Uzbekistan: Parliamentary polls to take place on October 27, announces Central Election Commission
Aug 17, 2024, at 04:01 pm
The Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan has announced voting to elect the lower chamber of the Oliy Majlis (parliament) will be held October 27.
Gunmen abduct 20 Nigerian medical, dental students
Aug 17, 2024, at 02:40 pm
Gunmen have abducted 20 Nigerian dental and medical students from Benue State of the country, media reports said.
UN rights chief Volker Türk says most of Gaza's 40,000 dead are women and children
Aug 16, 2024, at 08:41 pm
As the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza passes the dark milestone of 40,000, UN rights chief Volker Türk called on Thursday for an end to the killing “once and for all” and the release of all hostages while negotiators prepared to meet in Qatar to renew efforts to halt the conflict and avert a wider war.
Iranian banking system hit by major cyber attack: Reports
Aug 15, 2024, at 07:37 pm
Tel Aviv/IBNS: A massive cyber attack targeted the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian banks on Wednesday (Aug 14) amid ongoing tension in the Middle East, according to a report in the Saudi-affiliated Iran International.
Aug 15, 2024, at 12:01 am
A charity organisation which works for homeless people in New Zealand's Auckland has distributed candies filled with potentially lethal doses of methamphetamine in its food parcels.
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida announces he will step down next month
Aug 14, 2024, at 10:58 pm
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida will step down next month and will not run for re-election for a second term as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party amid a series of political scandals that called for his resignation.
Aug 14, 2024, at 02:46 pm
Breaking her silence for the first time since her government toppled which forced her to escape to India, former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday broke silence on the recent violence and said the act of sabotage in the name of movements led to the death of many innocent people.
Australia: Helicopter crashes on roof of popular hotel in Cairns, pilot dies
Aug 12, 2024, at 07:28 pm
The pilot of a helicopter, which crashed on the roof of a hotel in the Australian city of Cairns, has died, police said on Monday.
ILO report shows global youth unemployment rate dropped to 15-year low in 2023
Aug 12, 2024, at 03:02 pm
The global labour market outlook for young people has improved in the last four years, and the upward trend is expected to continue for two more, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report.
Aug 11, 2024, at 04:11 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh is still looking at uncertainty even as a caretaker government has been sworn in under the leadership of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus amid reports of persecution of minority communities that continue to pour in.
Aug 10, 2024, at 08:54 pm
Former YouTube CEO and one of the earlier employees of search engine Google Susan Wojcicki has died after her two-year-long battle against lung cancer, her husband announced on Friday.
Aug 10, 2024, at 03:21 pm
Russia has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that suspected fragments of downed missiles were found close to the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (Kursk NPP) amid the Ukrainian attack in Kursk city.
All 62 passengers on board die in Brazil turboprop plane crash
Aug 10, 2024, at 06:40 am
Sao Paulo/IBNS: A regional turboprop plane with 62 people on board crashed near Sao Paulo in Brazil on Friday, leaving all passengers dead, media reports said.
Austrian authorities say it thwarted ISIS plot to target Taylor Swift concerts, new suspect arrested
Aug 10, 2024, at 12:32 am
Vienna authorities have arrested an Iraqi national over an inquiry into an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to attack a concert of international star Taylor Swift in Vienna.
Testing swift responses to chemical terrorism threats
Aug 09, 2024, at 11:09 pm
As the UN Security Council meets on Thursday to discuss the threat the ISIL/Da’esh terrorist group poses, a specialised UN agency has been helping nations on the ground to prepare for chemical terrorism attacks.
Women demonstrate in Iraq over proposed bill which may lower marriage age to nine
Aug 09, 2024, at 10:56 pm
Women's rights activists have been voicing their protests over a bill which resurfaced in the Iraqi parliament that could spike underage marriage in the nation.
Middle East escalation: WHO regional chief voices grave concern
Aug 09, 2024, at 09:51 pm
Recent developments in Gaza, the wider Middle East, and Sudan, have highlighted the complexities of emergencies in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) vast Eastern Mediterranean region, officials from the UN agency said during a virtual media briefing on Wednesday.
Germany: Hotel partially collapses, two die
Aug 07, 2024, at 09:55 pm
At least two people died and several others were injured after a hotel partially collapsed in Germany's Kröv region on Wednesday.
China trying to fish in troubled Middle East water with Hamas-Fatah agreement: Analysts
Aug 07, 2024, at 07:15 pm
Beijing/IBNS: Amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, as many as 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the terrorist organization Hamas, have agreed to form a government after talks were hosted by Beijing, and analysts believe the Chinese Communist regime is forging closer ties with terrorist groups in the Middle East to expand influence in the region as well as sharpen its anti-US alliance.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vows retaliation over Israeli killing of commander Fuad Shukr
Aug 07, 2024, at 03:42 pm
Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah's chief Hassan Nasrallah has said it will respond to the killing of leader Fuad Shukr by Israel last week.
Hamas names Yahya Sinwar as its new chief after Ismail Haniyeh's assassination
Aug 07, 2024, at 06:19 am
Gaza/IBNS: Hamas Tuesday named Gaza Strip chief Yahya Sinwar as its new political leader after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran last week, media reports said.
Philippines, Germany enhance defence agreement amid tensions in South China Sea
Aug 07, 2024, at 05:29 am
Philippines Secretary of National Defence Gilberto Teodoro and German Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius have committed to a defence agreement which focuses on enhancing strategies to promote peace and stability at a time when tension prevails over the South China Sea.
India will work with any new government in Bangaldesh: Former Indian envoy Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
Aug 07, 2024, at 05:21 am
Former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty has said India will continue monitoring the developments in the neighbouring nation after PM Sheikh Hasina resigned and escaped from the country amid violent anti-government protests.
Iran's protest crackdown disproportionately targeting minorities, say UN experts
Aug 07, 2024, at 12:10 am
Government-led crackdowns on protesters in Iran have had a disproportionate impact on the country’s ethnic and religious minorities since 2022, particularly in the Kurd and Baluch communities, according to a new advocacy paper released by the Human Rights Council-appointed International Fact-Finding Mission on Monday.
Israel: Amid reports of torture inside prisons, rights experts call for end to impunity
Aug 06, 2024, at 10:50 pm
Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of the iceberg”, UN independent human rights experts warned on Monday, calling for swift action to end impunity surrounding reports of violations against Palestinian detainees.
US judge rules Google's online search monopoly is illegal, Alphabet plans to appeal against decision
Aug 06, 2024, at 08:10 pm
Giving a blow to Google, a US judge on Monday ruled that it illegally acted to beat competition and maintain a monopoly in the area of online search and related advertisement.
Hamas-Israel conflict: UN finds nine UNRWA staff may have been involved in October 7 attacks
Aug 06, 2024, at 03:49 pm
The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel.
UK: Six-year-old girl denied passport for being named after 'Game of Thrones' character
Aug 05, 2024, at 08:32 pm
A UK girl was denied a passport since she is named after a popular “Game of Thrones” character, media reports said.
Israel: Two killed in Holon stabbing incident, attacker neutralised
Aug 05, 2024, at 05:02 am
A stabbing incident in the Israeli city of Holon on Sunday left at least two people dead, media reports said.
Israel-Iran conflict intensifies, triggers fear of all-out war in Middle East
Aug 04, 2024, at 02:40 pm
Tensions in the Middle East have heightened with Iran and Hamas, along with Hezbollah, vowing strong retaliation to the assassination of their group leaders, blamed on Israel, triggering fears of a regional war.