Nov 04, 2018, at 05:21 pm
New York, Nov 4 (IBNS): The United Nations and Syrian Arabic Red Crescent (SARC) kicked off a joint aid operation on Saturday, delivering vital humanitarian assistance to 50,000 people in south-east Syria’s Rukban camp, near the Jordanian border.
Apparent insider attack kills U.S. service member
Nov 03, 2018, at 05:42 pm
Kabul, Nov 3 (IBNS): One U.S. service member was killed and another was wounded in an apparent insider attack in Kabul, Nov. 3, said NATO Resolute Support said.
Canada: Ontario PC MPP Wilson, who is seeking treatment for addiction, resigns
Nov 03, 2018, at 02:19 pm
Toronto, Nov 3 (IBNS): Seeking treatment for addition issues, Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) MPP Jim Wilson has resigned from the cabinet and Tory caucus, media reports said.
International court rejects Saif Gaddafi call to drop arrest warrant
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:29 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): A call by Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi – son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and de facto Prime Minister of the country during the time of his father’s rule – for an international arrest warrant against him to be ruled inadmissible, was rejected by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Friday.
Yemen: UN chief hails ‘signs of hope’ in world’s worst man-made humanitarian disaster
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): Welcoming recent indications that peace talks could resume soon to end Yemen’s brutal civil conflict, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday there is “no room for complacency,” and called on the warring parties and the international community to “halt the senseless cycle of violence” and “reach a political settlement”.
More countries partner to target ‘zero hunger’ in global south
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:24 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): More than 20 countries committed to a new declaration on agricultural and rural development on Friday, in a bid to stamp out poverty and hunger. The commitment came at the end of a forum on international development cooperation in Changsha, China.
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:21 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights chief has warned that an official campaign in and around the capital of Tanzania to identify and detain anyone suspected of being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) “could turn into a witch-hunt.”
‘Colossal human loss’ threatens Asia, Pacific as hunger fight stalls – UN agencies
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:18 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): Well over half the world’s undernourished people live in the Asia-Pacific region, making it a critical part of the global push to end extreme hunger and malnutrition in line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs), cautioned a new United Nations report on Friday.
UN urges more protection for Nigeria’s most vulnerable after deadly attack on camp
Nov 03, 2018, at 08:15 am
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): Hundreds of people already forced to flee their homes by violence in Nigeria’s troubled north-east have been uprooted once again after deadly attacks in and around a camp where they were sheltering, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, said on Friday.
Pakistan: Influential religious scholar Maulana Samiul Haq assassinated at Rawalpindi residence
Nov 03, 2018, at 06:46 am
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IBNS): Pakistan's influential religious scholar Maulana Samiul Haq was assassinated at his residence in Rawalpindi city on Friday, media reports said.
Sony Music stabbing: Two injured
Nov 02, 2018, at 07:39 pm
London, Nov 2 (IBNS): Two people were stabbed at Sony Music's headquarters in London city on Friday, officials said.
Kabul: Market fire still on, firefighters continue battle to bring blaze under control
Nov 02, 2018, at 03:34 pm
Kabul, Nov 2 (IBNS): A fire broke out at a marketplace in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Thursday, media reports said.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev says export a priority area of country's foreign economic policy
Nov 02, 2018, at 11:59 am
Tashkent, Nov 2 (IBNS): Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said that export will be a priority area in his country's economic policy.
Death penalty concerns highlighted in Sudan, Belarus, by UN Human Rights Committee
Nov 02, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): Countries should heed the “clear pro-abolitionist spirit” towards the death penalty of one of the world’s most important treaties, a key UN independent human rights panel said on Thursday, while highlighting concerns about right-to-life violations in Belarus and Sudan.
As South Sudan celebrates, UN envoy cites trust as future ‘key ingredient’
Nov 02, 2018, at 09:02 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): Thousands of elated citizens gathered in South Sudan’s capital of Juba on Wednesday to celebrate an agreement signed in September between the President and his former deputy, which it is hoped will finally end years of brutal conflict across the world’s youngest country.
