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Boat capsizes off Calangute Beach in Goa; 1 killed, 20 rescued | Canada announces change to immigration system, likely to impact Indians seeking permanent residence | Azerbaijan Airlines tragedy: 32 passengers rescued, flight attempted several emergency landing before crashing | Man sets himself on fire near Parliament building; locals, police rush him to hospital | Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane enroute to Russia with over 70 people onboard crashes in Kazakhstan | Atishi will be arrested in fake case, claims Arvind Kejriwal after Delhi govt disowns health and women's schemes | Delhi govt departments disown Arvind Kejriwal's major poll promises, AAP chief reacts | 'Our nation will always be grateful to him': PM Modi writes article in tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth centenary | Syria: Christmas tree set on fire by suspected 'Islamists', Christians protest | Pakistan strikes TTP camps in Afghanistan, Taliban government claims civilians killed

Pakistani TV host Mathira Mohammad's private videos goes viral, she calls them 'fake'

Nov 18, 2024, at 08:54 pm

Pakistani TV host and influencer Mathira Mohammad has said people are circulating fake online stuff by misusing her name and pictures after her alleged private video went viral.

USA: Man arrested over charges of using weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy power plant

Nov 05, 2024, at 07:55 pm

American federal agents have arrested a man on charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility.

Israel: Seven die after Hezbollah rocket attacks target Metula and Haifa

Nov 01, 2024, at 03:25 pm

At least seven people died in two separate Hezbollah rocket attacks in northern Israel on Thursday, media reports said.

IDF says it conducted precise strikes on Iran

Oct 26, 2024, at 02:55 pm

The Israel Defense Forces on Friday said it conducted precise strikes on military targets in Iran.

Japanese woman, child hurt in knife attack in China

Jun 25, 2024, at 08:08 pm

A Japanese woman and her child and a Chinese woman were hurt in a knife attack at a bus stop in China's Suzhou city on Monday, media reports said.

Pakistani journalist Khalil Jibran gunned down by unknown men in KP

Jun 20, 2024, at 07:07 am

Pakistani journalist Khalil Jibran was gunned down by unknown men in  Landi Kotal area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district on Tuesday.

Three FC personnel injured in IED blast in Pakistan

Jun 14, 2024, at 07:01 am

At least three Frontier Corps personnel were injured in an IED blast on Pakistan's Quetta-Chaman Highway on Tuesday.

Pakistan continues to grapple with inflation, price rise and power cuts

May 01, 2024, at 02:24 pm

Cash-strapped Pakistan has been battling various odds in recent times  making the life of common people difficult.

Black Day: Baloch National Movement to demonstrate to denounce Pakistan’s forceful occupation of Balochistan

Mar 23, 2024, at 11:29 pm

Baloch National Movement (BNM), a prominent Baloch Rights organisations, recently announced a schedule of protests and marches to denounce Black Day on March 27.

Secretariat Employees Association in PoK demonstrates against government's discriminatory policies

Mar 14, 2024, at 12:01 am

The Secretariat Employees Association in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Muzaffarabad city recently demonstrated against the government’s discriminatory policies, media reports said.

US school teacher arrested for asking students to write ways to kill a classmate in their assignment

Feb 17, 2024, at 12:36 am

A US school teacher was arrested for allegedly giving students an assignment where he asked them to come up with different “ways to kill” one of his students, media reports said.

Taiwan tracks 5 Chinese military aircraft, 4 naval ships: Reports

Feb 10, 2024, at 10:53 pm

The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan has said it detected five Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan, media reports said on Saturday.

Canada: Shots fired at residence of Lakshmi Narayan Mandir president's son, no injuries

Dec 30, 2023, at 03:58 pm

Shots were recently fired at the residence of a prominent Hindu businessman in the British Columbia province of Canada, media reports said.

Pakistan: Balochistan Minister says 10 lakh undocumented immigrants will be repatriated by end of January 2024

Nov 25, 2023, at 12:05 am

Balochistan Caretaker Minister for Information Jan Achakzai has said 10 lakh undocumented immigrants will soon be repatriated from the country by the end of January 2024.

