Woman, infant child among three shot dead in name of 'honour' in Pakistan
A woman and her infant child were shot dead in the name of 'honour' in the early hours of Monday in Pakistan's Mardan city, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 10, 2025
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Bangladesh police arrest 36 members of banned Hizb ut-Tahrir following Friday's rally
At least 36 members belonging to the banned militant outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) were arrested by Bangladeshi police on Friday while conducting a nationwide search operation to nab them.
IBNS•Mar 10, 2025
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles amid ongoing US-South Korea military drills
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Monday, a day after South Korea and the USA began their annual military drill, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 10, 2025
Tibetans mark 1989 uprising by holding special one-hour prayer in Dharamshala
The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) recently held a one-hour prayer service in the north Indian Himalayan city of Dharamshala to pay homage to those peaceful Tibetan protesters who participated in the 1989 demonstrations against the Chinese government.
IBNS•Mar 10, 2025
China far outpacing US in military, commercial ship numbers
When President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had created a new White House office to "resurrect" American military and commercial shipbuilding, he elevated long-standing calls to fix the struggling industry that he said is vital to national security. His clarion call to build more ships "very fast and very soon" comes at a time of rising strategic competition with China.
IBNS•Mar 10, 2025
Mark Carney set to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada PM
Ottawa/IBNS: Former Bank of Canada chief Mark Carney is set to succeed Justin Trudeau as the Canadian Prime Minister, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 10, 2025
Donald Trump envoy describes recent meeting with Hamas as 'very helpful'
President Donald Trump’s envoy for hostages, Adam Boehler, said Sunday that his meetings last week, with the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas, about hostages it is holding in Gaza were “very helpful” and could lead to their release “within weeks.”
IBNS•Mar 10, 2025
Rubio heads to Saudi Arabia for US-Ukraine talks
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will arrive in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday for U.S.-Ukraine talks as President Donald Trump pushes to broker a swift end to the Russia-Ukraine war, despite Russia’s latest massive aerial attacks against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
IBNS•Mar 10, 2025
US: Armed man shot at by Secret Service personnel following 'confrontation' near White House
US Secret Service personnel on Sunday shot an armed adult man outside the White House, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 09, 2025
British man arrested after climbing up Big Ben Tower With Palestinian flag
Westminister Police in the UK have arrested a pro-Palestinian man who climbed to the top of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London and stayed there for 16 hours.
IBNS•Mar 09, 2025
Women's rights advocates warn UN to confront backlash against progress
Female activists raised their voices at the United Nations on Friday as they marked International Women's Day amid a global trend of backsliding on hard-won rights.
IBNS•Mar 09, 2025
Massive clashes between Syrian security forces and ousted President Bashar Assad's loyalists leave over 1000 dead: Report
Massive clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad as well as revenge killings for two days left more than 1,000 people dead, media reports said on Sunday.
IBNS•Mar 09, 2025
Pakistan 'scholar' behind Kulbhushan Jadhav's kidnapping shot dead in Balochistan
A Pakistani "scholar", who was accused of helping Pakistan's ISI spy agency in kidnapping former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav from Iran, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Balochistan on Friday night, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 09, 2025
Pakistan 'scholar' behind Kulbhushan Jadhav's kidnapping from Iran shot dead in Balochistan
A Pakistani "scholar", who was accused of helping Pakistan's ISI spy agency in kidnapping former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav from Iran, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Balochistan on Friday night, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 09, 2025
Pakistani man guns down WhatsApp community's administrator for removing him from group
A Pakistani man has been charged with allegedly killing the administrator of a WhatsApp community after he was removed from the chat in the South Asian country's Peshawar city, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
Taiwan's MOFA confirms it was targeted by Chinese hackers
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has confirmed that it was recently targeted by Chinese hackers, but no information was stoled, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
Canada: Shooting at Toronto pub leaves 12 injured, three suspects at large
Three suspects are currently at large after a mass shooting incident at a pub in Toronto city on Friday left at least 12 people wounded.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
Mexican cartel's leader son gets lifer in USA for trafficking drugs, firearm offences
A U.S.-Mexican dual national and co-founder of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) — an international drug trafficking organization — was sentenced on Friday in the District of Columbia to a term of life in prison plus 30 years to run consecutively for his role in a major drug trafficking conspiracy and ordered to forfeit over $6 billion of drug trafficking proceeds.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
Pakistan: Unknown gunmen shot dead religious preacher in mosque
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a religious preacher and injured another person in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
Russian missile strikes eastern Ukraine, kills at least 14
Kyiv/IBNS: At least 14 people were killed and 37 wounded after the Russian forces launched a missile attack on the eastern city of Ukraine, Dobropillia, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
US State Department employee charged of selling defence secrets
The US Department of Justice on Friday announced criminal charges against a State Department employee who is accused of performing criminal conspiracy to gather, transmit, or lose national defence information.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
India agreed to cut tariffs way down, announces Donald Trump
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that India has agreed to lower the tariffs on American exports amid the tension between the two countries over the duty since the Republican returned to the White House.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
Donald Trump sends letter to Iran, pressing for restart of nuclear talks
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to signal that he is ready to take military action on Iran, unless the country agrees to a new deal that would restrain its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
Donald Trump confident Putin wants peace despite ‘bombing the hell out of Ukraine’
Russia’s latest aerial barrage against targets in Ukraine is not dampening expectations by U.S. President Donald Trump that he can broker a deal to end the fighting between Moscow and Kyiv.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
UN report shows one in four countries witnessed backlash against women’s rights in 2024
The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections -and less funding for programmes and institutions which support and protect women, the United Nations observed.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
Donald Trump threatens reciprocal tariffs on lumber, dairy from Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Canada has been "ripping off" the United States for years with tariffs on lumber and dairy products and threatened to place reciprocal tariffs on Canada as early as Friday.
IBNS•Mar 08, 2025
I find it more difficult to deal with Ukraine than Russia: Donald Trump on efforts to end war
Washington/DC: US President Donald Trump Friday said he finds it "easier" to deal with Russia than with Ukraine in his efforts to end the war in the pro-Western country.
IBNS•Mar 07, 2025
Days after spat with Zelenskyy, Donald Trump now warns of sanctions against Russia
Washington DC/IBNS: Days after the spat with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump Friday said he's considering "large-scale" sanctions and tariffs against Russia until it reaches a ceasefire and peace agreement with Ukraine.
IBNS•Mar 07, 2025
Ukraine says Russia targeted energy, gas infrastructures across regions
A Ukrainian Minister on Friday said the country's energy and gas infrastructure in various regions were targeted by massive Russian rocket and drone firing, triggering tension in the region.
IBNS•Mar 07, 2025
Dhaka Police baton charge, lob tear gas to disperse Hizb ut-Tahrir's procession
Bangladesh police baton charged and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a procession taken out by members of banned outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dhaka city on Friday, media reports said.
IBNS•Mar 07, 2025
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