South Korea’s Moon shakes off pessimism about dialogue with Pyongyang
Jan 14, 2020, at 09:55 am
Seoul/Sputnik/UNI: South Korean President Moon Jae-in has expressed some hope about the prospects of dialogue with North Korea, as well as possibilities of Pyongyang resuming talks with the United States.
Almost 1,000 civilians leave Idlib De-escalation zone on Monday - Russian Military
Jan 14, 2020, at 09:50 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: A total of 983 civilians left terrorist-controlled territory in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib on Monday through two newly-established humanitarian corridors, Maj. Gen. Yuri Borenkov, the commander of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation, reported.
Global Goals top General Assembly President’s priority list
Jan 14, 2020, at 09:45 am
New York/IBNS: The President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Monday set out his 2020 priorities, which aim to make the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality by the start of the next decade.
‘No shortcuts to a healthier world’: WHO chief sets out health priorities for the decade
Jan 14, 2020, at 09:38 am
New York/IBNS: The head of the UN health agency, WHO, has set out his urgent global health challenges for the next ten years – designated the “Decade of Action” by the UN General Assembly” – and underscored the importance of investing in public health, in a statement released on Monday.
Colombia: ‘Significant strides’ towards integrated peace, UN envoy tells Security Council
Jan 14, 2020, at 09:31 am
New York/IBNS: Colombia has continued to make “significant strides in its peace process”, the top UN envoy in the country told the Security Council on Monday.
Queen agrees to let Prince Harry and Megan have independent lives
Jan 13, 2020, at 11:53 pm
London/IBNS: Queen Elizabeth II on Monday agreed to grant Prince Harry and his actress wife Megan an "independent live" and to move part-time to Canada after they expressed desires that their future roles in the Royal Family as full-time members may be concluded, media reports said.
Iranian president calls for implementation of law blacklisting Pentagon
Jan 13, 2020, at 04:47 pm
Tehran/Xinhua/UNI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday issued an order to implement a law blacklisting the US Department of Defence as "terrorist organization," Tasnim news agency reported.
Iran's Rouhani blames US for current situation in Middle East: Presidential Press Office
Jan 13, 2020, at 10:23 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, during a telephone conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, said that the United States were to be blamed for the current developments in the Middle East, the presidential press office said in a statement.
Australian PM takes major polling hit amid bushfires
Jan 13, 2020, at 10:18 am
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suffered a blow to his approval rating amid the ongoing bushfire crisis.
Netanyahu accuses Iran of deliberately lying about downed Ukrainian plane
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:57 pm
Telaviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of deliberately misleading the world about true causes of Ukraine's Boeing 737 fatal crash as it knew but failed to say right away that the jetliner was shot down by the Iranian military by mistake.
Seven rockets hit Army base in Iraq's Salahudin province, two injured
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:44 pm
Baghdad/UNI: Seven Katyusha rockets on Sunday shook the Balad airbase, which previously housed US troops, in Iraq's central province of Salahudin,around 90 km from here, injuring two Iraqi soldiers, a provincial security source said.
Nearly 60 people injured in clashes between protesters, police in eastern Iraq - Reports
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Doha/Sputnik/UNI: Nearly 60 people, including 48 police officers, were injured in clashes between security forces and students outside the University of Wasit in Iraq's eastern Wasit province, media reported on Sunday, citing a security source.
Syrian helicopters drop leaflets to urge civilians to leave rebel-held areas in Aleppo, Idlib
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:24 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: Syrian choppers dropped leaflets on rebel-held areas in the northern province of Aleppo, urging civilians to leave rebel-held areas through humanitarian corridors which opened on Sunday, a war monitor reported.
Libya's eastern-based Parliament may ask Egypt for military assistance - Speaker
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:21 pm
Cairo/Sputnik/UNI: The eastern-based Libyan parliament, which supports Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), may ask Egypt for military support in case of foreign interference in the Libyan conflict, the parliament’s speaker, Aguila Saleh, said on Sunday, in the wake of Turkey's decision to send troops to Libya.
Arrest of UK ambassador to Iran was violation of international law: Britain
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:49 pm
London/IBNS: Britain on Saturday said the arrest of the UK ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire was a 'flagrant violation of international law'.
