Pakistan: Doctors demonstrated in Karachi over non-payment of salaries
Aug 24, 2025, at 11:59 pm
The doctors of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH), one of the largest public healthcare facility under the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) in Pakistan, recently demonstrated over non-payment of salaries, media reports said.
Aug 24, 2025, at 11:27 pm
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday met Bangladeshi interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on his visit to Dhaka, when he stressed the need to revitalise regional cooperation through the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc).
Yemen: Israel strikes Houthi military targets in Sanaa
Aug 24, 2025, at 10:19 pm
The Israeli Air Force on Sunday targeted Yemen’s Houthi-held capital of Sanaa, responding to the Iran-backed group’s repeated attacks on Israel, media reports said.
Pakistan: Man arrested in Saddar after he chops off his wife's leg over minor dispute
Aug 24, 2025, at 09:52 pm
A Pakistani man has been arrested in Saddar region of Pakistan after he chopped off his wife’s leg over a minor dispute, media reports said.
Russia claims Ukrainian drones targeted its nuclear plant, triggering fire
Aug 24, 2025, at 08:09 pm
The Russian government on Sunday accused Ukraine of targeting its nuclear plant with drones that triggered a fire and caused damage to an auxiliary transformer.
Ex-Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe admitted to hospital a day after he was jailed
Aug 24, 2025, at 06:31 pm
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been admitted to a hospital, a day after he was charged with misusing government funds for foreign travel.
Aug 24, 2025, at 01:16 pm
An Indian-origin man is demanding a public apology from law enforcement in the Georgia region of the USA after he spent 47 days in prison in a fake kidnapping case filed against him.
Florida road crash: US court denies bail to arrested Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh
Aug 24, 2025, at 12:50 pm
Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh, who was recently arrested over a deadly Florida road crash, has been denied bail by a US court, media reports said.
Aug 23, 2025, at 11:00 pm
The Justice Department on Friday released the transcript of a weeks-old interview with convicted deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Trump fires US Defence Intelligence chief after Iran assessment contradicts claim
Aug 23, 2025, at 09:40 pm
Washington, DC: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse, the head of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), along with two other senior officers, Reuters reported.
France: Easyjet flight to Porto diverted after delirious passenger tries to enter cockpit
Aug 23, 2025, at 09:04 pm
Lyon (France): An Easyjet flight from Lyon to Porto was forced to return shortly after take-off when a passenger suffering from delirium attempted to break into the cockpit, news agency AFP reported, citing French police and the airline, on Saturday.
Karachi witnesses massive protests over 50-hour-long power outage
Aug 23, 2025, at 07:02 pm
Pakistan's Karachi city witnessed massive protests in recent times after several areas remained without power following heavy rains on August 19.
Aug 23, 2025, at 06:34 pm
A US Navy sailor in California has been convicted of espionage for selling secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000, officials said.
Pakistan-Bangladesh bond: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrives in Dhaka, scheduled to meet top leaders
Aug 23, 2025, at 05:10 pm
Pakistani foreign minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar arrived in Dhaka on Saturday, marking the close bond shared between the two neighbours.
Aug 23, 2025, at 11:52 am
Washington DC/IBNS: Former US diplomat John Kerry has criticised President Donald Trump's decision to impose 50 percent tariffs on India and called the "struggle" between the premiers of the two nations "unfortunate".
US President Donald Trump appoints Sergio Gor as new envoy to India amid tariff tension
Aug 23, 2025, at 09:29 am
US President Donald Trump on Friday nominated Sergio Gor as the country's next envoy to India amid deterioration of the relationship with the South Asian country over tariff imposition.
New York-bound bus crash kills five tourists; Indians among 54 onboard
Aug 23, 2025, at 08:54 am
At least five tourists died after a bus carrying 54 passengers, including Indians, rolled and crashed on a New York state highway on Friday, media reports said.
US immigration numbers drop for first time in 50 years amid Trump's policies: Report
Aug 23, 2025, at 02:01 am
Amid Donald Trump's new immigration policies, the number of immigrants living in the United States has declined for the first time in five decades, according to The New York Post.
Famine in Gaza: ‘a failure of humanity itself,’ says UN chief Guterres
Aug 22, 2025, at 11:52 pm
More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new UN-backed food security report released on Friday.
Bridge collapses in China, 12 dead
Aug 22, 2025, at 05:19 pm
At least 12 people died, and four remain missing after a steel cable snapped during bridge construction in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Friday, media reports said.
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested over alleged fund misuse
Aug 22, 2025, at 03:26 pm
Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday arrested former President Ranil Wickremesinghe over alleged misuse of state funds.
Crackdown on immigrants: 55 million US visa holders under review
Aug 22, 2025, at 02:47 pm
The US government is reviewing over 55 million people who have valid U.S. visas for any violations, which can lead to deportation, media reports said on Friday.
Overnight Russian strike leaves one dead in Ukraine
Aug 22, 2025, at 09:22 am
At least one person died, and 26 others were injured after Russia launched a wave of missile and drone strikes on several Ukrainian cities, media reports said.
Aug 22, 2025, at 08:48 am
The US government has paused the issuance of all worker visas for commercial truck drivers, citing public safety and the need to protect American jobs.
Frank Caprio, TV’s ‘nicest judge,’ dies at 88 after battle with pancreatic cancer
Aug 21, 2025, at 06:05 pm
Frank Caprio, the retired Rhode Island municipal judge known worldwide through his courtroom TV show Caught in Providence, passed away at 88 after a prolonged fight with pancreatic cancer.
Aug 21, 2025, at 10:18 am
Washington DC/IBNS: Former US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has warned President Donald Trump that losing ties with India would be a "strategic disaster" in the face of China's dominance in Asia and its global ambition, media reports said.
Pakistan: Unidentified armed men kill four people in Panjgur
Aug 20, 2025, at 06:17 pm
At least four people died and another was injured after allegedly unidentified armed men opened fire on a house in Paksitan's Panjgur town on Monday.
Aug 20, 2025, at 05:46 pm
A Bangladesh court on Wednesday showed actor Siddiqur Rahman arrested in a case filed over the death of Parvez Bepary, who was killed during the quota reform protest in Badda region on July 19 last year.
Deadly bus crash in Afghanistan: 76 deportees from Iran killed
Aug 20, 2025, at 05:17 pm
A large number of Afghan people, who were recently deported from Iran, were among those killed after a bus in which they were travelling crashed and caught fire in Afghanistan on Tuesday.
Pakistan: HRCP report shows alarming spike in violence against minorities
Aug 20, 2025, at 04:37 pm
The participants in the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday showed a rise in violence against religious minorities last year.