Winnipeg (MB)/IBNS: Committed to conserving and enhancing fish and wildlife, Canada's Manitoba government this year has approved $473,000 for new projects through the Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Fund (FWEF), Natural Resources and Northern Development Minister Greg Nesbitt announced last week
London: British intelligence services investigated an attempt by China to take over the OneWeb satellite company after it declared bankruptcy in 2020, The Telegraph reports citing a report from Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee.
Gogona, a small village located in Bhutan's Phobjikha Valley, is gaining popularity as it is producing fine-hardened Swiss cheese and other dairy products.
Pakistani police on Monday said an initial investigation revealed that the terrorist group Islamic State might be behind the suicide attack on a political gathering in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which left 46 people dead.
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Monday declared four army aircrew members, who were aboard a helicopter that crashed into the sea on Friday, as dead.
Washington/UNI: Three people died when a small aircraft crashed into a hangar in the US state of California, CBS News reports citing the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Tokyo/UNI: At least 264 flights have been canceled in Japan due to the approach of typhoon Khanun, the NHK broadcaster reported on Monday.
Islamabad/UNI: The death toll of a suicide blast that hit a political gathering in the Bajaur district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday rose to 44, the health minister of the province said on Monday.
Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service on Monday warned of continued threats to Pakistan’s financial sustainability, despite the country receiving a much-needed $3 billion lifeline from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the weekend.
At least 12 people died and 121 others were injured in an explosion that rocked a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand, media reports said on Monday.
The death toll in the blast which rocked a political gathering in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) region on Sunday touched 40, media reports said on Monday.
In a disheartening incident, a Sikh New York state trooper was denied his right to grow facial hair for his wedding, despite a state law in 2019 that mandated employers to accommodate attire or grooming obligations based on religious beliefs.
At least 35 people died as a blast rocked a political gathering in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) region on Sunday, media reports said.
At least six people died after a small plane crashed in the mountainous region of Calgary in Canada on Saturday, police said.
A fire broke out at a karaoke bar in the Uzbek city of Fergana on Saturday which left at least six people dead, media reports said.
Moscow: Russia is consistently building up its navy, with 30 ships set to join the country's fleet in 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday amid the ongoing war with Ukraine.
Moscow: Russia on Sunday accused Ukraine of conducting a drone attack on Moscow city which damaged two buildings and even forced authorities to shut down the city's airport temporarily.
On the ninth anniversary of the Yarkand massacre, the World Uyghur Congress remembered all those who were killed during and in the aftermath of the July 28, 2014 incident.
The body of an Indian woman, who went missing from Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil region, was recovered from Gilgit-Baltistan’s Kharmang district on Wednesday.
Baghdad: At least four people died as a result of a fire in the city of Karbala in central Iraq during preparations for Ashura processions, the Iraqi civil defense authorities informed.
A senior Pakistan government official has confessed that smugglers are using drones to smuggle illicit drugs to India.
Police on Friday said they have recorded the statement of a teen maid who was allegedly tortured by a civil judge’s wife.
Beijing: At least two people were confirmed dead, and two others were seriously injured in a gas explosion in Anping County, north China's Hebei Province, on Saturday morning, according to local authorities.
At least three terrorists were killed as security forces conducted operations in Pakistan's Khyber and South Waziristan districts, media reports said on Saturday.
Kyiv: Explosions were heard in the Kyiv-controlled parts of the region of Zaporizhzhia in the early hours of Saturday, Ukrainian media report.
New York: Russia has not offered any free grain to the UN food relief agency so far, and its policy of buying supplies from Ukraine has been based on its competitive price and quality, a senior WFP official said on Friday.
Berlin: A man broke into two apartment buildings near Augsburg in Germany’s Bavaria, killing three people, the Bild newspaper reports citing law enforcement.
New York: Heads of UN peacekeeping forces on Thursday highlighted the work of ‘blue helmets’ in some of the most challenging environments, protecting those in need not only from war and terror but also increasingly from natural disasters and disinformation.
Melting of ice is leading to the recovery of things that are long thought to be lost and now a body of a German mountain climber, who went missing 37 years ago while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn, has been recovered.
New York: Humanitarian operations, development support and peace programmes in Niger continue in the wake of the military coup this week, the top UN official in the country said on Friday in a briefing to journalists in New York.
