By Prudence Arobani Victims of the UN building bombings in Baghdad, Abuja and others cities around the world have been remembered by the United Nations to commemorate the 2018 World Humanitarian Day. Remembering 22 colleagues killed by the “horrific terrorist attack” on the UN headquarters in Baghdad 15 years ago, Secretary-GeneralContinue Reading
Migrants Washington, Aug. 10, 2018 (dpa/NAN)Melania Trump’s parents on Thursday received American citizenship under so-called “chain migration” rules her husband, President Donald Trump, has frequently derided. The first lady’s Slovenian-born parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, were sworn in in New York City, their lawyer Michael Wildes said, adding that the couple receivedContinue Reading
By Prudence Arobani The fears of nuclear war are still with humanity, 73 years since the catastrophic Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs in August 1945, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, stated this at the commemoration of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan. Guterres regretted that today, States still spent large sumsContinue Reading
(Sputnik/NAN) A man was detained after a car smashed into the security barriers outside the House of Parliament in London, several pedestrians were injured in the incident, the Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday. “At 7.37 a.m. today, a car was in collision with barriers outside the Houses of Parliament. TheContinue Reading
President Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan on Tuesday paid tribute to security personnel who have scarified lives in the war against terrorism, saying that their sacrifices have eliminated the scourge of terrorism in the country. Hussain was addressing the national flag hoisting ceremony in the capital Islamabad as part of theContinue Reading
By Arsalan Altaf Police say drivers attacked warden after he ordered to remove wrongly parked vehicles. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Transporters badly beat up a traffic warden in Murree on Sunday after the official tried to issue tickets to a vehicle, which was illegally parked and blocking traffic. Police told The Express Tribune that driver ofContinue Reading
Argentina’s former Vice President Amado Boudou was sentenced on Tuesday to five years and 10 months in prison for “bribery and business dealings incompatible with public service.” Boudou, who served from 2011 to 2015 alongside then President Cristina Fernandez, was also barred for life from holding public office and finedContinue Reading
By Fatima.sule – (Reuters/NAN) United Nations aid agencies called on Myanmar on Wednesday to improve conditions in Rakhine State for the safe return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and provide a clear pathway to citizenship for those eligible. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNContinue Reading
police in Indonesia confirmed te arrest of an 83-year-old village witch doctor who entrapped a 12-year-old girl and tricked her into having sex with him for the past 15 years by claiming to be possessed by the “jin”, or spirit, of a young boy. The police said the woman, anContinue Reading
