US: Three people shot at Akron hookah lounge, police investigating
May 02, 2023, at 12:43 pm
Akron: Akron police are currently investigating a case related to the shooting of three people at a hookah lounge in the US city on Saturday.
Pakistan: Three terrorists die during intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
May 02, 2023, at 11:53 am
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: At least three terrorists died and several others were apprehended in three separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
US: Dust storm in Illinois leaves at least 6 dead as several vehicles crash on highway
May 02, 2023, at 11:40 am
A dust storm caused crashes of dozens of vehicles along a major highway in the Central Illinois region of the US on Monday, killing at least six people and injuring several, media reports said.
Explosion derails freight train in Russian region near Ukraine border
May 02, 2023, at 09:03 am
Bryansk/Russia: A freight train was derailed on Monday following an explosion in a Russian region bordering Ukraine, according to a social media post by the local governor, no casualties were reported in the incident.
Explosion at Sinochem Chemical Plant claims five lives in China's Shandong province
May 02, 2023, at 06:43 am
Beijing/IBNS: An explosion at a Sinochem chemical facility in eastern China resulted in the deaths of five individuals, one person going missing, and another person being injured, media reports stated on Monday.
Seychelles navy conducts major drug intercept with Indian inputs
May 02, 2023, at 04:54 am
Victoria, Republic of Seychelles: Based on inputs from India, the Seychelles Navy has made a major intercept of high-value drugs in a high-seas operation, underscoring a crucial role that India is playing in the region, media reports said.
Sri Lankan govt give Chinese company 50-year exclusivity for port logistics venture
May 02, 2023, at 04:42 am
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has given the sole and exclusive rights to the Chinese state enterprise China Merchants Port Holdings Company for a logistics centre in the Port of Colombo for 50 years, media reports said.
MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo dies at 46
May 02, 2023, at 02:55 am
Award-winning chef and judge of MasterChef Australia Jock Zonfrillo has passed away at the age of 46.
Canada to no longer offer evacuation flights from Sudan over deteriorating security situation
May 02, 2023, at 02:45 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Evacuation flights out of crisis-hit Sudan would no longer be offered by Canada’s federal government due to Sudan’s deteriorating security situation.
Pakistan: Mob attacks police in Islamabad, 30 arrested
May 01, 2023, at 05:55 pm
Islamabad: Police said a mob attacked and injured a police team, besides damaging their official vehicles, during an anti-encroachment drive at C-13 in Pakistan's Islamabad city on Sunday.
'Flawed' census in Karachi: PTI stages demonstrations across city
May 01, 2023, at 05:52 pm
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday demonstrated in different parts of Karachi over a ‘flawed’ census held in the Pakistani city.
May 01, 2023, at 04:42 pm
Rawalpindi: Tehreek-i- Nafaz Fiqh Jafariya (TNFJ) members on Saturday demonstrated against demolition of the holy sites in Janatul Baqi around a century ago on Shawwal 8, 1344 AH, media reports said.
May 01, 2023, at 02:08 pm
Cleveland: As many as 250 law enforcement officers from over a dozen agencies are currently engaged to find the gunman accused of shooting and killing five people on Friday night in the US city of Cleveland after neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle outdoors
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says key ISIS leader killed in Syria
May 01, 2023, at 12:29 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his country's security forces have killed a suspected key leader of Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
UK PM Rishi Sunak to recite biblical verse at King Charles' Coronation
May 01, 2023, at 07:34 am
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
Apr 30, 2023, at 08:02 pm
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
Apr 30, 2023, at 02:46 am
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 07:42 pm
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 06:22 pm
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 06:20 pm
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 06:18 pm
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 05:59 pm
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 05:45 pm
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 05:40 pm
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 05:35 pm
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 05:30 pm
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 11:37 am
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 11:25 am
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 11:13 am
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
Apr 29, 2023, at 07:22 am
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.