Afghanistan: Drone strike kills ISIS leader
May 18, 2019, at 06:45 am
Kabul, May 18 (IBNS): A US drone attack in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province left an ISIS terror group leader and his seven fighters killed, media reports said on Saturday.
Repatriation of extremist fighters and families to Kazakhstan, welcomed by UN rights expert
May 18, 2019, at 06:37 am
New York, May 18 (IBNS): Stressing the need for some Governments to reform their laws and policies on fighting terrorism and extremism, an independent UN human rights expert welcomed on Friday Kazakhstan’s repatriation of 231 of its citizens from conflict sites in Syria and Iraq, earlier this month.
May 18, 2019, at 06:26 am
New York, May 18 (IBNS): The UN’s Political and Humanitarian Affairs chiefs on Friday called on the Security Council to unite in support of an immediate de-escalation of fighting around Syria’s Idlib province, and work towards an enduring political solution on behalf of the Syrian people.
Deadly Yemen airstrikes that claim children’s lives in capital Sana’a, strongly condemned by UN
May 18, 2019, at 06:19 am
New York, May 18 (IBNS): Thursday’s airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Sana’a that reportedly killed five children and injured dozens more, have been strongly condemned by UN agencies, which have warned of the “brutal toll” on civilians of more than four years of conflict.
Uzbekistan: 908 projects, $1.7b foreign direct investments eyed in Andijan region
May 17, 2019, at 07:42 pm
Andijan, May 17 (IBNS): President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has chaired a meeting in the Andijan region hokimiyat (governor’s office) with provincial and national level officials and public figures.
Uzbekistan: Flower Parade to take place in Namangan
May 17, 2019, at 07:28 pm
Namangan, May 17 (IBNS): The Flower Parade will take place on the central streets of Namangan from May 26 to Jun 1.
Tashkent city welcomes opening of new mosque complex
May 17, 2019, at 07:18 pm
Tashkent, May 17 (IBNS): Tashkent city, during the holy month Ramadan, welcomed the opening of new mosque complex named after Sheikh Muhammad Sadyk Muhammad Yusuf, which also features the education center.
Bukhara to host 'Silk and Spices' international festival
May 17, 2019, at 07:05 pm
Bukhara, May 17 (IBNS): Bukhara city of Uzbekistan will host this year's "Silk and Spices” international festival on May 25-26.
Somalia : Seven al-Shabab militants killed
May 17, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Mogadishu, May 17 (Xinhua) Somali National Army (SNA) on Thursday killed seven al-Shabab militants in clashes in Somalia's southern region of Gedo, officials said on Friday.
Over 11 kg of meth seized in SW China's Yunnan
May 17, 2019, at 05:14 pm
Kunming, May 17 (Xinhua/UNI) Police in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province seized 11.94 kg of methamphetamine from a drug trafficking case, local authorities said Friday.
Afghanistan : Seventeen police feared killed in friendly fire
May 17, 2019, at 04:43 pm
Lashkar Gah, May 17 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 17 police personnel were killed and 14 others wounded following an airstrike in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand overnight, in a latest incident of friendly fire, a local source said Friday.
Polish security agency arrests terror suspect in Warsaw
May 17, 2019, at 04:38 pm
Warsaw, May 17 (Sputnik/UNI): A Polish man has been arrested in Warsaw on suspicion of plotting a terror attack on a public venue, a spokesman for Poland’s Internal Security Agency said on Friday.
S.Korea's economy faces expanded downside risks: finance ministry
May 17, 2019, at 04:07 pm
Seoul, May 17 (Xinhua/UNI) South Korea's finance ministry said on Friday that its economy faced the expanded downside risks amid the global economic slowdown. The Ministry of Economy and Finance said in its monthly economic assessment report, called Green Book, that the downside risks facing the economy expanded in the first quarter due to the faster-than-expected global economic slump and the downturn of business cycle in the semiconductor industry.
Taiwan creates history by legalising same-sex marriage
May 17, 2019, at 03:47 pm
Taipei, May 17 (IBNS): After voting on Friday, Taiwan Parliament has legalised same-sex marriage in the nation. It is the first Asian nation's parliament to make such a move.
Donald Trump unveils new immigration policy plan
May 17, 2019, at 03:30 pm
Washington, May 17 (UNI): US President Donald Trump has unveiled new 'merit-based' immigration policy plans that aim to increase the proportion of skilled migration to the country.
