20 students injured as mortar hits primary school in Myanmar's Rakhine state
Feb 14, 2020, at 09:05 am
Yangon/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 20 students were injured as a mortar fire launched by members of the Arakan Army, a local insurgent group, hit a primary school in Myanmar's Rakhine state, said a release from the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services late Thursday.
Iran parliamentary elections commence
Feb 13, 2020, at 07:29 pm
Tehran/Xinhua: Iran's parliamentary election campaign officially started across the country on Thursday.According to Iran's Guardians Council of Constitution, the main entity in charge of vetting candidates, more than seven thousand candidates have been approved to compete in the February election.
Turkey kills 55 Syrian troops in Idlib: ministry
Feb 13, 2020, at 07:17 pm
Ankara/Xinhua: A total of 55 Syrian government soldiers were killed in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib amid escalation between Turkish and Syrian forces in the region, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported Thursday.
Philippines to cease joint exercises with US after military pact termination: defense chief
Feb 13, 2020, at 07:06 pm
Manila/Xinhua: Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Thursday that no more joint military exercises between the Philippines and the United States will be conducted once the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is terminated in August this year.
Gunmen kill 21 people in Nigeria village
Feb 13, 2020, at 03:17 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: A village in the central Nigerian state of Kaduna has been attacked by gunmen, which resulted in the death of 21 people, media reported on Thursday.
Celebrating the diversity of radio, the medium people use the most
Feb 13, 2020, at 01:30 pm
New York/IBNS: In an era of rapid media evolution, radio still has the power to bring people together and provide communities with vital news and information, the UN Secretary-General has said.
Libya: Security Council demands commitment to ‘a lasting ceasefire’
Feb 13, 2020, at 01:20 pm
New York/IBNS: After what has reportedly been weeks of diplomatic negotiation, the UN Security Council passed a resolution on Wednesday aimed at stemming rising violence across Libya, demanding the warring parties commit to “a lasting ceasefire” according to terms agreed by military representatives from both sides at recent talks in Geneva.
Foreign fighters: ‘One of the most serious dimensions’ in global counter-terrorism struggle
Feb 13, 2020, at 01:18 pm
New York/IBNS: Over the past few years, ISIL and Al-Qaida terrorist fighters have posed an “unprecedented threat to international peace and security”, the UN counter-terrorism chief said on Wednesday in Vienna, at the close of a joint UN- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) regional conference on addressing challenges posed by terrorists who have gone to fight overseas.
Libya’s cities left ‘re-contaminated’ by months of fighting, warn landmine clearance experts
Feb 13, 2020, at 01:02 pm
New York/IBNS: Ongoing hostilities in Libya have left numerous cities severely “re-contaminated” with unexploded ordnance, threatening schools, universities and hospitals, the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said on Wednesday.
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‘We must all do more’ to protect children in armed conflict: UN chief
Feb 13, 2020, at 12:50 pm
New York/IBNS: On the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the need to integrate child protection into peace processes during a high-level Security Council briefing on Wednesday.
Ten-fold increase in confirmed Coronavirus cases
Feb 13, 2020, at 10:41 am
Beijing/UNI: Health authorities in China’s Hubei province – the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic– reported on Thursday 14,840 new confirmed cases, almost 10 times the number reported a day earlier, and new deaths attributable to the contagion rose to 242, more than double on the day.
Japan: 5.5-magnitude quake strikes off Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued
Feb 12, 2020, at 07:09 pm
Tokyo/UNI: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on Wednesday struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
China: Factory blast leaves 5 dead, 10 injured
Feb 12, 2020, at 06:53 pm
Beijing/UNI: Five people were killed and 10 others injured as a result of an explosion at a chemical factory in the Huludao city of the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning, media reported on Wednesday.
Over 10 Turkish servicemen killed in recent attacks by Syrian forces in Idlib
Feb 12, 2020, at 06:48 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that 14 Turkish servicemen have been killed and 45 others wounded in recent attacks by the Syrian Arab Army in Syria's northwestern Idlib province.
