Israel rejects UN's Gaza humanitarian pause plea over Hamas hostage concerns
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Jerusalem: Israel on Thursday rejected the United Nations (UN) Security Council's call for extended humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
An updated list of foreign nationals being allowed to leave the war-torn Gaza Strip on Thursday contains no mention of any Canadian.
China has no plans to surpass or unseat US: Xi Jinping
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Beijing/UNI: China has no plans to surpass or unseat the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping told a meeting with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday in San Francisco.
US: San Francisco activists display 'Free Tibet' banner ahead of Xi Jinping's visit
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Three activists from the San Francisco chapter of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) unfurled a large “Free Tibet” banner from the roof of the Moscone Center in the US city recently ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit.
Israel to destroy Hamas members, bring back hostages: PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Jerusalem/IBNS Israel will destroy all members of the Hamas movement and bring back hostages that were captured during the October 7 attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.
Two more PIA flight attendants vanish in Canada after plane arrives in Toronto
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Two senior flight attendants have slipped away in Canada after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight landed in Toronto after from pia,poAKISTAN Islamabad.
Pakistan: Locals protest excessive power outage in Lakki
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Political party members and civil society organisations on Monday (November 13, 2023) blocked the Bannu-Mianwali Road in Pakistan's Lakki city to protest prolonged and unscheduled electricity load-shedding in urban and rural areas of the district.
Cash-strapped Pakistan sold arms to Ukraine: Reports
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Pakistan, a nation experiencing a financial crisis, entered into a $364 million arms sales agreement with two private US companies last year, media reports said.
Ukraine: UN official ‘utterly outraged’ by brutal attack in Kherson
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
The top UN humanitarian official in Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson on Monday.
After India, Nepal bans Chinese app TikTok
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Nepal has joined the list of nations now which have banned Chinese tech giant Bytedance-owned video-sharing platform TikTok.
Israel-Gaza crisis: US claims Hamas is running command-and-control centre under Al-Shifa Hospital
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
The United States has said it has intelligence information to believe that Hamas members run a command-and-control centre under the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Israel-Gaza crisis: IDF troops raid Al-ShifaHospital, asks Hamas members to surrender
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
The Israel Defence Forces on Wednesday (November 15, 2023) said its troops are carrying out a precise and targeted operation against Hamas members in a specified area in the Al-Shifa Hospital.
Canada: Montreal Police investigate vandalization of at least 16 metro stations
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Montreal/IBNS: Montreal Police are investigating a string of vandalism incidents overnight at more than a dozen Metro stations across the city.
Putin authorises changes to Russian presidential election law
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved changes to the nation's presidential election law, according to a decree that was posted on the official legal information portal on Tuesday.
Islamabad High Court issues stay on Imran Khan's jail trial in cipher case
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan's prison trial in the cypher case was put on hold by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday.
Israel approves Joe Biden's $106B security package with humanitarian aid for Gaza
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Jerusalem: Israel has approved US President Joe Biden's inclusion of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip in the $106 billion security package for Israel and Ukraine.
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Trucks transporting desperately needed aid into Gaza could stop rolling on Tuesday due to a lack of fuel, a senior official with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, has warned.
Canada: Hiker stranded on a cliff after following fake trail on Google map, rescued by helicopter
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
A hiker was rescued by a helicopter from Canada's British Columbia after he was reportedly lost following a fake trail on Google map.
Australia, Canada, Japan, and the U.S naval forces join multilateral exercise annual exercise
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Naval forces from Australia, Canada, Japan, and the U.S. have joined together to conduct multilateral exercise Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX) 2023 in the Philippine Sea on November 11.
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
More patients, including premature babies, have reportedly died in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital which has gone three days without electricity amid intensifying Israeli military operations, making a ceasefire more urgent than ever, UN humanitarians have said.
Hamas has 'lost control of Gaza', claims Israel's Defence Minister
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant Monday claimed that Hamas has lost control in Gaza more than a month after the Palestinian group launched a "surprise" attack on the nation, firing over 500 rockets.
UK Cabinet reshuffle: James Cleverly replaces Suella Braverman as Interior Minister
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
London: James Cleverly has been named the new Interior Minister, replacing his former position as Foreign Secretary, in a major cabinet upheaval announced by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday.
Pakistan: Unidentified men abduct Balochistan-based businessman
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Unidentified men have abducted a Balochistan-based businessman Haji Naseebullah Khan Achakzai on Friday.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan government facing backlash as wheat price spikes
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Opposition parties are planning large-scale protests after the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government has opted to raise the subsidised wheat price from Rs20 to Rs32 per kg, media reports said.
Pakistan: Afghan national shot dead in Karachi
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
An Afghan national was shot dead in a shooting incident in Karachi city of Pakistan on Sunday.
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
In a major Cabinet reshuffle, British PM Rishi Sunak on Monday (November 13, 2023) removed Home Secretary Suella Braverman and even made a surprising move of bringing back his predecessor David Cameron as Foreign Secretary.
US: 35-year-old guidance counsellor accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting middle school boy
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
A Pennsylvania middle school counsellor has been accused of being involved in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student, media reports said.
Pakistan: Policeman killed in attack in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
A policeman was killed when some unknown militants opened fire at him in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Monday.
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has said it killed Hamas commander Ahmed Siam, who was responsible for holding approximately 1,000 people and patients as hostages in a Gaza hospital, in an airstrike.
Popular chef Gordon Ramsay, 57, becomes father for sixth time
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:47 pm
Internationally popular chef Gordon Ramsay has announced the birth of his sixth child and revealed his name is 'Jesse James Ramsay'.