Syrian army gains control over 10 villages east of Khan Sheikhoun - Military Source
Aug 30, 2019, at 05:46 pm
Damascus, Aug 30 (Sputnik) Syrian forces, as of Friday morning, have gained control over 10 villages located east of the already liberated town of Khan Sheikhoun in the province of Idlib, a Syrian military source told Sputnik.
Bangladesh: Constable beaten up by mob for 'sexual harassment'
Aug 30, 2019, at 03:33 pm
Dhaka, Aug 30 (IBNS): Amid allegations of sexual harassment against him, an angry mob beat up a police constable in Bangladesh's Rajshahi area, media reports said on Friday.
Forced conversion of Sikh woman to Islam in Pakistan: Indian politicians express shock
Aug 30, 2019, at 03:16 pm
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IBNS): Indian politicians, including Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, on Friday, expressed their shocks over the report of forced conversion of a Sikh woman to Islam and then making her marry a Muslim man in Pakistan.
Afghanistan: Student among 6 rescued from a Taliban prison
Aug 30, 2019, at 02:58 pm
Kabul, Aug 30 (IBNS): During an operation conducted in Afghanistan's south-eastern Ghazni province, Afghan Special Forces released six people from Taliban prison, media reports said.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan's office faces power cut over non-payment of bills
Aug 30, 2019, at 12:56 pm
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IBNS): In a major embarrassment, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's secretariat is facing power cut over the dues, media reports said.
Sikh girl abducted, converted to Islam and then married to Muslim man in Pakistan
Aug 30, 2019, at 12:49 pm
Lahore: Showing yet another dark chapter of atrocities on minorities in Pakistan, a Sikh girl has allegedly been abducted and forcefully converted in Pakistan's Nankana Sahib city.
Aug 30, 2019, at 10:26 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): Despite an agreement signed nearly a year ago on a halt to further escalation in Syria’s war-battered Idlib, “the bombing and fighting go on in plain sight, day in and day out”, the UN humanitarian chief told the Security Council on Thursday.
Venezuela migrant crisis begs a ‘coherent, predictable and harmonized’ response: UNHCR
Aug 30, 2019, at 10:21 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): There is “no end in sight” to the massive movement of Venezuelan migrants and refugees, now at around 4.3 million in number, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) shared on Thursday.
'Ground Zero': Report from the former Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan
Aug 30, 2019, at 10:20 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): Every year on August 29, at the initiative of Kazakhstan, the UN and its Member States mark the International Day against Nuclear Tests. This year, the Day coincides with the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb test at the Semipalatinsk test site in Kazakhstan. UN News travelled to the remote, eerily beautiful region, for this report.
Aug 30, 2019, at 10:10 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): “Little undermines development like disaster,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told attendees at a thematic session on Africa and climate change, on day two of the Tokyo international Conference on African Development (TICAD), now in its seventh year.
Aug 30, 2019, at 10:06 am
New York, Aug 30 (IBNS): The legacy of nuclear testing is “nothing but destruction,” and in a world of rising tensions, “our collective security depends” on bringing a global treaty into force that bans nuclear explosions, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
Hong Kong Protests: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested
Aug 30, 2019, at 09:39 am
Hong Kong City, Aug 30 (IBNS): The Demosisto party said its secretary-general Joshua Wong, a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, has been arrested by the police in the city on Friday.
Full-blown India-Pak war likely in October or November: Pakistan Minister
Aug 29, 2019, at 03:25 pm
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IBNS): A Pakistan federal minister has predicted that a full-blown war between his country and India is likely to take place in the month of October or November, media reports said.
Aug 29, 2019, at 12:17 pm
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): Europe has lost ground in eliminating measles, as the number of countries having achieved or sustained elimination of the disease has declined, the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC) warned on Thursday.
Aug 29, 2019, at 12:15 pm
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): Partnerships with civil society and youth are essential to achieving the goals of key UN-backed international agreements, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Paris Agreement on climate change, María Fernanda Espinosa, the President of the United Nations General Assembly, told delegates at the UN Civil Society Conference on Wednesday.
‘Perseverance is key’ to Iraq’s future, UN envoy tells Security Council
Aug 29, 2019, at 12:10 pm
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): Although Iraq is “hard at work building on progress made to date”, a top United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday that decades of trouble continue to impact the present, but cautioned “we have not seen the end of it yet”.
Aug 29, 2019, at 09:42 am
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): African nations have made ‘significant progress’ in developmental efforts in the last few years, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, kicking off the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), taking place in Yokohama.
Corruption undermines democracy and contributes to instability, warns senior UN anti-crime official
Aug 29, 2019, at 09:33 am
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic development and contributes to governmental instability, Mirella Dummar-Frahi, Civil Society Team Leader at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warned at the UN Civil Society Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
UK PM says Parliament's work may be suspended until October 14
Aug 28, 2019, at 06:08 pm
Moscow, Aug 28 (Sputnik/UNI) Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he had asked the Queen's permission to suspend the parliament's work until October 14.
Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing trade secrets
Aug 28, 2019, at 06:06 pm
San Francisco, Aug 28 (Xinhua/UNI) Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski was charged Tuesday with stealing trade secrets when he appeared in a San Jose court in Silicon Valley.
Gaza: Suspects of explosions arrested
Aug 28, 2019, at 05:18 pm
Gaza, Aug 28 (Xinhua/UNI) A Palestinian security spokesman said on Wednesday that a number of suspects were arrested over two explosions that targeted two police checkpoints, killing three security officers and wounding others.
37 militants killed in Afghanistan clashes
Aug 28, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Sharan, Afghanistan, Aug 28 (Xinhua) At least 37 Taliban militants were killed on Tuesday night when Afghan security forces repelled an attack on their positions in eastern Paktika province, local police said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban terrorist kills his father in Jawzjan
Aug 28, 2019, at 03:44 pm
Kabul, Aug 28 (IBNS): A Taliban terrorist has murdered his father in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province, media reports said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: Four suspected terrorists detained in Dhaka
Aug 28, 2019, at 03:15 pm
Dhaka, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Rapid Action Battalion officials have arrested four suspected terrorists from Bangladesh capital Dhaka, media reports said on Wednesday.
At least six Islamic State terrorists killed in airstrike in Afghanistan - Reports
Aug 28, 2019, at 10:21 am
Moscow, Aug 28 (Sputnik/UNI) At least six fighters from Islamic State (IS, terrorist group banned in Russia) were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, local media reported.
Gaza violence: Suicide bombers leave three killed
Aug 28, 2019, at 10:04 am
Gaza, Aug 28 (IBNS): At least three Palestinian officers were killed as suicide bombers attacked two police checkpoints in Gaza strip, media reports said.
Aug 28, 2019, at 09:52 am
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Access to safe drinking water is a right critical to a child’s survival, yet protracted crises have left some 420 million children without basic sanitation, and 210 million lacking access to safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Technology brings positive change, but ‘collateral damage’ must be minimized: senior UN official
Aug 28, 2019, at 09:45 am
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Digital technology has the potential to bring about a sustainable future, but the “collateral damage” of this transition must be mitigated, says the head of the UN’s technology strategy team, Salem Avan.
With ISIL down but not out, continued vigilance is key, UN Security Council told
Aug 28, 2019, at 09:25 am
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Despite ISIL’s territorial defeat in Syria, the terrorist group, also known as Da’esh “continues to aspire to global relevance”, the United Nations top counter-terrorism officials told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Aug 28, 2019, at 09:17 am
New York, Aug 28 (IBNS): Tangible steps “can, and must, be taken” to urgently reverse the “negative trajectory” of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and revive the peace process, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council on Tuesday.