Israel-Gaza crisis: Turkish-American Aysenur Eygi shot dead during West Bank protest
Sep 07, 2024, at 02:49 pm
A Turkish-American woman was shot dead in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during a protest on Friday, media reports said.
Local journalist gunned down in Pakistan's Mastung
Sep 07, 2024, at 01:09 am
Unknown gunmen shot dead a local journalist who was working with a news agency in Pakistan's Mastung region on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Unidentified armed men kidnap cop in Bannu
Sep 07, 2024, at 01:02 am
Unidentified armed men kidnapped a cop from his home in Pakistan's Bannu region, media reports said on Friday.
Kenya: 17 die after fire breaks out at elementary school dormitory
Sep 06, 2024, at 11:49 pm
A fire broke out at an elementary school's dormitory in Kenya which left at least 17 people dead and 14 others injured on Thursday.
Suspected US school shooter's father bought gun for son as 'Christmas holiday present'
Sep 06, 2024, at 04:35 pm
The father of the 14-year-old, who is suspected of having killed four people during a school shooting in Georgia state of the USA on Wednesday, has been arrested with authorities saying he 'knowingly allowed his son' to have the weapon.
For the first time, Telegram apologizes to South Korea for deepfake porn
Sep 05, 2024, at 09:05 pm
Paris/IBNS: Cloud-based, cross-platform, social media and instant messaging service Telegram has cooperated with South Korean authorities and has removed 25 videos showing sexual crimes, reports said.
Canada: Jagmeet Singh's NDP pulls support for Trudeau's govt
Sep 05, 2024, at 07:20 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: In a major blow to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) has pulled the plug on a two-and-a-half-year-old agreement with Trudeau's Liberals that had helped keep his minority government in power, CBS News reported.
USA: Georgia school shooting leaves four dead, suspect taken to custody
Sep 05, 2024, at 06:32 am
At least four people died and nine others were injured after a gunman opened fire at a school in the US state of Georgia on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Police officer shot down by unknown gunmen in Quetta
Sep 05, 2024, at 12:10 am
A police officer was killed after unknown gunmen shot at his car in Quetta City in Pakistan on Tuesday.
Tibetans-in-exile mark 64th anniversary of 'Democracy Day' in Dharamshala
Sep 04, 2024, at 11:52 pm
Tibetans-in-exile recently marked the 64th anniversary of ‘Democracy Day’ in Dharamshala to mark the day of establishing democracy for Tibetans.
Sep 04, 2024, at 11:33 pm
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has criticised Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus-led interim government and said the sentiment on the ground is 'anti-India, anti-women and anti-democracy'.
Dumped by boyfriend, Thai transgender woman frauds 73 Japanese men in 13 years
Sep 04, 2024, at 11:04 pm
A Thai transgender woman, who was dumped by her boyfriend, created a fraud scheme to take revenge and scammed 73 Japanese nationals of nearly 30 million baht (US$880,000).
Sep 04, 2024, at 04:10 pm
A 40-year-old Pakistani female school teacher was shot dead in front of her father for allegedly refusing a marriage proposal.
Brazilian teen bodybuilder dies due to suspected heart attack
Sep 04, 2024, at 03:56 pm
A Brazilian bodybuilder, whose former trainer thought he had a 'brilliant future' ahead was found dead at his residence after he suffered from a suspected heart attack, media reports said.
US charges Yahya Sinwar, senior Hamas leaders with 'terrorism' over savage Oct 7 attack
Sep 04, 2024, at 03:29 pm
The US Justice Department on Tuesday formally announced criminal charges of terrorism and murder conspiracy against six senior leaders of Hamas, including Yahya Sinwar, in connection with last year's October 7 attack in Israel, mindlessly killing and kidnapping American and Israeli citizens in a rampage that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza.
Pakistan: PESCO employees threaten strike over brutal killings of colleague
Sep 04, 2024, at 12:59 am
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) employees recently announced a complete strike in Swabi on September 2 to protest the brutal killing of a colleague.
China: 11 die after bus rams crowd of students in Shandong Province
Sep 03, 2024, at 09:52 pm
A bus ran into a crowd of students in China's Shandong Province on Tuesday which left at least 11 people dead and 13 others injured, media reports said.
Sep 03, 2024, at 03:55 pm
Chinese envoy Yao Wen visited the Jamaat-e-Islami office in Dhaka and described the outfit as a well-organised political party.
Sep 03, 2024, at 03:31 pm
A top Audi executive, who was passionate about climbing, fell 10,000 feet to his death when he was trying to ascend Cima Payer in the Adamello mountains.
Pakistan: Karachi mall opening turns chaotic, unruly mob damage, loot goods
Sep 03, 2024, at 12:29 am
The opening of the Dream Bazaar Mall in Pakistan's Karachi city recently turned into a nightmare with an unruly mob rushing inside the commercial building, vandalising it and even looting goods with police remaining absent from the scene.
Ex-childcare worker in Australia admits sexually abusing dozens of minor girls
Sep 02, 2024, at 11:40 pm
A former childcare worker in Australia has pleaded guilty to raping and sexually abusing dozens of minors who were under his care for more than 20 years.
Israel-Palestine crisis: UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations get underway
Sep 02, 2024, at 02:51 pm
The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has begun in the middle areas of Gaza. The operation aims to inoculate 600,000 children in the coming days.
Three Israeli cops killed during West Bank shooting
Sep 02, 2024, at 01:07 am
At least three Israeli cops were killed in a shooting incident at a checkpoint in the Palestinian city of Tarqumiyah in the West Bank, media reports said on Sunday.
Sep 02, 2024, at 12:23 am
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to 'settle accounts' with Hamas leaders after six bodies of hostages were recovered from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip.
Sep 01, 2024, at 11:56 pm
University of Pittsburgh police have arrested a person who is suspected to have attacked a group of Jewish students with a bottle on Friday, the school said.
Sep 01, 2024, at 09:14 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden Sunday said Hamas will have to pay for its crimes after Israel’s military recovered the bodies of six hostages, including Israeli American Goldberg-Polin, from a Gaza strip tunnel, shortly after they were brutally killed, media reports said.
Israel military recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza Strip tunnel
Sep 01, 2024, at 07:27 pm
Jerusalem: Israel military Saturday recovered the bodies of six hostages, held by Hamas, from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip, where they were killed not long before the troops reached.
Donald Trump shakes his leg at a public event in Washington DC, leaves the internet divided
Sep 01, 2024, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former US President Donald Trump has taken the internet by storm over his dance moves at a public event on Friday.
Russian strikes: Ukraine observes day of mourning in Kharkiv
Sep 01, 2024, at 05:21 am
Ukraine's city of Kharkiv has declared a day of mourning on Saturday after a Russian bomb attack left at least six civilians dead, media reports said.
Brazil bans X; Elon Musk slams Supreme Court judge as 'evil dictator' threatening democracy
Sep 01, 2024, at 03:39 am
Brasilia: After a prolonged standoff over disinformation, a Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes banned Elon Musk's social media network X in the country on Friday, media reports said.