International News
Nov 08, 2024
Jerusalem, Nov 8 (IANS) Hezbollah fired about five rockets toward central and northern Israel on Friday, setting off air raid sirens in 53 Israeli cities and communities, according to Israeli sources...
Nov 08, 2024
Nairobi, Nov 8 (IANS) A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced a former football coach to life imprisonment and ordered him to pay almost 90 million shillings (700,000 US dollars) in fines for abusing...
Nov 08, 2024
Sanaa, Nov 8 (IANS) Yemen's Houthi group said Friday that it has shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over northern Yemen's Al-Jawf province.
Nov 08, 2024
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 8 (IANS) Engaging with a broad range of trade partners to ensure Malaysia's food security is of greater importance than taking sides in geopolitical tensions, Minister of...
Nov 08, 2024
Jakarta, Nov 8 (IANS) The Indonesian government is working with South Korean authorities to locate two Indonesian crew members who went missing after their ship sank in waters off Jeju, South Korea,...
Nov 08, 2024
Sanaa, Nov 8 (IANS) The US-British coalition launched two airstrikes on the Hodeidah province in northwestern Yemen on Friday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
Nov 08, 2024
Yangon, Nov 8 (IANS) Myanmar's major pagodas will hold robe-weaving contests during the traditional Tazaungdaing Festival this year, according to state-run daily The Mirror on Friday.
Nov 08, 2024
Madrid, Nov 8 (IANS) Infrastructure improvements are essential to managing large-scale flooding, such as the deadly flash floods that recently struck eastern and southeastern Spain, a Madrid-based...
Nov 08, 2024
Brussels, Nov 8 (IANS) With Donald Trump clinching a historic victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday, world leaders, including those across Europe, extended their formal congratulations...
Nov 08, 2024
Colombo, Nov 8 (IANS) Officials managing animal health in Sri Lanka are cautiously resuming pork sales after successfully containing the spread of African swine fever, a health official told Xinhua...
Nov 08, 2024
Tehran, Nov 8 (IANS) Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) killed four "terrorists" in an operation in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Friday, the official news agency...
Nov 08, 2024
Kathmandu, Nov 8 (IANS) Disasters triggered by monsoon rains in Nepal in late September led to an estimated loss of 46.68 billion Nepali rupees (347 million US dollars) in properties in addition to...
Nov 08, 2024
Kigali, Nov 8 (IANS) Rwandan Minister of Emergency Management Albert Murasira announced Thursday the government's adoption of a new disaster risk reduction and management policy, urging all...
Nov 08, 2024
Yangon, Nov 8 (IANS) An explosion at a gas station in southern Myanmar has resulted in one death and 21 injuries, including 12 from rescue agencies and nine from the fire services department, an...
Nov 08, 2024
Zagreb, Nov 8 (IANS) Construction has begun on Croatia's largest tourism project, the Pical 5 Resort, with an investment of 139 million euros (149.83 million US dollars), local media reported Friday.
Nov 08, 2024
Kabul, Nov 8 (IANS) The Commission of Liaison and Repatriation of Afghan Personalities has facilitated the return of 1,008 former government members to their home country since April 2022, Ahmadullah...
Nov 08, 2024
Singapore, Nov 8 (IANS) Up to 422 young people committed cheating offences in Singapore last year, increasing from 260 in 2019, according to the Supporting Youth Rehabilitation Trends Report issued...
Nov 08, 2024
Sydney, Nov 8 (IANS) A major water pipeline has ruptured in Sydney's south, causing significant flooding and damage to nearby houses.
Nov 08, 2024
Moscow, Nov 8 (IANS) It is too early to discuss prospects for improving Russia-US relations, local media reported Friday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Nov 08, 2024
Moscow, Nov 8 (IANS) Russia on Friday summoned the deputy head of Canada's embassy in Moscow in connection with "false accusations" of allegedly planned "Russian sabotage" against NATO countries.
Nov 08, 2024
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 8 (IANS) Six members of Malaysia's peacekeepers stationed in Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were confirmed injured, the Malaysian armed...
Nov 08, 2024
Moscow, Nov 8 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again showered praise on India's rapid rise under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, insisting it is high time that Russia's "natural partner...
Nov 08, 2024
Vladivostok, Nov 8 (IANS) The Shiveluch volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula erupted three times in the past 24 hours, prompting scientists to warn of heightened volcanic danger, local media...
Nov 08, 2024
Lahore, Nov 8 (IANS) After having already shut down schools till November 17, Pakistan Punjab's provincial government on Friday ordered a complete ban on the people's entry to public and private...
Nov 08, 2024
Sydney, Nov 8 (IANS) A grassfire was ignited next to a runway at Sydney Airport following a reported engine explosion on a Qantas flight upon takeoff on Friday afternoon.
Nov 08, 2024
Sydney, Nov 8 (IANS) Much of Australia is facing a hot and wet summer, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has forecast.
Nov 08, 2024
Yangon, Nov 8 (IANS) Myanmar Police seized 610,000 stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Shan state, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC).
Nov 08, 2024
Mexico City, Nov 8 (IANS) Mexico uncovered 11 bodies, including two minors, inside an abandoned pickup truck on a boulevard in Chilpancingo, capital of Guerrero state.
Nov 08, 2024
Johannesburg, Nov 8 (IANS) Following a rise in food poisoning cases among children, the Gauteng Executive Council urged the South African government to declare the widespread cases of suspected food...
Nov 08, 2024
Kathmandu, Nov 8 (IANS) Four people died and six others were wounded after two passenger buses collided in Nepal's Chitwan district on Friday morning.
Nov 08, 2024
Kampala, Nov 8 (IANS) Uganda's Ministry of Health launched the second round of polio vaccination targeting 2.7 million children under five years old in the eastern part of the country after the virus...
Nov 08, 2024
Canberra, Nov 8 (IANS) Australia's National Cabinet on Friday agreed to the government's proposed social media legislation - the first of its kind in the world - that sets a minimum age of 16 to...
Nov 08, 2024
New York, Nov 8 (IANS) While doubling down on his campaign stance of deporting illegal migrants, US President-elect Donald Trump says he wants immigrants to come in legally.
Nov 08, 2024
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) The US Federal Reserve has slashed interest rates by 25 basis points amid cooling inflation and a weakening labour market, marking the second rate cut in this easing cycle.
Nov 08, 2024
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed Stephen Mull, a former diplomat who has served in both Democratic and Republican administrations, to oversee the transition...
Nov 08, 2024
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) Blaming the US President's incumbent status for Vice President Kamala Harris' electoral defeat, the White House has said that Joe Biden felt it was the "correct" decision he...
Nov 08, 2024
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that the military would not get involved in politics and was ready to carry out "all lawful orders" as the Pentagon was committed...
Nov 08, 2024
New York, Nov 8 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed his campaign manager Susie Wiles as his Chief of Staff, the first woman to hold the influential cabinet position heading the White...
Nov 08, 2024
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that his campaign manager Susie Wiles will be his White House Chief of Staff.
Nov 08, 2024
Moscow, Nov 8 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on winning the US election, saying that he was ready to speak with the "courageous" incoming US President.
Nov 08, 2024
Kabul, Nov 8 (IANS) Afghan counter-narcotic police have destroyed 21 drug processing labs and arrested 20 suspects for alleged involvement in illicit drug business in eight out of Afghanistan's 34...
Nov 08, 2024
Moscow, Nov 8 (IANS) Moscow does not rule out the possibility of communication between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump before Trump's official inauguration in...
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