‘Created unnecessary danger’: Canada’s spy watchdog slams sudden halt to CSIS overseas operation
May 31, 2025, at 10:11 pm
Ottawa: A new report by Canada’s spy watchdog has sharply criticised a mid-operation suspension of an overseas Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) mission, calling it an act that “created unnecessary danger for the CSIS team” and undermined Canada’s global standing, according to a CBC report.
China's colonial boarding schools are eroding Tibetan identity: TAI report
May 31, 2025, at 06:36 pm
The Tibet Action Institute (TAI) has released a report where it accused Tibetan children are face abuse, neglect, indoctrination, and identity erasure in the Chinese government’s network of colonial boarding schools and preschools in Tibet.
New York: Grand Indian baraat brings Wall Street to a standstill
May 31, 2025, at 04:30 pm
New York's busy Wall Street witnessed the colourful taste of a grand Indian wedding when Varun Navani and Amanda Soll stopped traffic on the busy area in the city with their extravagant 'baraat' (marriage procession).
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.
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.
Donald Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office farewell, says their friendship is 'truly special'
May 31, 2025, at 01:00 am
Elon Musk, who stepped down as the chief of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), meant to save "trillions" of American taxpayer dollars, has said that he will continue to remain a friend and adviser to President Donald Trump as the latter gave the Tesla CEO a ceremonial farewell at his Oval Office.
Pakistan upgrades ties with Afghanistan after China's push, says it will send ambassador to Kabul
May 31, 2025, at 12:14 am
Days after a China-convened meeting pushed for strengthening Pakistan-Afghanistan ties, Islamabad has announced that it will be sending an ambassador to Kabul soon.
US to revoke visas of Chinese students, announces Marco Rubio
May 30, 2025, at 07:02 pm
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday announced that student visas of Chinese students will be revoked.
Pakistan: Cop shot dead in South Waziristan
May 30, 2025, at 06:06 pm
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a police sub-inspector in Pakistan's Lower South Waziristan district on Thursday, media reports said.
India's BrahMos strike on May 9-10 foiled Pakistan's planned offensive, admits PM Sharif
May 30, 2025, at 10:45 am
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif has publicly admitted that Indian ballistic missiles hit inside the territory on the intervening night of May 9 and 10, which left the Army caught off-guard.
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.
US Judge extends order blocking Trump ban on foreign students' enrolment in Harvard
May 30, 2025, at 12:38 am
US District Judge Allison Burroughs extended an order blocking the Donald Trump administration from barring Harvard University from enrolling international students.
US court blocks Trump’s global tariffs; dismisses 'India-Pak ceasefire' arguments
May 29, 2025, at 11:22 pm
New York: In a sharp rebuke to former President Donald Trump’s expansive trade strategy, a US federal court has blocked his administration’s global tariff regime, ruling that the emergency powers he cited do not grant authority to impose such broad levies, BBC reported.
Shehbaz Sharif admits Pakistan was caught off guard by Indian BrahMos strike on military bases
May 29, 2025, at 10:12 pm
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has publicly acknowledged that the country’s military was caught off guard during India’s BrahMos missile strike on the night of May 9–10, according to an India Today report.
May 29, 2025, at 12:40 am
Billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he was "disappointed" with US President Donald Trump's bill that pushes for a massive spending package, including multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks, stating that doing so will only "increase the budget deficit".
'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.
BNP demands general polls should be held in Bangladesh by December
May 28, 2025, at 07:31 pm
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said the general polls should be held by December.
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."
Bangladeshi SC acquits Islamist leader ATM Azharul Islam facing death sentence for 1971 war crimes
May 28, 2025, at 09:29 am
The Bangladeshi Supreme Court has acquitted Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who was facing a death sentence for a war crimes case related to the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.
May 28, 2025, at 12:31 am
Washington DC/IBNS: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered all embassies across the world to halt scheduling any new interviews for student-visa applicants as the Donald Trump administration is considering ramping up the scrutiny of social media profiles, according to a report by Politico.
Pakistan: Policeman guarding polio vaccination team gunned down in Balochistan
May 27, 2025, at 07:00 pm
A policeman, who was guarding a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's Noshki district, was gunned down by unknown gunmen on Tuesday.
China: Huge explosion rocks workshop in Gaomi city
May 27, 2025, at 06:26 pm
A massive explosion rocked a chemical factory in China's Gaomi city, spewing a thick cloud of grey and orange smoke in the sky, media reports said.
Republican politician Vivek Ramaswamy shares emotional post on X to wish wife on 10th anniversary
May 27, 2025, at 04:56 pm
Indian-origin Republican politician Vivek Ramaswamy shared an emotional post on X to wish his husband Apoorva on their 10th anniversary.
US: Shooting in Philadelphia on Memorial Day leaves two dead
May 27, 2025, at 03:20 pm
At least two people died, and nine others were injured, in a shooting incident in the US city of Philadelphia on Monday, media reports said.
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.
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif expresses willingness to talk with India to resolve disputes
May 27, 2025, at 10:33 am
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, who is currently touring Iran, on Monday expressed his willingness to talk with India to try to end the ongoing disputes between the two warring neighbours.
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.