Donald Trump says asked China to 'Immediately' remove all tariffs on US agricultural products
Mar 02, 2019, at 11:20 am
Washington, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI): US President Donald Trump in a statement said he has asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on US agricultural products.
Mike Pompeo briefs Chinese, S Korean counterparts on Hanoi Summit: State Dept
Mar 02, 2019, at 11:11 am
Washington, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefed the foreign ministers of China, South Korea and Japan on President Donald Trump’s Hanoi summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino said in a press release.
US refuses to remove terror designation from Kurdish Workers Party: State Department
Mar 02, 2019, at 11:07 am
Washington, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI) The US government has decided to continue its designation of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization after reviewing its status, the State Department said in a media note on Friday.
Mauritania's Defense Minister announces Presidential bid
Mar 02, 2019, at 10:59 am
Nouakchott, Mar 2 (Sputnik) Mauritania’s Defense Minister Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould El Ghazouani announced that he would run in the upcoming presidential election.
Senior Australian defence ministers quit ahead of general election
Mar 02, 2019, at 10:52 am
Canberra, Mar 2 (Xinhua/UNI): Australia's two top Defence Ministers have announced their retirement from politics with fewer than 90 days before the general election.
Road mishap leaves 11 dead in Nepal
Mar 02, 2019, at 10:31 am
Kathmandu, Mar 2 (IBNS): At least 112 people died after the vehicle in which they were travelling veered off the road into Mahakali River at Ratakatha in Duhun Rural Municipality-3 of Nepal's Darchula district on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists attack army base
Mar 01, 2019, at 07:20 pm
Kabul, Mar 1 (IBNS): A group of Taliban terrorists and suicide bombers attacked an army base in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistani Foreign Minister says will skip OIC session as Indian counterpart invited
Mar 01, 2019, at 07:11 pm
Moscow, Mar 1 (Sputnik/UNI) Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that he would abstain from attending the two-day meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers, to protest OIC's decision to invite Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to this event amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.
JeM chief Masood Azhar "unwell", confined to home: Pakistan
Mar 01, 2019, at 05:25 pm
New Delhi, Mar 1 (UNI) Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar is so "unwell" that he "can't even leave his house", Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday.
Somalia blast: 39 dead, 40 injured
Mar 01, 2019, at 12:43 pm
Mogadishu, Mar 1 (UNI) As many as 39 people died and 40 injured when three bombs detonated here in the Somalia's capital, local media reported.
US-North Korea Summit ends with no Agreement as Trump decides to walk away from deal
Mar 01, 2019, at 12:26 pm
Hanoi, Mar 1 (Sputnik) The summit between the United States and North Korea, which was hosted by Hanoi on February 27-28, has abruptly wrapped up after US President Donald Trump chose to "walk away from" a nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Egyptian authorities arrest 6 suspects in deadly railway station fire in Cairo: Reports
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:55 am
Cairo, Mar 1 (Sputnik) Egypt's Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek ordered to arrest six suspects in a train crash at a railway station in central Cairo, which resulted in a deadly fire, for four days as the investigation into the incident is underway, local media have reported.
Netanyahu dismisses threats to indict him as 'Futile'
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:48 am
Tel Aviv, Feb 28 (Sputnik) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described attempts to indict him as futile, but said they could affect the results of April elections in the country.
Russia detected 18 foreign spy jets near border over past week: Reports
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:40 am
Moscow, March 1 (Sputnik): Russia spotted 18 foreign reconnaissance jets near its border, a weekly infographic, published by the Russian Armed Forces’ official newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, showed on Friday.
Kim, Trump agree in Hanoi to meet again in future, continue dialogue: Reports
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:35 am
Moscow, March 1 (Sputnik) North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump agreed during their bilateral summit, which finished in Hanoi on Thursday, to meet again and continue their productive dialogue in order to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and improve relations between Washington and Pyongyang, local media reported on Friday.
N Korea using diplomacy to be seen as ‘responsible’ nuclear state : ex-EU consultant
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:24 am
Washington, Mar 1 (Sputnik) North Korea is trying to use diplomacy as a tool while engaging world leaders to get recognized as a responsible nuclear state, former EU consultant Paolo von Schirach told Sputnik.
