20 years on from landmark Mine Ban Treaty, dangers on the rise to life and limb
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:38 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): Twenty years after the Mine Ban Treaty was adopted, landmines continue to kill and injure on former battlefields, long after the guns have gone away. On Friday, the United Nations and partners commemorated the landmark treaty that has saved the lives of million and prevented millions more from suffering terrible injuries.
UN chief hails Libyan leaders’ agreement to hold general election
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:25 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): An agreement by Libya’s Prime Minister and a key rival military leader to improve political stability across the country through new general elections, has been welcomed by the UN Secretary-General.
Syrians ‘exposed to brutality every day’ as thousands continue fleeing ISIL’s last stand
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:22 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): In eastern Syria, 13,000 people have arrived at a protection camp in just the last week, after fleeing fighting in the last ISIL extremist stronghold in Deir-Ez-Zor governorate, the UN’s emergency coordination office, OCHA, said on Friday.
Venezuela must guarantee judicial impartiality - UN human rights expert
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:15 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): As political tensions continue to escalate in Venezuela, a United Nations independent human rights expert has called on the Government to “take all necessary measures to guarantee judicial independence,” following concerns that some pressure may have been placed on the country’s justice system “to act against the political opposition”.
North Korean state-run media outlet says Kim promised Trump new meeting at Hanoi Summit
Mar 02, 2019, at 11:28 am
Moscow, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI): North Korea’s official news agency KCNA said in its report about the recent summit between the country’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump that Kim had expressed readiness for the next meeting with the US president.
IS devotee gets 16 years for plan to detonate bomb in New York City: US Justice Dept
Mar 02, 2019, at 11:24 am
Washington, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI): A US man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for plotting to detonate a pressure cooker bomb in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia), the Justice Department said in a press release.
Donald Trump says asked China to 'Immediately' remove all tariffs on US agricultural products
Mar 02, 2019, at 11:20 am
Washington, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI): US President Donald Trump in a statement said he has asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on US agricultural products.
Mike Pompeo briefs Chinese, S Korean counterparts on Hanoi Summit: State Dept
Mar 02, 2019, at 11:11 am
Washington, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefed the foreign ministers of China, South Korea and Japan on President Donald Trump’s Hanoi summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino said in a press release.
US refuses to remove terror designation from Kurdish Workers Party: State Department
Mar 02, 2019, at 11:07 am
Washington, Mar 2 (Sputnik/UNI) The US government has decided to continue its designation of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization after reviewing its status, the State Department said in a media note on Friday.
Mauritania's Defense Minister announces Presidential bid
Mar 02, 2019, at 10:59 am
Nouakchott, Mar 2 (Sputnik) Mauritania’s Defense Minister Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould El Ghazouani announced that he would run in the upcoming presidential election.
Senior Australian defence ministers quit ahead of general election
Mar 02, 2019, at 10:52 am
Canberra, Mar 2 (Xinhua/UNI): Australia's two top Defence Ministers have announced their retirement from politics with fewer than 90 days before the general election.
Road mishap leaves 11 dead in Nepal
Mar 02, 2019, at 10:31 am
Kathmandu, Mar 2 (IBNS): At least 112 people died after the vehicle in which they were travelling veered off the road into Mahakali River at Ratakatha in Duhun Rural Municipality-3 of Nepal's Darchula district on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists attack army base
Mar 01, 2019, at 07:20 pm
Kabul, Mar 1 (IBNS): A group of Taliban terrorists and suicide bombers attacked an army base in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistani Foreign Minister says will skip OIC session as Indian counterpart invited
Mar 01, 2019, at 07:11 pm
Moscow, Mar 1 (Sputnik/UNI) Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that he would abstain from attending the two-day meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers, to protest OIC's decision to invite Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to this event amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.
JeM chief Masood Azhar "unwell", confined to home: Pakistan
Mar 01, 2019, at 05:25 pm
New Delhi, Mar 1 (UNI) Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar is so "unwell" that he "can't even leave his house", Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday.
