London: Man arrested outside Buckingham Palace for throwing suspected shotgun cartridges
London: The Metropolitan Police on Tuesday said a man was arrested after he allegedly threw shotgun cartridges into the grounds of Buckingham Palace in London.
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Public Service Alliance of Canada reaches tentative agreement with Treasury Board for over 120,000 federal workers
Ottawa/IBNS: The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau to leave for London for King Charles’ coronation on May 6
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will head next week to the United Kingdom to attend King Charles’s coronation, according to an official in his office.
US: Three people shot at Akron hookah lounge, police investigating
Akron: Akron police are currently investigating a case related to the shooting of three people at a hookah lounge in the US city on Saturday.
Pakistan: Three terrorists die during intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: At least three terrorists died and several others were apprehended in three separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
US: Dust storm in Illinois leaves at least 6 dead as several vehicles crash on highway
A dust storm forced dozens of vehicles to crash along a major highway in the Central Illinois region of the US on Monday which left at least six people dead, media reports said.
Explosion derails freight train in Russian region near Ukraine border
Bryansk/Russia: A freight train was derailed on Monday following an explosion in a Russian region bordering Ukraine, according to a social media post by the local governor, no casualties were reported in the incident.
Explosion at Sinochem Chemical Plant claims five lives in China's Shandong province
Beijing/IBNS: An explosion at a Sinochem chemical facility in eastern China resulted in the deaths of five individuals, one person going missing, and another person being injured, reported the local authorities on Monday.
Seychelles navy conducts major drug intercept with Indian inputs
Victoria, Republic of Seychelles: Based on inputs from India, the Seychelles Navy has made a major intercept of high-value drugs in a high-seas operation, underscoring a crucial role that India is playing in the region, media reports said.
Sri Lankan govt give Chinese company 50-year exclusivity for port logistics venture
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has given the sole and exclusive rights to the Chinese state enterprise China Merchants Port Holdings Company for a logistics centre in the Port of Colombo for 50 years, media reports said.
MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo dies at 46
Award-winning chef and judge of MasterChef Australia Jock Zonfrillo has passed away at the age of 46.
Canada to no longer offer evacuation flights from Sudan over deteriorating security situation
Ottawa/IBNS: Evacuation flights out of crisis-hit Sudan would no longer be offered by Canada’s federal government due to Sudan’s deteriorating security situation.
Pakistan: Mob attacks police in Islamabad, 30 arrested
Islamabad: Police said a mob attacked and injured a police team, besides damaging their official vehicles, during an anti-encroachment drive at C-13 in Pakistan's Islamabad city on Sunday.
'Flawed' census in Karachi: PTI stages demonstrations across city
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday demonstrated in different parts of Karachi over a ‘flawed’ census held in the Pakistani city.
Tehreek-i- Nafaz Fiqh Jafariya demonstrates in Pakistan, demands reconstruction of shrines in Janatul Baqi
Rawalpindi: Tehreek-i- Nafaz Fiqh Jafariya (TNFJ) members on Saturday demonstrated against demolition of the holy sites in Janatul Baqi around a century ago on Shawwal 8, 1344 AH, media reports said.
Texas shooting: More than 200 officers searching for key suspect Francisco Oropesa, authorities announce USD 80,000 for information
Cleveland: As many as 250 law enforcement officers from over a dozen agencies are currently engaged to find the gunman accused of shooting and killing five people on Friday night in the US city of Cleveland after neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle outdoors
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says key ISIS leader killed in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his country's security forces have killed a suspected key leader of Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
UK PM Rishi Sunak to recite biblical verse at King Charles' Coronation
London/IBNS: The Archbishop of Canterbury's office has declared that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be presenting passages from the Bible's book of Colossians during the Coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey on May 6 as part of the official Liturgy.
Germany training Ukrainian troops for counteroffensive: Reports
Berlin: German instructors are training Ukrainian soldiers for urban combat at a dozen military bases across the country ahead of Kyiv's much-touted spring offensive, the Bild tabloid reported on Saturday.
Texas mass shooting: Police searching for gunman who killed 5 people, including 8-yr-old
Washington: Cops are looking for a shooter, who allegedly gunned down five Hondurans, including a child aged eight, at a house in Texas in another mass shooting incident in the United States, the local sheriff confirmed on Saturday, media reports said.
Beijing sends 12 military aircraft, 4 naval vessels around Taiwan: Reports
Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has claimed it has tracked 12 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around the country between 6 a.m. on Wednesday (April 26) and 6 am on Thursday (April 27), media reports said.
Pakistan: Journalists demonstrate against abduction, torture of colleague in Bannu
Peshawar: Journalists demonstrated against the failure of police to register an FIR and arrest the suspects involved in alleged kidnapping and torturing of journalist Gohar Wazir over a week ago in Pakistan's Bannu region on Thursday.
Pakistan: Senior cop dies in bomb attack
A senior police official of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station was killed in a bomb attack in Pakistan's Khuzdar area on Thursday, media reports said.
Pakistan urges US to restore military financing: Reports
Pakistan has urged Washington to restore military financing and sales suspended by the Trump administration as a senior US official acknowledged the importance of this bilateral relationship in a key strategic region, media reports said.
One dies, 3 missing in ship collision in Philippines
Manila Two foreign-flagged vessels collided off Corregidor Island in the Philippines, leaving one person dead and three missing, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday.
Transitional justice hinges on ‘equal footing’, say UN peacebuilders
Lasting peace hinges on everyone being on an “equal footing” and an all-of-society approach, a top UN official on Friday told the UN Peacebuilding Commission as it met to discuss national report cards on the pace of transitional justice reforms.
Stop deporting Haitians: Rights experts’ appeal to countries in Americas
New York: Countries in the Americas should suspend forced returns of Haitians on the move and adopt measures to protect them instead, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
Background to a crisis: In Sudan, the stakes are high for the whole of Africa
New York: A turbulent transition to civilian rule has been underway in Sudan since the ouster of former President Omar Hassan El-Bashir in April 2019. The civilian-led transitional Government put in place later that year, through a power-sharing agreement between military and civilian leaders, was toppled by a military coup in October 2021.
UN expert urges Japan to ‘step up pressure’ on Myanmar junta
New York: Japan must assume a greater leadership role to address the deteriorating crisis in Myanmar and “step up pressure on the country’s military junta”, a UN-appointed independent rights expert urged on Friday.
Singapore: Rights experts call for moratorium on the death penalty
New York: Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday called for Singapore to impose an immediate moratorium on capital punishment, denouncing the Government’s continued use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes.