Rubio heads to Saudi Arabia for US-Ukraine talks
Mar 10, 2025, at 09:16 am
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will arrive in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday for U.S.-Ukraine talks as President Donald Trump pushes to broker a swift end to the Russia-Ukraine war, despite Russia’s latest massive aerial attacks against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
US: Armed man shot at by Secret Service personnel following 'confrontation' near White House
Mar 09, 2025, at 08:36 pm
US Secret Service personnel on Sunday shot an armed adult man outside the White House, media reports said.
British man arrested after climbing up Big Ben Tower With Palestinian flag
Mar 09, 2025, at 04:06 pm
Westminister Police in the UK have arrested a pro-Palestinian man who climbed to the top of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London and stayed there for 16 hours.
Women's rights advocates warn UN to confront backlash against progress
Mar 09, 2025, at 01:21 pm
Female activists raised their voices at the United Nations on Friday as they marked International Women's Day amid a global trend of backsliding on hard-won rights.
Mar 09, 2025, at 11:53 am
Massive clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad as well as revenge killings for two days left more than 1,000 people dead, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan 'scholar' behind Kulbhushan Jadhav's kidnapping shot dead in Balochistan
Mar 09, 2025, at 09:26 am
A Pakistani "scholar", who was accused of helping Pakistan's ISI spy agency in kidnapping former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav from Iran, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Balochistan on Friday night, media reports said.
Pakistani man guns down WhatsApp community's administrator for removing him from group
Mar 08, 2025, at 11:47 pm
A Pakistani man has been charged with allegedly killing the administrator of a WhatsApp community after he was removed from the chat in the South Asian country's Peshawar city, media reports said.
Taiwan's MOFA confirms it was targeted by Chinese hackers
Mar 08, 2025, at 07:02 pm
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has confirmed that it was recently targeted by Chinese hackers, but no information was stoled, media reports said.
Canada: Shooting at Toronto pub leaves 12 injured, three suspects at large
Mar 08, 2025, at 06:23 pm
Three suspects are currently at large after a mass shooting incident at a pub in Toronto city on Friday left at least 12 people wounded.
Mexican cartel's leader son gets lifer in USA for trafficking drugs, firearm offences
Mar 08, 2025, at 05:17 pm
A U.S.-Mexican dual national and co-founder of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) — an international drug trafficking organization — was sentenced on Friday in the District of Columbia to a term of life in prison plus 30 years to run consecutively for his role in a major drug trafficking conspiracy and ordered to forfeit over $6 billion of drug trafficking proceeds.
Pakistan: Unknown gunmen shot dead religious preacher in mosque
Mar 08, 2025, at 04:36 pm
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a religious preacher and injured another person in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, media reports said.
Russian missile strikes eastern Ukraine, kills at least 14
Mar 08, 2025, at 03:51 pm
Kyiv/IBNS: At least 14 people were killed and 37 wounded after the Russian forces launched a missile attack on the eastern city of Ukraine, Dobropillia, media reports said.
US State Department employee charged of selling defence secrets
Mar 08, 2025, at 02:11 pm
The US Department of Justice on Friday announced criminal charges against a State Department employee who is accused of performing criminal conspiracy to gather, transmit, or lose national defence information.
India agreed to cut tariffs way down, announces Donald Trump
Mar 08, 2025, at 11:33 am
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that India has agreed to lower tariffs on American exports to the South Asian country, amid the bilateral tension over duty since the Republican returned to the White House.
Donald Trump sends letter to Iran, pressing for restart of nuclear talks
Mar 08, 2025, at 10:49 am
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to signal that he is ready to take military action on Iran, unless the country agrees to a new deal that would restrain its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
Donald Trump confident Putin wants peace despite ‘bombing the hell out of Ukraine’
Mar 08, 2025, at 09:49 am
Russia’s latest aerial barrage against targets in Ukraine is not dampening expectations by U.S. President Donald Trump that he can broker a deal to end the fighting between Moscow and Kyiv.
UN report shows one in four countries witnessed backlash against women’s rights in 2024
Mar 08, 2025, at 09:31 am
The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections -and less funding for programmes and institutions which support and protect women, the United Nations observed.
Donald Trump threatens reciprocal tariffs on lumber, dairy from Canada
Mar 08, 2025, at 08:56 am
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Canada has been "ripping off" the United States for years with tariffs on lumber and dairy products and threatened to place reciprocal tariffs on Canada as early as Friday.
I find it more difficult to deal with Ukraine than Russia: Donald Trump on efforts to end war
Mar 08, 2025, at 12:35 am
Washington/DC: US President Donald Trump Friday said he finds it "easier" to deal with Russia than with Ukraine in his efforts to end the war in the pro-Western country.
Days after spat with Zelenskyy, Donald Trump now warns of sanctions against Russia
Mar 07, 2025, at 09:37 pm
Washington DC/IBNS: Days after the spat with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump Friday said he's considering "large-scale" sanctions and tariffs against Russia until it reaches a ceasefire and peace agreement with Ukraine.
Ukraine says Russia targeted energy, gas infrastructures across regions
Mar 07, 2025, at 07:08 pm
A Ukrainian Minister on Friday said the country's energy and gas infrastructures in various regions were targeted by massive Russian rocket and drone firing, triggering tension in the area.
Dhaka Police baton charge, lob tear gas to disperse Hizb ut-Tahrir's procession
Mar 07, 2025, at 05:14 pm
Bangladesh police baton charged and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a procession taken out by members of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dhaka city on Friday, media reports said.
Donald Trump pressures Ukraine, sets stage for Putin meeting
Mar 07, 2025, at 03:23 pm
President Donald Trump continued to press Kyiv to sign a minerals deal Thursday and expressed confidence that Moscow was also ready to close on a deal to end the war that started when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
US announces USD 10 million reward for former Canadian Olympian-turned-drug lord
Mar 07, 2025, at 01:21 pm
Former Olympic snowboarder and Canadian national, Ryan Wedding, 43, has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, Akil Davis, the Assistant Director in Charge (ADIC) of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, announced recently.
European Union leaders vow to ramp up funding to defend their countries, Ukraine
Mar 07, 2025, at 12:48 pm
European Union leaders vowed to ramp up funding for Ukraine and their own defense at a summit in Brussels on Thursday as they take steps to rearm in ways they haven’t since the end of the Cold War.
Turkey considering sending peacekeeping troops to war-torn Ukraine amid US snub: Reports
Mar 07, 2025, at 10:53 am
Turkey may consider sending troops to the peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if necessary, media reports said on Friday.
Groups say some US cuts to global health programs reversed
Mar 07, 2025, at 10:24 am
Some global health projects whose U.S.-funded contracts were suddenly canceled last week have received letters reversing those decisions, according to media reports.
US: Donald Trump delays tariffs on Mexican, Canadian goods
Mar 07, 2025, at 08:52 am
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed for four weeks his new 25% tariffs on most Mexican and Canadian exports to the United States, his latest maneuver in a North American trade war that has plunged stock indexes for days and roiled U.S. relations with its longtime allies and two biggest trading partners.
Donald Trump pauses sweeping tariffs on Mexico until April 2
Mar 07, 2025, at 12:55 am
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump Thursday said he was pausing sweeping tariffs recently imposed on Mexican imports after talks with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Analysts warn of China advances in Myanmar, see Marco Rubio as key to US response
Mar 06, 2025, at 11:20 pm
Washington : US engagement in Southeast Asia, especially Myanmar, can advance America's national security, economic interests, and broader strategic goals in countering China’s expanding influence, foreign policy analysts say.