Two dead after landslide at Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing

LANDI KOTAL (Pakistan), April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least two people were killed and eight injured in a massive pre-dawn landslide that buried dozens of trucks waiting to cross from Pakistan to Afghanistan, officials saidTuesday. The landslide struck Torkham border post, the busiest and most important transit point for trade…

EAC, UNHCR renew cooperation in addressing refugee, asylum seekers issues in the region

EAC Secretary General, Dr Peter Mathuki and the UNHCR Regional Director for the East, Horn and Great Lakes Regions, Clementine Nkweta-Salami sign MoU renewing cooperation in addressing refugee and asylum seekers issues in the region ARUSHA (Tanzania), April 18 (NNN-KBC) — The East African Community (EAC) and the United Nations…

Dr Tedros term renewed as WHO makes new appointments to drive its strategic direction, initiatives

GENEVA, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World Health Organization (WHO) has reappointed Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to his second five-year term as Director-General and appointed five new senior figures to its headquarters leadership team in Geneva. The overall leadership team has been consolidated to align with the Organization’s priorities for the…

5 killed, 25 injured in two-bus south Pakistan road accident

ISLAMABAD, April 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Five people were killed and 25 others injured when two passenger buses collided in Pakistan’s south Sindh province on Tuesday morning, police and rescue teams said. The incident happened in Sukkur district where a bus heading towards east Punjab province had a head-on collision with…

4 killed in rice mill collapse in north India

NEW DELHI, April 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least four people died and nearly 20 were injured in north India when a three-story rice mill collapsed on Monday night. The victims were sleeping inside the rice mill when the incident happened, confirmed a local police officer over the phone to Xinhua.…

G7 urges ‘immediate reversal’ of Taliban ban on women working with UN, NGOs

KARUIZAWA (Japan), April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — G7 foreign ministers demanded the “immediate reversal” of a ban on women in Afghanistan working for non-governmental organisations and the United Nations. “We call for the immediate reversal of unacceptable decisions restricting human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the latest bans prohibiting Afghan women…

155,000 Canadian public servants poised to go on strike

OTTAWA, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 155,000 public servants in Canada will go on strike Wednesday if a deal is not reached with the government on wages and other demands, their union said. These government employees, who work at more than 20 departments including the Canada Revenue Agency, have…

ADB approves $230m for flood rehabilitation in Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 18 (NNN-BSS) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Bangladesh signed agreements for $230 million loan to help the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in north-eastern Bangladesh affected by devastating floods in May-June 2022. Sharifa Khan, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, and Edimon Ginting, ADB Country Director…

Saudi Arabia unilaterally releases 104 Yemeni detainees: ICRC

SANAA, April 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced in a statement that 104 Yemeni detainees unilaterally released by Saudi Arabia had boarded ICRC planes and arrived in Yemen on Monday. The move followed a large-scale three-day prisoner swap between the Yemeni government, the Saudi-led…

Syrian FM visits Tunisia to resume ties

TUNIS, April 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar on Monday hosted his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad who started a three-day official visit to Tunisia aimed at resuming diplomatic relations between the two countries. According to a previous statement by the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Mekdad’s visit came…