Australian PM Anthony Albanese on Thursday (February 15, 2024) announced his engagement to partner Jodie Haydon, marking a new beginning to their life a day after Valentine's Day.
At least one person died and 21 others were injured in a shooting incident during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City in the USA on Wednesday.
Washington: Microsoft said on Wednesday that hacker groups allegedly linked to Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are exploiting its OpenAI tools to enhance their cyberoperations.
Dushanbe: Militants from Islamic State (ISIS) are amassing in Afghanistan near the northern border with Tajikistan, the chief of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Joint Staff, Col. Gen. Andrei Serdyukov, said on Wednesday.
Toronto/IBNS: Canada's Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area will be launching a month-long free interactive light festival, Illuminite, in the heart of the Downtown Yonge neighbourhood.
Kiev/UNI: Ukrainian forces hit the Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has said.
Australian PM Anthony Albanese on Thursday (February 15, 2024) announced his engagement to partner Jodie Haydon, marking a new beginning to their life a day after Valentine's Day.
At least one person died and 21 others were injured in a shooting incident during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City in the USA on Wednesday.
Sacramento/IBNS/UNI: A helicopter carrying six people crashed in California, near Nevada border, with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department saying on Saturday that no survivors were found.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), along with key U.S. and international government agencies published a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory recently on malicious activity by a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor, known as Volt Typhoon, to compromise critical infrastructure and associated actions that should be urgently undertaken by all organizations.
In a tightly contested battle, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party is slightly ahead of its opponents as the counting of votes for the national polls, held on Tuesday, is currently underway.
Gaza: A top UN official in the Middle East underscored the importance of a ceasefire in Gaza during a briefing to journalists at UN headquarters on Wednesday.
Islamabad: The voting process in Pakistan's parliamentary elections concluded Thursday evening and the counting of ballots has started, according to a statement from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Voting is underway in Pakistan to decide the fates of 17,816 candidates on Thursday as the country, roiled by a deep economic crisis, is witnessing a neck-to-neck contest between old dynastic rulers even as former Prime Minister Imran Khan languishes in prison.
A drone strike conducted by the US in Baghdad has killed a senior commander of an Iran-backed militia, the Central Command said on Tuesday.
Istanbul/IBNS: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Wednesday strongly condemned a deadly "terrorist" attack on a courthouse in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul.
Hamas group members have put forward a 135-day truce plan during which hostages might be freed in three stages in response to an Israel-backed ceasefire proposal.
At least nine grenade attacks targeted election offices of candidates and polling stations across various towns in Balochistan, triggering security concerns just a day before the country votes in the national polls.
At least 26 people died after back-to-back blasts rocked Balochistan’s Pishin and Qila Saifullah region on Wednesday, a day before Pakistan will vote in the national polls.
Despite being the driving force for sustainable development, middle-income countries face unique challenges and require more international support and vision to thrive, the UN deputy chief said on Tuesday.
Canberra/IBNS: Scripting history, barrister Varun Ghosh became the first Australian Senator to take oath on Bhagavad Gita, a 700-verse Hindu scripture which is a part of the epic Mahabharata, media reports said.
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has urged authorities in Pakistan to ensure that parliamentary elections this week are free and fair, his office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
As severe hunger ripples across northern Ethiopia, the World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up efforts to deliver lifesaving assistance to three million people in the coming weeks to avert “a major humanitarian catastrophe”, the agency announced on Tuesday.
Any move by Israel to extend its full-scale invasion of Gaza into the massively overcrowded southern city of Rafah could lead to war crimes which must be prevented at all costs, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Tuesday.
Sanaa: Leader of Yemen's Houthi group, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, on Tuesday vowed to escalate attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden if the conflict in Gaza continues.
Ottawa/IBNS: The federal government of Canada will continue to ban foreign nationals from buying homes in the country till 2027 due to housing affordability concerns continuing to trouble cities.
Pakistani forces have allegedly forcefully detained a shop owner in Balochistan region, media reports said.
A Kenyan court on Tuesday charged cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 29 other suspects for the murder of 191 children.
Over 56,000 individuals suspected to be involved in criminal activities have been arrested in 50 days during a national anti-crime operation, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Public Security announced on Tuesday.
At least three children were injured in a grenade attack on the election office of a Pakistan People's Party candidate in the industrial town of Hub, media reports said.
