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All the seven miners who were trapped in an accident in an underground warehouse of a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province were confirmed dead, local authorities said Friday.
Most people in the world do not use TikTok for extremist purposes, but some content, originally published there, becomes viral, Robin Simcox, Commissioner for Countering Extremism at the United Kingdom Home Office, said on Thursday.
The UN Secretary-General on Thursday called for “putting people first” by ending the stigma and discrimination around those who use drugs and the expansion of prevention and treatment programmes.
People protested in Pakistan's Belkanai area on Tuesday to protest against the alleged sexual harassment of a woman visitor in the local office of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).
Moscow: Russia is not interfering in any elections and will work with any elected US president, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselev for the Rossiya 1 broadcaster and RIA Novosti.
Washington: US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have secured enough delegates to become their respective parties's 2024 presidential nominees, media reports said.
Tibetan women-in-exile members recently held a demonstration in the Indian hilly town of Shimla to mark the 65th anniversary of Tibetan Women’s National Uprising Day.
The Secretariat Employees Association in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Muzaffarabad city recently demonstrated against the government’s discriminatory policies, media reports said.
The Baloch National Movement members recently hosted an anti-Pakistan protest at the Broken Chair sculpture in Geneva during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Somali pirates on Tuesday hijacked a Bangladesh-flagged cargo vessel in the Indian Ocean and held hostage all the 23 crew members, Bangladeshi officials confirmed.
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday arrested a terrorist during an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO in Pakistan's Sahiwal region, media reports said.
A suspected gas leakage explosion in Pakistan's Quetta city left at least three persons, including two children, dead, media reports said.
At least two persons died and 22 others were injured after a blast triggered by a suspected gas leak hit a four-storey residential building in China's Hebei province on Wednesday, media reports said.
A Romanian court has ruled that controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, who were detained in Romania over sex offence charges in the UK, can be extradited to Britain.
Members of the Tibetan diaspora, under the umbrella of Tibetan Community Organisation in Vienna, along with Voluntary Tibet Advocacy Groups (V-TAGs), Austria, recently demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy in the city over the occupation of Tibet by China.
Port-au-Prince/Haiti: Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced early Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created, according to local media.
Toronto/IBNS: A baby was delivered on a recent Air Canada flight bound for Toronto.
Activists of the Sindh Rehbar Committee (SRC) recently observed a token hunger strike in Pakistan's Nawabshah region to protest against alleged allotment and illegal occupation of land, construction of dams on Indus River, increasing crimes and the rule of dacoits.
Five miners were killed and another two were missing as a warehouse in a colliery shaft collapsed in north China's Shanxi Province, authorities said.
Bodies of five missing skiers have been found in the Swiss Alps, police said, while another remains missing.
At least one person died after a shooting incident in the Australian city of Melbourne on Tuesday.
Short-term rental platform Airbnb on Monday (March 11, 2024) announced it is banning the use of indoor security cameras in listings globally.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday that 521 illegal migrants had been rescued off the coast of Libya over the past week.
London/IBNS: Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Monday apologised and admitted to having edited an official Mother's Day portrait of her released by the palace after AFP and other agencies withdrew the image.
Male/Maldives/UNI: Manta Air CEO Mohammed Khaleel said the diplomatic rift between India and the Maldives is persisting due to the actions of certain stupid middle-level politicians and the influence of social media, but he exuded confidence that the relations between the countries cannot be broken easily due to years of strong bonds and shared interests.
Suspected dacoits shot dead a local Pakistan Peoples Party leader in Pakistan's Khuzdar town on Sunday, media reports said.
Three people have died and four others are missing as a result of flooding in the southern French department of Gard, French media reported.
HMP Dartmoor men's prison in the British town of Princetown temporarily closed 184 cells and transferred 194 prisoners between November and February due to detected radon contamination, Sky News reported.
A twin-engine plane with five people on board crashed near Ingalls Field Airport in Virginia, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
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