New York gun violence: 3 dead, 8 injured in Brooklyn restaurant shooting
Aug 17, 2025, at 06:46 pm
New York: Three people were killed and eight others injured after multiple gunmen opened fire inside a restaurant in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighbourhood early Sunday, The New York Times reported.
Aug 17, 2025, at 01:47 pm
US President Donald Trump has dropped his push for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war after the Alaska summit and said Russia and Ukraine must go for a 'Peace Agreement'.
Aug 16, 2025, at 11:10 pm
Washington/Moscow: US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Ukraine to strike a deal with Russia to end the war, declaring: “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not,” Reuters reported.
Aug 16, 2025, at 10:35 pm
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday described his Alaska visit as “timely and extremely useful,” during a televised meeting with senior Kremlin officials, calling his talks with former US President Donald Trump an important step in seeking peace.
Flash flood, severe rain leaves 300 people dead in Pakistan
Aug 16, 2025, at 06:59 pm
The severe rain and resultant flash flood in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have left 324 people dead, with the majority of the deaths reported from Buner, media reports said.
BLA rejects US govt's decision to designate Majeed Brigade a foreign terrorist organisation
Aug 16, 2025, at 04:29 pm
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has rejected the US government's decision to designate the Majeed Brigade as a foreign terrorist organisation.
Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Washington DC on Monday days after Alaska Summit
Aug 16, 2025, at 02:25 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Washington DC and meet US President Donald Trump to discuss all of the details regarding 'ending the killing and the war'.
Donald Trump claims Russia lost 'oil client' India after tariff imposition
Aug 16, 2025, at 12:00 pm
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has claimed Russia lost "an oil client" in the form of India after his administration slapped an extra 25 percent penalty on the South Asian country for purchasing oil from Moscow.
Pakistan: 300 booked, 25 held after mob attack Ahmadi worship places in Faisalabad
Aug 16, 2025, at 10:02 am
Police have registered two cases against 300 people on terrorism charges after they allegedly set an Ahmadi community worship place on fire in Pakistan's Faisalabad city on Wednesday.
One dead in shooting close to a Swedish mosque
Aug 16, 2025, at 08:57 am
At least one person died in a shooting incident close to a mosque in central Sweden on Friday, an incident which the police have described as gang violence-related.
Trump, Putin meeting in Alaska fails to reach a deal on ending Ukraine war
Aug 16, 2025, at 08:13 am
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday, where they failed to reach a concrete agreement to end the ongoing Ukraine war, though both leaders concluded that the talks were productive.
Trump, Putin hold Alaska talks on Ukraine War; Zelensky voices concern
Aug 16, 2025, at 01:52 am
Anchorage, Alaska: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday for discussions on the Ukraine war, exchanging two handshakes and engaging in a friendly yet animated conversation on the tarmac, according to media reports.
Aug 16, 2025, at 01:26 am
Washington,DC/Oslo: US President Donald Trump unexpectedly phoned Norway’s Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg last month, telling him he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize while also raising the topic of tariffs, Norwegian business daily Dagens Næringsliv reported on Thursday.
Major explosion rocks New York City, thick smoke blankets Manhattan's neighbourhood
Aug 15, 2025, at 10:06 pm
A major explosion rocked Manhattan’s Upper East Side, sending thick plumes of smoke billowing into the New York City skyline on Friday morning, media reports said.
'Not here to negotiate for Ukraine but working to end war': Donald Trump aboard flight to meet Putin
Aug 15, 2025, at 09:31 pm
US President Donald Trump on Friday boarded a flight to Alaska, where he is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in what is being called a historic event.
UN Women marks four years since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
Aug 15, 2025, at 02:08 pm
UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson addressed the widescale erosion of human rights of women in the country in a briefing to reporters in New York on Thursday, just ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover.
Pakistan: Three killed, 60 injured in aerial firing during Independence Day celebrations in Karachi
Aug 14, 2025, at 02:36 pm
Karachi/IBNS: Three people were killed and over 60 people injured in an aerial firing during the celebrations of Independence Day in Pakistan's Karachi, media reports said.
Donald Trump warns of 'very severe consequences' if Putin continues war against Ukraine
Aug 14, 2025, at 12:06 am
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned of "very severe consequences" if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't agree to stop the Ukraine war after Friday's summit, media reports said.
Pakistan: Balochistan government night travel in the province
Aug 13, 2025, at 06:13 pm
Pakistan's Balochistan government has imposed a ban on the movement of public transport vehicles during the night in the province, media reports said.
US: Chinese man pleads guilty to smuggling 850 protected turtles worth $1.4 million to Hong Kong
Aug 13, 2025, at 06:02 pm
A Chinese man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York for falsely labelling live turtles as fake toys prior to exporting them in delivery boxes on a weeks-long journey to Hong Kong.
Pakistan: Terrorists blow up gas pipeline in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Aug 13, 2025, at 05:42 pm
Suspected terrorists blew up a gas pipeline in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan, which resulted in the suspension of gas supply to the Punjab region, media reports said.
Aug 13, 2025, at 05:35 pm
Washington, DC: In a move critics warn could squander years of work and hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars, the Trump administration’s Navy and Air Force are set to scrap two nearly complete software projects—after 12 years of development—so tech companies like Salesforce and Palantir can bid for fresh contracts, Reuters reported.
Aug 13, 2025, at 05:01 pm
PM Shehbaz Sharif has threatened India on the Indus River issue and said it could not snatch “even one drop” of water belonging to Pakistan.
US: Hindu temple defaced in Indiana, fourth incident reported this year
Aug 13, 2025, at 04:14 pm
Unknown men have defaced another Hindu temple in the US city of Indiana this week, the fourth such incident reported from the country this year.
EFSAS chief calls Asim Munir's nuclear attack remark 'irresponsible'
Aug 13, 2025, at 03:11 pm
Kashmiri political activist and Director of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), Junaid Qureshi, has labelled the nuclear threat remark by Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir as 'irresponsible'.
Truce says US, Pakistan discussed counter terrorism, refers to ties with India
Aug 13, 2025, at 10:40 am
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Tuesday said Pakistan and the US held Counterterrorism Dialogue talks during chief Asim Munir's visit to the country.
Four men escape Indian restaurant in Northampton without paying £200 bill
Aug 13, 2025, at 09:52 am
An Indian restaurant in Northampton city of England, shared their CCTV footage, which showed a group of men moving out of their facility without paying a £200 bill.
US: 70-year-old Sikh man assaulted with a golf club in North Hollywood, one arrested
Aug 13, 2025, at 09:14 am
A 70-year-old SIkh man was brutally assaulted by an unknown man in the North Hollywood region of the US, leading to the arrest of a person, officials said.
Pakistan: Minor house help tortured to death in Gujranwala
Aug 12, 2025, at 07:02 pm
A 13-year-old domestic worker was allegedly tortured to death by her employers in Pakistan's Gujranwala city, media reports said on Tuesday.
Nine Pakistani soldiers killed in Balochistan attack
Aug 12, 2025, at 06:32 pm
At least nine Pakistani soldiers died and six others were injured in an attack in the South Asian country's restive southwestern Balochistan province, media reports said.