Taiwan offers to help China in handling COVID-19 crisis
Taipei: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has said her region is ready to assist China in combating the recent surge in COVID-19.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
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Pakistan: Over 30,000 job seekers gather in stadium for appearing in police constable recruitment exam
Islamabad: A stadium filled up with people to observe a concert is a regular site but a large number of exam seekers assembling only to give an examination for recruitment of police constable is indeed making headlines in Pakistan.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
Pakistan: JI protest against lawlessness, narcotics in Nowshera
Nowshera: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) recently launched a sit-in demonstration in Pakistan's Nowshera region against lawlessness, crimes and narcotics in the district, media reports said.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
Pakistan: Road mishap in Kohat leaves five persons dead
Islamabad: At least seven people were killed and five others injured on Monday in a road accident in the Kohat district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said a rescue official.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
Mexico: 14 die in prison attack
Mexico City: Ten guards and four inmates died after an attack on a prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office reported.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
Four die in mid-air collision between two helicopters in Australia
Gold Coast: At least four people died due to a mid-air collision between two helicopters in Australia's Gold Coast, media reports said on Monday.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
China: Former Uyghur Muslim preacher dies in Xinjiang prison
Beijing: A Uyghur Muslim preacher, who was serving a five-year sentence in China’s far-western Xinjiang region for making a religious pilgrimage abroad, has died of liver cancer in prison, media reports said.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
China's reopening policy fails to save mutual fund industry for another year: Reports
Beijing: China's reopening policy has arrived too late and this has failed to save the country’s mutual fund industry from another dismal year, media reports said on Saturday.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
Pakistan: Govt hikes wheat flour price by 62pc in utility stores
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has hiked prices of wheat flour, sugar and ghee by 25 to 62 per cent for sale through the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) with immediate effect, media reports said on Monday.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
Qassem Soleimani: Iran blacklists 60 US officials for top commander's assassination
Tehran: Iranian foreign minister said nearly 60 US officials have been blacklisted by Tehran for their involvement in the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
IBNS•Jan 02, 2023
Mark Zuckerberg's New Year wish is indeed special, shares cute image of his pregnant wife
New York: Social media giant Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday shared a special picture where his wife Priscilla Chan could be seen expecting their third child.
IBNS•Jan 01, 2023
Pakistan: Terrorist, constable die as gunmen attack police checkpost
Islamabad: A terrorist and a police constable died on Sunday when gunmen attacked a police checkpost in the Shahbaz Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat District in Pakistan, media reports said.
IBNS•Jan 01, 2023
North Korea fires one SRBM into East Sea
Pyongyang: North Korea commenced the new year by launching one short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) into the East Sea on Sunday, media reports said on Sunday.
IBNS•Jan 01, 2023
Afghanistan: Several feared dead in Kabul airport blast
Kabul: An explosion occurred on Sunday at a military airport in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, Interior Ministry spokesman Nafi Takoor said, adding that several people were killed or injured in the incident.
IBNS•Jan 01, 2023
North Korea fires ballistic missile towards Sea of Japan: Reports
Pyongyang/UNI: North Korea test-fired its first short-range ballistic missile in 2023 toward the Sea of Japan on Sunday Yonhap news agency reports, citing the South Korean military.
IBNS•Jan 01, 2023
Over dozen people killed in Mexico bus accident
Mexico City/UNI: A private tour bus has overturned in western Mexico, killing over a dozen people and injuring 47, the prosecutor’s office of the state of Nayarit said.
IBNS•Jan 01, 2023
Morocco prohibits entry of all travellers from China amid Covid cases spike
Rabat/ UNI: The Moroccan authorities have banned all people arriving from China from entering the country, amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
IBNS•Jan 01, 2023
UN and top aid officials slam Afghan rulers’ NGO ban for women
New York: Top UN agency officials and civil society organization heads joined forces on Thursday to urge Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to reverse their ban on women working for NGOs that provide aid relief.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95
Vatican City: Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, nine years after he retired from the position, officials said on Saturday.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
Pakistan: Three army men die during gunfight with terrorists
Peshawar: At least three terrorists died in the Arawali area of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtun­khwa region during a gunfight with terrorists on Thursday.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
Pakistan to outsource 3 major airports' services to int'l operators
Islamabad: The government of Pakistan has decided to engage international operators to help run three major airports of the country, aiming to attract foreign direct investment and to provide world-class facilities to passengers, the Prime Minister's Office said.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
Pakistan: Religious leader shot dead in Bajaur
Bajaur: Unknown attackers shot dead a local religious leader Maulana Azizullah Tahiri in Khar bazaar area of Pakistan's Bajaur district on Thursday, media reports said.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
Pakistan: Over 200 medics in ex-Fata remain unpaid for four months
Peshawar: More than 225 doctors, including medical officers, emergency medical officers and specialists, appointed by the government to improve patient care in the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have not received their salaries for the past four months, media reports said on Saturday.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
Pakistan: Imran Khan's PTI to launch anti-inflation drive
Lahore: Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is all set to launch another protest movement across Pakistan against the country's “skyrocketing inflation” and the “economic meltdown”.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
Arab region registers world’s highest unemployment rate, UN survey finds
New York: According to the latest UN survey, released on Friday, the Arab region registered a 12 per cent unemployment rate in 2022, the highest in the world.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
UN rights chief on Myanmar refugees and a future of ‘kindness, empathy and unity’
New York: Days after the latest sea rescue of Rohingya refugees by Indonesian fishing crews, UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed on Friday for greater regional protections.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
North Korea fires three short-range ballistic missiles, claims South Korea
Pyongyang: North Korea is ending the year by launching three short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Saturday, South Korean officials claimed on Saturday.
IBNS•Dec 31, 2022
Pakistan: Hindu woman's mutilated body found in Sindh
Islamabad: Police recovered a mutilated body of a Hindu woman in Sindh province of Pakistan, media reports said on Friday.
IBNS•Dec 30, 2022
Myanmar court sends Aung San Suu Kyi to further seven years in prison
A military-run court in Myanmar has sentenced Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption, media reports said on Friday.
IBNS•Dec 30, 2022
Death toll rises to 25 in Cambodia casino fire
Phnom Penh: The death toll has risen to 25 after a massive fire engulfed a hotel-casino in northwest Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, officials said on Friday.
IBNS•Dec 30, 2022
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