Explosion rocks major port in Iran, 500 injured
Apr 26, 2025, at 05:50 pm
At least 500 people were injured after a massive explosion occurred at a port in Iran's Bandar Abbas city on Saturday.
US Judge arrested, charged for allegedly obstructing immigration arrest during Trump crackdown
Apr 26, 2025, at 04:21 pm
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge and charged her in a federal court for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest.
Apr 26, 2025, at 03:07 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned India over the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty in line with his country's rage over the diplomatic strikes New Delhi launched on Islamabad after the Pahalgam terror attack, media reports said.
Apr 26, 2025, at 03:01 pm
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif broke his silence on the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which left 26 people dead, and said his country was open to any “neutral and transparent” investigation into the incident.
Pakistan official in UK makes throat-slit gesture at Pahalgam terror attack protesters in London
Apr 26, 2025, at 01:33 pm
London/IBNS: A senior Pakistan Army officer made a controversial throat-slit gesture at the Indian diaspora who had gathered outside the Pakistan High Commission in London protesting against the Pahalgam terror attack that took place on April 22.
'They'll figure it out': Donald Trump on fresh India-Pakistan border tension after Pahalgam attack
Apr 26, 2025, at 11:48 am
Washington/IBNS: Reacting to the Pahalgam attack fallout between two nuclear armed South Asian neighbours, US President Donald Trump on Friday said India and Pakistan will figure out their border tension, which he claimed to be going on for 1,500 years.
Apr 25, 2025, at 08:43 pm
The Pakistani Senate on Friday passed a resolution against the Indian government's 'attempt' to link the South Asian country to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir which left 26 people, mostly non-Muslims, dead.
Senior Russian military officer die in car explosion
Apr 25, 2025, at 06:40 pm
A senior Russian military officer was killed in a car explosion in Balashikha town, located close to Moscow, on Friday.
As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future
Apr 25, 2025, at 05:47 pm
With just weeks to go before a key ministerial meeting in Berlin, the UN and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to peacekeeping – a vital tool for global stability that must now adapt to dwindling resources.
Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people, says UN
Apr 25, 2025, at 05:19 pm
Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling targeting the El Fasher and Zamzam camps in Sudan’s Darfur region, triggering an unprecedented wave of displacement according to the UN.
Outrage as Russian attacks on Ukraine cities leave nine civilians dead
Apr 25, 2025, at 04:27 pm
Grim details continued to emerge on Thursday in the aftermath of a wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities overnight, with early reports indicating that at least nine people were killed and dozens injured.
Apr 25, 2025, at 04:26 pm
The Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, which triggered worldwide condemnation, brought the operation of a long-active terror module working in Jammu and Kashmir to the forefront and even revealed the link of the 26/11 Mumbai attack and Lashkar chief Hafiz Saeed to the incident.
Apr 25, 2025, at 03:49 pm
Pakistani Defence Minister Khwaja M Asif has admitted that his country has been doing the "dirty work" for the US and the West when a foreign journalist asked him if Islamabad has a history of funding and backing terror groups.
New UN report warns fear of job loss or struggle to find work is surging worldwide
Apr 25, 2025, at 02:44 pm
Billions of people around the world are living in fear of job loss or struggling to find work, as economic instability, conflict, and climate shocks combine to erode global security, a new UN report has warned.
Apr 25, 2025, at 02:05 pm
Washington D.C./IBNS: US state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce has shut down a Pakistani journalist's question on the tension between India and Pakistan in the backdrop of the Pahalgam terror attack, saying she was not going to add anything more to what the President and secretary had already said.
Apr 25, 2025, at 10:15 am
Pakistan's Deputy PM Ishaq Dar has described those terrorists who attacked and killed tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday as 'freedom fighters'.
Apr 24, 2025, at 02:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin has drawn a parallel between Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir and late Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, blaming Islamabad for the killing of 26 tourists in one of the worst Islamic terrorism that took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
Asia-based criminal network cons Thai woman in US out of $300,000
Apr 23, 2025, at 08:13 pm
A Thai woman working in the United States has told UN News how she fell for a scam orchestrated by a criminal network in Asia – and lost $300,000.
We strongly condemn this heinous act, says Bangladesh interim chief on Kashmir terror attack
Apr 23, 2025, at 08:01 pm
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, where terrorists targeted tourists and gunned down 28 of them when they were travelling in the popular destination.
Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts
Apr 23, 2025, at 07:16 pm
A lack of funding and dwindling supplies are forcing the UN World Food Programme to suspend lifesaving treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia by the end of the month. “We are at the breaking point,” the agency warned on Tuesday.
We resolutely oppose all forms of terrorism, says Chinese official condemning Kashmir terror attack
Apr 23, 2025, at 06:50 pm
China on Wednesday reacted to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which left 28 people killed, and said Beijing resolutely opposes all forms of terrorism.
Justice will be done, says FBI chief Kash Patel after Happy Passia's arrest
Apr 22, 2025, at 04:02 pm
Indian-American FBI Director Kash Patel has said that 'justice will be done' following the arrest of the gangster Harpreet Singh, alias Happy Passia, who is allegedly responsible for multiple terror attacks in Punjab.
China: Man executed for stabbing Japanese school boy to death
Apr 22, 2025, at 03:04 pm
China has executed a man who had fatally stabbed a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September, media reports said.
US President Donald Trump, Melania to attend Pope Francis' funeral
Apr 22, 2025, at 09:22 am
US President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he will attend the funeral ceremony of Pope Francis, who died on Monday.
Vladimir Putin says Russia is 'open to any peace talks' with Ukraine after one-day Easter truce
Apr 22, 2025, at 01:46 am
Moscow/IBNS: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is under pressure from the US for a peace deal with Ukraine, on Monday proposed bilateral talks with Kyiv for the first time in years.
Vatican reveals cause of Pope Francis' death
Apr 22, 2025, at 12:39 am
Pope Francis died due to stroke, followed by a coma and irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse, the Vatican City revealed on Monday.
Bangladesh: Local Awami League leaders organise flash procession in Khulna
Apr 21, 2025, at 07:19 pm
Local Awami League leaders and activists organised a flash procession in Bangladesh's Khulna area on Sunday, marking the first such event in the region since the fall of the former PM Sheikh Hasina-led regime amid severe protests against her government on August 5, 2024.
Pope Francis dies at 88, world leaders mourn
Apr 21, 2025, at 05:16 pm
Pope Francis, the religious leader of the 1.4 billion Catholic population across the globe, died at the age of 88, leaving his followers deeply saddened.
Hindu Temple vandalised in Canada with pro-Khalistan graffiti
Apr 21, 2025, at 02:38 pm
A Hindu temple in Canada's Surrey city was vandalised with pro-Khalistan graffiti, a day after a similar incident occurred at a gurdwara in Vancouver city, media reports said.
Pope Francis, first Latin-American head of Catholic church, dies at 88
Apr 21, 2025, at 02:07 pm
Vatican City/IBNS: Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City state, died at the age of 88 on Monday.