China: Five killed, 2 missing in fireworks explosion
Jul 11, 2023, at 09:48 pm
Beijing: Five people were confirmed dead and two others still missing following a fireworks explosion on early Tuesday in Liling, a county-level city under the administration of Zhuzhou in central China's Hunan Province.
Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week
Jul 11, 2023, at 09:44 pm
New York: Transfer of crude oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer stranded off the coast of Yemen, is expected to start early next week, a senior United Nations humanitarian official told the Security Council on Monday.
Taliban leaders suspend Sweden's activities in Afghan after Quran burning
Jul 11, 2023, at 08:49 pm
Kabul: The Taliban have suspended Swedish activities in Afghanistan starting Tuesday after the controversial Quran burning demonstration in Stockholm, a spokesperson for the Afghan culture committee said.
Nepal chopper crash: 5 Mexican nationals, pilot die
Jul 11, 2023, at 07:57 pm
Kathmandu: At least six people, including five Mexicans, died in a helicopter crash in Nepal on Tuesday.
Pakistan authorities says Islamic State was behind recent attacks on clerics, minorities
Jul 11, 2023, at 03:33 pm
Peshawar: Pakistan's counter-terrorism department has claimed that the terrorist group Islamic State was behind the recent targeted attacks against religious scholars and members of minority groups in the provincial capital, media reports said.
China: 2 die following landslide
Jul 11, 2023, at 03:21 pm
Wuhan: Two people were killed and seven are missing after a landslide hit a highway construction site in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday, local authorities said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Road mishap in Takhar leaves 1 person dead
Jul 11, 2023, at 02:37 pm
A minibus crashed into a ravine in Afghanistan's Takhar on Monday which left at least one person dead and 18 others hurt, media reports said.
Mexico: 9 persons die in wholesale market fire
Jul 11, 2023, at 02:22 pm
Mexico City: At least nine people were killed and one was injured in a fire at a wholesale food distribution center in Toluca, capital of the central State of Mexico, local authorities said Monday.
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.