Residents of a small Oxfordshire village have voted overwhelmingly in favour of symbolically seceding from the United Kingdom, in a tongue-in-cheek referendum organised to protest plans to accommodate more than 1,200 asylum seekers at a nearby former military site.
Mashhad/IBNS: Passengers screamed as their belongings fell from the overhead compartments after a Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737 began vibrating heavily due to a technical problem shortly after taking off from Mashhad in northeastern Iran, media reports said.
Alaska/IBNS: A 15-year-old boy from Alaska survived nearly 62 hours at sea after the fishing boat he was travelling in capsized, with the teenager trying to hold on to the bodies of his brother and cousin after they drowned, the New York Post reported.
Saudi Arabia had issued a brief warning about a 'potential danger' for the Islamic holy city of Mecca amid the recent attacks by the Houthis on the country.
Toronto/IBNS: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has introduced a new Productivity Mega Deduction aimed at lowering the cost of business investment and expanding the range of assets eligible for immediate tax deductions.
Toronto/IBNS: Canada’s first Investment Summit has secured nearly $500 billion in new investment commitments, as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government seeks to attract capital into infrastructure, technology, energy, critical minerals and defence.
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday issued a brief aerial threat alert in Mecca for the first time, along with warnings in Jeddah and Taif, as the kingdom faced a fresh wave of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen.
An Indian-origin 24-year-old Rutgers University graduate and her longtime friend were fatally struck by a subway train in New York's Manhattan early Sunday, with a haunting video capturing their final moments sitting on the tracks as investigators try to determine how and why they ended up there.
Turkish police have detained 47 people during raids targeting LGBTQ+ activists and gay bars, media reports said, as part of a government-backed campaign aimed at protecting what authorities describe as “family values”.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly sought intelligence assistance from Israel through the US Central Command (CENTCOM) as the kingdom faces mounting security and economic pressure following a major Houthi offensive in Yemen.
The United States has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has deployed weapons in orbit, with US officials describing the capability as part of efforts to protect American forces from hostile action in space.
London/IBNS: Thousands of people gathered on Sunday to witness and participate in Ganga Aarti on the banks of the River Thames in London, as the iconic location became the setting for one of Hinduism's significant spiritual ceremonies.
An Indian-origin woman and her friend died after they were struck by a subway train while they were on the tracks at a station in Lower Manhattan, New York, media reports said.
Toronto/IBNS: The Toronto International Film Festival’s industry platform, TIFF: The Market, hosted the signing of modernised audiovisual coproduction treaties between Canada, the United Kingdom and Spain, strengthening the festival’s role as a gateway for international film and television partnerships.
Ottawa/IBNS: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France, on September 20 to meet President Emmanuel Macron and discuss stronger cooperation in strategic sectors.
US President Donald Trump has demanded that countries benefiting from the security of the Strait of Hormuz reimburse the United States for the costs of protecting the crucial oil-shipping route, as tensions with Iran continue to disrupt regional energy supplies.
Pakistan has increased the bounty for information leading to the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar to 7 million Pakistani rupees (about Rs 24.09 lakh in Indian currency) as the country prepares for a key Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary next month.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told BRICS leaders in New Delhi on Sunday that creating a more balanced global order requires an overhaul of institutions established after the Second World War, including the UN Security Council.
The Indian Ministry of Power has approved the export of electricity to Nepal for 18 hours a day, from midnight to 6 pm, between September 13 and December 31.
Bangladesh has said it wants to "reset" bilateral ties with India, stressing that the process should be pursued through direct bilateral discussions rather than a multilateral forum.
US President Donald Trump has dismissed calls to slow the development of artificial intelligence and introduce new regulations for the industry, saying “negative forces” are fueling fears about the technology.
In the first-ever case before the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), Nazira Haji Zada, 47, an Afghan national who previously resided in Fort Worth, Texas, has been removed from the United States after conceding that she is an “alien terrorist”, the US Department of Justice said.
The New York home where US President Donald Trump spent his early childhood has been sold for $1.93 million, media reports said.
An Indian-origin woman has been arrested in the US in connection with the alleged killings of two of her friends in separate incidents in San Jose and Milpitas.
A 52-year-old man from North London has pleaded guilty to offences linked to an online forum where videos depicting sexual offending and domestic abuse were shared among offenders across the UK.
Terrorist groups are recruiting, raising money and even planning operations through propaganda that is now “embedded” in every stage of their work, a new UN report warns – and governments are struggling to keep pace.
At least six Nigerian nationals linked to an organised criminal network that allegedly defrauded American women of more than $6 million through online romance scams will be extradited to the United States, South African police said.
Ottawa: Canada will host Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre from September 20 to 21, where the two NATO allies plan to deepen cooperation on defence, Arctic security, energy and critical minerals.
US President Donald Trump marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon on Friday, honouring the nearly 3,000 people killed by al-Qaida hijackers while drawing a direct connection between the legacy of 9/11 and the ongoing US conflict with Iran.
Two Hindu minor girls, aged 13 and 14 according to minority rights activists, broke down and pleaded to return home after a court in Pakistan’s Sindh province declined to send them back to their parents and instead ordered that they be moved to a safe house.
