Beijing: The Chinese cargo ship Shin Haijo 2 has run aground between the islands of Ishigaki and Kohama in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday, citing the country's coast guard.
Kabul: Taliban authorities have arrested five men, including two Chinese nationals, over alleged smuggling of lithium-bearing stones out of the country, media reports said on Tuesday.
Paris/UNI: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a huge boost to military spending after years of advocating for cuts to the defense budget, a move that shows the president's lack of vision, Francois Asselineau, a French political expert and former presidential candidate, told Sputnik.
New York: Authorities in Eswatini must launch a probe into the killing of a prominent human rights lawyer gunned down this past weekend, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Monday.
Bannu: At least one Pakistani soldier died in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the Jani Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district of Pakistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Charsadda: At least two policemen were killed and one sustained injuries when terrorists attacked the Dheri Zardad check-post here on Saturday, media reports said on Monday.
Beijing: China, which has been engaged in conflict with India in recent years, is building a new dam in Tibet on a tributary of the Ganga, close to the tri-junction of its borders with India and Nepal, media reports said.
Beijing: Doctors and nurses in China are facing pay cuts or salary delays despite working hard to deal with the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in recent months.
Lahore: Key Pakistani cities have been left without power, triggered by a "frequency variation" in the national grid, on Monday, media reports said.
Baton Rouge: A shooting at a nightclub in the US city of Baton Rouge on Sunday left at least 12 people injured, police said.
Washington: A SWAT team has breached a white van linked to the mass shooting in California and found a body inside, ABC News reports.
Los Angeles: At least ten people were killed and 10 others were injured when a gunman opened fire in the US city of California on Saturday, during the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve.
Aleppo: At least 13 people died as a building collapsed in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday.
Istanbul: Turkey has condemned the act of burning a Quran during a protest in Sweden recently, media reports said on Sunday.
Dhaka: A student of a private university died after a bus ploughed into a motorcycle she was riding on near the Jamuna Future Park in Bangladesh capital city Dhaka on Sunday.
Peshawar: An explosion occurred close to a police vehicle within the limits of Badaber Police Station in Peshawar city of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Dhaka: Agitated workers demonstrated on the Dhaka-Tangail highway after a security guard deployed to a garment factory in Bangladesh's Gazipur region died in a road mishap, media reports said.
Los Angeles: At least nine people died after a shooting incident occurred at a business premise in the US city of California on Saturday following a Chinese New Year Party, media reports said.
Washington: America’s Justice Department searched President Joe Biden's home in Delaware and found six documents with classification markings and also seized some of his notes, the president's lawyer said, AP reported.
Retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who created history by becoming the second person to ever set foot on the moon in 1969, following crewmate Neil Armstrong, married his “longtime love” on his 93rd birthday on Friday.
London/IBNS: The grand coronation of Britain's King Charles III and his wife Camilla is scheduled to take place in May this year and if reports are to be believed, the new monarch is set for breaking the tradition of wearing the royal attire.
New York/IBNS: The United States media are facing tough times and as a result, several of them have been forced to announce layoffs this winter amid fears of an economic downturn.
Brasilia: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after meeting with military commanders on the recent unrest in the capital, sacked the head of Brazil’s army Gen. Julio Cesar de Arruda, who had been in office for just over two weeks, media report.
London: Ukraine has received a Sea King helicopter from the United Kingdom as part of its military efforts for Kyiv, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said.
Islamabad/UNI: In a setback to the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), the party's central leader Pir Muhammad Aminul Hasnat Shah joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), media reports said.
Paris/UNI: French President Emmanuel Macron will hold talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday, as part of the ministerial council, the Elysee Palace informs.
Paris/UNI: More than 150,000 people participated in a protest against the planned pension reform in Paris, BFMTV reported citing data from the organizers - the left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI) party led by Jean-Luc Melenchon.
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Saturday held a phone conversation with Taliban leader Amir Khan Muttaqi as both sides pledged to strengthen cooperation and vowed to combat terrorism.
Charsadda: At least two policemen died as terrorists attacked Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, media reports said on Saturday.
Nairobi: Kenya's over-dependence on China is slowly leading to trouble, experts believe.
