UN anti-corruption body in Guatemala rebuts government’s reasons for expulsion order
Jan 13, 2019, at 04:39 pm
New York, Jan 13 (IBNS): In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Iván Velásquez, the senior UN official in charge of the International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG) in Guatemela, has responded to the accusations made by the Government to justify its decision to expel the Commission from the country.
Kabul: Gas cylinder blast leaves 8 people injured
Jan 13, 2019, at 03:31 pm
Kabul, Jan 13 (IBNS); A gas cylinder blast in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city left at least eight people of a family injured, media reports said on Saturday.
Cons Gen of India Toronto celebrates International Hindi Day and Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Jan 12, 2019, at 09:07 pm
Toronto, Jan 12 (IBNS): International Hindi Day (IHD) and Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) were celebrated on July 10 by Dinesh Bhatia, Cons Gen of India Toronto, in presence of a large Indian diaspora at the office of Consulate General.
France: Explosion in Paris bakery leaves two firefighters dead
Jan 12, 2019, at 07:32 pm
Paris, Jan 12 (IBNS): At least two fire fighters were killed as an explosion rocked a bakery in the French city of Paris on Saturday, reports said.
UNGA president Maria Fernanda Espinosa to visit Pakistan on Jan 18
Jan 12, 2019, at 04:09 pm
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Maria Fernanda Espinosa will visit Pakistan from Jan 18 to Jan 22, confirmed UNGA president spokesperson on Saturday.
France: Explosion in Paris bakery leaves 20 hurt
Jan 12, 2019, at 03:54 pm
Paris, Jan 12 (IBNS): An explosion rocked a bakery in Paris city of France on Saturday which left at least 20 people hurt, media reports said.
Canada: Ottawa bus crash kills three, injures 23
Jan 12, 2019, at 11:41 am
Ottawa, Jan 12 (IBNS): A bus crash in Canada's capital city Ottawa, which is located in Ontario province, killed three people and left 23 others injured on Friday.
Hindu US Congress member Tulsi Gabbard to run for President
Jan 12, 2019, at 11:03 am
Washington, Jan 12 (IBNS): US Democratic lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard, who is the first Hindu member of the Congress and is considered close to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said she will run for the President next year, media reports said.
Pleased to offer asylum to Saudi teen: Canada PM Trudeau
Jan 12, 2019, at 10:46 am
Ottawa, Jan 12 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he is pleased to offer asylum to Saudi teen Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who fled her family in the face of alleged death-threats from her near ones, media reports said.
Libya: ‘Substantial civilian casualties’ in Derna, UN humanitarian chief ‘deeply concerned’
Jan 12, 2019, at 08:45 am
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): Increasing hostilities in the oil-rich city of Derna are becoming an increasing source of concern said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya on Friday, following an intensification in fighting which has resulted in “substantial civilian casualties”.
Canada grants asylum for Saudi teen who fled family: UNHCR
Jan 12, 2019, at 08:43 am
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s desperate and ultimately successful bid for asylum in the face of alleged death-threats from her own family, provides a “glimpse into the precarious situation of millions of refugees worldwide” said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Friday.
How the smell of fresh bread transformed one refugee life
Jan 12, 2019, at 08:39 am
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): Who would imagine that the smell of fresh bread wafting through a bakery could change the course of a young Syrian refugee’s life?
DR Congo: Days ahead ‘critical’ to ‘historic election process’ Security Council hears
Jan 12, 2019, at 08:36 am
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): With millions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) demonstrating “their commitment to the political process”, the days ahead are “critical” to what has been an “historic election process”, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Friday.
Jan 12, 2019, at 08:32 am
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): The human rights situation in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – DPRK - remains “extremely serious”, and along with international demands for denuclearization, this constitutes a “a critical test” for the year ahead, a senior UN-appointed expert said on Friday.
Thousands risk lives fleeing fighting in Syria’s last ISIL stronghold
Jan 12, 2019, at 08:29 am
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): North-east Syria is seeing increasing numbers of civilian casualties and large-scale displacement amid intensifying efforts to defeat extremists from ISIL, otherwise known as Da’esh, in Deir-ez-Zor governorate, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Trump assures to make H1-B visas simple, promises potential citizenship
Jan 11, 2019, at 08:31 pm
Washington, Jan 11 (IBNS): United States President Donald Trump on Friday said he would make changes to the H-1B visas that allows highly educated immigrants to work in specialty occupations on temporary basis.