Turkey Prez threatens to attack Syrian forces "everywhere" if Turkey's troops targeted
Feb 12, 2020, at 06:38 pm
Ankara/Xinhua/UNI: Turkish president threatened Wednesday to attack Syrian forces "everywhere" if Turkish soldiers are targeted again in the Idlib province of Syria.
Egypt's police kill 17 terrorists in North Sinai
Feb 12, 2020, at 10:37 am
Cairo/Xinhua/UNI: Egyptian police forces killed 17 terrorists during a shootout in the country's restive North Sinai Province, Egyptian Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday.
Feb 12, 2020, at 10:29 am
New York/IBNS: Promoting education for adolescent girls is an “indispensable foundation for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”, Secretary-General António Guterres declared at the launch event of the Drive for 5 education initiative at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, hosted by the Irish Mission to the United Nations.
UN underlines need for dialogue to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict
Feb 12, 2020, at 10:28 am
New York/IBNS: Rising tensions and instability across the globe, particularly in the Middle East, underscore the need to resolve the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Tuesday.
‘Don’t forget Madagascar’s children’, UN appeals for long-term help as emergency worsens
Feb 12, 2020, at 10:27 am
New York/IBNS: Since 2012, the plight of children in Madagascar has not improved and is in many cases getting worse, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
Victim-centred laws ‘paramount’ to combat online sexual abuse against children
Feb 12, 2020, at 10:02 am
New York/IBNS: Comprehensive national strategies are urgently needed to prevent child sexual abuse online and other Internet issues for children, independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday, Safer Internet Day.
Fail wins Irish general election
Feb 11, 2020, at 06:53 pm
Dublin/UNI: Fianna Fail replaced Fine Gael to be Ireland's largest party by winning the largest number of parliamentary seats in the country's 2020 general election, according to the official results.
With science 'held back by a gender gap', Guterres calls for more empowerment for women and girls
Feb 11, 2020, at 10:09 am
New York/IBNS: Fewer than 30 per cent of the world’s scientific researchers are women: that’s just one of the statistics showing how many challenges remain for women and girls in the scientific field, as the world marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on Tuesday.
Hospitals in Yemen attacked, disrupting healthcare for thousands of vulnerable civilians
Feb 11, 2020, at 09:53 am
New York/IBNS: Attacks on health facilities in Yemen’s Marib province, East of the capital Sana’a, have left some 15,000 people – many of them displaced from other parts of the country – with severely limited options for medical care, the UN said on Monday.
Feb 11, 2020, at 09:16 am
New York/IBNS: Government ministers and other high-level representatives from more than 140 countries, on Monday adopted a new declaration to enhance global nuclear security and counter the threat of nuclear terrorism.
African Union, Arab League reject Trump's controversial Mideast peace plan
Feb 10, 2020, at 07:31 pm
Addis Ababa/UNI: The African Union (UN) and the Arab League (AL) on Sunday voiced their rejection of the newly unveiled US peace plan that has sparked growing tensions between Palestine and Isreal.
S Korea, US hold talks in Seoul to discuss Korean Peninsula affairs
Feb 10, 2020, at 07:12 pm
Seoul,/Xinhua:Senior diplomats from South Korea and the United States held talks in Seoul on Monday to discuss the Korean Peninsula affairs, according to local media reports.
Novel coronavirus vaccine starts animal trials
Feb 10, 2020, at 06:20 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: A candidate vaccine targeting the novel coronavirus has been tested on animals, according to a report Monday on news portal yicai.com, citing sources with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Tunisia arrests 107 illegal immigrants off southeast coast
Feb 10, 2020, at 05:50 pm
Tunis/Xinhua/UNI: Tunisia has foiled an illegal immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean toward the Italian coast, the interior ministry said Monday.
Nigeria air force says kills Boko Haram leaders in airstrike
Feb 10, 2020, at 05:42 pm
Lagos/Xinhua/UNI: The Nigerian Air Force on Monday said it carried out an airstrike and killed several Boko Haram leaders in the restive northeast state of Borno.
World Urban Forum: cities must be ‘at the heart’ of sustainable development
Feb 10, 2020, at 03:43 pm
New York/IBNS: The official opening of the 10th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF) took place in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, with UN chief António Guterres telling delegates that cities and towns were crucial to deliver sustainable development across the globe during the next decade.