Samuel Paty's beheading case: Six teens convicted in France
Dec 09, 2023, at 04:09 pm
At least six teens have been convicted in the events leading to the beheading of a teacher in France in 2020.
US vetoes UN ceasefire bid amid ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict
Dec 09, 2023, at 03:35 pm
The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
Homicide a bigger killer than armed conflict and terrorism combined: UN report
Dec 09, 2023, at 02:51 pm
More people were killed due to homicide than armed conflict and terrorism combined in 2021, with an average of 52 lives lost per hour worldwide, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Friday.
Russian Prez Vladimir Putin to run for his fifth term next year
Dec 09, 2023, at 06:03 am
Moscow/IBNS: Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday announced that he will stand again for a fifth term in office.
Canada to hike cost-of-living needs for international students
Dec 09, 2023, at 04:33 am
Cost-of-living financial requirement for incoming international students to Canada will reportedly be more than double on Jan 1, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller announced Dec 7.
Italy exits China's Belt and Road Initiative
Dec 09, 2023, at 12:12 am
Italy has decided to exit China's flagship Belt and Road Initiative when the contract expires next month.
Philippines bombing: Key suspect arrested
Dec 08, 2023, at 09:49 pm
The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday (December 7, 2023) said an alleged accomplice in the bombing at Mindanao State University in Marawi City was arrested by government forces recently.
Pakistan: Advocate shot down in Mastung
Dec 08, 2023, at 09:41 pm
Unidentified armed men shot down an advocate and his associate in Pakistan's Mastung town on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Farmers protest black-marketing of urea fertiliser
Dec 08, 2023, at 08:37 pm
Farmers participated in a sit-in demonstration outside a local press club in Pakistan's Hyderabad region on Wednesday to protest against black-marketing of urea fertiliser and open sale of spurious seeds, media reports said.
UKPNP highlights human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir during a seminar in Canada
Dec 08, 2023, at 08:19 pm
Kashmiri political activists have raised concerns over the human rights violations taking place in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) during a seminar held recently in the Canadian city of Calgary.
PTM appeals UN for immediate release of party chief Manzoor Pashteen
Dec 08, 2023, at 03:58 pm
The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) has urged the United Nations to ensure the immediate release of PTM chief Manzoor Pashteen.
Dec 08, 2023, at 03:10 pm
Two months to the day since Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel prompted a massive Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, the situation in the war-torn enclave is becoming “apocalyptic” with hostilities making meaningful humanitarian efforts “nearly impossible”, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday (December 7, 2023).
Pakistan: Balochistan govt planning to impose ban on PTM
Dec 08, 2023, at 02:50 pm
The Balochistan government is planning to impose a ban on Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), following the arrest of its chief recently.
Israel kills five top Hamas commanders seen in rare photo
Dec 08, 2023, at 03:30 am
Gaza: Israel has killed five top Hamas commanders, including the head of Hamas’s aerial division, two battalion commanders, a brigade commander, and a deputy brigade commander, the New York Times reported citing the Israeli military.
Russia and Saudi Arabia rally OPEC+ nations for unified oil cuts
Dec 08, 2023, at 02:14 am
Riyadh/IBNS: The world's two biggest oil exporters, Saudi Arabia and Russia, on Thursday called for all OPEC+ nations to join an agreement on output cuts for the good of the global economy, just days after a fractious meeting of the producers' club, Reuters reported.
Missing ex-Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang dead: Report
Dec 07, 2023, at 10:13 pm
China's former Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, who was dismissed from his role in July, is reported to have died, with speculation suggesting suicide or torture.
Dec 07, 2023, at 03:37 pm
At least three people died in a shooting incident at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada (UNLV) in the US on Wednesday (November 7, 2023).
Indian-origin Samir Shah chosen to chair BBC after Richard Sharp exits
Dec 07, 2023, at 06:19 am
Seasoned British television executive Samir Shah has been chosen as the government's preferred candidate to chair the BBC, reported Reuters on Wednesday, citing culture minister Lucy Frazer.
Death toll in Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano eruption reaches 23
Dec 07, 2023, at 05:28 am
West Sumatra (Indonesia): The death toll from Indonesia's Mount Marapi volcano explosion reached 23 as rescuers found the last missing hikers, BBC reports.
Dec 07, 2023, at 01:07 am
Libyan officials have dismantled an underground gold mining network which involved nationals from China, Chad, and Niger, media reports said.
Pakistan: Employees lock offices of Peshawar metropolitan government over non-payment of salaries
Dec 07, 2023, at 01:00 am
Unpaid employees recently locked up offices of Peshawar metropolitan in Pakistan government on Monday.
Pakistan: Protesters demonstrate over excessive power cuts in Mohmand
Dec 07, 2023, at 12:58 am
Locals blocked the Peshawar-Bajaur highway for over three hours in front of the Ghalanai grid station in Pakistan's Mohmand district against excessive power cuts, media reports said.
Pakistan: Farmers rally against irrigation water unavailability
Dec 07, 2023, at 12:55 am
Hundreds of farmers from the tail-end areas of Aab-i-Hayyat and 1-L canals in Pakistan demonstrated outside the irrigation senior engineer office over the non-availability of irrigation water on Monday.
IMF issue: Gas tariff for protected consumers in Pakistan may increase by 100pc from January
Dec 07, 2023, at 12:48 am
With the gas system facing a Rs100 billion deficit on their account, senior officials have said authorities are working on a staggered increase for ‘protected residential consumers’ across the country from January 2024.
Dec 06, 2023, at 11:24 pm
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen was arrested on Monday after armed men from his vehicle allegedly opened fire at a police vehicle in Pakistan's Chaman region, media reports said.
Hamas attack on October 7: Israel revokes UN humanitarian official's visa
Dec 06, 2023, at 09:29 pm
The Israeli government on Wednesday cancelled the visa for UN’s humanitarian coordinator in the Palestinian territories Lynn Hastings after she refused to speak against Hamas.
UNRWA says more than 600,000 people are under evacuation orders in southern Gaza
Dec 06, 2023, at 08:46 pm
A top UN official has said over 600,000 people are under evacuation orders in southern Gaza amid the ongoing clash between Israel and Hamas members.
Dec 06, 2023, at 02:38 pm
A sharp rise in child poverty was registered across 40 of the world’s richest countries between 2014 and 2021, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN Children's Fund's global research centre, Innocenti.
65 Palestinians killed in intensified Israeli attacks on central, southern Gaza
Dec 06, 2023, at 06:19 am
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: At least 65 Palestinians were killed, and hundreds of others were wounded on Tuesday as a result of the Israeli attacks that targeted central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources said.
Pakistan: Demise of elderly Sikh pilgrim in Lahore
Dec 06, 2023, at 01:07 am
In a somber turn of events, a 70-year-old Sikh pilgrim, identified as Preetam Singh, breathed his last in Lahore, reportedly succumbing to a cardiac arrest, as confirmed by an official statement on Sunday.