Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says key ISIS leader killed in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his country's security forces have killed a suspected key leader of Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
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UK PM Rishi Sunak to recite biblical verse at King Charles' Coronation
London/IBNS: The Archbishop of Canterbury's office has declared that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be presenting passages from the Bible's book of Colossians during the Coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey on May 6 as part of the official Liturgy.
Germany training Ukrainian troops for counteroffensive: Reports
Berlin: German instructors are training Ukrainian soldiers for urban combat at a dozen military bases across the country ahead of Kyiv's much-touted spring offensive, the Bild tabloid reported on Saturday.
Texas mass shooting: Police searching for gunman who killed 5 people, including 8-yr-old
Washington: Cops are looking for a shooter, who allegedly gunned down five Hondurans, including a child aged eight, at a house in Texas in another mass shooting incident in the United States, the local sheriff confirmed on Saturday, media reports said.
Beijing sends 12 military aircraft, 4 naval vessels around Taiwan: Reports
Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has claimed it has tracked 12 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around the country between 6 a.m. on Wednesday (April 26) and 6 am on Thursday (April 27), media reports said.
Pakistan: Journalists demonstrate against abduction, torture of colleague in Bannu
Peshawar: Journalists demonstrated against the failure of police to register an FIR and arrest the suspects involved in alleged kidnapping and torturing of journalist Gohar Wazir over a week ago in Pakistan's Bannu region on Thursday.
Pakistan: Senior cop dies in bomb attack
A senior police official of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station was killed in a bomb attack in Pakistan's Khuzdar area on Thursday, media reports said.
Pakistan urges US to restore military financing: Reports
Pakistan has urged Washington to restore military financing and sales suspended by the Trump administration as a senior US official acknowledged the importance of this bilateral relationship in a key strategic region, media reports said.
One dies, 3 missing in ship collision in Philippines
Manila Two foreign-flagged vessels collided off Corregidor Island in the Philippines, leaving one person dead and three missing, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday.
Transitional justice hinges on ‘equal footing’, say UN peacebuilders
Lasting peace hinges on everyone being on an “equal footing” and an all-of-society approach, a top UN official on Friday told the UN Peacebuilding Commission as it met to discuss national report cards on the pace of transitional justice reforms.
Stop deporting Haitians: Rights experts’ appeal to countries in Americas
New York: Countries in the Americas should suspend forced returns of Haitians on the move and adopt measures to protect them instead, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
Background to a crisis: In Sudan, the stakes are high for the whole of Africa
New York: A turbulent transition to civilian rule has been underway in Sudan since the ouster of former President Omar Hassan El-Bashir in April 2019. The civilian-led transitional Government put in place later that year, through a power-sharing agreement between military and civilian leaders, was toppled by a military coup in October 2021.
UN expert urges Japan to ‘step up pressure’ on Myanmar junta
New York: Japan must assume a greater leadership role to address the deteriorating crisis in Myanmar and “step up pressure on the country’s military junta”, a UN-appointed independent rights expert urged on Friday.
Singapore: Rights experts call for moratorium on the death penalty
New York: Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday called for Singapore to impose an immediate moratorium on capital punishment, denouncing the Government’s continued use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes.
Bangladesh: Several houses gutted in Rohingya camp fire
Cox's Bazar: Several houses were gutted as a fire broke out at a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar region on Friday, media reports said.
Sudan latest: Tens of thousands on the move; spectre of ethnic clashes, hunger draws closer
New York: Civilians in Sudan, including scores of internally displaced people and refugees, are scrambling for safety and suffering the disastrous consequences of the violence there, as many aid operations have been forced to pause, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
Russia's overnight attack claims 5 lives across Ukrainian cities
Kyiv/IBNS: Russia launched attacks on cities spanning a wide arc across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, central and southern regions, resulting in the deaths of at least five individuals on Friday.
Former Pak PM Imran Khan granted bail in mutiny case
Islamabad/IBNS: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been granted protective bail until May 3 by a top court in Islamabad in relation to a mutiny case filed against him.
Canada urges UN to include Afghan women in decision-making talks
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's ambassador for women, peace and security, Jacqueline O'Neill, Thursday, endorsed in a letter calling for inclusion of women in UN talks of decision-making about the future.
Western Canada warned of dangerous avalanche condition
Vancouver/IBNS: With dramatic rising temperatures due to winter transitioning to spring, backcountry users across western Canada have been warned of dangerous avalanche conditions.
IMF's $3 billion bailout package approved by Sri Lanka
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lanka's Parliament gave the green light to a USD 3 billion bailout package from the IMF, aimed at revitalizing the country's economy that has been severely affected by a disastrous economic and humanitarian crisis resulting from a combination of poor management over the years and the ongoing pandemic on Friday.
Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN
New York: In a landmark resolution, the UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the de facto rulers of Afghanistan’s decision to ban women nationals from working for the United Nations, calling for Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” their decision.
War Killings: US blacklists Sri Lankan governor
The United States on Wednesday said it will deny visa to Wasantha Karannagoda, Governor of North Western Province in Sri Lanka, due to his involvement in a gross violation of human rights during his tenure as a Naval Commander.
Multiple attacks rock Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Multiple attacks, which are believed to be terror incidents, rocked different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thurs­day night, media reports said on Friday.
BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigns over involvement in facilitating loan to ex-UK PM Boris Johnson
London: BBC chairman Richard Sharp on Friday resigned after a probe revealed he had violated rules for failing to disclose his connection in making a loan available for then prime minister Boris Johnson, AFP reported.
China: 'Vocational training' programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour
New York: So-called “labour transfer” and “vocational training” programmes in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, threaten Tibetan cultural identity and could lead to forced labour conditions, UN independent human rights experts warned on Thursday.
New report shows 90 per cent of adolescent girls in low-income economies are offline
Around 90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peers are twice as likely to be online, according to a new UNICEF analysis, coinciding with the UN’s International Girls in ICT Day.
Security Council veto should be ‘very last resort’: General Assembly President
New York: One year after the General Assembly adopted its so-called “veto initiative”, Member States met on Wednesday to discuss how it could contribute to a more efficient and impact-oriented UN.
Chernobyl: Survivors reflect on nuclear accident, Russian occupation
New York: Survivors of one of the world’s worst ever nuclear accidents at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine on 26 April 1986 have been reflecting on the events of that fateful day 37 years ago, as current employees consider the challenges of working at the plant which was seized by Russian troops following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Sudan envoy calls for ceasefire compliance, as concern mounts over West Darfur
New York: The UN’s Special Representative for Sudan has called on the rival military factions which have plunged the country into chaos during 11 days of fighting to “fully adhere” to the agreed 72-hour ceasefire amid increasing concern at reports of inter-communal violence and attacks in the West Darfur region.