Elon Musk says Twitter verification being 'revamped'
Oct 31, 2022, at 11:51 pm
San Francisco: Twitter chief Elon Musk is reportedly looking at charging some users a lot more for the privilege of maintaining the coveted blue check mark, media reports said.
UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by stalled Black Sea Grain Initiative
Oct 31, 2022, at 10:56 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern at Russia’s decision to suspend its involvement in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal set up to reintroduce vital food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world.
Peacekeepers turn ground-breakers in the Central African Republic
Oct 31, 2022, at 10:52 pm
New York: Handling heavy machinery is not one of the first skills that comes to mind when we think of UN peacekeepers, but construction skills are an important component of the blue helmets’ competency toolkit.
Philippines: Storm Nalgae kills 98
Oct 31, 2022, at 03:02 pm
Manila: At least 98 people have died in the severe tropical storm that battered the Philippines over the weekend, triggering flash floods and landslides in many parts of the Southeast Asian country, the government said on Monday.
President Poll: Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva makes comeback, Jair Bolsonaro defeated
Oct 31, 2022, at 02:09 pm
Brasília: Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has defeated far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential polls to make a strong comeback.
DR Congo: 8 die during stampede at concert
Oct 31, 2022, at 02:36 am
Kinshasa: Eight people died in a stampede at a concert in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, the head of the city police said on Sunday.
South Korea: Halloween party stampede death toll touches 153
Oct 31, 2022, at 12:29 am
Seoul: The death toll due to the stampede in South Korea's Itaewon district, where a large crowd had assembled to celebrate Halloween, has touched 153, media reports said on Sunday.
Mogadishu: Twin car bomb explosions close to education ministry leave 100 people dead
Oct 30, 2022, at 09:23 pm
Mogadishu: At least 100 people died as twin car bomb blasts occured close to Somalia’s education ministry in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle may not spend Christmas with the royal family: Report
Oct 30, 2022, at 06:53 pm
London/IBNS: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle, are likely to not attend the Christmas with the royals, a Marie Claire report claimed.
151 dead, over 100 injured in South Korea's deadly stampede; Govt vows 'thorough investigation'
Oct 30, 2022, at 04:55 pm
At least 151 people died and over 100 were injured in Saturday's stampede that resulted after a massive crowd poured into a prominent market in Seoul's Itaewon district for Halloween festivities.
Tanker explosion in Baghdad kills 8
Oct 30, 2022, at 04:24 pm
Baghdad/UNI: A tanker truck explosion in northeastern Baghdad on Saturday killed at least eight people and wounded another 18, Iraqi security sources have said.
South Korea: 146 dead, over 150 injured in stampede at Halloween event in Seoul
Oct 30, 2022, at 05:14 am
At least 146 people died and over 150 were injured in a stampede in South Korea's capital Seoul where a huge crowd poured into a prominent market for Halloween celebrations, media reports said citing officials.
UN Resident Coordinators a key link in achieving development goals
Oct 30, 2022, at 12:44 am
As governments grapple with cascading crises involving food, finance, energy, climate and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN staff on the ground have been stepping up to help them address these threats to sustainable development for all.
Israel and Palestine must take steps to ‘restore calm’ in occupied West Bank
Oct 30, 2022, at 12:38 am
New York: With daily violence spiralling out of control in the occupied West Bank, leaders in both Israel and Palestine need to take steps to restore calm as best they can, “with the full support of the international community”, said the UN’s top official in the region on Friday.
China accused of establishing illegal police stations in the Netherlands
Oct 29, 2022, at 05:28 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has been accused of establishing two undeclared "police stations" in the Netherlands, media reports said on Friday.
Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, tantamount to ‘settler-colonialism’: UN expert
Oct 29, 2022, at 01:19 am
New York: Israel’s occupation is illegal and indistinguishable from a “settler-colonial” situation, which must end, as a pre-condition for Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determination, the UN’s independent expert on the occupied Palestinian territory said on Thursday.
Time for ‘concrete action’ by international community to hold Iran’s security forces to account
Oct 29, 2022, at 01:15 am
New York: Condemnation of the brutal and on-going crackdown of protests in Iran is “not enough”, said the UN independent human rights expert for the country on Thursday, calling for the establishment of an international investigative mechanism.
Security Council counter-terrorism body to review growing threat posed by new technologies
Oct 29, 2022, at 12:28 am
New York: The United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee holds a special meeting in Mumbai and New Delhi beginning on Friday, focused on the growing threat posed by new and emerging technologies.
World facing most dangerous decade: Putin
Oct 28, 2022, at 08:34 pm
Moscow/UNI: The world faces "probably the most dangerous" decade since the end of World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned.
EU to provide Albania with 80 mln euros to tackle energy crisis
Oct 28, 2022, at 07:20 pm
Tirana/UNI: The European Union (EU) will provide 80 million euros (79.7 million US dollars) in grants to Albania to tackle the energy crisis, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
Iraq’s parliament approves al-Sudani's new cabinet lineup
Oct 28, 2022, at 07:17 pm
Baghdad/UNI: The Iraqi parliament has approved the new cabinet lineup and the government program presented by Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani.
North Korea fires ballistic missile off east coast: Reports
Oct 28, 2022, at 03:08 pm
Pyongyang: North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Friday, media reports said.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk takes charge of Twitter, removes CEO Parag Agrawal: Reports
Oct 28, 2022, at 02:52 pm
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally taken charge of popular micro-blogging site Twitter, media reports said on Friday, adding that Twitter's Indian origin chief executive Parag Agrawal has been fired.
King Charles III plans to sideline Prince Harry, Andrew as royal stand-ins: Report
Oct 28, 2022, at 04:11 am
London/IBNS: British King Charles III is planning to extend the pool of royals allowed to act for him in his absence, however, sidelining non-working royals Prince Harry and the Duke of York Prince Andrew, media reports said Thursday.
Italy's new cabinet wins final confidence vote
Oct 27, 2022, at 08:59 pm
Rome/UNI: The new Italian cabinet led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni won a confidence vote in the upper house of Italy's parliament by a comfortable margin.
Ukrainian Prez calls Russian tactics on eastern front 'crazy'
Oct 27, 2022, at 08:49 pm
Kyiv/UNI: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called Russian commanders' tactics to capture the eastern town of Bakhmut as "craziness".
Swedish Navy inspects Nord Stream pipeline leak site
Oct 27, 2022, at 05:58 pm
Stockholm/UNI: The Swedish Navy said that it had deployed two vessels to conduct further investigations into the Nord Stream pipeline leaks in the Baltic Sea.
Rishi Sunak slammed over picking Indian-origin Suella Braverman as home secretary
Oct 27, 2022, at 04:18 am
London/IBNS: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Wednesday defended the reappointment of Indian-origin Suella Braverman as the Home Secretary saying the latter will be focused to crack down on criminals and defend the country's borders.
Ukraine war: Russia launches ballistic missile as part of nuclear drills
Oct 27, 2022, at 02:45 am
Moscow/IBNS: Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday surveyed drills carried out by his nuclear-capable forces as Moscow raised "unverified" claims to India and China that Ukraine was developing a "dirty bomb."
Iran: 'World's dirtiest man' Amou Haji dies
Oct 27, 2022, at 12:29 am
An Iranian hermit, who had not taken bath for half a century and was even dubbed by the media as the “world’s dirtiest man”, has died. He was 94.