Taiwan: 22 dies as passenger train derails in Yilan County
Oct 21, 2018, at 09:27 pm
Taipei, Oct 21 (IBNS): At least 22 people died as a passengers train derailed in Taiwan's Yilan County on Sunday, media reports said.
Amidst deadly violence, UN calls on Afghan authorities to ensure voters can cast ballot
Oct 21, 2018, at 08:41 pm
New York, Oct 21 (IBNS): Against a backdrop of violence and technical malfunctions, the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released a statement calling on the country’s electoral authorities to re-double their efforts to make sure all eligible voters are given a reasonable opportunity to cast their ballot.
Accountability a key pillar for reconciliation in Myanmar: UN Envoy
Oct 21, 2018, at 08:35 pm
New York, Oct 21 (IBNS): Accountability and inclusive dialogue are two important pillars for national reconciliation in Myanmar, said the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General (SESG), Christine Schraner Burgener in a statementreleased on Saturday, adding that “credible fact-finding is the first step towards accountability.”
Nepal: Youth hacked to death in Morang
Oct 20, 2018, at 02:52 pm
Kathmandu, Oct 20 (IBNS): A man hacked to death a youth in Nepal's Morang district on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Karachi woman directed to shun Hijab at work or resign, sparks social media storm
Oct 20, 2018, at 12:25 pm
Karachi, Oct 20 (IBNS): In perhaps one of the first of its kinds incident in Muslim-majority Pakistan, a woman employee of a Karachi City-based software company was asked to stop wearing hijab at her workplace or resign from her job.
Pakistan road accident leaves 2 injured
Oct 20, 2018, at 11:23 am
Karachi, Oct 20 (IBNS): A road mishap in Pakistan's metropolis' Punjab Colony neighbourhood on Friday left at least two people injured, media reports said.
Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga polls: Ashraf Ghani casts his vote
Oct 20, 2018, at 11:18 am
Kabul, Oct 20 (IBNS): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday voted as the voting process for the Wolesi Jirga polls is currently going on.
Kandahar Attack: 3 suspects detained
Oct 20, 2018, at 09:49 am
Kabul, Oct 20 (IBNS): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) of Afghanistan on Friday said three people have been detained in connection to Kandahar attack.
Saudi Arabia says missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead
Oct 20, 2018, at 09:40 am
Ankara, Oct 20 (IBNS): Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was missing for the past couple of days, died after a fight in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, confirmed the Asian nation on Friday.
UN chief ‘deeply troubled’ by Saudi confirmation of Jamal Khashoggi’s death
Oct 20, 2018, at 09:02 am
New York, Oct 20 (IBNS): In a statement released on Friday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he is “deeply troubled” by the reported confirmation of the death of Jamal Khashoggi.
Children separated at border, suffering alarming and prolonged effects: UN rights experts
Oct 20, 2018, at 08:59 am
New York, Oct 20 (IBNS): Separating children from their undocumented parents is a traumatic violation of their rights, UN independent experts said on Friday.
UN rights experts stand with businesses protesting Saudi journalist’s disappearance
Oct 20, 2018, at 08:56 am
New York, Oct 20 (IBNS): Independent UN human rights experts are praising business leaders who have decided to pull out of a high-level investment conference taking place next week in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, over concern for the fate of dissident Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.
Mali: UN Peacekeeping chief ‘extremely concerned’ over insecurity, regrets peace deal delays
Oct 20, 2018, at 08:47 am
New York, Oct 20 (IBNS): After commending the “overall peaceful” climate in which the Malian elections were held in July, the United Nations peacekeeping chief said on Friday that he is “extremely concerned” over the increasing number of attacks by armed insurgents, against a backdrop of continued delays in implementing the 2015 peace agreement.
UN deplores pre-election killings and attacks, urges Afghans to defy terror, and vote
Oct 20, 2018, at 08:36 am
New York, Oct 20 (IBNS): With just hours to go before Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, the UN has been expressing concern at the uptick in deadly political violence in the country, whilst encouraging Afghans to exercise their right to vote.
Sulawesi devastation ‘beyond imagination’ as massive aid operation continues: UN relief agencies
Oct 20, 2018, at 08:34 am
New York, Oct 20 (IBNS): More emergency shelter supplies and relief for thousands of victims of Indonesia’s recent earthquake and tsunami is set to arrive on the island of Sulawesi in the coming days, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, amid reports from staff that the devastation is “beyond imagination”.