Somalia blast: 39 dead, 40 injured
Mar 01, 2019, at 12:43 pm
Mogadishu, Mar 1 (UNI) As many as 39 people died and 40 injured when three bombs detonated here in the Somalia's capital, local media reported.
US-North Korea Summit ends with no Agreement as Trump decides to walk away from deal
Mar 01, 2019, at 12:26 pm
Hanoi, Mar 1 (Sputnik) The summit between the United States and North Korea, which was hosted by Hanoi on February 27-28, has abruptly wrapped up after US President Donald Trump chose to "walk away from" a nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Egyptian authorities arrest 6 suspects in deadly railway station fire in Cairo: Reports
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:55 am
Cairo, Mar 1 (Sputnik) Egypt's Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek ordered to arrest six suspects in a train crash at a railway station in central Cairo, which resulted in a deadly fire, for four days as the investigation into the incident is underway, local media have reported.
Netanyahu dismisses threats to indict him as 'Futile'
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:48 am
Tel Aviv, Feb 28 (Sputnik) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described attempts to indict him as futile, but said they could affect the results of April elections in the country.
Russia detected 18 foreign spy jets near border over past week: Reports
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:40 am
Moscow, March 1 (Sputnik): Russia spotted 18 foreign reconnaissance jets near its border, a weekly infographic, published by the Russian Armed Forces’ official newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, showed on Friday.
Kim, Trump agree in Hanoi to meet again in future, continue dialogue: Reports
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:35 am
Moscow, March 1 (Sputnik) North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump agreed during their bilateral summit, which finished in Hanoi on Thursday, to meet again and continue their productive dialogue in order to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and improve relations between Washington and Pyongyang, local media reported on Friday.
N Korea using diplomacy to be seen as ‘responsible’ nuclear state : ex-EU consultant
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:24 am
Washington, Mar 1 (Sputnik) North Korea is trying to use diplomacy as a tool while engaging world leaders to get recognized as a responsible nuclear state, former EU consultant Paolo von Schirach told Sputnik.
Trump says unwilling to give up N Korea sanctions unless denuclearisation program agreed
Mar 01, 2019, at 10:21 am
Moscow, Mar 1 (Sputnik) US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News that he did not want to fully abandon sanctions against North Korea unless there is a real program for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula agreed.
US troops to exit Afghanistan within five years : report
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:58 am
Washington, Mar 1 (Xinhua) The United States would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan over the next three to five years under a new Pentagon plan, US media reported.
Venezuela: Competing US, Russia resolutions fail to pass in Security Council
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:54 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): The second meeting of the week on the situation in Venezuela, took place in the UN Security Council on Thursday, during which competing resolutions produced by the United States and by Russia were presented. Neither text was adopted as the US draft was vetoed and the Russian draft failing to secure enough votes in favor.
Easing fears and promoting gender equality in Chad’s girls-only classrooms
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:47 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): A teacher holds up a drawing of an adolescent girl who has just been caught unawares by her first menstruation cycle, while at school. She’s addressing neat rows of young women sitting in class, in the town of Bol, in Chad.
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:43 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): An urgent scale-up in humanitarian relief is required to provide “critical food and livelihood support” for hard-hit people across Zimbabwe, the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Thursday, speaking during the middle of a fact-finding mission to the southern African country.
New UN Syria envoy pledges to work ‘impartially and diligently’ towards peace
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:39 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): With the eighth anniversary of Syria’s brutal civil conflict looming, the new United Nations Special Envoy to Syria gave his first briefing to the Security Council on the complex political road map towards ending the war, with a pledge to work “impartially and diligently”.
Young people worldwide can ‘determine the future of migration,’ says UN senior official
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:24 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): The key role that young people play in determining the future of migration governance around the world is the focus of the session this year of the International Dialogue on Migration at the UN, convened by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday.
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:19 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): Although a landmark convention banning Anti-Personnel Mines has saved “countless lives” and limbs over the past 20 years, “accelerated efforts” are needed to ensure that they are removed from the face of the earth forever, the UN chief said on Thursday.