Empowering Democracy: Protecting Freedom of Expression and Media Integrity in Uzbekistan

Oct 25, 2023, at 08:41 pm

Freedom of speech, opinion and information is a fundamental human right. According to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Pakistan: NCSW chief Nilofar Bakhtiar says there should be a uniform minimum age for girls’ marriage in the country

Oct 14, 2023, at 03:12 am

Pakistan's National Commission on the Status of Women  (NCSW) Chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar has said there should be a uniform minimum age for girls’ marriage in the country.

Pakistan: Smuggling concerns rise amid surge in Afghanistan

Oct 10, 2023, at 03:39 pm

There is a rising concern that smuggling might have spiked after the flow of Afghan transit cargoes through Pakistan witnessed a substantial surge in one year ever since the Taliban took control over the country.

Gabon: Army officers say they seized power African country

Aug 30, 2023, at 07:51 pm

A group of military officers appeared on national TV on Wednesday and announced they had seized power in Gabon, the Central African country where President Ali Bongo was deemed the winner in a recently contested election.

US: University of North Carolina faculty member killed in shooting, suspect taken to custody

Aug 29, 2023, at 03:06 pm

Police have taken a suspect in custody after a shooting incident at the University of North Carolina in the US town of Chapel Hill left a faculty member dead.

US: Shooting at Louisville restaurant leaves two persons dead

Aug 28, 2023, at 03:27 pm

At least two persons died and five others were injured in a shooting outside a restaurant in downtown Louisville in the U.S. state of Kentucky early Sunday morning.

Pakistan: All eight passengers rescued from stranded cable car

Aug 23, 2023, at 06:08 am

All eight passengers, who were trapped in a cable car in Pakistan's  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, have been rescued, officials said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Peshawar terror attack leaves constable dead 

Aug 07, 2023, at 11:35 pm

At least one policeman died and two others were hurt as suspected terrorists targeted them in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Monday.

UN refugee agency predicts spike in resettlement needs next year

Jun 27, 2023, at 11:12 pm

New York: The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is anticipating a significant rise in global refugee resettlement needs for next year.

Admissible evidence, competent courts, critical to ensuring justice for ISIL victims in Iraq

Jun 09, 2023, at 07:14 pm

New York: Competent courts, admissible and reliable evidence, and an appropriate legal framework are needed to ensure that ISIL extremist militants can be prosecuted for the atrocities they committed during their reign of terror in Iraq, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.

Germany to provide Ukraine with $3 billion weapons package, its largest since Russia's invasion last year

May 14, 2023, at 08:12 am

Berlin/IBNS: Germany is reportedly set to provide Ukraine with its largest weapons package since Russia's invasion last year, valued at 2.7 billion euros ($3 billion).

Canadian man arrested for selling drugs from a mobile shop in Vancouver

May 07, 2023, at 05:36 am

British Columbia/IBNS: A 51-year-old man from Canada, identified as Jerry Martin, was arrested in British Columbia after opening a mobile shop to sell cocaine, heroin, and other dangerous substances.

Racist rhetoric in Tunisia must stop, independent UN experts warn

Apr 05, 2023, at 09:49 pm

New York: Tunisia must take swift action to curb racist rhetoric and halt ongoing rights violations of Black Africans, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Two 'missing' Karachi girls, who wanted to go to South Korea to meet BTS members, recovered from Lahore

Jan 11, 2023, at 02:28 pm

Lahore: Two Karachi girls, who went missing last week from the city's Korangi area, have been recovered from Lahore city of Pakistan, media reports said.

Queen Elizabeth's coffin lowered into royal vault ahead of private burial

Sep 20, 2022, at 03:19 am

London: The committal service for Queen Elizabeth II has now ended, after which her coffin was lowered into the vault at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, ahead of a private burial service later.

Aus PM vows cultural shift for women workers

Aug 29, 2022, at 10:33 pm

Canberra/UNI: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a "cultural change" to improve conditions for women in the workplace.