IMF hits Pakistan with 11 fresh demands, warns standoff with India threatens reform goals
May 18, 2025, at 03:17 pm
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has imposed 11 additional conditions on Pakistan for the release of the next tranche under its bailout programme and cautioned that escalating tensions with India could threaten the scheme’s fiscal, external, and reform objectives, The Express Tribune reported on Sunday.
Bomb blast close to fertility clinic in US leaves one dead, FBI calls it 'act of terrorism'
May 18, 2025, at 02:51 pm
At least one person died after a bomb blast occurred close to a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, US, on Saturday.
Donald Trump to call Putin, Zelenskyy on Monday for ending 'bloodbath' in Ukraine
May 18, 2025, at 02:34 pm
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump said he will have a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning to discuss ways to stop the Ukraine war, which he described as a 'bloodbath'.
May 18, 2025, at 01:49 pm
New York/IBNS: At least two people have died as a three-masted Mexican Navy sailing ship, the Cuauhtémoc, with around 200 people onboard, crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on New York’s East River.
School evacuated in UK after boy brings WWII grenade to assembly
May 18, 2025, at 01:42 pm
A student brought a World War II grenade during a show-and-tell assembly at a school in the UK's Ashbourne town, forcing authorities to evacuate the institute on Friday.
Lebanon: IDF eliminates Hezbollah commander
May 17, 2025, at 05:54 pm
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday said it eliminated a Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon.
PoJK activist Jamil Maqsood says India's Operation SIndoor was a bold response to Pahalgam attack
May 17, 2025, at 05:29 pm
UK-based activist and native of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), Jamil Maqsood has described Operation Sindoor, which was launched by India against terror hubs located in Pakistan and PoK on May 7, as a "bold and precise" response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
Melania Trump's statue goes missing in Slovenia
May 17, 2025, at 04:29 pm
Police are trying to hunt down those behind cutting off and then carrying away the larger-than-life statue of US First Lady Melania Trump in her hometown of Sevnica in Slovenia.
Russian drone strikes passenger bus in Ukraine, nine dead
May 17, 2025, at 03:06 pm
A Russian drone strike on a civilian minibus in north-eastern Ukraine on Saturday left at least nine people dead and seven others injured.
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif admits India's missile launch on Nur Khan airbase
May 17, 2025, at 11:29 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has admitted India had launched "ballistic missile" on Nur Khan airbase and some other locations on the intervening night of May 9 and 10.
Russia-Ukraine agree to swap prisoners during first meeting in Istanbul
May 17, 2025, at 10:10 am
Ukraine and Russian delegations met for the first time in Turkey's Istanbul where they agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners-of-war each.
Albanian PM Edi Rama kneels to welcome his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni at EU summit
May 17, 2025, at 12:59 am
Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama kneeled to greet his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni as he hosted Europe’s leaders on Friday amid torrential rains.
Salman Rushdie stabber sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for attempted murder
May 16, 2025, at 11:47 pm
New York/IBNS: The man convicted of stabbing acclaimed author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving him blind in one eye, has been sentenced to a 25-year jail term.
Trump’s proposed bill could slap 5% tax on US remittances, hitting Indian workers hardest
May 16, 2025, at 09:38 pm
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump’s proposed legislation — the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — is raising alarm among Indian professionals in America due to a controversial clause that seeks to tax cross-border remittances.
Ukraine-Russia delegations meet in Istanbul for first time in three years
May 16, 2025, at 06:27 pm
Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey's Istanbul on Friday, marking the first time the two nations are directly engaging at any level since 2022.
Pakistan: BLA men attack government-organised rally in Quetta, one killed
May 16, 2025, at 05:57 pm
At least one person died and ten others were injured after an explosion and gunfire targeted a government-organized rally in Quetta city in Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Military aviation analyst Tom Cooper says Pakistan is massively misusing religion
May 16, 2025, at 03:21 pm
Military aviation analyst and historian Tom Cooper feels that Pakistan is 'massively misusing religion' and breeding jihadism, a situation that is not expected to change.
Politically unacceptable: Antonio Guterres calls for global ban on Lethal Autonomous Systems
May 16, 2025, at 09:58 am
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight – describing them as “politically unacceptable” and “morally repugnant.”
'I don't want you building in India': Donald Trump to Apple CEO Tim Cook
May 15, 2025, at 03:33 pm
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has opposed Apple CEO Tim Cook's plans to expand production of the brand's products in India, flagging the tariff issue.
May 14, 2025, at 11:35 pm
Baloch leaders have issued a symbolic declaration of independence from Pakistan, paving the way for renewed tension in the southwestern province of Balochistan.
IMF disburses $1.02 bn to Pakistan as virtual budget talks begin
May 14, 2025, at 09:14 pm
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a second tranche of $1.023 billion to Pakistan under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF), the State Bank of Pakistan announced on Wednesday.
Taiwan detects 35 sorties of PLA aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels around its territory
May 14, 2025, at 06:47 pm
Taiwan on Wednesday said it detected 35 sorties of People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, eight People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels, and two official ships operating around its region.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar welcome Trump with ceremonial aerial escort
May 14, 2025, at 05:42 pm
Six Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s welcomed US President Donald Trump's Air Force One with a ceremonial escort after he entered the country's airspace and headed towards Riyadh on Tuesday.
Donald Trump visits Saudi Arabia: Washington secures $600Bln investment from Riyadh
May 14, 2025, at 12:58 pm
The White House on Wednesday said Saudi Arabia will invest $600 billion in the US economy.
IDF targets Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar, fate still not clear
May 14, 2025, at 09:46 am
A massive Israeli strike at a hospital in southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday targeted Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar, media reports said.
Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander released from Hamas captivity
May 13, 2025, at 06:53 pm
Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander has united with his family members after he was released from Hamas captivity on Monday.
UN aviation body finds Russia responsible for downing Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014
May 13, 2025, at 06:35 pm
A UN body has found that Russia was responsible for the 17 July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 people on board.
May 13, 2025, at 03:19 pm
Bangladesh Election Commission has suspended the registration of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, effectively barring the longest ruling political outfit in the country's history from contesting the next general polls.
Starvation looms for one in five people in Gaza, say food security experts
May 13, 2025, at 10:26 am
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has said one in five people in Gaza – 500,000 – faces starvation, amid ongoing conflict with Israel.
US, China agree to pause tariff war for 90 days, will slash reciprocal duties by 115 percent
May 13, 2025, at 12:37 am
The United States and China on Monday agreed to roll back tariffs on each other’s goods for a 90-day period initially in a bid to defuse the rising trade war between the world’s two largest economies.