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An Islamist outfit in Bangladesh recently seized more than 500 books from Abhayaranya Library in Bangladesh's Tangail region by claiming them to be written by "atheists".
Indians and a large section of the Indian diaspora in Canada heaved a sigh of relief with Khalistani sympathiser Jagmeeet Singh losing the polls and quitting as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Besides the poor single-digit show of NDP in the federal polls, where the outfit managed to take a lead in only eight seats, Singh himself lost.
A new UN initiative aims to drive collective action to support the rights and needs of people everywhere whose lives have been upended by the continuing threat posed by terrorism.
Canada's Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is now on course to win the federal election and form the government for the fourth consecutive term, a rare event in the country's politics.
The Indian diaspora members in Poland and Germany joined the rest of the world in condemning the Pahalgam terror attack that occurred on April 22, which left 26 people, mostly non-Muslim tourists, dead.
An Indian student in Canada, who was missing for the past three days, has been found dead, confirmed the Indian Embassy in Ottawa on Tuesday.
As Canadians are heading to the polls to elect a new government that will navigate the country's relations with the United States, President Donald Trump has intervened in the election with his comments on social media, drawing widespread attention.
Madrid/IBNS: Spain and Portugal were hit by a major power outage on Monday that hit public transport, caused large traffic congestion and delayed airline flights as utility operators scrambled to restore the grid.
The Chinese government on Monday asked India and Pakistan to 'exercise restraint' after the two countries exchanged fire at the Line of Control following the deadly terror strike in Pahalgam town in Jammu and Kashmir which left 26 people dead.
The key suspect in the Vancouver car ramming incident has been charged with murder in the death of multiple festival-goers at a Filipino community block party on Saturday night.
Washington DC/IBNS: The United States has said it is in "touch" with both India and Pakistan and appealed to both the parties to "work towards a responsible resolution" over the heightened border tension between the two nuclear-armed South Asian countries after the Pahalgam terror attack.
A student stabbed and injured six people, including teachers, at a school in South Korea's Cheongju city on Monday.
The police on Sunday said at least 11 people died after a man drove his vehicle into people who were participating in a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Pakistan on Sunday claimed its security forces killed 54 'terrorists' who tried to enter the country through the northwestern border with Afghanistan.
Consul General Xu Wei of the Chinese Consulate General in Kolkata recently condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and said his nation is against any acts of terrorism.
At least nine people died after a man rammed his car into people who were participating in a street festival in Canada's Vancouver on Saturday, police said.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a man for his suspected role in the killing of a Russian general in a car blast close to Moscow on Friday.
Pakistan Minister Hanif Abbasi said 130 nuclear warheads have been kept aimed towards India, amid the escalating tension between the two warring neighbours in the aftermath of the recent attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
FBI director Kash Patel on Saturday said the US will provide full support to the Indian government in the fight against terrorism, days after 26 tourists, mostly non-Muslims, died in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
Ottawa/IBNS: Several people were killed as a car rammed into a crowd during a street festival in Canada's Vancouver on Saturday, media reports said.
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has told US envoy Steve Witkoff that Moscow is willing to resume peace talks with Ukraine "without preconditions," the Kremlin said on Saturday, according to media reports.
A large number of people demonstrated outside the Pakistani Embassy in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, on Saturday, against the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which left 26 people dead.
At least 500 people were injured after a massive explosion occurred at a port in Iran's Bandar Abbas city on Saturday.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge and charged her in a federal court for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest.
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned India over the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty in line with his country's rage over the diplomatic strikes New Delhi launched on Islamabad after the Pahalgam terror attack, media reports said.
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif broke his silence on the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which left 26 people dead, and said his country was open to any “neutral and transparent” investigation into the incident.
London/IBNS: A senior Pakistan Army officer made a controversial throat-slit gesture at the Indian diaspora who had gathered outside the Pakistan High Commission in London protesting against the Pahalgam terror attack that took place on April 22.
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Friday said India and Pakistan will figure out their border tension, which he claimed to be going on for 1,500 years, in the backdrop of the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 tourists including two foreigners on April 22.
The Pakistani Senate on Friday passed a resolution against the Indian government's 'attempt' to link the South Asian country to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir which left 26 people, mostly non-Muslims, dead.
A senior Russian military officer was killed in a car explosion in Balashikha town, located close to Moscow, on Friday.
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