Three small bombs received at London airports, train station, police on alert

Mar 05, 2019, at 11:17 pm

London, Mar 5 (IBNS): London Met Police Counter Terrorism Command has launched an investigation after three suspicious packages were received at buildings in London today.

‘Huge data gaps’ hampering ‘evidence-based’ national migration policies

Mar 05, 2019, at 10:37 am

New York, Mar 5 (IBNS): There are still “huge gaps at country level,” to be overcome in order to develop an effective global migration data programme, said the head of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch of UN Statistics, on Monday.

UN atomic watchdog chief updates governing body on key North Korean reactor

Mar 05, 2019, at 10:28 am

New York, Mar 5 (IBNS): IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said that the agency was continuing to monitor activities around North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre, which according to news reports is believed to have supplied plutonium for DPRK’s nuclear weapons programme, and was a central issue in talks that broke up without agreement last week in Vietnam, between United States President, Donald Trump, and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

93 million children with disabilities ‘among the most likely to be left behind’: UN rights chief

Mar 05, 2019, at 10:16 am

New York, Mar 5 (IBNS): States should do more for an estimated 93 million children with disabilities who are “among the most likely to be left behind and the least likely to be heard”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said on Monday.

London increases police activity after 2 teens stabbed to death over weekend

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:45 am

Moscow, Mar 5 (Sputnik/UNI) London's police is enhancing citywide presence and search activities following the increase of unrelated knife-stabbing incidents throughout the city, London Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Graham McNulty said in a statement on Monday.

Russia may deploy missiles with range across Europe if US puts such arms in area - Antonov

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:38 am

Washington, Mar 5 (Sputnik/UNI) Russia may be forced to deploy missiles capable of striking the entire European continent if the United States deploys such weapons in the region, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said during remarks at the Stimson Center.

US, Japan computer-based exercise focuses on joint missile defence

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:34 am

Washington, Mar 5 (Sputnik/UNI) US and Japanese military forces conducted a computerized joint exercise to integrate air and missile defense systems, US Pacific Command said in a press release.

China's GDP growth to slow down to 6-6.5 pc in 2019 from 6.6 pc in 2018

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:29 am

Beijing, Mar 5 (Sputnik) China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to decelerate to 6-6.5 percent this year from 6.6 percent in 2018, according to the country's social and economic development plan released on Tuesday.

DPRK's key reactor seems idle for months: IAEA chief

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:19 am

Vienna, March 5 (Xinhua/UNI) The reactor that has produced the bulk of the plutonium for the nuclear programs in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has seemed idle for a few months, Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Monday.

Google plans to ban political ads before Canadian elections

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:06 am

Ottawa, Mar 5 (UNI) In the wake of Canadian federal election, Alphabet Inc’s Google has planned to ban political advertising on its platform as the nation's new transparency rules would be very difficult to comply with.

Kim Jong Un returns to North Korea

Mar 05, 2019, at 09:03 am

Pyongyang, Mar 5 (IBNS): Competing his visit to Vietnam, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has returned to his country, media reports said.

British PM May calls Imran, urges to take action against terror groups

Mar 04, 2019, at 12:54 pm

New Delhi/London, Mar 4 (UNI) Mounting further pressure on Pakistan, British Prime Minister Theresa May has urged her counterpart Imran Khan in Islamabad to take action against all terrorist groups.

5.2-magnitude quake hits Zirandaro in Mexico

Mar 03, 2019, at 10:21 pm

New York, Mar 3 (Xinhua/UNI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 34 km WNW of Zirandaro in Mexico at 15:25:57 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Bangladesh Army is ready to face any threats for safeguarding country's constitution

Mar 03, 2019, at 05:56 pm

Dhaka, Mar 3 ( UNI) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed members of Bangladesh Army to keep a constant vigil to face any internal and external threats for safeguarding the country’s constitution and sovereignty.

Bangladesh hands over Myanmar Army personnel to his nation

Mar 03, 2019, at 05:00 pm

Dhaka, Mar 3 (IBNS): Thirty nine days since he was 'detained' along the border in Bandarban, the  Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed over a member of Myanmar Army to Myanmar on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia strips Osama Bin Laden's son of citizenship

Mar 03, 2019, at 01:35 pm

Riyadh, Mar 3 (UNI): Saudi Arabia has stripped a son of deceased former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden of his citizenship, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement published by state media.

Children are still dying in Yemen war, despite partial ceasefire, says UNICEF chief

Mar 03, 2019, at 10:56 am

New York, Mar 3 (IBNS): Responding to the violent deaths of five children in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah on Thursday, Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said that Yemen’s civil war continues to take a “horrific toll” on children.

Houthi shelling leaves 3 civilians killed, 10 injured in Yemen's Hodeidah: Report

Mar 03, 2019, at 10:05 am

Aden, Yemen, Mar 3 (Xinhua) At least three Yemeni civilians were killed while 10 others injured when intensified Houthi shelling targeted residential neighborhoods in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Saturday, a government official told Xinhua.

Venezuela starts legal fight for property held abroad: Vice President

Mar 03, 2019, at 10:02 am

Mexico City, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI): Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said that her country had taken the first steps to launch legal proceedings to protect its property and assets abroad, following US sanctions against Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and United Kingdom's move to block Venezuelan government’s access to gold reserves held in London.

Damascus accuses US of firing white phosphorus munitions in eastern Syria

Mar 02, 2019, at 07:39 pm

Damascus, Mar 2 (Xinhua/UNI) The US-led coalition on Saturday fired white phosphorus munitions on an Islamic State (IS)-held area in eastern Syria, state news agency SANA reported.

UN chief urges Somalis not to be ‘deterred’ by latest deadly terror attack

Mar 02, 2019, at 12:40 pm

New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): The Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday that he “strongly condemns the deadly terrorist attacks” that took place in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Thursday local time, which reportedly killed more than 20 people, with scores injured.

20 years on from landmark Mine Ban Treaty, dangers on the rise to life and limb

Mar 02, 2019, at 12:38 pm

New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): Twenty years after the Mine Ban Treaty was adopted, landmines continue to kill and injure on former battlefields, long after the guns have gone away. On Friday, the United Nations and partners commemorated the landmark treaty that has saved the lives of million and prevented millions more from suffering terrible injuries.

UN chief hails Libyan leaders’ agreement to hold general election

Mar 02, 2019, at 12:25 pm

New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): An agreement by Libya’s Prime Minister and a key rival military leader to improve political stability across the country through new general elections, has been welcomed by the UN Secretary-General.

Syrians ‘exposed to brutality every day’ as thousands continue fleeing ISIL’s last stand

Mar 02, 2019, at 12:22 pm

New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): In eastern Syria, 13,000 people have arrived at a protection camp in just the last week, after fleeing fighting in the last ISIL extremist stronghold in Deir-Ez-Zor governorate, the UN’s emergency coordination office, OCHA, said on Friday.

Venezuela must guarantee judicial impartiality - UN human rights expert

Mar 02, 2019, at 12:15 pm

New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): As political tensions continue to escalate in Venezuela, a United Nations independent human rights expert has called on the Government to “take all necessary measures to guarantee judicial independence,” following concerns that some pressure may have been placed on the country’s justice system “to act against the political opposition”.

IS devotee gets 16 years for plan to detonate bomb in New York City: US Justice Dept

Mar 02, 2019, at 11:24 am

Washington, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI): A US man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for plotting to detonate a pressure cooker bomb in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia), the Justice Department said in a press release.

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.

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.