School owners, teachers and parents in Nigeria have voiced alarm over the surge in student abductions across educational institutions, particularly in the country’s northern region, where a series of attacks has intensified security fears.
Ottawa/IBNS: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed Ukrainians on the occasion of the 92nd Holodomor Memorial Day on Thursday.
Winnipeg/IBNS: A memorial ceremony at the Manitoba Legislature Building on Thursday featured 750 pairs of children’s shoes lit by candles and arranged on the building’s steps to honour the youngest victims of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Armed bandits attacked a private Catholic school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State on Friday, abducting 215 students and 12 teachers, according to local media reports.
Washington DC/IBNS: A surprise intervention from his staunch opponent US President Donald Trump saved New York City's new and first Muslim Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani from a question on whether he affirms the Republican is a "fascist".
US President Donald Trump on Friday called his meeting with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani “very productive,” signalling an end to the sharp exchanges that had marked the election campaign.
Austin/IBNS: Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, issued a proclamation on Tuesday branding one of the country’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisations as a “foreign terrorist organisation,” asserting that the move would give the state authority to attempt shutting it down.
Toronto/IBNS: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an investment protection agreement with the UAE on his visit to Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
Toronto/IBNS: Over a hundred skilled trades workers and their supporters gathered for a third consecutive day of protests outside Queen’s Park, Toronto on Wednesday, demanding that the Ontario government reverse its sudden suspension of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP).
New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he is “ready for whatever happens” ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, emphasising that lowering the cost of living will be his top priority.
Kathmandu/IBNS: Curfew has been enforced in parts of Nepal following renewed clashes between young protesters and supporters of the former ruling party toppled during the deadly “Gen Z” uprising in September.
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday cautioned that an “all-out war” with India cannot be ruled out, saying the country remains on “full alert” as regional tensions continue to spike.
Washington/New Delhi/IBNS: The United States has approved a potential $92.8 million sale of Javelin missile systems, Excalibur artillery projectiles, and associated equipment to India.
Toronto/IBNS: The Swedish royal couple, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, arrived in Ottawa on Tuesday for a rare three-day state visit.
Baloch National Movement Chairman Naseem Baluch has said the protest camp established by the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has reached 6,000 days.
Muzaffarabad/IBNS: A recent statement by Pakistani politician Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has reignited debate over Islamabad’s involvement in cross-border terrorism, as Haq openly claimed that militant groups carried out strikes in India “from the Red Fort to the forests of Kashmir,” triggering widespread outrage.
New Delhi/IBNS: China mounted a coordinated disinformation campaign after India’s Operation Sindoor, aiming to undermine global confidence in Rafale fighter jets and promote its own J-35 aircraft, according to the annual report of the US–China Economic and Security Review Commission submitted to the US Congress.
Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
New Delhi/Islamabad/IBNS: More than six months after India launched precision strikes on Pakistani military installations during the four-day conflict known as Operation Sindoor, new satellite imagery suggests that Pakistan is still working to repair key sites hit during the confrontation.
The United States and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday finalized a sweeping series of landmark agreements, including the long-anticipated sale of F-35 fighter jets, the White House said.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the royal “knew nothing” about the incident. Trump suggested the question was raised during the Crown Prince’s visit to the United States to “embarrass” him.
Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world becomes increasingly urban.
Tehran/IBNS: Indians will no longer be able to enter Iran without a visa from November 22, as Tehran has suspended its visa-free facility in response to a surge in fraud, trafficking, and exploitation cases involving Indian travellers.
Toronto: Prime Minister Mark Carney's minority Liberal government has narrowly survived a tense budget vote in the Canadian House of Commons, averting the prospect of a snap federal election during the holiday season.
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit the United States on Tuesday for talks with President Donald Trump at the White House, media reports said.
Dhaka/IBNS: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has slammed the judgement passed by International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh ordering death penalty for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with the violence during a crackdown on students' movement last year, media reports said.
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Monday that endorses a peace plan for Gaza put forward by United States President Donald Trump and a temporary international force in the enclave following two years of war.
The United Nations on Monday acknowledged the Bangladeshi court's verdict against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a significant step for the victims of last year's violent protest crackdowns, while emphasizing its opposition to the death penalty under any circumstances
Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus on Monday welcomed the death penalty handed down to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal, saying the ruling underscores that “no one is above the law” and recognizes the suffering of students killed in protests last year that led to her ouster and escape to India.
Dhaka/IBNS: Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a scathing rejection of the death penalty announced against her by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), calling the ruling the outcome of a “rigged tribunal” functioning under an “unelected government with no democratic legitimacy.”
