Trump to study 'dumb' Australian immigrants deal
Feb 02, 2017, at 04:47 pm
Washington, Feb 2 (IBNS): Slamming former President Barack Obama, US President Donald Trump said he's going to study the 'dumb' Australian immigration deal agreed by the former government.
Iraq: UN envoy strongly condemns Baghdad terrorist attacks that kill many civilians
Jan 03, 2017, at 01:25 pm
New York, Jan 3 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for Iraq has strongly condemned on Mondays triple bombings in Baghdad in which large numbers of civilians were killed and injured.
Iraq: UN refugee agency steps up response as Mosul conflict displaces nearly 100,000
Dec 17, 2016, at 04:44 am
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News): With the number of people displaced from Mosul approaching 100,000 since the military operation to oust terrorists from the Iraqi city began three months ago, the United Nations refugee agency is bolstering its capacity to host and support civilians fleeing the fighting.
Iraq: UN delivers live-saving medicines and medical supplies inside Mosul
Dec 06, 2016, at 01:23 pm
New York, Dec 6 (Just Earth News): United Nations health agencies have delivered critical medicines and medical supplies to treat almost 13,000 people in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where the Government forces have been staging a military campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or Da’esh) terrorists.
Iraq: IS Suicide bomb attack kills nearly 80 Shia pilgrims
Nov 25, 2016, at 04:33 am
Baghdad, Nov 24 (IBNS): Nearly 80 people were killed in a suicide bombing attack in Iraq on Thursday, reports said.
ISIS beheads 15 Iraqi soldiers
Nov 24, 2016, at 04:53 pm
Duhok , Nov 24 (IBNS): Militant group ISIS has executed 15 Iraqi soldiers in central Mosul area of Iraq, media reports said on Thursday.
Iraq: Sustained funding ‘crucial’ as Mosul displacement grows, says UN refugee agency
Nov 19, 2016, at 01:59 pm
New York, Nov 19 (Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency on Friday stressed the crucial need for sustained funding to support humanitarian operations for the displaced from Mosul, a major Iraqi city where, for the past month, Government forces have been fighting to expel violent extremists.
IOM Iraq: Displacement tops 56,000 as Mosul military operations continue
Nov 16, 2016, at 03:24 pm
London, Nov 16 (IBNS): The total number of individuals currently displaced in the Mosul emergency now tops 56,400 according to data released on Tuesday by IOM Iraq’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Emergency Tracking.
Suicide bomber blows himself up in Iraq, 6 killed
Nov 15, 2016, at 02:05 am
Karbala, Nov 14 (IBNS): A suicide bomber blew himself up in Iraq's Karbala city on Monday which left six people killed and six others injured, media reports said.
Nov 12, 2016, at 02:43 am
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News): As mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation of women and girls, torture and killings, child recruitment and other grave human rights abuses committed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) extremists in Iraq come to light, the top United Nations human rights official has called for immediate action to ensure that the rights and the needs of victims and survivors are met – including the need for justice, truth and reconciliation.
Iraq: As anti-ISIL operation intensifies, civilians increasingly at risk, UN official warns
Nov 08, 2016, at 04:13 am
New York, Nov 7 (Just Earth News): Amid the intensification of the military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) in northern Iraq and its impact on civilians, a senior United Nations humanitarian official in the country has raised alarm their safety and called on all sides to ensure that they are protected.
Iraq: ISIS executes seven of its fighters
Oct 25, 2016, at 01:45 pm
Baghdad,Oct 25 (IBNS): Militant group ISIS has executed seven of its men on Sunday, media reports said on Tuesday.
‘Sad of state affairs’ in Iraq as last month’s surge in violence leaves more casualties – UN
Oct 06, 2016, at 02:04 pm
New York, Oct 6 (Just Earth News): The United Nations in Iraq has reported that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in the country, with a more than 28 per cent spike in fatalities and a 17 per cent increase in injuries from August to September this year.
Iraq: UNICEF launches back-to-school campaign to help millions missing out on education
Oct 01, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, Oct 1(Just Earth News): Iraq: UNICEF launches back-to-school campaign to help millions missing out on education Several weeks before of the start of the new school year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), together with the Iraqi Ministry of Education, launched a nationwide ‘Back to School’ campaign in 10 governorates.
Iraq: More than two-thirds of those killed in August civilians, reports UN mission
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:37 am
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): Civilians continue to disproportionately bear the burden of acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq, accounting for more than two-thirds of those killed or injured in the month of August, the United Nations mission announced on Thursday.
