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.
Pakistan: Man gets lifer for desecrating Quran
Sep 01, 2024, at 12:39 am
A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for desecrating the Quran in 2021 within the remits of the Korangi police station in Karachi.
Human rights body claims China subjects Tibetan people to inhuman treatment
Sep 01, 2024, at 12:12 am
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has said China is still subjecting Tibtean people to inhuman treatment due to their religious beliefs and cultural identities.
East Turkistan Government in Exile claims China conducted 47 nuclear tests between 1964 and 1996
Aug 31, 2024, at 11:24 pm
The East Turkistan Government in Exile has said the Chinese government conducted 47 nuclear tests in East Turkistan between 1964 and 1996 which resulted in the deaths of approximately 750,000 East Turkistanis and left 1.2 million more suffering from leukemia, cancer, and fetal damage.
Top US official asks China to take immediate action to end ongoing repression on Uyghurs
Aug 31, 2024, at 10:53 pm
A top US official on Friday said China should take immediate action to end 'ongoing repression' of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic and religious minority groups in the country.
Japan set to impose mandatory online authorisation for travellers from visa-free countries
Aug 31, 2024, at 08:38 pm
Tokyo/IBNS: Japan is set to impose a new rule making it mandatory for travellers from 71 visa-free countries including the United States, Britain, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia, media reports said.
Indian-origin man kills Nepali student in US, arrested
Aug 31, 2024, at 07:26 pm
A 51-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested for killing a Nepali college student at Houston, Texas in the United States, media reports said.
Top US official asks China to take immediate action to end ongoing repression on Uyghurs
Aug 31, 2024, at 04:45 pm
A top US official on Friday said China should take immediate action to end 'ongoing repression' of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic and religious minority groups in the country
Aug 31, 2024, at 03:02 pm
The Israeli Defense Forces has claimed to have killed Hamas' commander in Jenin Wassem Hazem while conducting a counterterrorism operation in the northern Samaria area.