93 people dead as ferry sinks in Iraq: Minister
Baghdad, March 22 (IANS) The death toll of the ferry sinking incident in Tigris River in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul on Thursday rose to 93, most of them women and children, the Interior Ministry…
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Churches call for support amid devastation caused by Cyclone Idai
More than 100,000 people are still stranded from massive flooding caused by a devastating cyclone and heavy rainfall in Mozambique and neighboring southeastern African countries. As the numbers of victims and people displaced are still…
Idai disaster: Stranded victims still need rescue from heavy rains as UN scales up response
Download logoDire conditions persist in vast areas of southern Africa affected by Cyclone Idai as heavy rain continues to cause “massive destruction”, the UN said on Thursday, while aid teams scale up efforts to reach…
Atlanta Mayor pushes to re-examine ‘Child Murders’ (Video)
Atlanta’s mayor and chief of police are leading a push to re-examine evidence from a string of murders from 1979 to 1981 that terrorized the city’s black community. (March 21) Subscribe for more Breaking News:…
AP Debrief: What will happen with the Mueller report? (Video)
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is expected to present a report to the Justice Department any day now outlining the findings of his nearly two-year investigation into Russian election meddling and the Trump campaign. (March 21)…
AP Top Stories 21 p (Video)
Here’s the latest for Thursday March 21st: Trump believes Mueller’s report should be released to public; EU leaders likely to grant Brexit extension; Residents near Texas chemical fire told to shelter in place; Levi Strauss…
Death toll from Iraq ferry sinking rises to 71
Mosul (Iraq), March 22 (IANS) At least 71 people died, including 12 children, when an overcrowded ferry capsized in Iraq’s Tigris river in Mosul during Nowruz and Mother’s Day celebrations. Nearly 150 people were on…
Secretary-General appoints Ms. Denise Brown of Canada as Deputy Special Representative in Central African Republic
Download logoUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Denise Brown of Canada as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA),…
Emergency water and sanitation units deployed to disaster-struck Mozambique
Download logoTwo major emergency response units are being deployed to Beira in Mozambique as the world’s largest humanitarian network continues to scale up its response to Cyclone Idai. The first will provide basic sanitation facilities…
Switzerland extends aid to disaster areas in south-east Africa
Download logoSwiss Humanitarian Aid is dispatching further experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) to the areas of Mozambique affected by Cyclone Idai. Their main focus will be on restoring the drinking water supply….
Conte, Macron to hold talks on high-speed train link
Rome, March 22 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s Premier Giuseppe Conte said he and France’s President Emmanuel Macron will on Friday discuss a planned 8.6 billion euro high-speed train link between Turin and Lyon. “Tomorrow I have a…
Italy’s Salvini to skip lunch with China’s Xi
Rome, March 22 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s far-right Interior Minister and Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini said that he will not attend a lunch in Rome with China’s President Xi Jinping during his visit to Italy on Friday…
Japan gives UN World Food Programme $69m
Yokohama (Japan), March 22 (IANS/AKI) Japan has donated 69 million dollars to the United Nations World Food Programme to provide vital aid to 28 countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, with the biggest…
Trump backs Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights
Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that it is time for the US to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, which it seized from Syria in 1967. “After…
Israeli PM welcomes Trump’s Golan Heights decision (Video)
Israel’s Prime Minister has thanked President Donald Trump for recognizing Israel’s control over the Golan Heights. Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem, ahead of a visit to Washington. (March…
Delhi Police officer stabbed on Holi, three held
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Three youths were arrested on Thursday for stabbing a Sub-Inspector of Delhi Police after a fight when he told them not to spray color on his car, a police officer…
5 former Manipur MLAs quit, float regional party
Imphal, March 22 (IANS) Within a day of Congress President Rahul Gandhi kick-starting the party’s election campaign in Manipur, five former party MLAs and many workers quit the party on Thursday and joined a regional…
Tanzania: A long-standing issue, with potential for change
What if HIV were just a virus, and not also a taboo? This week in Tanzania, religious leaders gathered to address stigma and discrimination related to HIV. Convened as part of the PEPFAR-UNAIDS FBOs Initiative…
Hema Malini to contest again from Mathura LS seat
Agra/Mathura, March 22 (IANS) Popular actor and Mathura MP Hema Malini, who has been busy since morning participating in Holi celebrations in Lord Krishna’s land, was Thursday against fielded by her BJP from the seat…
Union Minister, first-time candidates in BJP’s J&K list
Srinagar, March 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday re-nominated both its sitting MPs from the Jammu region while fielding three first-time candidates from the Kashmir Valley. The party’s first list of 184 candidates,…