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After over a billion passengers flown, Air India crash ends Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s fatality-free run | Air India flight with 242 on board crashes moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, all dead except one | Ex-Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani among 242 killed in Air India crash near Ahmedabad | Telangana engineer, who worked on Kaleshwaram irrigation project, held in disproportionate case | 'If guilty, she must be hanged': Sonam Raghuvanshi's brother on Meghalaya murder | 'Deal with China done': Donald Trump announces agreement on rare earths, student visas | 'Funding Pakistan means funding infrastructure of terrorism': Rajnath Singh | Modi meets members of Operation Sindoor outreach delegations, lauds them for voicing India's stand | Won't tolerate visa abuse: US Embassy warns after viral video showed Indian student handcuffed at New Jersey airport | PM Modi urges citizens to participate in survey on India's growth journey over last 11 years on NaMo App

Gaza: Four Israeli soldiers die in explosion

Jun 07, 2025, at 10:46 am

At least four Israeli soldiers died and five others were wounded after an explosion rocked a building in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis on Friday.

World leaders should keep two-state solution ‘alive’, urges Antonio Guterres

Jun 06, 2025, at 05:19 pm

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged world leaders to revive efforts toward a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that there is no alternative.

Australia: 21-year-old injured in targeted shooting in Queensland

Jun 06, 2025, at 03:06 pm

A 21-year-old man was injured in a targeted shooting incident in Australia's Queensland state, police said on Friday.

Russia hits Kyiv with drones, missiles; four dead

Jun 06, 2025, at 10:36 am

At least four people died and 20 others were injured in Kyiv after Russia launched drones and ballistic missiles at multiple targets across the Ukrainian capital, media reports said on Friday.

Study reveals one in three Australian men committed intimate partner violence

Jun 06, 2025, at 10:06 am

A new study showed more than 1 in 3 Australian men (35%) aged 18-65 years have used intimate partner violence in their lifetime.

Ukraine claims to have hit bridge linking Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives, shares footage

Jun 03, 2025, at 10:21 pm

Ukraine's SBU security service on Tuesday claimed that it had hit the road and rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula below the water level with explosives, damaging the pillars underneath.

Gaza roadside bomb blast leaves three IDF soldiers dead

Jun 03, 2025, at 03:54 pm

Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers died, and two were wounded, after a roadside bomb exploded in the Jabalia area in the northern Gaza Strip during an operation on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.

UN General Assembly’s 80th Session: Germany's Annalena Baerbock elected new president

Jun 03, 2025, at 03:07 pm

Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assembly’s 80th session on Monday.

Terrorism against Jews does not stop at the Gaza border, says Israeli envoy to UN on Boulder attack

Jun 02, 2025, at 05:38 pm

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, has condemned the terror attack on participants of a pro-Palestinian rally in the US city of Boulder, which left eight people injured.

IDF shares video, alleges Hamas of firing at aid centre in Gaza

Jun 02, 2025, at 02:19 pm

The Israeli Defence Forces on Monday denied all involvement in the attack close to the aid delivery centre in Southern Gaza's Rafah, which left 31 people dead.

Lifting of Israeli blockade ‘the only way to avert mass starvation’ in Gaza, says UNRWA chief

Jun 02, 2025, at 10:35 am

Amid disputed reports of Israeli forces firing on civilians near a new privatised aid distribution point in southern Gaza, the head of the Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, said on Sunday that lifting the months-long aid blockade of the enclave is the only way to avoid “mass starvation”.

Hamas commander Khalil Abd al-Nasser Muhammad Khatib eliminated: IDF

Jun 01, 2025, at 05:37 pm

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday announced that Hamas commander Khalil Abd al-Nasser Muhammad Khatib has been eliminated.

Gaza: Israeli tank shelling close to aid centre leaves 26 dead

Jun 01, 2025, at 05:01 pm

At least 26 people died and 150 others were injured after an Israeli tank shelling and gunfire in close to an aid distribution unit in Rafah city in Gaza on Sunday, media reports said.