Killing of journalists ‘outrageous’ and should not be ‘new normal’
Nov 02, 2018, at 09:00 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): The killing of journalists around the world for doing their job is “outrageous” and should not become the “new normal” according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
UN General Assembly renews long-standing call for end to US embargo against Cuba
Nov 02, 2018, at 08:51 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted in favour of condemning the United States economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba - a call it has made every year since 1992.
Looming famine in Yemen could put two million mothers at risk of death – UN agency
Nov 02, 2018, at 08:47 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): The critical difficulties in accessing food in Yemen, and other hardships caused by the ongoing conflict, could lead to the world’s worst famine ever, and place up to two million malnourished, pregnant and lactating women at risk of death, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, said on Thursday.
Fighting ‘existential crisis’ of encroaching desert sands
Nov 02, 2018, at 08:45 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): In a move described as a landmark decision, the Group of Earth Observations (GEO) – a UN-backed partnership set up to improve Earth observation data-sharing and availability, to benefit all life – has launched a global initiative to reverse the “existential crisis” created by desertification and land degradation.
Nov 02, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): Ongoing tensions between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the country’s state authorities were centre stage, as the United Nations top envoy for the country visited the country’s South West State on Wednesday.
Canada: Health Minister responds to dying woman's plea to change law
Nov 01, 2018, at 08:04 pm
Ottawa, Nov 1 (IBNS): Canadian Heath Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor has responded to a Halifax woman who is planning to end her life with medical assistance on Thursday, media reports said.
Foreigners among 68 militants killed, wounded in Afghan, U.S. forces operations
Nov 01, 2018, at 02:32 pm
Kabul, Nov 1 (IBNS) : At least 68 militants, including two foreigners, hailing originally from Pakistan have been killed or wounded during the separate operations of the Afghan and U.S. forces in southeastern Ghazni and Paktia provinces, local Khaama Press reported.
Policemen wounded in Kabul grenade attack
Nov 01, 2018, at 02:30 pm
Kabul, Nov 1 (IBNS) : Unknown gunmen attacked a police check post in Kabul city late on Wednesday night leaving at least two policemen wounded.
Guinean peacekeepers walk a fine line in Mali
Nov 01, 2018, at 12:28 pm
New York, Nov 1 (IBNS): A team of Guinean peacekeepers deployed to the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, (MINUSMA) is playing a key role in removing explosives from areas in which the mission is operating.
Political incitement to violence against journalists is ‘toxic’: UN experts
Nov 01, 2018, at 12:26 pm
New York, Nov 1 (IBNS): A group of independent, UN-appointed human rights experts have called on world leaders to stop inciting hatred and violence against the media, citing the hundreds of journalists killed or forcibly detained because of their work, and ensure that those responsible are held accountable.
Security Council extends mandate of UN peace mission in Western Sahara by six months
Nov 01, 2018, at 12:24 pm
New York, Nov 1 (IBNS): The United Nations Security Council, on Wednesday, extended the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), until 30 April next year.
UN chief appoints Norwegian diplomat as his new envoy for Syria
Nov 01, 2018, at 12:21 pm
New York, Nov 1 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed veteran Norwegian diplomat Geir O. Pedersen as his next Special Envoy for Syria.
Nov 01, 2018, at 12:19 pm
New York, Nov 1 (IBNS): Calling for solidarity against anti-Semitism, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, addressed an inter-faith tribute held on Wednesday in New York’s historic Park East Synagogue, to honour victims of Saturday’s mass-shooting in Pittsburgh.
‘No cure’ for HIV in Zimbabwe says UN, following claims from local preacher
Nov 01, 2018, at 12:16 pm
New York, Nov 1 (IBNS): The United Nations in Zimbabwe is reaffirming that people living with HIV and AIDS need to continue with antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to manage their infections, after a local preacher reportedly claimed that he had received divine revelation of an herbal cure.
Canadian voters should get rid of Justin Trudeau: Doug Ford
Oct 31, 2018, at 11:35 pm
Ottawa, Oct 31 (IBNS): Ontario premier and Progressive Conservative (PC) leader Doug Ford has said the country should get rid of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the next year, when the federal elections will be held, media reports said.