Fire at US day care center kills 5 children

Aug 12, 2019, at 05:14 pm

Washington, Aug 12 (Xinhua/UNI) A fire at a day care center in the US state of Pennsylvania killed at least five children, including four siblings, officials said.

Twelve killed in gunfight between Nigerian troops, Boko Haram militants

Aug 12, 2019, at 05:09 pm

Abuja, Aug 12 (Xinhua/UNI) Eight Boko Haram militants and two Nigerian soldiers were killed following a gunfight between troops and the terror group in the troubled northeastern state of Borno, according to military sources on Monday.

Hong Kong airport cancels flights as protests in terminal enter fourth day

Aug 12, 2019, at 04:25 pm

Hong Kong City, Aug 12 (IBNS): As anti-government pro-democracy agitation continued for the fourth continuous day at its terminal, the Hong Kong International Airport on Monday cancelled all its departing flights, media reports.

‘We are facing a learning crisis’, UN chief warns on International Youth Day

Aug 12, 2019, at 10:17 am

New York, Aug 12 (IBNS): Schools are “not equipping young people with the skills they need to navigate the technological revolution”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, in a message released to mark the UN’s International Youth Day.

Arab league chief condemns Benghazi car bomb attack

Aug 11, 2019, at 06:59 pm

Cairo, Aug 11 (Sputnik/UNI) The secretary-general of the Arab League (LAS), Ahmed Aboul Gheit, on Sunday condemned the recent attack in the Libyan city of Benghazi, which resulted in the deaths of at least three UN employees.

Eleven injured in Taiwan tour bus accident

Aug 11, 2019, at 06:45 pm

Taipei, Aug 11 (Xinhua/UNI) A total of 11 people, including five tourists from the Chinese mainland, were injured Sunday as a tour bus collided with a sport utility vehicle (SUV) in Ali Mountain, a famous tourist destination in central south Taiwan, authorities said.

Oslo mosque shooting investigated as terror attack attempt: police

Aug 11, 2019, at 06:20 pm

Oslo, Aug 11 (Xinhua/UNI) The police were investigating the mosque shooting near Oslo on Saturday as an attempted terrorist attack, it was announced at a press conference on Sunday.

Taliban may want India in peace deal: Afghanistan media owner

Aug 11, 2019, at 04:09 pm

Kabul, Aug 11 (IBNS): An Afghanistani media baron has said that he feels Taliban group will want India to play a role in the peace deal connected with the South Asian nation and not act as a spoiler in the process.

Three UN workers killed following Benghazi car bomb attack, as Security Council meets in emergency session, honours their ‘ultimate sacrifice’

Aug 11, 2019, at 02:55 pm

New York, Aug 11 (IBNS): Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday condemned a car bomb attack in front of a shopping mall in the Libyan city of Benghazi, which left three UN workers dead, and three others injured, with dozens of civilians also wounded. 

Article 370 revocation: Statue of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh vandalised in Pak

Aug 11, 2019, at 02:48 pm

Islamabad, Aug 11 (UNI) A recently installed statue of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh was vandalised in Lahore.

At least 28 dead after Typhoon Lekima lands in east China

Aug 11, 2019, at 09:47 am

Hangzhou, Aug 11 (UNI): A total of 28 people died and 20 remain missing in east China's Zhejiang Province after typhoon Lekima made landfall in the province on Saturday, local authorities said on Sunday morning.

Norway: One hurt in shooting at Oslo mosque

Aug 10, 2019, at 11:08 pm

Oslo, Aug 10 (IBNS): At least one person was injured in a shooting incident in a mosque in Norway on Saturday, media reports said.

Panorama India to present Indian heritage at India’s I-Day celebrations in Toronto

Aug 10, 2019, at 07:19 pm

Toronto, Aug 10 (IBNS): Over 70,000 people are expected to converge at Toronto’s Nathan Philips Square on Sunday, Aug 18, to celebrate the 20th Annual India's Independence Day Celebrations and Grand parade, media reports said.

5.5 magnitude earthquake rocks parts of Pakistan

Aug 10, 2019, at 05:57 pm

Islamabad, Aug 10 (UNI) An earthquake measuring 5.5-magnitude hit parts of Pakistan on Saturday morning, the country's National Seismic Monitoring Center said.

Explosion hits police station in Copenhagen, no injuries

Aug 10, 2019, at 05:49 pm

Copenhagen, Aug 10 (IBNS): An explosion occurred at a police station in Denmark's capital Copenhagen on Saturday, media reports said.

