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Delhi erupts over lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh; protest outside High Commission | Targeted killing sparks global outrage: American lawmakers condemn mob lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh | Assam on a ‘powder keg’: Himanta Biswa Sarma flags demographic shift, Chicken’s Neck fears | Bangladesh on edge: Student leader shot as pre-poll violence deepens after Hadi killing | Historic deal sealed: India, New Zealand sign landmark Free Trade Agreement in record time | Supreme court snubs urgent plea to stop PMO’s chadar offering at Ajmer Sharif | Emergency landing drama: Air India flight heads back to Delhi after engine malfunction! | PM Modi slams ‘cut and commission’ TMC in virtual Taherpur address | US launches Operation Hawkeye Strike in Syria targeting ISIS after Americans killed | Horror on tracks: Rajdhani Express ploughs into elephant herd, eight killed in Assam

Chaos in Dhaka: Man dies after crude explosive hurled from flyover in Mogbazar area

Dec 24, 2025, at 09:16 pm

A man was killed on Wednesday evening after assailants hurled a crude explosive from a flyover in the Mogbazar area of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, media reports said.

Pakistan court hands 22-year jail term to two in shocking blasphemy case

Dec 24, 2025, at 07:08 pm

A Pakistani court on Monday sentenced two individuals to 22 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed fines totaling Rs 550,000 on charges of blasphemy.

Zelenskyy’s demilitarised zone gambit: Ukraine’s 20-point peace plan puts Donbas, NATO-style guarantees at centre stage

Dec 24, 2025, at 06:55 pm

Kyiv/IBNS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has outlined a revised 20-point peace proposal that could redefine the contours of any future settlement to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Balochistan Bloodshed: 248 civilians killed in a year of unrelenting violence

Dec 24, 2025, at 06:34 pm

At least 248 civilians and 205 Pakistani security personnel were killed in attacks, bombings, and armed incidents across Pakistan's conflict-hit Balochistan during 2025, as per official data released, reported The Balochistan Post.

Bangladesh political turmoil: Osman Hadi’s brother accuses Yunus govt, alleges killing aimed at stopping elections

Dec 24, 2025, at 04:25 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: The brother of slain Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi has squarely blamed the Mohammad Yunus-led interim government for the killing, asserting that the administration cannot escape accountability for a murder that occurred under its watch.   

Conspiracy clouds Libyan army chief’s death: Plane crash in Turkey follows Asim Munir's meeting with rebel Khalifa Haftar

Dec 24, 2025, at 03:16 pm

Ankara/IBNS: Libya’s army chief Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Haddad was killed in a plane crash near Turkey’s capital while returning from an official visit to Ankara, triggering intense speculation amid rapidly shifting regional military alliances. 

Mob fury returns: Hindu home torched in Bangladesh amid chilling ‘final warning'

Dec 24, 2025, at 02:42 pm

A fresh wave of violence against Bangladesh’s Hindu community has come to light, with miscreants allegedly setting a Hindu family’s house on fire in the Chattogram region, killing their pets and destroying household belongings, media reports said.

H-1B visa lottery system over! Trump administration’s major overhaul hits professionals, including Indians

Dec 24, 2025, at 12:43 pm

Washington DC/IBNS: In a major overhaul set to impact foreign professionals, including a large number from India, the Donald Trump administration has replaced the H-1B work visa lottery system with a wage- and skill-based selection model, media reports said.

Shock in Pakistan: Woman strangles 16-year-old daughter after argument over smoking

Dec 24, 2025, at 10:15 am

A woman allegedly killed her teenage daughter after an arguement over smoking in Pakistan's Bahawalpur district on Sunday.

Beaten, hung from a tree, set ablaze: Canadian MP slams ‘Pogroms’ after Hindu man lynched in Bangladesh

Dec 24, 2025, at 09:13 am

Canadian Member of Parliament Shuv Majumdar has strongly condemned the recent mob lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, calling for an immediate end to what he described as pogroms against religious minorities and demanding accountability from the Muhammad Yunus–led interim government.

Canada appoints ex-BlackRock executive Mark Wiseman as US ambassador

Dec 24, 2025, at 03:53 am

Ottawa: Prime Minister Mark Carney Monday announced Monday Mark Wiseman has been appointed Canada’s next ambassador to the United States.

'People are being smeared': Trump explodes over Epstein files, defends Clinton, others

Dec 23, 2025, at 09:45 pm

Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has publicly weighed in on the controversial release of documents linked to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that the disclosures risk unfairly damaging people who merely crossed paths with him years ago.

Why Greta Thunberg was arrested in London during a Pro-Palestine protest?

Dec 23, 2025, at 06:31 pm

Social activist Greta Thunberg was arrested on Tuesday while participating in a protest in support of Palestine Action hunger strikers in London.

