Less than a week after Baltimore mayhem, barge crashes into bridge in US' Oklahoma
Mar 31, 2024, at 06:11 pm
Oklahoma/IBNS/UNI: In another major water accident in the US within a week, a barge has hit a bridge in Oklahoma, the state's Highway Patrol said.
Fallen 'Crypto King' Samuel Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for FTX fraud
Mar 29, 2024, at 03:25 pm
Samuel Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, 32, was sentenced by a US court on Thursday (March 28, 2024) to 25 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $11 billion in forfeiture for his orchestration of multiple fraudulent schemes.
Majority of US voters feel Joe Biden weaker military leader than past presidents
Mar 27, 2024, at 11:39 pm
A majority of likely voters in the United States view President Joe Biden as a weaker commander and chief of the US military than other recent presidents, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 18-20.
Six presumed dead in Baltimore bridge collapse in USA, all-Indian crew members of ship 'safe'
Mar 27, 2024, at 03:48 pm
Six people, who went missing following the collapse of a bridge in the US city of Baltimore after it was hit by a ship, are presumed dead, media reports said.
Israel’s statement that UNSC resolution hampered talks with Hamas inaccurate: US
Mar 27, 2024, at 06:23 am
Washington/IBNS/UNI: The statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office saying that the UN resolution on a Gaza ceasefire has emboldened Hamas to reject a compromise hostage deal proposal is "inaccurate in almost every respect," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday.
US: Baltimore bridge collapses after cargo ship, losing power, rams into it; 6 people missing
Mar 27, 2024, at 04:40 am
Baltimore/IBNS: A container ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge's support column in Baltimore in the United States early Tuesday, plunging a construction crew and several vehicles into the dangerously cold waters.
Baltimore bridge collapses in US after hit by ship, search to recover seven people ongoing
Mar 26, 2024, at 08:13 pm
Rescue crews are currently searching for seven people in Patapsco River after multiple vehicles collapsed in it following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
US Treasury sanctions China-linked hackers for targeting American critical infrastructure
Mar 26, 2024, at 02:46 pm
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, Limited (Wuhan XRZ), a Wuhan, China-based Ministry of State Security (MSS) front company that has served as cover for multiple malicious cyber operations.
Israel cancels delegation to Washington for discussing alternatives to Rafah attack
Mar 26, 2024, at 06:09 am
Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: Israel Monday canceled a scheduled delegation's trip to Washington D.C., citing the U.S. decision not to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as the reason.
US strongly condemns deadly terrorist attack in Russia, sends deepest condolences
Mar 24, 2024, at 02:15 pm
Washington/IBNS/UNI: The United States strongly condemned the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow, expressing its condolences to the victims and their families, and said it stands in solidarity with the Russians in the face of this tragedy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday.
US, Britain conduct 10 airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen's Red Sea port
Mar 20, 2024, at 04:30 am
Sanaa/Yemen: Fighter jets of the U.S. and British naval forces stationed in the Red Sea waged ten airstrikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen's Hodeidah port city on Monday, residents and the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
US-British coalition launches 4 airstrikes on Yemen's port city
Mar 17, 2024, at 04:18 pm
Sanaa/IBNS/UNI: The U.S. and British naval forces conducted four airstrikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah shortly after midnight on Sunday, reported the Houthi-controlled al-Masirah TV.
US: Three killed in Philadelphia suburb shootings
Mar 17, 2024, at 03:37 pm
New York/IBNS/UNI: Three people were killed in shootings in a suburban township outside Philadelphia in the United States on Saturday, local media reported.
Putin denies election meddling; ready to work with any US president
Mar 14, 2024, at 04:50 am
Moscow: Russia is not interfering in any elections and will work with any elected US president, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselev for the Rossiya 1 broadcaster and RIA Novosti.
US Presidential elections: Joe Biden, Donald Trump secure nominations triggering 2020 rematch
Mar 14, 2024, at 04:24 am
Washington: US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have secured enough delegates to become their respective parties's 2024 presidential nominees, media reports said.
Plane with 5 people on board crashes in Virginia, says US FAA
Mar 11, 2024, at 10:52 pm
A twin-engine plane with five people on board crashed near Ingalls Field Airport in Virginia, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
US: Adult film star Sophia Leone dies at 26 after being found 'unresponsive' in her apartment
Mar 10, 2024, at 03:43 pm
Adult film star Sophia Leone has died after being found "unresponsive" at her apartment in the US earlier this month, media reports said on Saturday. She was 26.
British minor boy dies after 'chroming' challenge on TikTok goes wrong
Mar 08, 2024, at 09:04 pm
The family of an 11-year-old from the United Kingdom has claimed that he died due to a challenge which is going on in the Chinese-owned app TikTok.
Small plane crashes in US, several die
Mar 05, 2024, at 10:19 pm
Several people were killed after a single-engine plane crashed in Nashville in the southern U.S. state of Tennessee on Monday night, authorities said.
UK,US, alliance member countries conduct strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen
Feb 25, 2024, at 07:41 pm
In response to the Houthis' continued attacks against commercial and naval vessels transiting the Red Sea and surrounding waterways, the militaries of the United States and United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted an additional round of strikes against several targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Saturday (February 23, 2024).
US and its allies conduct strikes against 18 Houthi targets in Yemen
Feb 25, 2024, at 04:58 pm
Washington/IBNS/UNI: The United States and its allies, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, have carried out strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels, hitting 18 military targets of the movement, the US Defence Department said on Sunday.
US, Arab officials trying to soften Israeli-Hamas differences
Feb 25, 2024, at 03:52 pm
Washington/IBNS/UNI: US and Arab officials are seeking to narrow the differences between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas to reach an agreement to pause hostilities in Gaza and release Israeli hostages, The Wall Street Journal reported citing Egyptian officials.
Two police officers and paramedic die in US shooting
Feb 19, 2024, at 11:33 pm
Two police officers and a fire department paramedic were shot and killed at a home on Sunday morning in Burnsville, near Minneapolis, the capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota.
US develops programme capable of detecting hypersonic missiles with satellites
Feb 19, 2024, at 10:55 pm
The US Space Development Agency (SDA) and California-based EpiSci company are developing a software tool to detect hypersonic missiles in low Earth orbit using satellite data, media reported.
Ex-YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki's son Marco Troper,19, found dead
Feb 18, 2024, at 06:46 pm
Marco Troper, 19, son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, was found dead inside the dormitory of the University of California, Berkeley, media reports said.
Houthis launch 3 missiles towards Danish merchant ship in Red Sea, says US command
Feb 18, 2024, at 05:08 pm
Washington/IBNS/UNI: Four anti-ship missiles were fired from areas controlled by the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, in Yemen, with at least three of them targeting Danish merchant ship MT Pollux in the Red Sea, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Saturday.
U.S. Colorado campus shooting leaves two dead
Feb 17, 2024, at 10:49 pm
Two were killed in a shooting at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) on Friday.
White House voices concern over rigging allegation in Pakistan general polls
Feb 16, 2024, at 11:00 pm
The White House has expressed concerns over the allegations that the recently held national polls in Pakistan were not performed in a free and fair manner.
Indian-origin techie identified as key suspect in US family murder-suicide case
Feb 16, 2024, at 07:28 pm
An Indian-origin techie has been identified as the suspect behind the killing of his wife and four-year-old twins before turning the gun on himself in the US state of California, police said on Friday.
One die, 22 hurt in mass shooting during US Super Bowl parade
Feb 15, 2024, at 06:32 pm
At least one person died and 21 others were injured in a shooting incident during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City in the USA on Wednesday.