North Korea fires 'short-range ballistic missiles'

Aug 10, 2019, at 04:00 pm

Seoul, Aug 10 (IBNS): In fifth such launch in recent weeks, North Korea has fired two missiles into the sea, media reports said.

Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders ready for talks with UN chief on improved relations

Aug 10, 2019, at 10:30 am

New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): Leaders of the Greek and Turkish parts of the divided island of Cyprus have agreed to meet with the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, in order to “plan the way forward”, and improve the daily lives of all Cypriots, a statement from the UN Mission in Cyprus, declared on Friday.

More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time: UN refugee agency

Aug 10, 2019, at 10:26 am

New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.

UN food aid to Yemen will fully resume after two-month break, as Houthis ‘guarantee’ delivery

Aug 10, 2019, at 10:22 am

New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): Life-saving food aid distribution is set to resume to 850,000 people in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, following guarantees by Houthi opposition forces that the supplies will reach those who need them most, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

Top Sri Lankan Buddhist monks praise India for making Buddhist-majority Ladakh a Union Territory

Aug 09, 2019, at 09:15 pm

Colombo: The creation of Buddhist-majority Ladakh as a Union Territory after bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state has been welcomed by Sri Lanka’s high-ranking monks, the Mahanayake Theras of the Malwatte and Asgiriya Chapters of the Siyam Nikaya.

Drugs, weapons seized in Myanmar's western state

Aug 09, 2019, at 05:22 pm

Yangon, Aug 9 (Xinhua/UNI) Drugs and weapons were seized from a village administrator's house in Myanmar's Rakhine state, a statement from the Myanmar Police Force said on Friday.

Afghan army frees seven from Taliban custody, arrests three militants

Aug 09, 2019, at 04:59 pm

Ghazni, Afghanistan, Aug 9 (Xinhua/UNI) The Afghan army has waged an operation and freed seven people from a Taliban prison in the country's eastern Ghazni province, the provincial government saido on Friday.

Myanmar parliament approves constitution amendment report

Aug 09, 2019, at 04:57 pm

Naypyitaw, Aug 9 (Xinhua/UNI) Myanmar parliament on Friday approved a report submitted by the Constitution Amendment Joint Committee.

Bangladesh: Five suspected terrorists arrested from Dhaka

Aug 09, 2019, at 03:28 pm

Dhaka, Aug 9 (IBNS): The Bangladesh police have claimed they have arrested five suspected  “self-radicalised” members of what they said a “wolf-pack of Neo-JMB” group from country's capital Dhaka city, media reports said on Friday.

UN rights chief bemoans unilateral sanctions on Venezuela, fearing ‘far-reaching implications’

Aug 09, 2019, at 10:26 am

New York, Aug 9 (IBNS): A new set of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela this week prompted the concern of the United Nations’ top rights official on Thursday, who said in a statement that she feared they would have a “potentially severe impact” on the human rights of the South American nation’s “long-suffering” people.

In wake of ‘collapsed’ agreement, new wave of violence threatens millions in Syria’s Idlib

Aug 09, 2019, at 10:17 am

New York, Aug 9 (IBNS): Following the collapse of the latest truce in Idlib at the start of this week, the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the UN’s Syria Envoy urged Member States on Thursday to increase their support for “critical humanitarian needs” in the country’s last opposition-held enclave.

Steps taken to end Saudi ‘guardianship’ system for women, ‘encouraging’ start

Aug 09, 2019, at 10:10 am

New York, Aug 9 (IBNS): Allowing Saudi women to apply for passports and travel without their guardians’ permission is “an encouraging move” towards the “complete abolition of the ‘guardianship’ system,” independent United Nations rights experts said on Thursday, but more action is needed to fully dismantle these restrictions.

World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact, new UN report warns

Aug 09, 2019, at 10:06 am

New York, Aug 9 (IBNS): More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late.

Canada's electric car sales climb due to new $5,000 federal rebate program

Aug 08, 2019, at 11:01 pm

Ottawa, Aug 8 (IBNS): Canada’s new rebate program to help make electric cars cheaper had resulted in the boost of 30 percent more sales of electric cars in Canada between January and June, compared to the year before, media reports said.

Bigotry makes politicians ‘complicit in the violence that follows’ : UN independent experts

Aug 08, 2019, at 10:02 am

New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): Responding to the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio on Saturday, a group of independent UN experts has called out the “increased use of divisive language”, as well as attempts to marginalise racial, ethnic and religious minorities”, by some politicians and leaders.