Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy gets 5 yrs imprisonment over Libya campaign financing case
Sep 25, 2025, at 05:42 pm
Paris: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after a Paris court found him guilty of criminal conspiracy in connection with alleged illegal campaign financing from Libya.
People start selling cars, houses after pastor's 'Rapture' claim goes viral on social media
Sep 24, 2025, at 05:47 pm
A South African pastor’s apocalyptic prophecy predicting the Rapture on Sept 23 or 24 has gone viral on social media, prompting some followers to sell cars and houses, according to reports.
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, world’s 2nd richest, plans to donate 95% of his fortune
Sep 24, 2025, at 05:36 pm
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has climbed to the position of the world’s second-richest person, trailing only Tesla chief Elon Musk, with a net worth of $373 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.
Thailand: Massive sinkhole disrupts traffic in Bangkok after road collapse
Sep 24, 2025, at 05:01 pm
Traffic was disrupted after a section of a busy road in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, collapsed, creating a large sinkhole on Wednesday.
Hamas gunmen execute 3 people in Gaza for collaborating with Israel, video goes viral
Sep 23, 2025, at 05:35 pm
A video footage has currently gone viral, which shows Hamas gunmen publicly executing three men, who are accused of being Israeli collaborators in Gaza City, media reports said.
Time for peace has come, says Macron as France formally recognises the Palestinian state
Sep 23, 2025, at 09:57 am
The French government has formally recognised a Palestinian state, joining the list of nations that have taken the crucial step.
UK formally recognises State of Palestine in historic move
Sep 21, 2025, at 08:23 pm
In a significant shift in foreign policy, the United Kingdom has formally recognized the State of Palestine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday.
Netherlands: 30 arrested as anti-immigration protest turns violent in The Hague
Sep 21, 2025, at 01:41 pm
At least 30 people were arrested by the Dutch Police after a violent anti-immigration demonstration erupted in The Hague on Saturday.
Three die in Russia's overnight aerial strikes on Ukraine: Zelenskyy
Sep 21, 2025, at 01:00 am
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday said at least three people died after Russia launched a 'massive' aerial overnight strike on multiple Ukrainian cities.
NATO scrambles jets as Russia violates Estonian airspace, EU warns of escalation
Sep 20, 2025, at 12:25 am
NATO said on Friday that it scrambled fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft after three MiG-31s violated Estonian airspace, calling the breach another example of Moscow’s “reckless” behaviour amid heightened tensions in the Baltic region.
Emmanuel Macron, wife to present scientific evidence to prove France's First Lady is a woman
Sep 18, 2025, at 11:09 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron are preparing to present “photographic and scientific evidence” in their defamation case against US far-right commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly promoted false claims that Macron is a transgender woman.
Trump’s second UK state visit: royal pageantry, investment pledges and mass protests
Sep 18, 2025, at 01:30 pm
London/IBNS: U.S. President Donald Trump’s unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom combined a glittering royal ceremony, a series of high-level meetings and headline investment pledges as it unfolded against a backdrop of sustained public protest and controversy.
Ukraine-Russia Crisis: IAEA says shelling reported close to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Sep 17, 2025, at 07:13 pm
The International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday said its team heard shelling close to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine.
Zambian farmers sue two Chinese-linked firms over 'ecological catastrophe'
Sep 17, 2025, at 09:45 am
Zambian farmers have filed an $80bn (£58.5bn) lawsuit against two Chinese-linked firms, blaming them for causing 'ecological catastrophe' due to the collapse of a dam that stores waste from copper mining.
UN investigators say Israel committed genocide in Gaza
Sep 16, 2025, at 03:23 pm
Senior UN independent rights investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council alleged on Tuesday that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, a charge flatly rejected by Tel Aviv.
US backs Israel's goal to eradicate Hamas, says Marco Rubio during Jerusalem visit
Sep 16, 2025, at 10:28 am
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who visited Israel and met PM Benjamin Netanyahu, has extended full support to Jerusalem to destroy the Hamas group.
Israel-US alliance 'never been stronger', Netanyahu says as State Secretary Rubio visit for talks
Sep 15, 2025, at 02:33 am
Jerusalem: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with the Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Sunday visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
UK: Police arrest 37-year-old man for 'smearing bodily fluids' on Jewish premises
Sep 14, 2025, at 05:07 pm
The British police have arrested a man on charges of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage after several synagogues and Jewish premises were attacked in north West London.
Sep 14, 2025, at 04:09 pm
Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker and activist Basel Adra has claimed that Israel Defense Forces soldiers recently searched his residence in the occupied West Bank after several Israeli settlers attacked him and his family members on Saturday, media reports said.
Who Is Tommy Robinson, the Far-Right Activist Behind London’s Massive Rally?
Sep 14, 2025, at 02:11 pm
“We are part of a tidal wave,” hollered Tommy Robinson to the sprawling crowd.
Elon Musk addresses London far-right rally as clashes break out, 25 arrested
Sep 14, 2025, at 12:52 pm
Tesla CEO Elon Musk joined one of the largest far-right rallies in Britain on Saturday, addressing a crowd of more than 100,000 people in central London by video link as clashes between protesters and police left 26 officers injured and 25 people under arrest.
London sees massive anti-immigration far-right rally, counterprotest; several cops injured
Sep 14, 2025, at 11:27 am
A march in London organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson drew an unexpectedly large turnout of more than 110,000 people on Saturday, media reports said.
Sep 13, 2025, at 06:12 pm
Oldbury, UK/IBNS: A young Sikh woman in her 20s was raped in broad daylight at a park in Oldbury, West Midlands, and subjected to racist abuse, including being told to “go back to your country,” police said. The assault is being treated as a racially aggravated hate crime.
UK: Indian-origin man gets life term for killing his mother over remote control
Sep 13, 2025, at 04:59 pm
An Indian-origin man, who killed his mother at her home in the British city of Birmingham, has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years.
Go back to your country, Sikh woman told after being raped by two suspects in UK
Sep 13, 2025, at 04:30 pm
A Sikh woman was allegedly raped by two men in broad daylight in a park in the British town of Oldbury, an incident which the police described as a "racially aggravated attack".
Human rights situation still dire, a decade on in North Korea: UN report
Sep 13, 2025, at 10:32 am
The death penalty in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), or North Korea, is “more widely allowed by law and implemented in practice” than a decade ago, said a senior UN human rights official on Friday.
Albania is now world's first nation to appoint AI-created minister to tackle corruption
Sep 12, 2025, at 05:36 pm
Albania has become the world's first nation to create an artificial intelligence-generated government “minister” to tackle corruption.
'Block Everything' movement gains momentum in France, 200 arrested
Sep 10, 2025, at 05:49 pm
French Police arrested nearly 200 people with 'Block Everything' protesters attempting to paralyse the country following the collapse of former PM François Bayrou-led government.
Military spending worldwide hits record $2.7 trillion
Sep 10, 2025, at 04:09 pm
Global military spending reached an unprecedented $2.7 trillion in 2024 amid intensifying wars and rising geopolitical tensions worldwide.
Sep 10, 2025, at 12:52 pm
Kathmandu/IBNS: The Nepal Army has appealed to the mob to halt their protests and start engaging in dialogues a day after the agitation against the government over corruption and several other issues turned violent and toppled the KP Sharma Oli regime.