A transgender woman from Massachusetts has been sentenced to 73 months in prison for attempting to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with Molotov cocktails, US authorities said.
The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade and financial transactions with Iran amid the ongoing regional conflict, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Ottawa: Canada has recorded 4,793 wildfires and 4.1 million hectares burnt so far this year, with 582 fires still active nationwide, as federal officials warn that elevated wildfire risks could persist into September.
Ottawa: Canada’s largest and most powerful icebreaker, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent, reached the North Pole on Sudnay as part of its 2026 Arctic deployment.
The United Arab Emirates has issued its first major missile threat warning in months, urging residents to remain in safe locations after the country's air defence systems detected a potential missile threat targeting the UAE.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that former Prime Minister Imran Khan be transferred to Shifa International Hospital amid growing concerns over his health, providing relief to the jailed PTI chief.
At least four people, including a student and the gunman, were killed in a shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, according to media reports.
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has stressed the importance of a “valid photo identity document” while casting votes, citing the election model followed in India.
An Indian-origin teacher and Green Card holder who has lived in the US for 27 years has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), months after an immigration judge dismissed the government's attempt to remove her from the country.
US President Donald Trump has warned that the United States could bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of Washington's efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war with Iran, media reports said.
Ottawa: Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a nearly $70 billion clean energy investment involving the expansion of the Churchill Falls Generating Station, development of the Gull Island hydroelectric project and new transmission infrastructure across Newfoundland and Labrador and Québec.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman if the Middle Eastern nation interferes with US efforts amid the ongoing conflict with Iran in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump on Monday announced plans to reduce joint military exercises with key regional ally South Korea, citing his positive relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Seoul’s decision not to assist the US in its efforts related to Iran.
Indian-American entrepreneur Vishal Garg, who became widely known in 2021 after dismissing more than 900 employees during a four-minute Zoom call, is seeking to return as chief executive of New York-headquartered mortgage company Better Home & Finance, which runs ibusiness as Better or Better.com.
New York/IBNS: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has once again connected with the city's Bengali-speaking community, announcing in Bengali that more than 2,000 free Broadway tickets will be made available to high-school students through a lottery.
Ukraine has claimed that Indian-origin billionaire Lakshmi Mittal’s ArcelorMittal mining and metallurgical complex in Kryvyi Rih was targeted in Russian strikes, according to media reports.
Russian authorities have claimed that more than 800 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight in one of the largest aerial attacks launched by Kyiv since the war began in 2022.
A Russian escort has been charged with the alleged assassination of a high-ranking Ukrainian defector who was killed in a bomb blast involving a trash can, according to media reports.
Bangladesh has set several conditions, including the extradition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives wanted by Dhaka, for Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s proposed visit to India.
The latest wave of suspected Russian attacks on Ukraine on Sunday killed at least three people, according to media reports.
An Indian-origin teenager has been charged with the murder of his mother and younger brother at their suburban home in Massachusetts, United States, in an incident that has shocked the local community.
Jason Arday, a former professor at the University of Cambridge who had been at the centre of a plagiarism controversy in recent days, was found dead in south London on Friday, media reports said.
Ottawa: Canada has imposed sanctions on five Iranian individuals, including senior officials linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, over activities Ottawa says have threatened navigation rights and stability around the Strait of Hormuz.
London/IBNS: A University of Cambridge academic is facing scrutiny over writings she contributed to a Hizb ut-Tahrir publication more than two decades ago, including criticism of Western education, democracy and aspects of the British school system.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that America has “total control” over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, as tensions with Iran remain high over the waterway’s closure and a US naval blockade.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, marking the country’s second such launch in less than a week amid heightened tensions over an upcoming joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States.
Ottawa: Canada is pushing to conclude a free trade agreement with ASEAN this year as Ottawa seeks to deepen economic and strategic ties with Southeast Asia and diversify its trade partnerships, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said.
Protests broke out in Pakistan’s Swat region following the death of a student in a shooting incident on the premises of Jahanzeb College, media reports said.
A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad and his younger brother, Maher al-Assad, to death for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
An Indian-origin student from Andhra Pradesh died in a road accident in the US state of Ohio after a pickup truck travelling in the opposite direction crossed the centre median and collided with the sedan he was driving, media reports said.
