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.
Teen girl among six dead after Russian strike hits playground, residential building in Kharkiv
Aug 31, 2024, at 02:31 pm
At least six people, including a teen girl, were killed after a Russian-guided bomb hit a playground and a residential building in Ukraine's Kharkiv city on Friday.
UN chief Antonio Guterres for immediate halt to Israeli strikes amid West Bank crisis
Aug 30, 2024, at 03:12 pm
As the crisis in the West Bank continues to escalate alongside the ongoing war in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an “immediate cessation” of Israeli military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Aug 30, 2024, at 03:05 pm
The interim government in Bangladesh has decided to scrap the law which ensures additional security for the family members of country's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by considering it a 'discriminatory policy'.
Israel-Hamas conflict: UN food agency halts operations in Gaza amid attack on team
Aug 29, 2024, at 11:06 pm
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday a pause in the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice following an attack on a team returning from an aid delivery mission on Tuesday evening, just metres from an Israeli-controlled checkpoint.
Pakistan: Four government employees kidnapped at gunpoint in DI Khan
Aug 29, 2024, at 10:28 pm
Four Pakistani government employees were kidnapped at gunpoint from Kulachi tehsil of DI Khan district, media reports said on Thursday.
Pakistan: Rawalpindi registers 17 dengue cases in past 24 hours
Aug 29, 2024, at 10:08 pm
Rawalpindi has reported 17 dengue cases in the past 24 hours, struggling to contain the disease in the rainy season.
Aug 28, 2024, at 11:14 pm
The body of a Bangladeshi TV journalist has been recovered from Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka city, media reports said.
Meta was ‘pressured’ by White House to censor Covid-related content in 2021: Mark Zuckerberg
Aug 28, 2024, at 10:33 pm
California/IBNS: The chairman and CEO of the California-based social media company Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, on Monday (August 26) said in a letter to the House Judiciary committee that his teams were “pressured” by the Biden administration to censor some content around the Covid-19 pandemic.
Israel-Gaza crisis: IDF rescues 52-year-old Qaid Farhan Alkadi who was taken hostage on October 7
Aug 28, 2024, at 10:00 pm
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday said its security personnel have rescued another Israeli national who was taken hostage by Hamas members during the October 7 attack.
Aug 28, 2024, at 08:11 pm
A Pakistani industrialist's wife was caught on camera appearing unremorseful after allegedly killing two people after hitting them with her car in Karachi city has triggered anger in the country.
OHCHR demands immediate revocation of new Taliban ‘virtue and vice’ order targeting women
Aug 28, 2024, at 03:41 pm
A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that “completely erase” women’s presence in public, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling for it to be immediately revoked.