Trump says unwilling to give up N Korea sanctions unless denuclearisation program agreed
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:21 am
Moscow, Mar 1 (Sputnik) US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News that he did not want to fully abandon sanctions against North Korea unless there is a real program for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula agreed.
US troops to exit Afghanistan within five years : report
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:58 am
Washington, Mar 1 (Xinhua) The United States would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan over the next three to five years under a new Pentagon plan, US media reported.
Venezuela: Competing US, Russia resolutions fail to pass in Security Council
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:54 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): The second meeting of the week on the situation in Venezuela, took place in the UN Security Council on Thursday, during which competing resolutions produced by the United States and by Russia were presented. Neither text was adopted as the US draft was vetoed and the Russian draft failing to secure enough votes in favor.
Easing fears and promoting gender equality in Chad’s girls-only classrooms
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:47 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): A teacher holds up a drawing of an adolescent girl who has just been caught unawares by her first menstruation cycle, while at school. She’s addressing neat rows of young women sitting in class, in the town of Bol, in Chad.
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:43 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): An urgent scale-up in humanitarian relief is required to provide “critical food and livelihood support” for hard-hit people across Zimbabwe, the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Thursday, speaking during the middle of a fact-finding mission to the southern African country.
New UN Syria envoy pledges to work ‘impartially and diligently’ towards peace
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:39 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): With the eighth anniversary of Syria’s brutal civil conflict looming, the new United Nations Special Envoy to Syria gave his first briefing to the Security Council on the complex political road map towards ending the war, with a pledge to work “impartially and diligently”.
Young people worldwide can ‘determine the future of migration,’ says UN senior official
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:24 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): The key role that young people play in determining the future of migration governance around the world is the focus of the session this year of the International Dialogue on Migration at the UN, convened by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday.
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:19 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): Although a landmark convention banning Anti-Personnel Mines has saved “countless lives” and limbs over the past 20 years, “accelerated efforts” are needed to ensure that they are removed from the face of the earth forever, the UN chief said on Thursday.
Gaza probe finds 'reasonable grounds' Israeli forces committed international human rights violations
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:13 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): An independent UN report into last year’s protests along Gaza’s border fence involving Israeli security forces, that resulted in the shooting deaths of more than 180 Palestinians, concluded on Thursday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel violated international humanitarian law.
Marking Sir Brian Urquhart’s 100th birthday, UN honours life-long servant of ‘we the peoples’
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:06 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): Secretary-General António Guterres is wishing Sir Brian Urquhart, the legendary long-time United Nations official, a very happy 100th birthday, joining legions of admirers worldwide in praising Sir Brian’s ever-principled and groundbreaking work for the UN and beyond.
Mar 01, 2019, at 08:59 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): Last June, a historic agreement settled a 27-year-long name dispute between two countries, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece. One man, Matthew Nimetz, patiently led the negotiations on behalf of the United Nations for over two decades and he told UN News, in an exclusive interview, that his faith in a positive outcome never faltered.
US government offers $1 million reward for information on Osama Bin Laden's son
Mar 01, 2019, at 08:52 am
Washington, Mar 1 (IBNS): The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice Program on Friday said it is offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to the identification or location in any country of al-Qa’ida (AQ) key leader Hamza bin Laden.
North Korean Vice Foreign Minister to visit China later on Thursday: Beijing
Feb 28, 2019, at 04:41 pm
Beijing, Feb 28 (Sputnik) North Korean Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ri Kil Song will visit China later on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said.
Russian lawmaker believes denuclearization unattainable with N Korea sanctions in place
Feb 28, 2019, at 04:21 pm
Moscow, Feb 28 (Sputnik) The United States is unlikely to achieve the ambitious goal of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula unless it lifts or at least eases sanctions against Pyongyang, Vladimir Dzhabarov, the first deputy chair of the Russian upper house's foreign affairs committee, told Sputnik on Thursday, following the US-North Korean summit in Hanoi.