Iraq: UN rights chief 'deeply dismayed' at execution of 36 people
Aug 24, 2016, at 03:48 am
New York, Aug 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has expressed deep dismay at the execution of 36 people in Iraq in relation to a 2014 massacre during which hundreds of military cadets were killed.
Camp Speicher massacre: Iraq executes 36
Aug 21, 2016, at 11:43 pm
Baghdad, Aug 21 (IBNS): Iraq authorities have executed 36 men who are convicted over the killing of nearly 1,700 military recruits at a former US base in 2014, media reports said.
Aug 16, 2016, at 12:20 pm
New York, Aug 16 (Just Earth News): The United Nations in Iraq has strongly condemned the death of a journalist who was seized by armed men in Dohuk city on 13 August and has called on the government of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to implement urgent measures to guarantee the safety of all journalists and media professionals.
UN rights chief expresses concern about Iraq's fast-tracking of executions
Aug 02, 2016, at 03:54 am
New York, Aug 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Monday expressed serious concern that Iraq has created a committee to accelerate implementation of death sentences.
Security Council extends mandate of UN Iraq Mission for one year
Jul 26, 2016, at 01:54 pm
New York, July 26 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for another year, until 31 July 2017.
Jul 16, 2016, at 12:51 pm
New York, July 16 (Just Earth News): Recent victories against ISIL show that Iraqis are capable of defeating the extremist group, but sustainable peace and security in Iraq can only be achieved through historic reconciliation, the United Nations envoy for the country on Friday said, calling also on the international community for greater support for Iraq and its people.
Iraq: UN condemns terrorist attack in Baghdad, warning of 'avenge' by ISIL
Jul 04, 2016, at 03:04 pm
New York, July 4 (Just Earth News):United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terrorist bombing in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday that reportedly killed more than 100 people in a busy shopping street – an attack which the top UN official in that country described as an “avenge by the terrorists of Da'esh who have suffered defeats at the battlefront.â€
Baghdad attacks kills more than 130 people
Jul 04, 2016, at 02:24 am
Baghdad, July 3 (IBNS): More than 130 people were killed as in a car bombing in a crowded area in Iraq capital Baghdad on Sunday, media reports said.
Iraq: 79 killed in Baghdad bombings, ISIS claims responsibility
Jul 03, 2016, at 10:08 pm
Baghdad,July 3 (IBNS) At least 79 people were killed as an explosions hit Iraq's capital Baghdad, media reports said on Sunday.
Despite hopes for calm during the holy month of Ramadan, hundreds killed in Iraq: UN
Jul 02, 2016, at 03:34 pm
New York, July 2 (Just Earth News): At least 662 Iraqis – half of them civilians – were killed and another 1,457 were injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in the country in June, according to latest figures released by the United Nations political mission in Iraq.
250 ISIS militants killed in US air attack in Iraq
Jun 30, 2016, at 07:34 pm
New Delhi, June 30 (IBNS) : US-led coalition airstrikes killed 250 Islamic State fighters in an attack on a convoy around Iraq's Fallujah city on Wednesday, South China Morning Post said.
Iraq: UN envoy condemns bombing of mosque as showing ‘total disdain for Islam’
Jun 29, 2016, at 03:28 pm
New York, June 29 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for Iraq has strongly condemned the suicide bombing yesterday that killed or wounded a number of civilians at a mosque in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, noting that the attack showed the terrorists’ total disdain for Islam.
Iraq: UN sending extra food rations to provide for thousands displaced from Fallujah
Jun 28, 2016, at 04:47 am
New York, June 27 (Just Earth News):Expressing concern about the extremely dire conditions for more than 85,000 people who have fled the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah and its surroundings over the last month, the United Nations food relief agency on Monday said it is sending additional rations to provide immediate food relief to the growing number of displaced.
Jun 27, 2016, at 04:17 am
Falluja, June 26 (IBNS): In a major development, the Iraq army has said it has seized Falluja city from militant group ISIS, media reports said.
UN relief wing foresees thousands more fleeing Fallujah amid ongoing fighting
Jun 21, 2016, at 04:49 am
New York, June 20 (Just Earth News):More than 83,000 people have fled the besieged city of Fallujah and surrounding areas as of this past Saturday, and thousands more could still be on the move amid ongoing fighting, the United Nations relief wing has reported.