Afghanistan polls: UNAMA urges people to exercise voting rights
Oct 19, 2018, at 06:27 pm
Kabul, Oct 19 (IBNS): As Afghanistan prepares for parliamentary elections on Saturday, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) encourages all eligible Afghan citizens to use this opportunity to exercise their constitutional right to vote.
UN Security Council condemns Kandahar attack
Oct 19, 2018, at 06:23 pm
Kabul, Oct 19 (IBNS): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks that took place in Afghanistan over the past weeks, including in Jowzjan, Kunduz, Takhar, Herat, Zabul, Farah and on Friday in Kandahar, resulting in numerous casualties and many injured, ahead of the parliamentary elections in Afghanistan on Oct 20.
Afghanistan: Unknown men sets mosque on fire
Oct 19, 2018, at 06:15 pm
Kabul, Oct 19 (IBNS): Unknown men on Friday set a mosque on fire in Afghanistan's Dorbaba district on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan FM Qureshi calls Afghanistani counterpart Rabbani over Kandahar
Oct 19, 2018, at 04:52 pm
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IBNS): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi called his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani on Friday to express his condolences on the sad demise of senior Afghan leaders and officials, including the Governor, Police Chief and Intelligence Head of KandharKandahar, in a terrorist attack in Kandahar on Thursday.
Afghanistan: Unidentified gunmen kill local prayer leader
Oct 19, 2018, at 03:25 pm
Kabul, Oct 19 (IBNS): Unidentified gunmen killed a local prayer leader in Afghanistan's Chakhansor district on Friday, media reports said.
Kandahar police, spy chiefs killed in Taliban attack
Oct 19, 2018, at 09:44 am
Kabul, Oct 19 (IBNS): A shooting incident inside the governor’s house in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan left police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq and the intelligence chief killed, media reports said on Friday.
UN postal agency ‘regrets’ US withdrawal
Oct 19, 2018, at 09:14 am
New York, Oct 19 (IBNS): The United Nations specialized agency which coordinates the global postal system, has expressed “regret” over the withdrawal by the United States from the world body’s membership.
Khashoggi case highlights ‘very worrying practice’ of overseas abductions, says UN expert
Oct 19, 2018, at 09:04 am
New York, Oct 19 (IBNS): The case of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is just the latest example of a “new and very worrying practice” of States abducting individuals beyond their own borders, said the Chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Oct 19, 2018, at 09:01 am
New York, Oct 19 (IBNS):Violence is on the rise in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Israeli authorities are continuing to demolish and confiscate Palestinian-owned homes and property, in contravention of international law, the United Nations envoy for the Middle East Peace Process said on Thursday.
Bring killers of journalists to justice: UN agency seeks media partners for new campaign
Oct 19, 2018, at 08:56 am
New York, Oct 19 (IBNS): Every four days, a journalist is murdered, often for simply doing their job of uncovering something that someone wants to stay hidden: the vast majority of these killings go unpunished.
Under fire, UN refugee agency evacuates 135 detained in Libya to Niger
Oct 19, 2018, at 08:54 am
New York, Oct 19 (IBNS): Amid increasingly violent clashes between rival armed groups in Libya’s capital,Tripoli, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has successfully airlifted 135 migrants and refugees to safety in Niger.
More time’ agreed for buffer zone, to spare three million Syrian civilians in Idlib
Oct 19, 2018, at 08:50 am
New York, Oct 19 (IBNS): Russia and Turkey have said that they will allow “more time” for opposition groups to withdraw from a de-escalation zone in Syria’s Idlib, which has been spared air raids for more than a month, a senior humanitarian adviser to the UN said on Thursday.
UN rights chief calls for release of hundreds abducted and abused in South Sudan
Oct 19, 2018, at 08:47 am
New York, Oct 19 (IBNS): Hundreds of civilians who were taken by opposition forces in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria region during an uptick in fighting are still missing, the UN’s top rights official said on Thursday, in a call for their immediate release.
Winnipeg police issue ticket for consuming cannabis in vehicle
Oct 18, 2018, at 05:17 pm
Winnipeg, Oct 18 (IBNS): Winnipeg police are issuing tickets to all those who are consuming cannabis in vehicles, which is contrary to the Cannabis Act, media reports said.
Africa is ‘on the rise’, says UN chief Guterres, urging collaboration for better future
Oct 18, 2018, at 03:20 pm
New York, Oct 18 (IBNS): Africa is “on the move and on the rise” with communities coming together to resolve their problems and offer mutual support, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted on Wednesday.