Iraq PM orders counterterrorist forces to Baghdad amid mass protests
Oct 27, 2019, at 08:30 pm
Cairo, Oct 27 (Sputnik/UNI) Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi ordered for the country's elite counterterrorist forces to be deployed in several districts of Baghdad to guard the premises of state institutions amid ongoing violent protests, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service said in a statement on Sunday.
Mass shooting in Texas leaves at least 2 killed, over dozen injured - Reports
Oct 27, 2019, at 08:21 pm
Moscow, Oct 27 (Sputnik/UNI) A mass shooting at a college party in Greenville, Texas left at least two people dead and over a dozen injured, local media reported on Sunday.
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed by US forces, confirms Donald Trump
Oct 27, 2019, at 07:23 pm
Washington/IBNS: Ending all speculations, US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed the death of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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Bangladesh PM completes Azerbaijan tour, returning home
Oct 27, 2019, at 05:14 pm
Baku/IBNS: Ending her four-day official visit to Azerbaijan, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina left for Dhaka on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump wishes people on Diwali
Oct 27, 2019, at 04:06 pm
Washington/ IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Sunday wished people of the Hindu community on the occasion of Diwali.
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi believed killed in US operation: Reports
Oct 27, 2019, at 11:08 am
Washington/IBNS: ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been killed in Syria in a special operations raid against ISIS, though an official confirmation is awaited, media reports said.
Sri Lanka dedicated to addressing climate change: Parliament speaker
Oct 26, 2019, at 06:32 pm
Colombo/ Xinhua/UNI: Sri Lanka's parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said on Saturday that the country was dedicated to addressing climate change and taking all steps necessary to mitigate the crisis brought about by it.
Essex 39 body recover: Police questioning four suspects
Oct 26, 2019, at 04:15 pm
Essex: Police are questioning four people over the killing of 39 people whose bodies were recovered in a lorry in British city of Essex.
Death toll from Iraq unrest up to 30 people, Over 2,300 people injured: Rights Commission
Oct 26, 2019, at 07:31 am
Moscow/ Sputnik/UNI The number of people killed during violent anti-government protests that resumed in Iraq on Friday has increased to 30 people, while over 2,300 people have been injured, the country’s High Commission For Human Rights said.
Syrian troops foil Militant plot to lay mines on Aid Route: Military
Oct 26, 2019, at 07:26 am
Moscow/ Sputnik/UNI: Syrian government forces killed a militant sabotage group that tried to lay mines on a road in western Hama province used by humanitarian convoys, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
Oct 26, 2019, at 07:01 am
New York/IBNS: Updating the Security Council on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Friday, the head of the UN Mission in the country, MINUSCA, called on the country’s friends and partners, including the Council, to “transform the dreams of peace, prosperity and development of millions of Central Africans into a lasting reality”.
Protests around the world: Politicians must address ‘growing deficit of trust’, urges Guterres
Oct 26, 2019, at 06:55 am
New York/IBNS: Protests in cities across the world in recent days show that “people are hurting and want to be heard” by political leaders who must now address a “growing deficit of trust”, said the UN chief on Friday.
Afghanistan: Suicide attack in Jalalabad city leaves 18 dead or wounded
Oct 26, 2019, at 06:45 am
Kabul: At least 18 people were left wounded or killed in a suicide attack in Jalalabad area of Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan court grants bail to former PM Nawaz Sharif on medical grounds in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case
Oct 25, 2019, at 05:24 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: A Pakistani court on Friday granted bail to country's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Court sentences 16 to death over Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder
Oct 25, 2019, at 04:58 pm
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court has awarded death sentence to 16 people in connection with the case filed over the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi who had rejected to withdraw a sexual harassment case against her institution’s principal.
