I was on it: Flier posts on X after Japan Airlines flight burst into flames
Jan 03, 2024, at 03:39 am
5 dead as Japan plane catches fire after collision with coast guard aircraft at Tokyo airport
Jan 03, 2024, at 03:34 am
Tokyo/IBNS: Five people aboard a Japan Coast Guard aircraft died Tuesday when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground resulting in a fiery collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport, media reports said.
Jan 02, 2024, at 11:56 pm
At least two people died and five others, including three pedestrians, were injured when a car filled with explosives barreled into a crowd of people leaving a rock concert in upstate New York on Monday (January 1, 2024).
Deadly car accident near US concert hall probed as possible terrorist act
Jan 02, 2024, at 10:46 pm
A car accident near a concert hall in the US state of New York, which left two people dead, is being investigated as a possible terrorist act, ABC News reported on Tuesday, citing sources in the law enforcement bodies.
Israel negates Hamas’s hostage deal proposal
Jan 02, 2024, at 10:37 pm
Palestinian movement Hamas, through Qatari and Egyptian intermediaries, presented its proposal for a new prisoner deal to Israel, but the Jewish state found it unacceptable, the Axios news portal reported on Monday, citing Israeli officials and a source.
Jan 02, 2024, at 09:44 pm
All 367 passengers and 12 crew members escaped miraculously after Japan Airlines aircraft burst into flames at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday (January 2, 2024).
Jan 02, 2024, at 08:56 pm
The Awami Action Committee hosted a Gilgit grand Jirga over the wheat price hike and also announced protest sit-ins in all districts of Pakistan from January 2, media reports said.
Bodies of six men found in fields in Pakistan
Jan 02, 2024, at 08:46 pm
Bodies of six men were found Pakistan's North Waziristan district on Tuesday, media reports said.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal head Maulana Fazlur Rehman's convoy attacked in Pakistan
Jan 02, 2024, at 08:42 pm
Convoy of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) head Maulana Fazlur Rehman recently came under gun attack in Pakistan's DI Khan region.
Jan 02, 2024, at 03:53 pm
Pakistan's Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, who appeared to be visibly irked, on Monday said those supporting Baloch protest should join the 'Baloch militants'.
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung stabbed in South Korea, attacker arrested
Jan 02, 2024, at 03:18 pm
South Korea's opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was attacked with a knife while he was visiting Busan City on Tuesday.
Death toll of Palestinians rises to 21,978 in Gaza
Jan 02, 2024, at 05:02 am
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: The death toll of Palestinians rose to 21,978 in Gaza following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Oct 7 last year, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Monday.
Xi Jinping 'admits' Chinese economy is facing challenges: Reports
Jan 02, 2024, at 01:03 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping has acknowledged that businesses are struggling and young people are facing trouble finding work in the country, media reports said.
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announces abdication on live TV
Jan 01, 2024, at 11:46 pm
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, who is Europe's longest-serving monarch, surprised her nation by announcing her abdication during a New Year address on TV.
US downs Houthi boats following Red Sea attack, 10 rebels killed
Jan 01, 2024, at 11:42 pm
Yemen's Houthi group on Sunday (December 31, 2023) said 10 of its fighters were killed by U.S. naval forces in the Red Sea while they were trying to hijack a commercial ship in international waters.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asks army to 'thoroughly annihilate' US, South Korea if provoked
Jan 01, 2024, at 11:29 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jon Un has threatened the US and South Korea and asked his army to perfect the military's readiness posture as he felt that the Korean Peninsula is "inching closer to the brink of armed conflict".
Pakistan: Kohat residents demonstrate against power outage
Jan 01, 2024, at 11:26 pm
Hundreds of Peshawar Electric Supply Company consumers from Kalu Khan and Ambar Banda areas in Pakistan recently blocked the Peshawar Bypass Road to protest against the suspension of power supply for the third consecutive day on Friday.
Suspected terrorists set government girls' school on fire in Pakistan
Jan 01, 2024, at 11:19 pm
Suspected terrorists attacked a government higher secondary school for girls in Pakistan's Kotka Mambati Barakzai area and set it on fire on Thursday.
Shangla's minorities want better representation in Pakistan polls
Jan 01, 2024, at 11:16 pm
Shangla's religious community members in Pakistan are looking forward to better representation in the upcoming national polls and a voice that will speak up for them and secure their fundamental rights.
Baloch protesters demonstrate in London over enforced disappearance
Jan 01, 2024, at 11:11 pm
Salia Marri, the niece of Baloch national leader Baba Khair Bakhsh Marri, will hold a five-day sit-in in London from January 3 to protest against alleged enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says over 100 Palestinian militants killed over past week
Jan 01, 2024, at 02:35 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that in the past week, over 100 Palestinian militants were killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), with dozens being killed daily.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announces radical policy shift in relations with South Korea
Jan 01, 2024, at 04:55 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country and the ruling party had realized the impossibility of partnering with South Korea and ordered that all work plans with the South Korean side and relevant bodies be reorganized according to the current situation, the state-run KCNA news agency reported on Sunday.
One killed in speedboat crash off Thailand's Phuket
Jan 01, 2024, at 04:27 am
One Russian citizen was killed and six Russian citizens were injured with varying degrees of severity on Sunday in a speedboat crash off one of the islands near Thailand's resort province of Phuket, Russian Consul General in Phuket Vladimir Sosnov told Sputnik.
Three terrorists killed while attempting to infiltrate Pakistan-Afghan border
Jan 01, 2024, at 03:08 am
At least three terrorists, who were trying to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district in Pakistan, media reports said.
Bangladesh government wants to create international standard education system: Sheikh Hasina
Jan 01, 2024, at 02:03 am
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government wants to create an international standard education system in the country.
Bangladeshi TV journalist dies in road mishap
Dec 31, 2023, at 11:17 pm
A Deepto TV journalist died in a road mishap on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Bank Town area of Bangladesh on Sunday.
IDF neutralizes explosive devices found in a children's playground in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas crisis
Dec 31, 2023, at 08:38 pm
Israel Defense Forces on Sunday said its soldiers discovered explosive devices in a children's playground connected to a kindergarten on the outskirts of the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza.
UN peacekeeping operation in Mali all set to end after decades
Dec 31, 2023, at 07:28 pm
The UN peacekeeping operation in Mali is poised to complete its drawdown on Sunday following a decade of multifaceted efforts to support the West African nation and its people after Malian authorities requested earlier this year to end the mission by 31 December.
Migrant arrival in US in December makes a record since 2000
Dec 31, 2023, at 06:33 pm
Washington/IBNS/UNI: The number of undocumented migrants who crossed the United States border from Mexico in December 2023 exceeded 225,000 people, marking the highest monthly figure since 2000, CNN reported on Saturday, citing preliminary data from the US Department of Homeland Security.
China calls for cessation of hostilities in Ukraine
Dec 31, 2023, at 04:59 pm
United Nations/IBNS/UNI: A Chinese envoy on Saturday called on the parties concerned in the Ukraine crisis to put an early end to hostilities.