Chinese citizen shot dead in Karachi
Feb 06, 2018, at 07:20 pm
Islamabad, Feb 6 (IBNS): A Chinese citizen was shot dead in Pakistan's Karachi on Feb 5, media reports said.
Maldives crisis : Former President Nasheed asks India to send army, envoy
Feb 06, 2018, at 07:01 pm
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IBNS) : Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, in a tweet, has asked India to send an envoy backed by the army to end the political crisis in the Indian ocean island country.
Maldives opposition leaders want Indian intervention after President Yameen imposes Emergency
Feb 06, 2018, at 06:38 pm
Male, Feb 6 (IBNS) The opposition leaders in Maldives where a state of emergency has been imposed by President Abdulla Yameen are desperately seeking an Indian intervention as a regional power to restore democracy and civil rights.
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declares emergency
Feb 06, 2018, at 02:36 am
Male, Feb 5 (IBNS): Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has declared an emergency, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Military operation kills at least 25 Taliban militants in Ghazni
Feb 05, 2018, at 07:44 pm
Kabul, Feb 5 (IBNS): At least 25 Taliban militants were killed and 13 injured on Sunday in a military operation in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, an official statement said.
Afghanistan: Roadside blast kills at least two women in Ghazni
Feb 04, 2018, at 05:42 pm
Kabul, Feb 4 (IBNS): At least two women were killed in a roadside blast in Afghanistan, reports said.
Boat capsizes off Libyan coast , 11 Pakistanis feared dead
Feb 03, 2018, at 03:27 pm
Islamabad, Feb 3 (IBNS): At least 11 Pakistani national are feared to have died in a boat sinking incident of the Libyan coast on Thursday, officials said on Saturday.
Bangladesh: Three decades of service and sacrifice in UN peacekeeping
Feb 03, 2018, at 03:19 pm
New York, Feb 3 (JEN): United Nations peacekeepers come from diverse cultures and speak different languages, but share a common purpose: the protection of vulnerable communities and the provision of support to countries struggling to move from conflict to peace.
Ahead of monsoon season, UN supports Bangladesh’s efforts to protect Rohingya camps from flooding
Feb 03, 2018, at 03:12 pm
New York, Feb 3 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency and its partners are ramping up to assist Bangladesh’s efforts to mitigate some expected impacts of the upcoming monsoon season in the country, during which, according to an initial risk analysis, at least 100,000 Rohingya refugees could be in grave danger from landslides and floods.
Nawaz Sharif feels future of democracy in Pakistan remains uncertain
Feb 02, 2018, at 10:05 pm
Karachi, Feb 2 (IBNS): Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif on Friday said the future of democracy in Pakistan remained unceratin.
Pakistan: FIA arrests man over child pornography charge
Feb 02, 2018, at 03:13 pm
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IBNS): The Federal Investigation Agency has arrested a suspected person of being involved in child pornography in Batkhela area in Pakistan, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Police constable, suspected murderer killed outside Lahore court
Jan 31, 2018, at 10:42 pm
Lahore, Jan 31 (IBNS): A police constable and a suspected murderer were gunned down by unknown men within the premises of a sessions court in Lahore on Wednesday, media reports said.
6.1 earthquake hits Afghanistan, tremors felt in north India, no casualties
Jan 31, 2018, at 06:59 pm
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) : A 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook the Afghanistan Kabul on Wednesday with the tremors felt across a large part of north India, reports said.
ISI trained one Kabul hotel attacker: Afghanistan official claims
Jan 30, 2018, at 11:39 pm
Kabul, Jan 30 (IBNS): Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mahmoud Saikal on Monday claimed that one of the attackers, who was involved in last week’s attack on Kabul Intercontinental Hotel, was trained by Pakistan's ISI.
Pakistan: Blast kills 6 members of a family in Kurram Agency
Jan 30, 2018, at 10:11 pm
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IBNS): At least six members of a family were killed in a landmine blast in Maqbal area of Pakistan's Kurram Agency on Tuesday, media reports said.
