US Secretary of Defence James Mattis to visit India
Sep 01, 2018, at 08:46 am
Washington, Sept 1 (IBNS): US Secretary of Defence James Mattis will visit India to attend the “two-plus-two” meeting of defense and diplomatic leaders in New Delhi next week, officials said.
Sep 01, 2018, at 08:34 am
New York, Sept 1 (IBNS): Though 2017 saw a sharp decline in casualties as a result of the use of cluster munitions compared to the previous year, two conflicts – in Syria and Yemen – accounted for the vast majority of the victims, a new United Nations-backed civil society report has found.
Development gains unsustainable without cyber-diplomacy, UN official says
Sep 01, 2018, at 08:27 am
New York, Sept 1 (IBNS): Hacking, child sexual exploitation and other cybercrimes could keep countries from reaching their development goals, warns a United Nations official who is urging Governments and private sectors to rethink how they work together.
Food, security and peace desperately needed in Mali – UN relief chief
Sep 01, 2018, at 08:24 am
New York, Sept 1 (IBNS): A senior United Nations relief official has called for greater international attention to the plight of millions in Africa’s Mali, where worsening intercommunal violence and armed group attacks are complicating an already complex humanitarian emergency.
Act now to save children from rise in climate-driven extreme weather – UNICEF
Sep 01, 2018, at 08:20 am
New York, Sept 1 (IBNS): Governments are being pressed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to act now to safeguard younger generations from the immediate and long-term impacts of so-called “extreme weather events.”
Living a life in the ruins of Syria
Sep 01, 2018, at 08:17 am
New York, Sept 1 (IBNS): Many people in Syria are trying to lead “a normal life amidst the ruins” of their country devastated by years of conflict; that’s according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, who visited the Syrian city of Douma this week.
Refugees overcrowded to ‘boiling point’ on Greek island, warns UN agency
Sep 01, 2018, at 08:10 am
New York, Sept 1 (IBNS): The Government of Greece has been urged by the United Nations to do more to help thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants who have been “crammed” into island reception centres, amid reports that children have tried to take their own lives there.
Amsterdam: Suspect shot after double stabbing in central station
Aug 31, 2018, at 06:10 pm
Amsterdam, Aug 31 (IBNS): At least two people were wounded in a stabbing incident in Netherland's Amsterdam city on Friday, media reports said.
5.1 earthquake hits Greece, no casualty
Aug 31, 2018, at 05:03 pm
Athens, Aug 31 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale hit central Greece on Friday, as per US Geological Survey (USGS).
Australian Police arrest Sri Lankan man over terror charges
Aug 31, 2018, at 04:51 pm
Melbourne, Aug 31 (IBNS): The Australian police on Friday said they have arrested a Sri Lankan man on charges of terrorism.
Afghanistan: Landmine explosion in Achin kills 4 cops
Aug 31, 2018, at 04:03 pm
Kabul, Aug 31 (IBNS): A landmine explosion in Afghanistan's Achin district on Thursday left at least four policemen killed, media reports said on Friday.
Truck carrying WFP food hit in Yemen's Hodeidah Governatorate
Aug 31, 2018, at 03:44 pm
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is gravely concerned about an incident on 29 August involving a truck under contract to WFP that came under shelling while delivering life-saving food assistance in the war-torn district of Al Tuhayta in Yemen’s southern Hodeidah governorate.
Aug 31, 2018, at 03:14 pm
London, Aug 31 (IBNS): Polish lawmaker Dominik Tarczynski has said that he supports the burqa ban, stepping in the ongoing debate.
Australia's Catholic Church rejects recommendation to report sexual abuse
Aug 31, 2018, at 02:01 pm
Canberra, Aug 31 (IBNS): Australia's Catholic Church has rejected a recommendation that priests should report confessed sexual abuse.
Cambodia: Australian filmmaker James Ricketson jailed for espionage
Aug 31, 2018, at 01:29 pm
Phnom Pehn, Aug 31 (IBNS): An Australian filmmaker has been jailed in Cambodia after a court in the country found him guilty of espionage.
Donald Trump threatens to pull out US from WTO
Aug 31, 2018, at 09:50 am
Washington, Aug 31 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Friday warned that his nation might withdraw from the World Trade Organization (WTO).
US: Road mishap in New Mexico kills 4
Aug 31, 2018, at 09:21 am
New Mexico, Aug 31 (IBNS): A head-on crash involving a Greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer in northwestern New Mexico on Thursday left at least four people killed, media reports said on Friday.
Security Council extends mandate of UN Interim Force in Lebanon for a year
Aug 31, 2018, at 09:02 am
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): In a unanimous action, the United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of the Organization’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until 31 August next year.
Guinea-Bissau: Upcoming elections vital to prevent ‘relapse’ into instability, says UN envoy
Aug 31, 2018, at 08:52 am
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): Highlighting the importance of the upcoming legislative elections in Guinea-Bissau, the top United Nations official in the country reiterated the importance of “far-reaching” reforms to prevent a relapse into political and institutional instability.
Aug 31, 2018, at 08:37 am
New York, Aug 31 (IBNS): A massive military escalation by the Government of Syria to retake Idlib risks a “worst case scenario”, United Nations negotiator Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday.
London to witness bikini clad giant balloon of Sadiq Khan fly over Parliament Square
Aug 30, 2018, at 11:54 pm
London, Aug 30 (IBNS): A caricature of London Mayor Sadiq Khan in a giant balloon is all set to fly over Parliament Square on Sept 1.
Canada: RCMP capture three suspects in Manitoba Mountie shooting
Aug 30, 2018, at 07:10 pm
Winnipeg, Aug 30 (IBNS): RCMP have captured three suspects in the Manitoba shooting, in which a Mountie (a member of Royal Canadian Mounted Police) was shot in Onanole, media reports said.
Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland to be back at the US to negotiate NAFTA today
Aug 30, 2018, at 06:55 pm
Ottawa/Washington, Aug 30 (IBNS): Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to be back at the US to negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Thursday, media reports said.
Afghanistan : ISIS leader Yasir Khurasani killed with five comrades in drone strike
Aug 30, 2018, at 04:36 pm
Kabul, Aug 30 (IBNS) :A leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Yasir Khurasani was killed with his five comrades during an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
Herat blast kills one, injures six others
Aug 30, 2018, at 02:20 pm
Kabul, Aug 30 (IBNS): At least one civilian was killed and six others were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Afghanistan's Herat province.
Donald Trump accuses China of putting pressure on North Korea and slowing progress
Aug 30, 2018, at 01:18 pm
Washington, Aug 30 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump accused China of putting pressure on North Korea and halting bilateral progress.
Aug 30, 2018, at 01:12 pm
Naypyidaw, Aug 30 (IBNS): The outgoing head of United Nations Human Rights said that following the Rohingya crisis, Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have stepped down.
Aug 30, 2018, at 08:29 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): As war and the mediation of peace have become increasingly complex, innovative thinking is needed to save and improve the lives of millions, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Syria: UN chief warns Idlib offensive may set off ‘humanitarian catastrophe’
Aug 30, 2018, at 08:26 am
New York, Aug 30(IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the growing risk of a humanitarian catastrophe should a full-scale military operation take place in Syria’s war-battered Idlib province.
UN rights office calls for action to end ‘repression and retaliation’ in crisis-torn Nicaragua
Aug 30, 2018, at 08:23 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): The United Nations on Wednesday called for urgent action to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua, where “repression and retaliation against demonstrators continue … as the world looks away.”