Jul 11, 2023, at 03:38 am
Toronto/IBNS: The newest Toronto For All Anti-Islamophobia Campaign was officially launched Monday at Nathan Phillips Square with guidance from a Community Advisory Council and the National Council of Canadian Muslims.
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev re-elected for seven-year term in snap election
Jul 11, 2023, at 01:21 am
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with 87.05 percent of the vote in his favour on Sunday, the country’s Central Election Commission announced Monday citing preliminary results.
Pakistan: Four terrorists arrested in Hangu
Jul 10, 2023, at 11:55 pm
Hangu: The police have claimed to have arrested four alleged terrorists, including a notorious commander, during a drug raid on a hideout of a proscribed militant organization in the mountainous areas of Pakistan's Hangu region.
Pakistan PM,COAS join hands to deal with food security, other issues
Jul 10, 2023, at 11:49 pm
Pakistan's military and civil leaders on Friday joined hands to tackle issues like food insecurity, malnutrition, and soaring import costs.
Twitter 'relocates' users of Gilgit-Baltistan to Jammu and Kashmir
Jul 10, 2023, at 11:23 pm
Popular micro-blogging site Twitter is believed to have blocked access to the government of Pakistan’s official account in Gilgit-Baltistan and changed the region’s location to parts of India, Dawn News reported.
Pakistan: Khyber clerics ban music, dancing by transgender persons at weddings
Jul 10, 2023, at 10:58 pm
Landi Kotal: Local tribal clerics in Pakistan have taken law into their hands and imposed a ban on playing music and dancing by transgender persons during weddings in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Oil tanker catches fire on highway, three die
Jul 10, 2023, at 10:31 pm
Makranl At least three people died as an oil tanker, which was carrying diesel, turned upside down on Makran Coastal Highway in Pakistan on Sunday.
British Broadcasting Corporation suspends presenter over sexual misconduct allegation
Jul 10, 2023, at 08:46 pm
The British Broadcasting Corporation has suspended one of its male presenters over the allegation that he had for several years paid a teenager for explicit content and will meet with the police on Monday in order to establish more facts, BBC News said.
Unknown attackers gun down tribal elder in Quetta
Jul 10, 2023, at 08:23 pm
Quetta: Unknown attackers shot dead a tribal elder in Pakistan's Quetta city on Saturday, media reports said.
China: Six die in knife attack in Lianjiang
Jul 10, 2023, at 08:16 pm
Lianjiang: At least six people died and one person was injured in a knife attack outside a kindergarten in China's Lianjiang city, media reports said.
Jul 10, 2023, at 01:13 pm
French authorities have banned the sale, possession, and transport of fireworks over the Bastille Day weekend next week amid fears of renewed riots.
Uzbekistan hosts early presidential polls on Sunday, CEC to announce preliminary results tomorrow
Jul 10, 2023, at 05:24 am
Early presidential elections were held in Uzbekistan on Sunday with incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev expected to sweep the polls and return to power for another term.
Yemen: Houthis ban Swedish imports after Quran burning
Jul 10, 2023, at 03:07 am
Sanaa: The Houthi group in Yemen has banned the entry of Swedish imports into the country's north, which is under its control, in protest against the burning of a Quran during a protest in Sweden.
Pakistan: Gas cylinder explosion causes building to collapse in Punjab, 6 dies
Jul 10, 2023, at 03:01 am
At least six people died and 10 others were hurt as a three-story building located on the Grand Trunk Road in Pakistan's Punjab region collapsed due to a gas cylinder explosion on Sunday, media reports said.
UK: Indecent image appears during screening of Super Mario Bros movie for children in Londonderry
Jul 09, 2023, at 10:25 pm
Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a report that an indecent image appeared for a brief period of time while Super Mario Bros Movie was screened for children recently.
Bangladesh: Man arrested os suspicion of killing neighbour in Jhenaidah
Jul 09, 2023, at 10:04 pm
A man was arrested in Bangladesh's Jhenaidah region on suspicion of murdering his neighbour.
Jul 09, 2023, at 09:14 pm
An American couple has claimed they were charged nearly $30,000 for an Uber ride in Costa Rica that should actually have been $55,media reports said.
US: Cessna jet crashes in California, six die
Jul 09, 2023, at 08:39 pm
At least six people died when a Cessna business jet crashed near French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California, on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gas cylinder in passenger bus explodes, seven die
Jul 09, 2023, at 08:01 pm
At least seven passengers died when a gas cylinder installed in a passenger bus exploded in Sargodha city of Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
One killed, 3 injured after a string of shootings in New York
Jul 09, 2023, at 06:42 pm
New York/IBNS/UNI: A gunman riding a scooter without a license plate opened fire in New York's Queens and Brooklyn districts at four people, killing an 87-year-old man and injuring three others, the New York Police Department (NYPD) has said.
At least 11 killed in Brazil building collapse
Jul 09, 2023, at 03:05 pm
Rio De Janeiro/IBNS/UNI: The death toll from a building collapse in Recife, capital of Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil, rose to 11 on Saturday, while three people were still missing, authorities said on Sunday.
7 killed, 14 injured in passenger van fire in Pakistan's Punjab
Jul 09, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Islamabad/IBNS/UNI: At least seven people were burnt to death and 14 others injured after a passenger van caught fire in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, police officials said Sunday.
Pakistan: Drone carrying drugs crashes in Lahore
Jul 09, 2023, at 12:28 am
A drone, which was carrying drugs worth millions of rupees, crashed in Lahore's Halloki area on Friday.
Pakistan: 67 die in rain-related accidents
Jul 08, 2023, at 11:34 pm
Islamabad: Sixty-seven people died and 125 others injured in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan since the start of the pre-monsoon season in the country, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan said on Saturday.
Iran: Two policemen, 4 'terrorists' killed in armed attack on police station
Jul 08, 2023, at 11:13 pm
Tehran: Two policemen and four "terrorists" were killed on Saturday in an armed "terrorist attack" on a police station in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
Man, who helped US forces in Afghanistan, shot dead in Washington
Jul 08, 2023, at 10:48 pm
A former Afghan interpreter, who immigrated with his family to America in 2021 to escape the Taliban, was shot dead in Washington recently, media reports said.
UN-brokered grain and fertilizer deals ‘indispensable’ to global food security
Jul 08, 2023, at 10:41 pm
New York: The food and fertilizer export deals brokered by the UN last year with Ukraine and Russia have played an “indispensable role” in supporting global food security and must continue, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday.
OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over militarization of public security in Honduras
Jul 08, 2023, at 09:47 pm
New York: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has urged authorities in Honduras to reinforce the “internal and external oversight of military operations” in the country, following the extending of a national state of emergency.
UN rights experts ‘appalled’ by attack on Russian journalist and lawyer in Chechnya
Jul 08, 2023, at 09:34 pm
A group of independent UN-appointed human rights experts said on Friday they were appalled by the violent and clearly planned attack carried out on an award-winning Russian journalist and human rights lawyer while the pair were visiting Chechnya earlier in the week.
‘Grim milestone’ as Ukraine war reaches 500-day mark
Jul 08, 2023, at 08:27 pm
New York: The UN deplored the horrendous civilian cost of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which reached the 500-day mark on Friday.