Canada announces change to immigration system, likely to impact Indians seeking permanent residence
Dec 26, 2024, at 12:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Canada has announced some significant changes to its Express Entry immigration system which are likely to impact the Indians seeking to migrate to the North American country for better job opportunities.
Dec 25, 2024, at 11:43 pm
A total of 32 passengers have been rescued after a passenger plane with 67 onboard flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau city on Wednesday, media reports said.
President Zelenskyy describes Russian attack on Ukraine on Christmas Day as 'inhumane'
Dec 25, 2024, at 06:45 pm
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday described the Russian aerial attack on his nation on Christmas Day as 'inhumane'.
UN General Assembly approves $3.72 billion budget for 2025
Dec 25, 2024, at 05:16 pm
The General Assembly wrapped up the main part of its 79th session on Tuesday, approving a $3.72 billion budget for the United Nations in 2025 and adopting a new programme to support landlocked developing countries.
Twenty-seven survive after Azerbaijan Airlines flight with 67 onboard crashes in Kazakhstan
Dec 25, 2024, at 02:39 pm
At least 27 people are believed to have survived after a passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Dec 25, 2024, at 01:49 pm
A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines carrying over 70 people crashed near Aktau airport in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Syria: Christmas tree set on fire by suspected 'Islamists', Christians protest
Dec 25, 2024, at 10:37 am
Christians demonstrated in several Syrian cities, demanding protection, after unidentified people set a Christmas tree on fire in Suqaylabiyah town on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan strikes TTP camps in Afghanistan, Taliban government claims civilians killed
Dec 25, 2024, at 09:12 am
Pakistan on Tuesday said its fighter jets bombed four locations where camps of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were located in Afghanistan's Paktika province which left several terrorists killed or wounded, media reports said.
Pakistan: People in Karachi facing gas crisis as chilly winter sets in
Dec 24, 2024, at 06:58 pm
People in Karachi are forced to buy expensive liquefied petroleum gas amid a severe crisis during cold chilling winter, media reports said on Monday.
US: Gay couple sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexually abusing two adopted sons
Dec 24, 2024, at 06:18 pm
Two allegedly gay men in the USA have been sentenced to 100 years in prison without parole for sexually abusing their two adopted sons.
WUC condemns Chinese sanctions against Uyghur and Tibetan organisations in Canada
Dec 24, 2024, at 06:08 pm
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has said it is appalled by the Chinese government’s decision to impose sanctions on the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project (URAP) and 14 of its staff members and experts.
Wanted Indian drug smuggler killed in the US
Dec 24, 2024, at 12:44 pm
Washington/IBNS: Drug smuggler Sunil Yadav, who is wanted in the Indian state of Rajasthan, has been killed in a shootout at Stockton city of California in the United States, media reports said.
Dec 24, 2024, at 09:51 am
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Monday spoke with Interim Bangladesh chief Muhammad Yunus when both leaders expressed their commitment to respecting and protecting human rights of all people in the country, amid rising atrocities committed against minorities in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation.
Israel confirms killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July
Dec 24, 2024, at 09:02 am
Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday confirmed Israel's role in killing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July.
Bangladesh government writes diplomatic note to India to send back Sheikh Hasina
Dec 23, 2024, at 05:25 pm
The Bangladeshi interim government has sent a diplomatic note to India to send back ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina, who escaped to New Delhi amid heavy protests against her regime on August 5, to Dhaka.
New York: Man arrested after he sets woman on fire in subway train
Dec 23, 2024, at 04:42 pm
Police have arrested a man for allegedly setting a sleeping woman in a New York subway on fire and then watching her burn to death.
Dec 23, 2024, at 03:25 pm
Bangladesh Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said a letter has been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to facilitate the return of former PM Sheikh Hasina who escaped to India amid widespread protest against her regime on August 5.
Asma al-Assad files for divorce with husband Bashar al-Assad, wants to return to UK
Dec 23, 2024, at 02:40 pm
Asma al-Assad, ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife, has filed for divorce and expressed her desire to return to the UK.
Dec 23, 2024, at 11:38 am
New York: Barron Trump, the youngest son of former President Donald Trump, has started his freshman year at New York University’s Stern School of Business, media reports said.
Who is Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American picked by Donald Trump as US AI policy advisor?
Dec 23, 2024, at 10:51 am
Washington/IBNS: US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Indian-American internet-entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster and author, Sriram Krishnan, as the senior policy advisor on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the White House.
US: Father accused of beheading his one-year-old child with knife in Northern California
Dec 23, 2024, at 10:28 am
US Police have arrested a man for allegedly beheading his one-year-old son with a knife in Northern California, officials said on Monday.
US President-elect Donald Trump appoints Chennai-born entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as AI advisor
Dec 23, 2024, at 09:36 am
US President-elect Donald Trump, on Sunday, named Indian-origin entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Brazil: 10 die after small plane crashes in Gramado
Dec 22, 2024, at 10:08 pm
A small plane with 10 people onboard crashed in the Brazilian tourist city of Gramado on Sunday.
Pakistan: Labourers demonstrate against low wages, bad working conditions in Dasu
Dec 22, 2024, at 08:45 pm
A large number of labourers recently participated in a protest rally in Dasu city in Pakistan over the denial of fair wages and working conditions during the construction of a highway project.
Elon Musk calls for German Chancellor Scholz’s resignation amid deadly attack at Christmas market
Dec 22, 2024, at 06:48 pm
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to serve as an external adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, on Friday called for the resignation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following a deadly incident at a Christmas market in Germany.
Body of Hindu priest found in Bangladesh temple, ISKCON condemns
Dec 22, 2024, at 06:38 pm
Bangladesh police have recovered the body of a Hindu priest, whose hands and legs were tied, from Kashimpur crematorium and temple located in the South Asian country's Natore region, media reports said, triggering condemnation by ISKCON.
Dec 22, 2024, at 04:20 pm
Washington DC: US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday slammed Panama, accusing it of charging excessive rates for the use of the Panama Canal, and added that he would demand the country to transfer the strategic waterway to the US if the Central American nation did not manage it in an “acceptable” way.
Bangladesh: Eight Hindu idols vandalised in three temples
Dec 21, 2024, at 07:08 pm
At least three idols were vandalised in two Hindu temples in the Mymensingh region of Bangladesh on Thursday amid the growing atrocities on the community members in the Muslim-majority nation ever since former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government collapsed on August 5, media reports said.
French court convicts eight people for their role in teacher's beheading in Paris suburb
Dec 21, 2024, at 04:02 pm
Paris/IBNS: A French court has convicted eight people for their action that led to the beheading of a school teacher in October 2020, media reports said.
Canada: Jagmeet Singh's NDP, a key ally of Trudeau, says he will vote to bring down his government
Dec 21, 2024, at 03:08 pm
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's government inched further towards uncertainty after key ally New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh said he would introduce a motion to topple him next year.