Afghanistan: Airstrike destroys car bomb, 2 suicide bombers killed
Oct 25, 2019, at 03:24 pm
Kabul: Two suicide bombers were killed as a car bomb was destroyed during an airstrike in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Hanging bodies of couple found in Dhaka
Oct 25, 2019, at 03:13 pm
Dhaka: Police have recovered bodies of a couple from Bangladesh capital Dhaka's Ashulia area, media reports said on Friday
Canada’s 2019 federal election results made Justin Trudeau’s job more complicated
Oct 25, 2019, at 12:00 pm
On 21st October 2019, Canada’s 43rd general election concluded and Canadian federal election results have given Canada a Liberal minority government. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have to depend upon outside support to function effectively.
Security Council: UN welcomes efforts to de-escalate crisis in northeast Syria
Oct 25, 2019, at 10:21 am
New York: The United Nations welcomes efforts to de-escalate the crisis in northeastern Syria in the wake of Turkey’s incursion, a senior official with responsibility for the region told the Security Council on Thursday.
Lives at risk if wireless technology demands are not held in check: UN weather watchdog
Oct 25, 2019, at 10:18 am
New York/IBNS: Amid growing competition for radio wave space due to new wireless technologies, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday called on governments to protect radio frequencies allocated to potentially life-saving weather forecasting services.
We need to talk: UN gears up for 75th anniversary with Global Conversations
Oct 25, 2019, at 10:12 am
New York: The UN announced on Thursday the launch of the “biggest-ever global conversation” about the future of the planet, as part of the events marking next year’s 75-year anniversary of the Organization.
‘Unique opportunity’ to resolve border dispute between Sudan, South Sudan
Oct 25, 2019, at 09:55 am
New York/IBNS: Sudan and neighbouring South Sudan “have never been closer” to reaching a sustainable peace with each other, and their own internal armed opposition groups, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Thursday.
Oct 25, 2019, at 09:33 am
New York/IBNS: In his annual message for UN Day this Thursday, Secretary-General António Guterres issued a reminder of the role the Organization should be playing, focusing on the the real problems of real people, as a “shared moral anchor” amid “stormy global seas”.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen assassinate the police chief of Badghis
Oct 25, 2019, at 09:23 am
Kabul/IBNS: Unknown gunmen killed police chief of Badghis province in Afghanistan capital Kabul city, media reports said on Friday.
Self-Proclaimed LPR confirms around 1,800 residents killed during Ukraine conflict
Oct 25, 2019, at 09:04 am
Luhansk/ Sputnik//UNI: Around 1,800 civilians, including 31 minors, have been killed on the territory of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) since the beginning of a conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, the LPR’s National Security Ministry told Sputnik.
About 300 additional Russian military police arrive in Syria: Defence Ministry
Oct 25, 2019, at 09:00 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Some 300 Russian military police personnel have arrived in Syria to help pullout Kurdish militia from the border with Turkey, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
Chinese Embassy says UK police yet unable to confirm citizenship of 39 deceased people
Oct 25, 2019, at 08:55 am
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: The UK police are currently unable to certify that 39 people, whose bodies were found inside a truck container in the UK county of Essex, had Chinese citizenship, the Asian country’s embassy in the United Kingdom said on Friday.
Safe working conditions not upheld as universal human right
Oct 24, 2019, at 02:41 pm
New York/UNI: Although healthy working conditions are a globally recognized human right, they remain “more a privilege”, the UN independent expert on hazardous substances, Baskut Tuncak, has said.
UN and partners call for solidarity, as Venezuelans on the move reach 4.5 million
Oct 24, 2019, at 09:04 am
New York/IBNS: Since 2015, approximately 4.5 million Venezuelans have fled their country as the Latin American nation's political, humanitarian and economic crisis drags on, creating one of the “direst” displacement crises in the world, the UN and European Union said on Wednesday, ahead of a solidarity conference next week.
Somalia advancing towards ‘inclusive and peaceful future’ for women, deputy UN chief
Oct 24, 2019, at 08:54 am
New York: Somalia has made “enormous strides on its path to peace and stability”, and Somali women’s participation in peace and security efforts has “helped advance society towards an inclusive and peaceful future”, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Wednesday.