K-Pop star Park Bo Ram, 30, found dead at a friend's home
Apr 13, 2024, at 12:51 am
K-Pop star Park Bo Ram, who is known for rendering his soulful voice to several popular K-drama soundtracks, was found dead at a friend's house, media reports said.
Apr 12, 2024, at 11:32 pm
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named Avi Wigderson as recipient of the 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award for foundational contributions to the theory of computation, including reshaping our understanding of the role of randomness in computation, and for his decades of intellectual leadership in theoretical computer science.
UK raises family visa income requirement by 55 percent to curb legal migration
Apr 12, 2024, at 07:35 pm
London/IBNS: The United Kingdom has hiked the family visa income requirement by 55 percent in a bid to control the legal migration to the country.
Apr 12, 2024, at 02:15 am
Ho Chi Minh City: A top Vietnamese real estate mogul was sentenced to death on Thursday in one of the largest corruption scandals ever recorded, involving approximately $27 billion in losses, media reports said.
3 sons, 2 grandchildren of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike
Apr 11, 2024, at 06:17 am
Cairo/IBNS: Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip on Wednesday, media reports said.
October 7 Hamas attack survivor thanks India for 'supporting' Israel, praises PM Moodi
Apr 11, 2024, at 12:40 am
Calling India a 'true friend', an Israeli woman, who survived the October 7 attack by Hamas, has thanked Indian PM Narendra Modi for extending continuous support towards her nation.
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu says date set for Rafah ground offensive
Apr 09, 2024, at 03:58 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the date to begin the ground offensive into Rafah city of Gaza has been set.
Hamas ambushes IDF soldiers in Gaza tunnel, four die
Apr 08, 2024, at 10:21 pm
At least four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed in a Hamas ambush in Gaza's Khan Younis area on Saturday (April 6, 2024).
Apr 08, 2024, at 10:11 pm
Two people were killed and another 26 injured in a bus crash in southwestern Russia's Samara region, RIA Novosti news agency reported Monday, citing the regional health ministry.
Blast triggers fire in apartment building in Paris, three die
Apr 08, 2024, at 03:26 pm
At least three people died after a fire erupted following a suspected explosion that occurred at an eight-storey apartment building in Paris on Sunday (April 7, 2024).
El Salvador offering 5,000 passports, voting rights to skilled workers from abroad
Apr 08, 2024, at 03:08 pm
Central American country El Salvador is offering 5,000 'free passports' to highly skilled workers from abroad.
IDF withdraws ground troops from south Gaza as Israel-Hamas conflict enters seventh month
Apr 08, 2024, at 03:20 am
The Israel Defense Forces withdrew its manoeuvring ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, a move made at a time when the conflict between the two groups entered its sixth month.
Apr 08, 2024, at 12:07 am
A 28-year-old British man stabbed his wife to death and then slashed her into over 200 pieces before dumping the remains in a river, police said.
In a shocking crime, UK man chops his wife's body, puts her hamster in blender, dog in washer
Apr 07, 2024, at 05:44 pm
In a shocking murder, a 28-year-old UK man stabbed his wife to death, then chopped her body into over 200 pieces, and stored them in his kitchen for a week before dumping them in a river with the help of a friend.
US urges Israel to allow some Palestinians to return to Northern Gaza
Apr 07, 2024, at 04:38 pm
Washington DC/IBNS/UNI: US President Joe Biden's administration is pushing Israel to allow some displaced Gazan civilians to return to the northern part of the enclave amid concerns about the upcoming Israeli military operation in the southern city of Rafah, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing officials.
Kuwaiti PM submits cabinet resignation after parliamentary elections
Apr 07, 2024, at 09:04 am
Kuwait City: Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah submitted his cabinet's resignation to Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Saturday, according to the official news agency KUNA.
Iraq sentences 3 drug dealers to death
Apr 06, 2024, at 11:11 pm
The Iraqi National Security Service (INSS) said that the Iraqi judiciary pronounced death sentences on three drug dealers, including a foreigner.
Nigeria: Attack by unknown gunmen leaves 25 dead
Apr 06, 2024, at 11:07 pm
At least 25 people were killed by a group of unidentified gunmen who recently attacked a local community in Nigeria's north-central state of Kogi, local authorities said.
Apr 05, 2024, at 08:35 pm
Giving a strong response to Israel, US President Joe Biden on Thursday asked PM Benjamin Netanyahu that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians in Gaza.
Donald Trump says Chinese migrants entering US illegally, could be building army within country
Apr 05, 2024, at 02:49 pm
Former US President Donald Trump said during an interview that Chinese migrants illegally entering the United States along the US southern border could potentially be building an army inside the country.
Malaysia: Shop chain that sold ‘Allah socks’ targeted with Molotov cocktails
Apr 03, 2024, at 03:54 pm
Three stores belonging to a Malaysian minimart chain were targeted with Molotov cocktails recently after they allegedly sold socks carrying the word “Allah”.
Apr 03, 2024, at 03:44 pm
The cost of damage to critical infrastructure in Gaza is estimated at around $18.5 billion according to a new report released on Tuesday (April 2, 2024) by the World Bank and the United Nations, with financial support of the European Union.
Twenty-nine die as fire breaks out at nightclub in Turkey
Apr 03, 2024, at 02:27 pm
At least 29 people died after a fire broke out at a nightclub located in a 16-storey building in Turkey's capital city Istanbul, media reports said.
al-Sisi sworn in as Egypt's president for 3rd term
Apr 03, 2024, at 08:01 am
Cairo: Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi took the constitutional oath on Tuesday as president of Egypt for a third consecutive term in office, serving until 2030, the state-run Nile TV reported.
29 killed as fire breaks out in Istanbul nightclub
Apr 03, 2024, at 02:41 am
Istanbul/IBNS: At least 29 people were killed as fire broke out at a 16-storey residential building that housed a nightclub in Istanbul on Tuesday, media reports said.
Shooting in Finland school one student dead, 12-year-old suspect arrested
Apr 02, 2024, at 11:38 pm
A child died and two others were injured in a shooting incident in a shooting incident in Finland's Vantaa city on Tuesday (April 2, 2024).
Israel accused of striking Iran embassy annex in Syria, top IRGC commander killed
Apr 02, 2024, at 01:29 pm
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has blamed Israel for carrying out an airstrike which damaged the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus on Monday.
UK PM Rishi Sunak likely to lose his own constituency in upcoming polls, says survey
Apr 01, 2024, at 08:51 pm
A poll released by a civil society campaign organisation indicates that the ruling Conservative Party might face defeat in the general polls likely to be held later this year.
Israel lost 600 soldiers since Hamas launched October 7 attack
Apr 01, 2024, at 08:48 pm
Two of the three people detained in Russia's Muslim-majority Dagestan Republic suspected of plotting to commit terrorist crimes are of Central Asian origin, a local law enforcement source told Sputnik on Monday.
Israel pulls out troops from Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital
Apr 01, 2024, at 08:36 pm
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday (April 1, 2024) said it has withdrawn its troops from Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, two weeks after it was raided.