Helsinki/Finland: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday refuted Moscow's allegation of Ukraine's involvement in a plot to assassinate Russian leader Vladimir Putin following Russia's claim that two drones were downed near the Kremlin.
Washington/IBNS: The United States declared a fresh military assistance package of $300 million to Ukraine, which includes a significant amount of ammunition to prepare for an upcoming assault against Russian troops who are invading the country,on Wednesday.
Ottawa/IBNS: The government of Canada is reportedly holding back all or part of tax refunds of some taxpayers saying that they were ineligible to receive Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments
Moscow/IBNS: Russia Wednesday accused Ukraine of attempting to kill President Vladimir Putin as it claimed to have shot down two drones that were used in the alleged attack on Kremlin building.
The remains of an Australian man, who had disappeared during a fishing trip in an area inhabited by crocodiles, have been found inside two crocodiles, media reports said.
New York: Corruption and its staggering costs have hobbled sustainable development in all countries, but fresh efforts are making inroads, the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) said on Tuesday at a special meeting to tackle the scourge and give the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a much-needed boost.
At least two soldiers were hurt as a landmine planted on the main Bara-Tirah Road exploded during routine bomb detection exercise on Sunday morning, media reports said.
Toronto: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau recently attended Khalsa Day celebrations in Toronto City.
New York: Disinformation, hate speech and deadly attacks against journalists are threatening freedom of the press worldwide, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, calling for greater solidarity with the people who bring us the news.
New York: The UN chief has pledged that the Organization “will never be silent” when women and girls’ rights are under attack, as they are today in Afghanistan, and declared that the Taliban ban on Afghan women doing lifesaving humanitarian work is putting millions of lives in jeopardy there.
Houston: Police have arrested a man who is suspected to have shot dead five of his neighbours near Houston city of the US on Friday.
London: The Metropolitan Police on Tuesday said a man was arrested after he allegedly threw shotgun cartridges into the grounds of Buckingham Palace in London.
Ottawa/IBNS: The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country.
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will head next week to the United Kingdom to attend King Charles’s coronation, according to an official in his office.
Akron: Akron police are currently investigating a case related to the shooting of three people at a hookah lounge in the US city on Saturday.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: At least three terrorists died and several others were apprehended in three separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
A dust storm forced dozens of vehicles to crash along a major highway in the Central Illinois region of the US on Monday which left at least six people dead, media reports said.
Bryansk/Russia: A freight train was derailed on Monday following an explosion in a Russian region bordering Ukraine, according to a social media post by the local governor, no casualties were reported in the incident.
Beijing/IBNS: An explosion at a Sinochem chemical facility in eastern China resulted in the deaths of five individuals, one person going missing, and another person being injured, reported the local authorities on Monday.
Victoria, Republic of Seychelles: Based on inputs from India, the Seychelles Navy has made a major intercept of high-value drugs in a high-seas operation, underscoring a crucial role that India is playing in the region, media reports said.
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has given the sole and exclusive rights to the Chinese state enterprise China Merchants Port Holdings Company for a logistics centre in the Port of Colombo for 50 years, media reports said.
Award-winning chef and judge of MasterChef Australia Jock Zonfrillo has passed away at the age of 46.
Ottawa/IBNS: Evacuation flights out of crisis-hit Sudan would no longer be offered by Canada’s federal government due to Sudan’s deteriorating security situation.
Islamabad: Police said a mob attacked and injured a police team, besides damaging their official vehicles, during an anti-encroachment drive at C-13 in Pakistan's Islamabad city on Sunday.
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday demonstrated in different parts of Karachi over a ‘flawed’ census held in the Pakistani city.
Rawalpindi: Tehreek-i- Nafaz Fiqh Jafariya (TNFJ) members on Saturday demonstrated against demolition of the holy sites in Janatul Baqi around a century ago on Shawwal 8, 1344 AH, media reports said.
Cleveland: As many as 250 law enforcement officers from over a dozen agencies are currently engaged to find the gunman accused of shooting and killing five people on Friday night in the US city of Cleveland after neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle outdoors
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his country's security forces have killed a suspected key leader of Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
London/IBNS: The Archbishop of Canterbury's office has declared that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be presenting passages from the Bible's book of Colossians during the Coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey on May 6 as part of the official Liturgy.
Berlin: German instructors are training Ukrainian soldiers for urban combat at a dozen military bases across the country ahead of Kyiv's much-touted spring offensive, the Bild tabloid reported on Saturday.