Ashraf Ghani thanks US President Donald Trump for expressing concerns over recent attacks
Jan 29, 2018, at 10:52 pm
Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has thanked US President Donald Trump for expressing his concern over the recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.
11 soldiers killed, 16 hurt in Afghanistan military academy attack, IS claims responsibility
Jan 29, 2018, at 09:57 pm
Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS): Eleven Afghan National Armey (ANA) soldiers and four suicide bombers were killed when terrorists attacked Marshal Fahim Military Academy in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.
Ruby Sahota welcomes new Canadian citizens at a special ceremony
Jan 29, 2018, at 09:33 pm
Toronto, Jan 29 (IBNS): Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament for Brampton Northrecently 100 new Canadian citizens at a special citizenship ceremony on behalf of Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), at IRCC Mississauga, media reports said.
Kabul: At least five soldiers killed in attack on military academy
Jan 29, 2018, at 06:51 pm
Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS): At least five soldiers were killed after insurgents launched a coordinated attack on a military academy in Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.
Following Kabul attack, NDS chief lambasts Pakistan
Jan 29, 2018, at 05:35 pm
Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS): Following the deadly Kabul attack, which accounted for 103 deaths, the Afghanistan National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Masoom Stanekzai lambasted Pakistan for trying to sabotage its neighbour by waging such attacks.
Kabul: Coordinated attack on military academy kills at least five
Jan 29, 2018, at 05:09 pm
Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS): At least five people, including three militants, have been shot dead after insurgents launched a coordinated attacked on a military academy in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Monday, media reports said.
Kabul: Coordinated attack on military academy
Jan 29, 2018, at 02:26 pm
Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS): Insurgents have launched a coordinated attacked on a military academy in Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.
Ruby Sahota welcomes new Canadian citizens at a special ceremony
Jan 29, 2018, at 04:33 am
Toronto, Jan 28 (IBNS): Ruby Sahota, Member of Parliament for Brampton North, has welcomed earlier this week 100 new Canadian citizens at a special citizenship ceremony on behalf of Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC),at IRCC Mississauga, media reports said..
Death toll in Kabul ambulance blast touches 103
Jan 29, 2018, at 12:54 am
Kabul, Jan 28 (IBNS): The death toll in the Kabul ambulance suicide blast has touched 103, media reports said on Sunday.
UN condemns massive vehicle bomb attack in Kabul that leaves scores dead and wounded
Jan 29, 2018, at 12:00 am
New York, Jan 28 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the Security Council and the UN in Afghanistan have strongly condemned Saturday's massive vehicle bomb attack on a street near Government buildings in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which reportedly left 95 people dead and scores wounded.
Kabul blast: Death toll rises to 95; Trump condemns attack
Jan 28, 2018, at 04:07 pm
Kabul, Jan 28 (IBNS): The death toll in the Kabul ambulance bomb attack has risen to 95, reports said.
Afghanistan: Kabul blast kills 93 people, injures 158
Jan 28, 2018, at 03:05 am
Kabul, Jan 27 (IBNS): A bomb hidden in an ambulance exploded in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city on Saturday, killing 93 people and injuring 158 others, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Kabul ambulance blast kills 63
Jan 28, 2018, at 01:53 am
Kabul, Jan 27 (IBNS): A bomb hidden in an ambulance exploded in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city on Saturday, killing at least 63 people and injuring 150 others, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 40 killed, 140 injured as massive blast rocks Kabul
Jan 27, 2018, at 10:20 pm
Kabul, Jan 27 (IBNS): At least 40 people were killed and 140 others were hurt as heavy bomb explosion hit Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.
Massive blast in Kabul, at least 17 killed, 110 injured
Jan 27, 2018, at 09:07 pm
Kabul, Jan 27 (IBNS) : A massive explosion killed and wounded scores of people at a police checkpoint in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, media reports said.