Algeria's Bouteflika decides to quit presidential election

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:38 am

Algiers, Mar 12 (Xinhua/UNI): Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Monday announced his decision to give up his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, official APS news agency reported.

Final decision on Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption case to be made after elections: justice ministry

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:35 am

Jerusalem, Mar 12 (Xinhua/UNI) Israel's Justice Ministry said on Monday that the decision on whether to charge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with corruption won't be made until after the general elections in April.

Donald Trump says permanent daylight saving time

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:28 am

Washington, Mar 12 (Xinhua/UNI): U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be fine with a permanent daylight saving time, ending an annual ritual of changing clocks twice a year.

Windstorm kills at least 3 in Ukraine

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:26 am

Kiev, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI): A severe windstorm hit several regions in central, southern and northern Ukraine on Sunday and Monday, claiming the lives of at least three people and injuring four others, the State Service for Emergencies said.

Pakistan: Quetta explosion leaves four policemen hurt

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:22 am

Quetta, Mar 12 (IBNS): An explosion near a police van in Pakistan's Quetta left at least four policemen injured, media reports said on Tuesday.

Dozens killed and injured by new airstrikes in western Yemen, UN coordinator condemns ‘outrageous’ toll

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:13 am

New York, Mar 12 (IBNS): Reports from Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate indicate that scores of civilians have been killed following airstrikes that hit residential areas over the past two days. Medical sources suggest that at least 22 have died, with more than 30 injured during the aerial bombardment.

UN rights expert calls for end to ‘purgatory’ of ‘international inaction’ facing Myanmar’s remaining Rohingya

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:10 am

New York, Mar 12 (IBNS): A humanitarian crisis fuelled by the suppression of basic human rights is continuing across Myanmar’s Rakhine state, a UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert said on Monday, in an appeal for alleged atrocities there to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

UN chief sends condolences to families of Malawi flood victims

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:06 am

New York, Mar 12 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his condolences to the families of flood victims across Malawi, where at least 23 have died in recent days, and to the Government and citizens of the country.

Annual UN women activists’ summit opens with focus on services, infrastructure

Mar 12, 2019, at 09:02 am

New York, Mar 12 (IBNS): A wheelchair-bound Pakistani mother who yearned to visit a park without worrying about ramp access, and a young South Sudanese woman who dreams of having affordable health care, were among the speakers opening the United Nation’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s rights on Monday.

Despite progress towards peace, Afghanistan facing ‘daunting challenges’ ahead of presidential vote

Mar 12, 2019, at 08:51 am

New York, Mar 12 (IBNS): The UN Special Representative in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, hailed on-going efforts made towards peace and the engagement of women and youth across the country, but warned the Security Council on Monday that “daunting challenges” remain.  

Let us keep ‘their spirit of service alive’: Guterres leads tributes to UN workers who died in Ethiopia crash

Mar 12, 2019, at 08:44 am

New York, Mar 12 (IBNS): United Nations flags flew at half-mast around the world on Monday to honour the more than 150 people killed in Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash, including at least 21 UN workers.

Xi sends condolences to Ethiopian, Kenyan presidents over plane crash

Mar 11, 2019, at 07:37 pm

Beijing, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent messages of condolence respectively to his Ethiopian and Kenyan counterparts, Sahle-Work Zewde and Uhuru Kenyatta, over the plane crash that killed 157 people on Sunday.

Roof of a house collapses in Afghanistan, 2 die

Mar 11, 2019, at 06:03 pm

Kabul, Mar 11 (IBNS): A roof of a house collapsed in Afghanistan's , Jalalabad area which left a mother and her eight months old daughter killed, media reports said.

At least 50 killed in US-led airstrikes in eastern Syria

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:09 pm

Damascus, Mar 11 (Xinhua) At least 50 people were killed on Monday by US-led airstrikes on the last Islamic State (IS) stronghold in eastern Syria, state news agency SANA reported.

Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: Black box recovered

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:07 pm

Nairobi, Mar 11 (IBNS): The black box of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight has been recovered, media reports said on Monday.

Sri Lanka warns of extreme heat amid rising temperatures

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:06 pm

Colombo, Mar 11 (Xinhua) Sri Lanka's Meteorology Department on Monday issued an extreme heat advisory as temperatures in several districts across the island country is expected to rise further in the coming days.

At least 46 militants, 3 soldiers killed in Egypt's Sinai

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:04 pm

Cairo, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 46 militants were killed in the exchange of fire in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in the past few days, the Egyptian armed forces said in a statement on Monday.

Death toll now at 30 in Malawi flooding

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:53 pm

Lilongwe, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) The number of people killed in rain-induced flooding in Malawi has reached 30 with 377 others injured, the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has confirmed.

Nearly 800 Syrians returned home from Jordan, Lebanon over past 24 hours: Russian Military

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:20 pm

Moscow, Mar 11 (Sputnik) Almost 800 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country from Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for the Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring said on Monday.

4 security personnel, 10 Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan clash

Mar 11, 2019, at 01:40 pm

Kabul, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI): At least 14 people - 10 Taliban militants and four security personnel - have been killed in a fierce clash in Afghanistan's western Badghis province, an official said Monday.

China to strengthen vaccine management: regulator

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:57 am

Beijing, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) China will strengthen management and supervision of vaccines to ensure their safety, the country's top drug regulator said Monday.

US state department expresses condolences over Sunday plane crash in Ethiopia

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:50 am

Moscow, Mar 11 (Sputnik/UNI): The US Department of State expressed condolences in connection with the Sunday crash of the Boeing 737 aircraft in Ethiopia.

Ghanaian president offers condolences over Ethiopian airlines crash

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:47 am

Accra, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday sent a message of condolences to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed over the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed the 157 people onboard.

One killed, six injured in bomb attack in central Iraq

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:39 am

Bagdad, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) An explosive expert affiliated to the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces was killed and six paramilitary members were wounded on Sunday in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq's north central province of Salahudin, a security source said.

Egypt extends condolences over Ethiopian plane crash

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:35 am

Cairo, Mar 10 (Xinhua/UNI) Egypt offered its condolences to the families of the victims of an Ethiopian Airlines (ET) plane crash that occurred earlier on Sunday.

Syrian president says economic siege becomes new shape of war on Syria

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:32 am

Damascus, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that the economic siege is a new shape of war on Syria, state news agency SANA reported.

Ethiopian Airlines crash: China suspends Boeing 737 Max 8 flights

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:26 am

Beijing, Mar 11 (IBNS): Following the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash which left at least 157 people dead, China's aviation regulator on Sunday directed local airlines to halt Boeing 737 Max 8 flights, media reports said.

‘A new chapter’ dawns for democracy in Guinea-Bissau: top UN official

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:16 am

New York, Mar 11 (IBNS): The UN’s Deputy Special Representative in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau, has congratulated politicians, voters and officials across the country for the peaceful conduct of Sunday’s national assembly elections.

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by Ethiopia plane crash which killed more than 150, including 19 UN staff

Mar 11, 2019, at 09:12 am

New York, Mar 11 (IBNS): An Ethiopian  Airlines fight crashed shortly after take off from the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing more than 150 people on board. The UN  Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement that he was “deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives” , as reports emerged that UN staff were also among the dead.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau mourns loss of lives in Ethiopian Airlines flight crash incident

Mar 11, 2019, at 08:55 am

Toronto, Mar 11 (IBNS): As 18 Canadian died in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash incident, country's PM Justin Trudeau on Sunday condoled the loss of lives in the tragedy.