
Jan 20, 2020, at 09:50 am
New York/IBNS: Speaking at a major, high-level summit on Libya, held in the German capital Berlin on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres evoked the disastrous humanitarian situation faced by thousands of civilians, as conflict in the North African country grows deeper and more destructive.
Pompeo hopes Berlin conference will help at least to reduce arms flow to Libya
Jan 20, 2020, at 09:15 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hopes that the conference on Libyan settlement in Berlin will help at least reduce arms deliveries to Libya, as stipulated by the UN embargo.
Civil war in Yemen made over 3 million people homeless: ICRC
Jan 19, 2020, at 05:48 pm
New York/IBNS: The International Committee of the Red Cross on Sunday said over three million people, the majority of which are women and children, have been made homeless as a result of ongoing fighting in Yemen’s civil war that has raged since 2015.
Eight killed, dozens injured in Indonesia's bus crash
Jan 19, 2020, at 05:38 pm
Jakarta/Xinhua/UNI: Eight people were killed and 30 others wounded when a passenger bus overturned in Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, media reported on Sunday.
North Korea appoints Korean Unification Talks Chief as new Foreign Minister – Reports
Jan 19, 2020, at 04:40 pm
Seoul/Sputnik/UNI: North Korea has appointed Ri Son Gwon, the former head of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC), as the country’s new foreign minister, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday, citing sources in Pyongyang.
Erdogan says too early to talk of draft communique for Berlin peace conference on Libya
Jan 19, 2020, at 03:33 pm
Ankara/Sputnik:Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara does not have a draft communique ahead of Sunday’s peace conference on Libya to be held in the German capital of Berlin, as it is too early to talk of one, although he expressed hope that the talks would yield positive results.
North Korea appoints Korean Unification Talks Chief as new Foreign Minister: Reports
Jan 19, 2020, at 03:22 pm
Seoul/Sputnik: North Korea has appointed Ri Son Gwon, the former head of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC), as the country’s new foreign minister, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday, citing sources in Pyongyang.
Iran's home-made satellite Zafar ready for launch
Jan 19, 2020, at 02:47 pm
Tehran/Xinhua: The indigenous satellite Zafar has been delivered to Iran Space Agency (ISA) for launch, official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
Venezuelan President Maduro Says Ready for Direct Dialogue With US, Guaido
Jan 19, 2020, at 11:44 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he was ready for a direct dialogue with the United States, as well as with opposition leader Juan Guaido
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Prince Harry and Megan will no more use royal titles: Buckingham Palace
Jan 19, 2020, at 10:22 am
London/IBNS: The Royal Family UK has informed that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer use their royal titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties.
7 remain missing as over 150 rescued following avalanche in Nepal
Jan 19, 2020, at 09:16 am
Kathmandu/Xinhua: Four South Koreans and three Nepalis remained missing since Friday following an avalanche in western Kaski district, as over 150 foreign tourists and Nepalis were rescued on Saturday from around the area, local officials and trekking agencies said.
Pompeo will meet with representatives of EU, Egypt, Turkey, Germany, UAE in Berlin
Jan 19, 2020, at 09:04 am
Washington/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with representatives of the European Union, Egypt, Turkey, Germany and the United Arab Emirates on the sidelines of the conference on Libyan settlement in Berlin, the US State Department said.
Trump Impeachment: Legal team call charges 'Brazen & Unlawful'
Jan 19, 2020, at 09:00 am
Washington/UNI: The White House legal team slammed House Democrats' impeachment effort against President Donald Trump as "brazen and unlawful" in its first formal response.
Ukraine's president rejects prime minister's resignation
Jan 18, 2020, at 04:26 pm
Kiev/Xinhua/UNI: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declined a resignation offer by the country's Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Friday.
Five indicted for operating network to export US-origin goods to Pakistan’s nuclear programme
Jan 18, 2020, at 02:57 pm
Washington/IBNS: Five people have been indicted in United States for allegedly running an international network which purchases US products for nuclear weapons programme in Pakistan.
India summons Pakistan official demanding 'safe return' of abducted Hindu minor girls
Jan 18, 2020, at 02:54 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Lodging a strong protest, India on Friday summoned a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi and expressed its serious concerns about the recent cases of abduction of minor girls belonging to the minority Hindu community of Pakistan.
Donald Trump warns Khamenei to be 'careful' with his words
Jan 18, 2020, at 10:12 am
Washington/UNI: US President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei to be careful with his choice of words.
Haiti earthquake victims honoured at UN, with pledge to safeguard the nation’s future
Jan 18, 2020, at 09:36 am
New York/IBNS: More than 200,000 Haitians who perished in the devastating earthquake which struck the island nation ten years ago, were honoured in a solemn ceremony of remembrance at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, along with 102 staffers who died – the single greatest loss of life in the Organization’s history.