Aid convoy for Eastern Ghouta should arrive on Monday, UN and partners announce
New York, Mar 5 (JEN): The United Nations and its partners plan to deliver much-needed relief assistance to the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta this week, the global organization’s humanitarian wing said on Sunday.
Hindu Dalit woman elected to Pakistan Senate
Islamabad, Mar 4 (IBNS): Creating history, a Hindu Dalit woman has become a senator in Muslim-majority Pakistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Car mishap kills four person in Chakwal
Chakwal, Mar 4 (IBNS): At least four people were killed when a car in which they were traveling overturned on the motorway in Chakwal area of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Three children die after vaccination in Nawabshah
Islamabad, Mar 4 (IBNS): At least three Pakistani children died after undergoing routine immunisation vaccines in Nawabshah area of the country, media reports said.
Afghanistan: At least four Taliban militants killed in Helmand
Kabul, Mar 4 (IBNS): At least four Taliban militants have been killed in an operation launched by Afghan forces in the country's Helmand province, local media reports said.
London man found guilty of building child jihadists army
London, Mar 4 (IBNS): A religious teacher, who attempted to groom children to become future suicide attackers, has been convicted of preparing acts of terrorism in London, officials said.
UN chief, Security Council, strongly condemn Burkina Faso terrorist attacks
New York, Mar 4 (JEN): The two deadly terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ougadougou, on Friday have been strongly condemned by the United Nations.
Bangladeshi writer Prof Zafar Iqbal stabbed in university campus, attacker detained
Dhaka, Mar 3 (IBNS): Shocking the nation, popular Bangladeshi science writer Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal was attacked by an unknown youth on Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) campus in Sylhet on Saturday.
Canada: MP Sahota supports 2018 federal budget's focus on equality and growth of middle class
Ottawa, Mar 3 (IBNS): Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament (MP) for Brampton North, on Friday applauded the 2018 federal budget's focus on equality and growth of Canada's middle class, media reports said.
Trump's imposition on trade tariffs 'unacceptable': Canada PM Trudeau
Ottawa, Mar 3 (IBNS): Echoing the words of Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has termed the imposition of trade tariffs as "unacceptable", media reports said.
Nigeria: UN chief condemns killing of aid workers by Boko Haram insurgents
New York, Mar 3 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of three aid workers Thursday night in Rann town in Borno state, Nigeria, following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
UN must stand by Central African Republic as long ‘as it needs support,’ says UN envoy
New York, Mar 3 (JEN): The international community should continue to assist the Central African Republic (CAR) to restore stability, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, has said, stressing that it is too early for the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping operation from the crisis-gripped country.
New York, Mar 3 (JEN): War crimes, potentially crimes against humanity, are likely being committed in east Ghouta and elsewhere in Syria, and the United Nations human rights chief warned on Friday that the perpetrators of these acts must know they are being identified and will be held accountable.
President Trump's decision to hike import tariff of steel and aluminium puts nations in a quandary
Mumbai, Mar 3 (IBNS): The global market fears that the decision taken by the United States to impose heavy tariff on imported steel and aluminium may spiral into a trade war, media reports said.
Toronto, Mar 3 (IBNS): The City of Toronto was named one of Canada's best diversity employers for the third consecutive year for its exceptional workplace diversity and inclusion programs by Mediacorp Canada Inc. media reports said.