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Champai Soren quits as Jharkhand CM, paves for Hemant Soren to take oath | After hijab ban, Mumbai college bars students from wearing torn jeans, t-shirts, 'revealing dresses' on campus | Chandrababu Naidu seeks time for face-to-face meeting with Revanth Reddy, stirs political speculations | Private hospitals have to charge for dengue tests at fixed rates in Karnataka: State Health Minister | PM Modi invokes 'Sholay' dialogues to mock Congress, says 'Teesri baar toh haare hain par mausi ji...' | Desperate to reach US, 24-year-old man arrested for posing as a senior in 'donkey route' attempt | Amid his fiery speech, PM Modi mourns Hathras stampede tragedy; shouting MPs silenced | NEET-PG exam to be held this month, question paper to be prepped 2 hours prior: Reports | 'Even if I win 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh...': Akhilesh Yadav voices his trust issue with EVM | Truth can be expunged in Modi's world but not in reality: Rahul Gandhi firm on his Lok Sabha speech

Pashtun leaders protest worldwide to demand PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen's release

Dec 12, 2023, at 12:49 am

Pashtun community members recently protested against the arrest of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen.

Pakistan: Islamabad police facing scarcity of force in maintaining law and order

Dec 12, 2023, at 12:45 am

Pakistan's Islamabad Police is facing severe shortage of manpower which is preventing the force from maintaining law and order in the city.

Pakistan: Karachi facing severe shortage of life-saving drugs

Dec 11, 2023, at 11:41 pm

Pakistan's Karachi city is facing a severe shortage of essential medicines, including life-saving drugs, which is causing problems for patients, media reports said.

Seventeen people hurt as two trains collide in Italy

Dec 11, 2023, at 10:05 pm

Milan: At least 17 people were injured after two trains crashed in northeast Italy late Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan's weekly inflation hits six-month high

Dec 11, 2023, at 04:57 am

Pakistan's weekly inflation rate spiked to the highest level in six months in the week ended on December 7, media reports said.

Pakistan: Policeman killed, 2 injured in blast in Balochistan

Dec 11, 2023, at 04:32 am

A blast hit a police vehicle in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Sunday, leaving one policeman dead and injuring two others, police said.

UN chief Antonio Guterres says he will not give up appealing for Gaza-Israel humanitarian ceasefire

Dec 11, 2023, at 02:59 am

The UN Secretary-General on Sunday pledged that he would “not give up” on appealing for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, adding that inaction on the Security Council was undermining its credibility.

Bangladesh: BNP-police clash in Habiganj, 50 hurt

Dec 11, 2023, at 12:52 am

At least 50 people, including journalists, were injured during clashes between BNP and police over a human chain formed in Bangladesh's Habiganj region to mark International Human Rights Day.

University of Pennsylvania president Elizabeth Magill resigns amid antisemitic controversy

Dec 11, 2023, at 12:28 am

Philadelphia (US): The president of the University of Pennsylvania Elizabeth Magill resigned after her remarks on antisemitism during a congressional hearing on campus sparked outrage.

USA: Joe Biden government bypasses Congress to send thousands of munitions to Israel amid ongoing conflict against Hamas

Dec 10, 2023, at 11:42 pm

The US State Department on Friday (December 8, 2023) transmitted an emergency declaration for the sale of thousands of munitions to Israel, media reports said.

US: Florida woman sets Tinder date on fire, arrested

Dec 10, 2023, at 11:07 pm

The alleged attack happened on November 25 between Destiny Lenai Johnson and a man she met in person once after connecting on the Tinder dating app, according to an arrest report obtained by USA TODAY on Wednesday.

Storm in US state of Tennessee leaves 6 people dead

Dec 10, 2023, at 06:32 pm

Washington/IBNS/UNI: At least six people died in the US state of Tennessee as a result of a storm that hit the state on Saturday, with three casualties in Montgomery County and three in the city of Nashville in Davidson County, according to local authorities and police.

Three-day presidential election kicks off in Egypt today

Dec 10, 2023, at 05:05 pm

Cairo/IBNS/UNI: The presidential election in Egypt kick-started on Sunday, with incumbent President Abdel Fattah Sisi running for his third term.

Iraqi PM warns US against unilateral response to rocket attack on embassy

Dec 10, 2023, at 07:39 am

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani has reiterated his government's commitment to protecting diplomatic missions while reminding the United States not to respond unilaterally to an unclaimed rock attack on the U.S. embassy without Iraq's approval.

Israel plans to end operations in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis in 3-4 weeks

Dec 10, 2023, at 07:06 am

Jerusalem: Military operations by the Israeli army in the southern Gaza Strip's largest city of Khan Yunis might end in three to four weeks, Axios reported, citing a senior Israeli defense official.

Blast rocks residential building in Bangladesh, four injured 

Dec 09, 2023, at 08:00 pm

Four family members, including an elderly woman and a child, were injured after a blast rocked a residential building in Bangladesh's  Munshiganj region on Saturday.

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.

Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza fighting continues amid ‘apocalyptic’ conditions; Security Council to meet Friday

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.