Inside the Balochistan attacks: How six Pakistani soldiers lost their lives in one day!

Dec 23, 2025, at 05:36 pm

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for killing six Pakistani soldiers in three separate attacks in the Quetta, Kachhi, and Kech districts, according to media reports.

'Call of Duty' visionary Vince Zampella dies in California Ferrari crash

Dec 23, 2025, at 04:02 pm

Los Angeles/IBNS: Vince Zampella, the influential game designer credited with shaping the Call of Duty franchise, has died following a fatal car accident in California, Electronic Arts confirmed. He was 55.

Targeted killing sparks global outrage: American lawmakers condemn mob lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh

Dec 23, 2025, at 02:52 pm

Several American lawmakers have strongly condemned the targeted mob killing of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, calling on authorities to ensure justice, protect religious minorities, and restore the rule of law amid growing instability in the country.

Bamako under siege: Al-Qaida-linked JNIM pushes Mali—and West Africa—toward a security breaking point

Dec 23, 2025, at 11:53 am

An unprecedented crisis is unfolding in Mali as the capital, Bamako, finds itself encircled by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaida-aligned militant coalition. 

Why Saudi Arabia give its highest civilian honour to Pakistan’s Defence Chief Asim Munir?   

Dec 22, 2025, at 06:59 pm

Saudi Arabia has conferred the King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellence, the country’s highest civilian honour, on Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.

Pakistan: Winter rainfall disrupts normal life in Balochistan, infrastructure fails

Dec 22, 2025, at 06:08 pm

The Quetta Valley and several towns across Pakistan’s Balochistan province received the first spell of heavy winter rains, disrupting normal life and exposing gaps in official preparedness, media reports said.

'Divine help saved us': Asim Munir credits faith after Pakistan’s May clash with India

Dec 22, 2025, at 05:30 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has claimed that Islamabad received “divine help” during its brief but intense military confrontation with India in May, following New Delhi’s Operation Sindoor strikes on terror infrastructure across the border.

Bangladesh on edge: Student leader shot as pre-poll violence deepens after Hadi killing

Dec 22, 2025, at 03:52 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh’s fragile political climate witnessed another violent flashpoint on Monday after a senior student party leader was shot in the head in the southern city of Khulna, deepening anxieties over security as the country heads toward national elections.

Who Is Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov? Senior Russian military officer killed in Moscow car bomb attack  

Dec 22, 2025, at 02:31 pm

A senior Russian military officer was killed in a car bombing in Moscow on Monday, according to media reports.

India suspends Chittagong visa operations in Bangladesh amid rising tensions

Dec 22, 2025, at 03:01 am

India has indefinitely suspended visa operations Sunday at the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) in Chittagong, Bangladesh, following recent tensions triggered by the death of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi.

Tulsi Gabbard sounds alarm: Islamism is incompatible with American freedom

Dec 21, 2025, at 06:34 pm

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has issued a strong statement on Islamist ideology, describing it as a potential threat to American values and democratic freedoms.

From Kabaddi to Courtroom: Three Indian-origin men sent to prison over violence during 2023 UK kabaddi event

Dec 21, 2025, at 03:38 pm

Three Indian-origin men have been arrested and jailed in the UK for their involvement in violent disorder during a kabaddi tournament in Derby in England’s East Midlands region in 2023.

Burnt to death: 7-year-old girl killed as BNP leader’s house set on fire in Bangladesh

Dec 21, 2025, at 02:16 pm

A seven-year-old girl was burnt to death and three others were injured after the house of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader—allegedly locked from the outside—was set on fire in Bangladesh’s Lakshmipur district early Sunday, media reports said.

No evidence of blasphemy by Hindu man lynched in Bangladesh: Probe

Dec 21, 2025, at 12:14 pm

Investigators probing the brutal lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old Hindu man killed in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district over alleged blasphemy, have found no evidence that he made any remark hurting religious sentiments.

South Africa hit by second mass shooting this month; 10 dead

Dec 21, 2025, at 11:06 am

At least 10 people were killed and another 10 injured in a mass shooting in Bekkersdal, a township outside Johannesburg, South African police said on Sunday. The attack marks the second mass shooting in the country this month, according to AFP.

A year on, Magdeburg lights candles for Christmas market attack victims

Dec 21, 2025, at 01:14 am

One year after the attack at the Christmas market in the east German city of Magdeburg, that killed six and injured hundreds, the city on Saturday is commemorating the victims.

Taipei metro attacks: Smoke grenades, stabbing rampage kill 3, trigger security alert across Taiwan

Dec 20, 2025, at 04:07 pm

Taipei/IBNS: A rare wave of violence ripped through Taiwan’s capital on Friday as coordinated attacks involving smoke grenades and knife assaults struck busy metro locations in Taipei, killing three people and injuring several others.