Jan 12, 2020, at 07:32 pm
New York/IBNS: On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude quake struck the Haiti, devastating its capital, Port-au-Prince. About 220,00 people were reportedly killed, among them, 102 UN staff who lost their lives when the stabilization mission there, known as MINUSTAH, collapsed. Some 300,000 people were injured and 1.5 million become homeless during the 35-second-long tremor.
Jan 12, 2020, at 07:23 pm
New York/IBNS: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his profound condolences to the Royal family, the Government and people of Oman on the passing of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, who passed away late Friday at the age of 79.
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Eleven dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey
Jan 12, 2020, at 12:11 pm
Ankara/UNI: At least 11 people died and eight others were rescued by the Turkish coast guard after the boat capsized near the country's western shores, the Anadolu news agency reported.
UN chief condoles Oman Sultan's death
Jan 12, 2020, at 09:58 am
United Nations/UNI: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended his condolences to Oman over the death of the Gulf country's sultan, UN spokesman said on Sunday.
Black boxes of plane crashed in Iran to be deciphered in Ukraine: French Bureau BEA
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:26 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Black boxes of a plane that crashed in Iran will be deciphered in Ukraine, while French experts will participate in the technical work, France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) said on Saturday, adding that Tehran was responsible for communication and the investigation process.
Japanese PM leaves for Middle East trip amid US - Iran tensions
Jan 11, 2020, at 06:31 pm
Tokyo/Xinhua/UNI: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Tokyo for a five-day trip to the Middle East on Saturday, aiming to help ease tensions in a key region for resource-poor Japan.
North Korea to have no more talks on denuclearisation for partial lift of sanctions: KCNA
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:53 pm
Seoul/Sputnik/UNI: North Korea will no longer engage in talks on complete denuclearization in exchange for only a partial lift of sanctions, and the United States will have to comply with Pyongyang's demands if it wants the nuclear talks to resume, Kim Kye Gwan, an adviser to the North Korean Foreign Ministry, said on Saturday.
Zelenskyy to hold phone talks with Rouhani over crashed plane on Saturday — Press Service
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:16 pm
Kiev/Sputnik/UNI: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday will give a phone call to his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, to discuss the situation around the Ukrainian passenger plane erroneously shot down by the Iranian military in Tehran, The Ukrainian presidential press service announced.
Iran to send Ukraine jet black box to France for decoding — State media
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:14 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Hassan Rezaeifar, head of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization's investigation board, said on Saturday that the flight recorder of the unintentionally downed Ukrainian passenger plane will be sent to France for decoding, Iranian state media reported.
Fire at Croatian retirement home kills six
Jan 11, 2020, at 05:12 pm
Zagreb/Xinhua: At least six people have died in a fire at a home for the elderly in northwestern Croatia on early Saturday, national broadcaster HRT quoted police as saying.
Security Council beats midnight deadline, renews Syria cross-border aid in contentious vote
Jan 11, 2020, at 04:35 pm
New York/IBNS: The Security Council on Friday evening renewed a UN operation delivering humanitarian aid across the Syrian border to millions of civilians, but some of the body’s members expressed disappointment that the “watered down” measure cut in half the number of crossing points and duration of the authorization.
Bushfire crisis: Thousands protest in Australia
Jan 11, 2020, at 04:22 pm
Sydney/IBNS: Asking the government to act on the issue of climate crisis, thousands of activists marched in different parts of bushfire-hit Australia on Friday.
Prince Harry and Meghan: Talks 'progressing well' over the future of the Royal couple
Jan 11, 2020, at 03:49 pm
London/IBNS: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex- Harry and Meghan Markle- have expressed their hopes that talks over their future roles in the Royal Family may be concluded "sooner rather than later", PA news agency said quoting sources as reported by BBC.
Ukrainian plane brought down due to human error: Iran
Jan 11, 2020, at 09:59 am
Tehran/IBNS: Iran's military on Saturday said it shot down the Ukrainian passenger flight this week due to 'human error', reported Iran's state TV.
Killings and violence targeting ethnic group in DR Congo ‘may amount to crimes against humanity’
Jan 11, 2020, at 09:57 am
New York/IBNS: The targeting of the Hema community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with violence, including killings and rape, may amount to crimes against humanity, said the UN on Friday.