Liz Truss defeats Rishi Sunak to become UK's new PM
Sep 05, 2022, at 11:24 pm
London/IBNS/UNI: UK's current Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Monday defeated her nearest competitor Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race to become the country's new Prime Minister, media reports said.
Israel: One civilian, six soldiers injured in bus attack
Sep 05, 2022, at 05:16 pm
Jerusalem/UNI: One soldier was seriously wounded, five other soldiers and one civilian were lightly wounded in an attack on a bus with passengers near the Jordan Valley in Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday.
Eight dead in Russia volcano climb
Sep 05, 2022, at 05:07 pm
Vladivostok/UNI: The death toll from a climbing accident at the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula rose from six to eight after freezing winds halted a rescue attempt, TASS reported on Monday.
Four killed as private jet crashes over Baltic Sea
Sep 05, 2022, at 02:40 pm
Stockholm: All four onboard were believed to be killed when a private jet crashed into the Baltic Sea, according to media reports from both Sweden and Latvia.
Mikhail Gorbachev laid to rest in Moscow
Sep 04, 2022, at 08:34 pm
Moscow/UNI: The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery on Saturday.
Ukraine: ‘Physical integrity’ of Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant ‘has been violated several times’
Sep 03, 2022, at 05:47 pm
New York: Further damage to the embattled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine “cannot” be allowed to happen, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.
World food prices drop for fifth consecutive month: FAO
Sep 03, 2022, at 05:26 pm
World food prices have fallen for a fifth consecutive month but are still nearly eight per cent higher than a year ago, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday.
Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss for British PM: Voting ends, result tomorrow
Sep 03, 2022, at 06:43 am
London/IBNS: Voting to replace Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and the British Prime Minister closed on Friday evening.
Ukraine troops using artillery made by Pakistan: Reports
Sep 03, 2022, at 04:44 am
Kyiv: Ukraine Army's need for ammunition amid the war with Russia is surprisingly met by Pakistan, a Twitter handle has claimed.
Drug seizure: Two Pakistanis, six others arrested in Saudi Arabia
Sep 03, 2022, at 03:15 am
Riyadh: Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested eight people, including two Pakistanis, after they busted a drug smuggling bid in what is being termed as the country's biggest operation.
Lufthansa cancels several Friday flights
Sep 02, 2022, at 10:40 pm
Berlin: After months of attempts to reach a deal between German carrier Lufthansa and its employees union over salary issues, the carrier canceled almost all its passenger and cargo flights on Friday, as per media reports.
Workforce shortages: Australia decides to hike cap on permanent migration
Sep 02, 2022, at 06:45 pm
Melbourne: The Australian government has decided to hike the cap on permanent migration for the first time in a decade to help fill massive workforce shortages.
Ukraine: IAEA experts arrive in Zaporizhzhia on mission to nuclear plant
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:59 pm
New York: Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, the latest stage in their efforts to inspect conditions at the embattled nuclear power plant there.
Spain: Former Catalan Parliament leaders’ political rights violated, say UN experts
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:50 pm
New York: By suspending former Catalan government and parliament members from public duties prior to them being convicted, following the independence referendum back in 2017, Spain violated their political rights, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a statement published on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia: Two Pakistanis among eight arrested in 'biggest' drug bust
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:53 pm
Riyadh/UNI: Saudi officers foiled an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country, the media reported, describing it as the largest drug trafficking operation in the kingdom.
Typhoon to hit Japan's Okinawa
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Typhoon Hinnamnor is re-approaching Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa amid unstable atmospheric conditions that are expected to lead to heavy downpours in western and eastern Japan, the weather agency said Thursday.
UN inspectors head out to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid fighting
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Kyiv/IBNS: A team from the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog Thursday headed for a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine despite fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Portugal Health Minister quits after pregnant Indian tourist dies
Sep 01, 2022, at 04:51 pm
Lisbon/UNI: Portugal's Health Minister resigned hours after reports emerged that a pregnant Indian tourist died on being turned away from a maternity ward, media reports said.
Former Malaysian PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tests COVID-19 positive
Aug 31, 2022, at 09:20 pm
Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has tested COVID-19 positive.
Mikhail Gorbachev: UN chief hails ‘one of a kind statesman who changed the course of history’
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:52 pm
New York: The Secretary-General has paid warm tribute to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose death aged 91 was announced on Tuesday, describing him as the person who “more than any other” brought about the peaceful end of the Cold War, which had dominated international relations since the 1940s.
Libya: Political stalemate and lack of progress on elections
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:43 pm
New York: Leaders in Libya must take immediate steps to resolve their political impasse, which is spilling over into increasing violence, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday.
LGBT rights being ‘deliberately undermined’, in some US states: UN expert
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:30 pm
An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday warned that the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) people are being “deliberately undermined by some state governments in the United States”, urging more action on the part of the Biden administration to protect them.
Enforced disappearance a serious human rights violation, used to spread terror
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:25 pm
New York: Observed this Tuesday, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms the need for victims’ families to know the truth about what happened to missing relatives.
Visa refusal for UN human rights staff in Palestine part of wider ‘worrying trend’: Bachelet
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:15 pm
New York: UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has deplored Israel’s refusal to grant visas for her staff in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to a statement issued on Tuesday.
Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet leader who ended Cold War dies
Aug 31, 2022, at 03:43 pm
Moscow: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who had triggered the fall of the Soviet Union, has died in Moscow city.
‘Very survival’ of Iraqi State at risk, UN mission warns, as UN chief calls for calm and restraint
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:35 pm
New York: The UN chief on Monday issued a call for “calm and restraint” in the Iraqi capital Baghdad following a day of reportedly violent protests in and around the national parliament building, in the wake of the announcement from political leader and cleric Muqtada al-Sadr that he was leaving politics.
Whole generation of Syrian children ‘might be lost’, senior humanitarian warns Security Council
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:27 pm
New York: “Irreversible damage” is being caused to the lives of Syrian civilians due to chronic under-funding of the international effort said the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for humanitarian affairs on Monday, who told the Security Council the future of a whole generation was at stake.
Burkinabé peacekeeper in Mali is UN Woman Police Officer of the Year
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:22 pm
New York: A peacekeeper from Burkina Faso serving in Mali has been honoured for her work to boost trust between the authorities and local communities, including survivors of gender-based violence.
Moqtada al-Sadr: Fighting in Baghdad leaves 15 people dead
Aug 30, 2022, at 08:48 pm
Baghdad: At least 15 people died when Iraqi security forces clashed with supporters of a powerful Shia cleric in Baghdad city, media reports said on Tuesday.
Ukraine: UN atomic energy experts head to stricken nuclear power station
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:48 pm
New York: A team of UN atomic energy experts set out on Monday for Zaporizhzya nuclear power station in Ukraine, after months of rising tensions between Ukrainian and Russian forces, who have accused each other of shelling the plant.