F-16 fighter jet crashes into California building, 5 injured
May 17, 2019, at 01:28 pm
Washington, May 17 (UNI): A US F-16 fighter jet crashed outside March Air Reserve Base near the city of Perris in southern California, the base has confirmed, adding that five people on the ground were injured.
Pompeo says Russia not interested in loose nuclear materials in region over N Korea
May 17, 2019, at 10:29 am
Moscow, May 17 (Sputnik/UNI) US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said Russia and the United States had overlapping interests concerning North Korea, adding that Moscow, particularly, sought to ensure "there aren't loose nuclear materials floating around in the region."
At least 17 trapped in NE China iron mine flooding
May 17, 2019, at 10:25 am
Harbin, May 17 (Xinhua/UNI) Seventeen people have been trapped after an iron mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was flooded early Friday.
US-Russian counterterrorism cooperation helped boost security of both states: Pompeo
May 17, 2019, at 10:22 am
Moscow, May 17 (Sputnik/UNI) US-Russian counterterrorism cooperation has helped to protect lives of Russian nationals and step up the United States' security, US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has said.
Pompeo says reducing violence in Afghanistan meets interests of both US, Russia
May 17, 2019, at 10:19 am
Moscow, May 17 (Sputnik/UNI) The reduction of violence in Afghanistan meets interests of both Russia and the United States, since both Washington and Moscow are concerned over terrorist threat coming from the Middle Eastern country, US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has said.
Trump terminates preferential trade tariff system with Turkey
May 17, 2019, at 10:17 am
Moscow, May 17 (Sputnik/UNI) US President Donald Trump said he has decided to end the preferential trading regime with Turkey under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) as of Friday.
US senators introduce Arctic drilling ban to protect ecosystems
May 17, 2019, at 10:15 am
Washington, May 17 (Sputnik/UNI) More than a dozen US Democratic senators introduced a ban on drilling in the Arctic Ocean to protect ecosystems in the region and the global economy.
US democratic lawmakers say Trump's new immigration plan 'Dead on Arrival'
May 17, 2019, at 10:13 am
Washington, May 17 (Sputnik/UNI) Democratic lawmakers in US Congress have indicated that President Donald Trump's new merit-based immigration plan has no chance of becoming law.
US needs to launch probe after latest migrant child death in custody: Advocacy Group
May 17, 2019, at 10:08 am
Washington, May 17 (Sputnik/UNI) The Trump administration should allow an independent investigation of its immigration detention centers after the most recent death of a migrant child in US custody earlier this week, Border Network for Human Rights Executive Director Fernando Garcia said in a press release on Thursday.
Five migrants killed, 39 wounded in road accident in Southeast Turkey: Reports
May 17, 2019, at 10:03 am
Ankara, May 17 (Sputnik/UNI) As many as five undocumented migrants were killed and 39 others were injured in a road accident involving a truck in Turkey's southeastern Van province, local media reported on Thursday.
Afghanistan: Key ISIS group member in Baghlan province arrested
May 17, 2019, at 09:33 am
Kabul, May 17 (IBNS): Security forces have arrested a key group member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group during their operation in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province, media reports said on Friday.
May 17, 2019, at 09:11 am
New York, May 17 (IBNS): The five-year-old force working to stabilize Africa’s Sahel has shown great potential, but needs more support from the international community to reach full operational capacity, a top UN peacekeepingofficial said on Thursday, calling for enhanced political and economic solutions to help tackle the strife-torn region’s myriad challenges.
May 17, 2019, at 08:56 am
New York, May 17 (IBNS): The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saw the frontline of “the battle against climate change” for himself on Thursday, by taking to the tropical waters of the South Pacific off the coast of Fiji, on a solar-powered boat.
‘Starvation’ now a reality for displaced Syrians stranded in camp near Jordanian border
May 17, 2019, at 08:51 am
New York, May 17 (IBNS): Starvation “is already starting” in a camp for displaced people in south-east Syria, a senior UN official said on Thursday, while condemning ongoing airstrikes and retaliatory shelling in opposition-held territories in the north-west.
May 17, 2019, at 08:46 am
New York, May 17 (IBNS): Fiji’s strong traditions of community and social responsibility, and its “symbiotic relationship” with its surroundings, has made its people “natural global leaders on climate and the environment”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the nation’s Parliament on Thursday.