Saudi girl Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun granted asylum in Australia, claims Thai official
Jan 11, 2019, at 04:41 pm
Bangkok, Jan 11 (IBNS): The Australian government has granted asylum to Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand to escape her allegedly abusive family, media reports said.
Canada plans to welcome more than 1 million new immigrants in the next three years
Jan 11, 2019, at 04:05 pm
Toronto, Jan 11 (IBNS): The Canadian Parliament is planning to add more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years, media reports said on Friday.
San Juan: Gay Latin artist Kevin Fret shot dead, investigation under way
Jan 11, 2019, at 03:12 pm
San Juan, Jan 11 (IBNS): The first openly gay Latin trap artist Kevin Fret was shot dead in San Juan, Puerto Rico by unknown men, media reports said on Friday.
Donald Trump posts video in favour of building a wall on US-Mexico border
Jan 11, 2019, at 03:03 pm
Washington DC, Jan 11 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump has posted a 50-second video on Twitter in support of argument to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.
Afghanistan : Ten Taliban militants killed, two arrested in Special Forces operations
Jan 11, 2019, at 01:28 pm
Kabul, Jan 11 (IBNS) : At least ten Taliban militants have been killed and two key members of the group arrested during the operations of the Afghan Special Forces in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists attack police post, 7 cops killed
Jan 11, 2019, at 09:53 am
Kabul, Jan 11 (IBNS): Taliban terrorists attacked a check post in Afghanistan's Khwaja Ghar district and left at least seven policemen killed, media reports said on Friday.
‘Everyone must be on board’ for peace in Central African Republic: UN’s Lacroix
Jan 11, 2019, at 08:53 am
New York, Jan 11 (IBNS): The agreement by the Government and armed groups in the Central African Republic to hold talks later this month (CAR) is “an important step to resolve the country’s crisis”, said the UN peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, on Thursday.
More attacks, ‘persisting security challenges’ threaten progress in West Africa, Sahel
Jan 11, 2019, at 08:51 am
New York, Jan 11 (IBNS): A rising number of attacks by extremist groups, using more sophisticated tactics, risk undermining progress in West Africa and the Sahel, the region’s UN envoy told the Security Council on Thursday.
Storms and snow in Lebanon worsen plight for Syrian refugees
Jan 11, 2019, at 08:48 am
New York, Jan 11 (IBNS): Storm-force winds and snow across Lebanon have worsened the plight for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who’ve been forced from their homes by nearly eight years of conflict, a top UN humanitarian official said on Thursday.
‘Refrain from violence’ UN chief urges, as presidential election result is announced in DR Congo
Jan 11, 2019, at 08:44 am
New York, Jan 11 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed for all parties to “refrain from violence” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), following the announcement of the provisional results of the long-delayed presidential election.
Hindus are most educated religious community in US: Report
Jan 10, 2019, at 04:25 pm
Washington, Jan 10 (IBNS): A recent report has stated Hindus are the most educated religious community on the basis of their college degrees in the US, media reports said.
Afghanistan : ISIS-K militants suffer casualties in airstrikes
Jan 10, 2019, at 02:23 pm
Kabul, Jan 10 (IBNS) :The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) militants suffered casualties in the airstrikes which were carried out by the coalition forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Local Khaama Press said the coalition the forces’s unmanned aerial vehicles carried out airstrikes in Jangle area of Khogyani district on Wednesday, leaving three ISIS-K militants dead.
Taliban commander Mullah Basir and his 20 fighters killed in Balkh airstrike
Jan 10, 2019, at 02:21 pm
Kabul, Jan 10 (IBNS) : A commander of the Taliban group Mullah Abdul Basir and his twenty fighters have been killed in an airstrike in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan.
Jan 10, 2019, at 10:08 am
New York, Jan 10 (IBNS): Following the Guatemalan Government’s unilateral decision to shut down a long-running UN anti-corruption commission, its spokesperson told UN News on Wednesday that the team is looking at ways to continue to carry out its mandate, hours after the country's highest court ruled against the Government expulsion order.