Industry at the heart of global solutions: Global summit opens in Riyadh
Nov 24, 2025, at 05:48 pm
Leaders from across the world are debating how industry can help tackle some of the world’s most urgent challenges – from climate change and food insecurity to the need for fairer supply chains – at the Global Industry Summit, which opened on Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Who was Haytham Ali Tabatabai? Top Hezbollah commander killed in IDF airstrike on Beirut
Nov 24, 2025, at 09:53 am
The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday it killed Hezbollah’s military chief of staff, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, in an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon.
Israel strikes Beirut: Top Hezbollah leader targeted in deadly airstrike
Nov 23, 2025, at 09:07 pm
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out an airstrike on Sunday in Beirut, targeting a senior Hezbollah leader, escalating tensions in the region.
UN calls for new industrial deal for world’s poorest as wealth gap widens
Nov 23, 2025, at 07:31 pm
Ministers and leaders from across the world’s 44 least developed countries have pledged to accelerate industrialisation that benefits all, and strengthen resilience in the face of global challenges, at an international UN conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nigeria in shock: Parents panic as wave of student abductions escalates
Nov 23, 2025, at 03:07 pm
School owners, teachers and parents in Nigeria have voiced alarm over the surge in student abductions across educational institutions, particularly in the country’s northern region, where a series of attacks has intensified security fears.
Nov 22, 2025, at 02:35 pm
Armed bandits attacked a private Catholic school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State on Friday, abducting 215 students and 12 teachers, according to local media reports.
Shocking truth: Ending world hunger would cost less than 1% of global military spending!
Nov 19, 2025, at 04:30 pm
Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
UN report shows nearly half of global population now lives in cities
Nov 19, 2025, at 08:04 am
Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world becomes increasingly urban.
Nov 18, 2025, at 03:50 pm
Tehran/IBNS: Indians will no longer be able to enter Iran without a visa from November 22, as Tehran has suspended its visa-free facility in response to a surge in fraud, trafficking, and exploitation cases involving Indian travellers.
Israel-Palestine conflict: UN Security Council adopts resolution endorsing Gaza peace plan
Nov 18, 2025, at 10:04 am
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Monday that endorses a peace plan for Gaza put forward by United States President Donald Trump and a temporary international force in the enclave following two years of war.
Ukraine’s housing nightmare: Millions displaced amid ongoing conflict with Russia
Nov 16, 2025, at 08:45 pm
Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half years after the full-scale invasion of the Eastern European country by Russia.
Race for the next UN chief heats up — Security Council sparks high-stakes battle!
Nov 15, 2025, at 03:38 pm
The UN Security Council met on Friday for its annual debate over how it operates – including the process to select the next Secretary-General in 2026.
Shock in the UK: Chinese sex offender sentenced to life after chilling crimes exposed!
Nov 15, 2025, at 09:49 am
A Chinese national of Glaisher Street, Greenwich, SE8 3, has been sentenced in the UK to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years after pleading guilty to 24 counts involving six women.
Nov 14, 2025, at 09:44 am
More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years of war between Hamas and Israel, welfare agencies have reported.
Ukraine rocked again: Russia launches massive strikes on Kyiv, 16 injured
Nov 14, 2025, at 09:10 am
At least 16 people were injured after Russia carried out a large-scale aerial attack on Ukraine's Kyiv city early Thursday, with drone and missile strikes hitting multiple parts of the capital, according to local media reports.
Virgin Atlantic passenger who threatened to gang-rape and kill flight attendant has term tripled
Nov 12, 2025, at 11:15 pm
London/IBNS: A British man who threatened to gang-rape and murder an air stewardess on a Virgin Atlantic flight has had his sentence tripled after a court found his original punishment too lenient.
Turkish military cargo plane with 20 on board crashes in Georgia
Nov 11, 2025, at 10:29 pm
A Turkish Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane carrying 20 passengers and crew members crashed in Georgia while returning from Azerbaijan, Turkey’s defence ministry confirmed on Tuesday.
UN report warns refugee camps could become uninhabitable by 2050 amid rising extreme weather
Nov 11, 2025, at 05:19 pm
At least 117 million people have been displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, while highlighting how much their plight is tied to the growing climate crisis.
Nov 10, 2025, at 10:08 pm
An Indian man has been sentenced to jail in the United Kingdom for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl during a British Airways flight from Mumbai to London, according to media reports.
Countdown to another Iran-Israel war? Tehran readies to 'fire 2,000 missiles in one go'
Nov 10, 2025, at 04:52 pm
Jerusalem/IBNS: A renewed Iran-Israel war may be just a matter of time, according to a report published by The New York Times on Sunday.
From Blacklist to White House: Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa arrives in US to meet Donald Trump
Nov 09, 2025, at 06:28 pm
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was recently removed by the US from the “terrorist” sanctions list, arrived in Washington DC on Saturday.
Global wake-up call in Brazil: Guterres pushes for immediate clean energy transformation
Nov 08, 2025, at 07:59 am
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is continuing his campaign to accelerate the global switch from fossil fuels to clean energy – “the cheapest source of new electricity in nearly every country.”
Jakarta mosque blast injures 54: Here’s what we know so far
Nov 07, 2025, at 03:27 pm
At least 54 people were injured after an explosion occurred inside a mosque located on a naval compound in North Jakarta on Friday, according to media reports.
Nov 07, 2025, at 08:29 am
The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution to remove Syria’s transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Khattab from sanctions measures, targeting members and supporters of terrorist groups ISIL and Al-Qaida.
Fans beware! Fake Labubu dolls in Sweden found to contain hazardous chemical
Nov 06, 2025, at 11:41 pm
Authorities in Sweden have issued a health warning after thousands of counterfeit Labubu dolls were found to contain dangerously high levels of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), a toxic chemical used to soften plastics, media reports said.
UK train horror: 32-year-old man named as sole suspect in brutal stabbing attack
Nov 03, 2025, at 09:27 am
A 32-year-old man has been identified as the sole suspect in a stabbing attack on a train in the UK’s Cambridgeshire region, British Transport Police said on Monday.
Mass stabbing shocks UK! Passengers flee as knife-wielding man attacks on train, leaving 10 injured
Nov 02, 2025, at 09:20 am
British police have arrested two suspects after a brutal knife attack on a London-bound train late Saturday left ten passengers injured, nine of them with life-threatening wounds, media reports said.
Nov 01, 2025, at 08:01 am
Israel’s top military lawyer, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, has resigned after admitting that she was responsible for leaking a video purportedly showing Israeli soldiers abusing Palestinian detainees during the Gaza conflict.
From underdog to potential first openly gay Dutch PM: Who is Rob Jetten?
Oct 31, 2025, at 12:45 am
At 38, Rob Jetten has catapulted from political obscurity to the center of Dutch power, challenging far-right leader Geert Wilders in an election too close to call. His cheerful energy, message of unity, and openly gay identity have made him a fresh symbol of progressive politics in an age of polarization.
Brazil: Police launch massive crackdown against organised crime in Rio, 64 dead
Oct 29, 2025, at 09:43 am
At least 64 people were killed and more than 80 others arrested after police launched a large-scale operation against organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday, according to media reports.