Tokyo/IBNS: Japan faced a dual weather crisis on Sunday as scorching temperatures and torrential rain wreaked havoc across the nation, prompting the government to issue heatstroke alerts to tens of millions of people.
New Delhi/IBNS: Today, a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the Alaska Peninsula region, as reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The Pakistani government, which has been facing a dearth of forex reserves, has been forced to push for the outsourcing of the operations of Islamabad International Airport (IIA).
Karachi: A 150-year-old Hindu temple has been razed to the ground in Pakistan's Karachi city, an episode highlighting the plight of the minority community in the country.
A Radio station and a TV channel have stopped their operation in Afghanistan's Balkh province due to economic challenges, media reports said.
A group of dacoits on Sunday attacked a Hindu temple in Pakistan's Kashmore area with 'rocket launchers', media reports said.
A tourist bus plunged into a deep ravine on its way to Gilgit via Karakoram Highway in the Thalichi area of Pakistan's Diamer district which left at least six people dead,media reports said.
Washington: At least 4 people were killed in a mass shooting in the US state of Georgia, authorities said.
More than 100 people were trapped in the house of former popular British mystery writer Agatha Christie in the English countryside on Friday, media reports said.
Tokyo: The United States, South Korea and Japan have held trilateral missile defense drills in international waters of the Sea of Japan, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday citing Seoul's Navy.
Seoul/IBNS/UNI: The death toll from heavy rains and landslides in South Korea has surpassed 30, while more than ten people remain missing, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
Washington/IBNS/UNI: Four people were killed in a mass shooting in the U.S. state of Georgia, authorities said.
Kyiv/IBNS/UNI: Air raid warnings were issued in several regions of Ukraine on Saturday evening, according to air raid data from the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation.
Tel Aviv: Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen strongly condemned on Friday Swedish activists' plans to burn a copy of the Torah in front of the Israel's embassy in Stockholm and called on the Swedish authorities to thwart the action.
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday said it was very concerned over reports of police in Kenya using excessive force to quell protests this week which have left dozens dead and injured.
New York: The international community must act now to protect future generations from the scourge of conflict-related sexual violence, the UN’s advocate on the issue, Pramila Patten, told the Security Council on Friday.
Beijing: The Russian Armed Forces will participate in the "North. Interaction-2023" military exercises organized by China in the Sea of Japan in the near future, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced on Saturday.
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who was re-elected for yet another term recently, took charge of his office on Friday.
A New York man was sentenced today to life in prison on one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and five substantive counts of providing material support to ISIS in the forms of personnel, including himself, Australian citizen Jake Bilardi and others, as well as services, weapons, property and equipment, and false documentation and identification, all between January 2013 and June 2017, when the defendant was arrested in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Quetta: Relatives of missing persons in Pakistan recently demonstrated amid rising cases of enforced disappearances in the country, media reports said.
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 13 Chinese nationals for offences bordering on illegal mining in Ilorin, Kwara State.
New York: During the first half of the year, 289 boys and girls died while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe, or double the number compared to the same period in 2022, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Friday.
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who was re-elected for yet another term recently, took charge of his office on Friday.
A New York man was sentenced today to life in prison on one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and five substantive counts of providing material support to ISIS in the forms of personnel, including himself, Australian citizen Jake Bilardi and others, as well as services, weapons, property and equipment, and false documentation and identification, all between January 2013 and June 2017, when the defendant was arrested in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Quetta: Relatives of missing persons in Pakistan recently demonstrated amid rising cases of enforced disappearances in the country, media reports said.
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 13 Chinese nationals for offences bordering on illegal mining in Ilorin, Kwara State.
New York: During the first half of the year, 289 boys and girls died while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe, or double the number compared to the same period in 2022, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Friday.
A teen girl in Pakistan's Karachi city has been allegedly raped in a housing society, media reports said on Friday.
Los Angeles: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved Opill (norgestrel) tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy, which is the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the United States without a prescription.
A US woman, who is fed up with being single, is offering a hefty “referral bonus” to anyone who successfully finds her a groom, media reports said.
