Bus mishap in Bangladesh leaves 19 dead
Madaripur: At least 19 people died as a bus crashed into ditch in Madaripur region of Bangladesh, media reports said on Monday.
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Chaos outside judicial complex in Islamabad: Terror charges registered against ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan, other PTI leaders
Islamabad: The Pakistan Police on Sunday lodged a first information report (FIR) — including terrorism charges — against PTI Chairman and former PM Imran Khan and more than a dozen PTI leaders for allegedly attacking police officers and causing chaos outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC), media reports said.
US nuclear plant spills 400,000 gallons of radioactive water in November, public informed recently
Minnesota/US: A nuclear power plant in US's Minnesota discharged a minimum of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water in November, which was not disclosed to the public until Thursday.
Train derails in Canada’s Ontario province: Authorities
Ottawa/UNI: A train has derailed in the city of Port Colborne, located in the south of Canada’s Ontario province, the city authorities inform.
Pakistan: Inventory shortage forces Pak Suzuki to shut down motorcycle plant
Islamabad: Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) on Friday announced the decision to shut down its motorcycle plant for 12 days due to the shortage of inventory, media reports said.
Pakistan: Security of Punjab jails put on high alert
Islamabad: The Inspector General of Prison, Punjab has directed authorities to put security jails across Punjab on high alert.
Pakistan: Top Gilgit-Baltistan cop replaced over ‘clash with Punjab police’
Lahore/IBNS: The Pakistani government on Wednesday transferred Gilgit-Baltistan Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammad Saeed from his post following allegations — levelled by the information minister — that GB police personnel were being pitted against Punjab police as the latter attempted to arrest PTI chief Imran Khan from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore, media reports said.
Trump expects to be arrested on Tuesday, calls for protest: Report
New York: Former US President Donald Trump has urged his supporters to protest if he gets arrested, as he expects to be taken into custody on Tuesday in connection with hush money allegedly paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, AFP reported.
Torkam border: Tribesmen in Pakistan end protest as officials agree to stop work on customs terminal
Khyber: Vehicular traffic to and from Torkham was restored after it remained closed for several hours on Thursday due to protest by the Khugakhel tribesmen in Landi Kotal against the construction of a customs terminal at the border over their additional land without their formal consent, local media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Army handed over 45,000 acres for ‘corporate farming’
Islamabad: Punjab's caretaker government has signed an agreement to hand over at least 45,267 acres of land in three districts — Bhakkar, Khushab, and Sahiwal — of the province to the Pakistan Army for ‘Corporate Agriculture Farming’, media reports said.
Pakistan: Seven die as their vehicle is sprayed with bullets
Quetta: Seven people, including a tribal elder and his two brothers, died after the vehicle in which they were travelling was sprayed with bullets in Pakistan's Balochistan region, media reports said on Saturday.
MQM-P leader says telling truth has become biggest crime in Pakistan
Islamabad: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said telling truth has become the biggest crime in Pakistan.
Former Taliban leader reveals Pakistan's funding of terror activities
Kabul: A former Taliban leader has said terror group Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) has received funding from Pakistan and IS central from Syria and Iraq for terrorist activities.
Pakistani physicians seek US help to ensure safety of former PM Imran Khan
Islamabad: More than 500 Pakistani physicians in the US have signed a letter for US lawmakers where they shared concerns over the safety of former PM Imran Khan.
Ukraine-Russia: Extension of grain export deals vital to global food security
New York: The war in Ukraine has had very significant implications for global food insecurity, the top UN humanitarian official told the Security Council on Friday, underscoring the critical need to extend landmark agreements to export grain and fertilizer from the region.
DPR Korea: UN chief strongly condemns ballistic missile launch
New York: The UN chief condemned on Friday the latest ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling on Pyongyang to resume dialogue leading towards sustainable peace and a nuclear weapons-free Korean Peninsula.
Pakistan: Imran Khan leaves for court, police conduct searches in his Zaman Park residence
Pakistan Police on Saturday thoroughly combed the Zaman Park mansion of former PM Imran Khan in Lahore city for materials used to fight riot police, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Blast-hit building catches fire in Narayanganj, one dies
Narayanganj: A fire, which was triggered by an explosion, hit a building in Narayanganj's Nitaiganj area in Bangladesh which left at least one person dead and nine others hurt on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Mortar mine blast kills 2 children
Kabul: At least two children died and two others were injured as a mortar mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Saturday.
Kashmir: Search operation underway after brief gunfight in Pulwama
Srinagar/UNI: A search operation is underway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district after militants and forces exchanged fire in the early hours on Saturday, officials said.
South Sudan: Violence against civilians ticks up despite fall in attacks overall
New York: Violence against civilians in South Sudan rose by two per cent during 2022, according to the latest annual report on Violence Affecting Civilians from the UN peacekeeping mission there, UNMISS.
Funding drought forces UN food agency to cut rations in Afghanistan
New York: The UN food agency in Afghanistan announced on Friday that a lack of funds has forced deep cuts to life-saving assistance in March for at least four million people.
UN rights chief urges Belarus to promptly release political detainees
New York: The UN rights chief on Friday urged Belarus to end the systematic repression of perceived critics and immediately release all detainees held on political grounds, following the release of a new report from his office OHCHR, which concludes gross violations are being committed across the country.
Central Sahel: Lives of 10 million children on the line as conflict rages
New York: Children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Russia: International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged Ukraine war crimes
The Hague: The Pre-Trial Chamber of the UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Friday, in connection with alleged war crimes concerning the deportation and “illegal transfer” of children from occupied Ukraine, the head of the ICC said.
France: Govt faces no-confidence vote over pension reform
Paris: Two no-confidence motions had been filed by Friday afternoon against the French government led by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who forced passage of the controversial pension reform bill without a vote in the National Assembly.
War Crime allegation: ICC issues arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin
The Hague: The International Criminal Court on Friday issued arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.
Maryam wants Pakistan government to treat Imran Khan's PTI as 'terrorist organization'
Islamabad: PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif has asked the federal government of Pakistan to treat former PM Imran Khan-led PTI as a 'terrorist organization'.
Islamabad High Court stops police from arresting ex-Pak PM Imran Khan in Toshakhana case
Islamabad/IBNS/UNI: The Islamabad High Court's (IHC) Registrar's Office Friday raised objections against former Pakistan Prime Minister and Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's petition challenging his arrest warrants in the Toshakhana case.
Bhutan bans sale of meat items at annual Tshechu and other religious events
Bhutan's Dagana district is not going to serve meat items, which also include eggs, during the annual Tshechu and other religious events in Gewog lhakhangs, media reports said.