Jan 18, 2025, at 05:37 pm
The foreign ministers of QUAD nations, including the new US Secretary of State, are expected to meet a day after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration takes place on January 20, media reports said.
Jan 18, 2025, at 04:02 pm
The local administration in Pakistan's Daska region has demolished an Ahmadi worship place, which was built by the country’s first foreign minister Zafarullah Khan, by terming it an encroachment.
Two Iranian Supreme Court judges shot dead in Tehran
Jan 18, 2025, at 03:27 pm
At least two judges were killed following a shooting incident outside the Iranian Supreme Court's building in Tehran city on Saturday.
Escaped death by 20-25 minutes: Sheikh Hasina alleges opposition wanted to kill her
Jan 18, 2025, at 02:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged his opponents wanted to assassinate her but he escaped death by 20-25 minutes by fleeing to India, media reports said.
PIA apologises after '9/11'-like Eiffel Tower advertisement triggers row
Jan 18, 2025, at 09:41 am
Pakistan International Airlines has apologised for its recent advertisement that triggered a massive row after it evoked memories of the 2001 terror attacks in the USA.
Middle East conflict: Israel government votes to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
Jan 18, 2025, at 08:51 am
The Israeli government has voted to approve the hostage-ceasefire agreement with Hamas which is now expected to become effective from Sunday.
Jan 17, 2025, at 05:09 pm
Popular cartoonist Darrin Bell, who received the Pulitzer award in his career, was arrested in California state of the USA for possessing more than 100 child pornography, authorities said.
Jan 17, 2025, at 04:41 pm
The Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said it has no information on whether ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina has been granted Indian citizenship.
Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to jail in corruption case
Jan 17, 2025, at 03:38 pm
A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to prison after finding them guilty in a 190 million British pounds ($240 million) corruption case.
Australia: Mother allegedly poisons one-year-old baby girl, posts videos online to garner donations
Jan 17, 2025, at 09:49 am
An Australian woman has been charged with poisoning a one-year-old girl and posting her videos online to garner views and donations, Queensland Police said.
Jan 17, 2025, at 09:10 am
Geopolitical tensions, the rising costs of climate change and unresolved debt issues are putting labour markets under pressure, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) published on Thursday.
Jan 17, 2025, at 08:53 am
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed a cabinet vote to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal and accused the Hamas group of seeking last-minute changes in the agreement, media reports said.
Beleaguered Justin Trudeau announces he won’t run in Canada’s next election, may exit politics
Jan 16, 2025, at 05:41 pm
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, amid increasing political pressure, has announced that he will not contest the upcoming general election in Canada and may even leave politics altogether.
Jan 16, 2025, at 10:57 am
Washington D.C./IBNS: US-based short seller Hindenburg Research that had targeted the Indian multinational conglomerate Adani Group and SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, will be disbanded, announced the founder Nate Anderson, media reports said.
Jan 16, 2025, at 12:00 am
West Palm Beach/IBNS: US President-elect Donald Trump praised the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, which comes five days ahead of his return to power.
Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire agreement to end 15-month-long war in Gaza
Jan 15, 2025, at 11:51 pm
Ending a 15-month-long war, Israel and Hamas have reached a landmark agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza as well as exchanging of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue claims she slept with 1057 men in 12 hours
Jan 15, 2025, at 07:15 pm
OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue has claimed she recently broke the world record of having sex with 1057 men in 12 hours, a bizarre affirmation that left internet users in disbelief.
Pakistan: Security forces kill four terrorists in North Waziristan
Jan 15, 2025, at 06:25 pm
Pakistani security forces have killed at least four terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in the South Asian country's North Waziristan district, media reports said on Wednesday.
Jan 15, 2025, at 05:12 pm
An advertisement for state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), that evoked eerie memories of the 9/11 attacks in the USA, triggered a massive row, forcing PM Shehbaz Sharif to order an investigation, media reports said.
President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran never plotted to kill Donald Trump
Jan 15, 2025, at 02:40 pm
The Iranian President has denied it plotted to kill US President-elect Donald Trump, whose inauguraation will take place on January 20.
South Korea: Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol detained over failed attempt to impose martial law
Jan 15, 2025, at 08:53 am
South Korean investigators on Wednesday detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from his residence for questioning over his short-lived imposition of martial law that had plunged the nation into a crisis last month.
UK's Princess Kate Middleton says she is in remission from cancer
Jan 15, 2025, at 01:16 am
London/IBNS: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Tuesday said she was "in remission" from cancer as she accompanied her husband Prince William to visit the specialist London hospital where she was treated.
UK employers barred from passing skilled worker sponsorship costs to employees: Report
Jan 14, 2025, at 07:20 pm
London: Employers in the United Kingdom (UK) sponsoring Skilled Workers, including those from India, can no longer transfer specific sponsorship-related costs to their employees, reported Business Standard.
Jan 14, 2025, at 03:32 pm
The first formal hearing of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial failed just four minutes after he did not appear before the court, media reports said.
Jan 14, 2025, at 09:49 am
Hamas is likely to release 33 hostages during the first phase of the emerging ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestine that is being finalised by negotiators in Qatar, media reports said, a move that may halt the ongoing violence in the region for the past 15 months.
Jagmeet Singh says Trump's intention of annexing Canada will have a 'price to pay'
Jan 13, 2025, at 02:30 pm
Canadian politician and a former ally of PM Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh, on Sunday, sent a strong message to Donald Trump and said his nation is not for sale, referring to the US President-elect's intention of merging the neighbouring nation with America.
Jan 13, 2025, at 10:22 am
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday offered to hand over captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for the Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia.
Jan 12, 2025, at 11:07 pm
A Uyghur woman in China has been sentenced to 17 years in a Xinjiang prison for giving religious lessons to her two sons and a neighbour, media reports said.
Jan 12, 2025, at 10:37 pm
US President-elect Donald Trump has slammed the California officials for 'incompetence' in handling the Los Angeles fire that has left 16 people dead and the region ravaged.
Jan 12, 2025, at 07:40 pm
Bangladesh's interim government has rejected India's invitation to attend the 150th-anniversary celebrations of the India Meteorological Department citing current restrictions on non-essential foreign travel at state expense.