Two Russian bridges collapse, seven die

Jun 01, 2025, at 01:58 pm

At least seven people died and multiple others were injured after two bridges collapsed in separate incidents in Russia's western region, bordering Ukraine.

UN calls Gaza as the ‘hungriest place on earth'

May 31, 2025, at 01:08 pm

Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.

'We stopped potential India-Pakistan nuclear war with trade': Donald Trump reiterates 'ceasefire' claim

May 31, 2025, at 11:14 am

Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has once again said he stopped a potential nuclear war between hostile Asian neighbours India and Pakistan with trade despite New Delhi's repeated rejections of such claims made by Washington in the past.

Australia: Stabbing attack in Sydney leaves three injured

May 31, 2025, at 09:29 am

At least three men were injured and rushed to the hospital in a stabbing attack in Australia's northwest Sydney on Saturday, media reports said.

UK announces investing $1.4 billion to equip armed forces with 'pioneering' battlefield system

May 30, 2025, at 09:57 am

The British government announced it will invest more than £1 billion ($1.4 billion) to equip the UK Armed Forces with a pioneering battlefield system.

Russian military veteran Zaur Gurtsiev dies in explosion

May 30, 2025, at 09:24 am

A Russian deputy mayor and prominent veteran of Moscow’s war in Ukraine died in an explosion in Stavropol city, media reports said on Friday.

'We eliminated Hamas' Gaza chief Muhammad Sinwar': Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

May 28, 2025, at 09:23 pm

Tel Aviv/IBNS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced that the country's army has killed Hamas' Gaza chief Muhammad Sinwar, media reports said.

New judge from Jordan elected to the International Court of Justice

May 28, 2025, at 05:31 pm

A seasoned diplomat and legal scholar from Jordan was elected on Tuesday to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ principal judicial body.

Sri Lanka: UK woman arrested for deadly drug smuggling

May 28, 2025, at 03:40 pm

A former British flight attendant is facing up to 25 years in prison after she was arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly smuggling over 101lbs(46kg) pounds of a dangerous synthetic drug called "kush."

'It's a bond of blood': Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali hails ties with India after meeting 'Op. Sindoor' delegation

May 27, 2025, at 12:16 pm

Georgetown/IBNS: Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has hailed his country's ties with India calling it "bond of blood" after meeting a delegation from New Delhi on Operation Sindoor's global outreach bid.

Car ploughs into pedestrians during Liverpool FC's parade, 47 injured

May 27, 2025, at 09:26 am

One person was arrested after a car ploughed into Liverpool fans during the iconic British football club's Premier League trophy parade in Liverpool city of England, on Monday evening, leaving at least 47 people, including four children, injured.

Viral video shows Macron shoved in face by wife, French President says they were 'joking'

May 26, 2025, at 07:07 pm

A video has gone viral on social media where the French First Lady was caught on camera shoving her husband, Emmanuel Macron, in the face after they arrived in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, for an official visit.

Saudi Arabia to lift ban on alcohol ahead of World Cup

May 26, 2025, at 06:56 pm

Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative Middle East nation, is now planning to legalise the use of alcohol in 600 tourist spots by keeping in mind the Football World Cup, which it will host in 2034.

Israel strikes kill 54 in Gaza

May 26, 2025, at 02:25 pm

Two separate Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight left at least 54 Palestinians dead, media reports said.

Iran summons French envoy over minister's remark on Panahi's Palme d'Or victory at Cannes

May 26, 2025, at 01:04 pm

Iran has summoned the French envoy in Tehran to protest against the 'insulting' remarks made by Foreign Minister of France after noted Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi won a top honour at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.

UN deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine

May 26, 2025, at 12:11 am

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of Russian missile and drone strikes that reportedly killed at least 13 civilians and injured 65 others, warning that the attack underscores the grave risks of using powerful explosive weapons in populated areas.

Russia launches major air attack on Ukraine

May 25, 2025, at 07:57 pm

At least 14 people died after Russia launched a major drone and missile attack on Ukraine, launched in a single night, triggering tension in the region, media reports said.