Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Heavy rain forecast for much of Japan | Tokyo, June 30 : Japanese weather officials on Friday said that heavy rain is expected in areas along the Sea of Japan coast through Saturday, warning of disaster risks such as landslides. | 30-Jun-2023 |
| French rioters loot high-end retail shop | Paris, June 30 : As violent protests have continued across France unabated against the police killing of a teenage driver, rioters looted high-end retail shops as President Emmanuel Macron receieved widespread criticism for attending a concert of British singer Elton John amid the ongoing unrest. | 30-Jun-2023 |
| Aus govt fast-tracks funding for disaste | Canberra, June 30 : The Australian government on Friday announced that it has fast-tracked funding for essential infrastructure damaged by natural disasters. | 30-Jun-2023 |
| Pyongyang renovates N.Korea-China friend | Seoul, June 29 : North Korea has completed the renovation of a tower symbolising its friendship with China as the 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War approaches, Pyongyang's state media said on Thursday. | 29-Jun-2023 |
| Heavy rainfall batters S.Korea | Seoul, June 28 : Heavy rain battered South Korea's southern provinces, leaving one person missing, and dozens of homes without power after a lightning strike, while the downpour is likely to continue in the region throughout Wednesdayg. | 28-Jun-2023 |
| UNFPA calls for addressing Arab women's | Amman, June 27 : Nearly 15 per cent of Arab women aged between 15 and 49 have unmet family planning needs, according to a statement released by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). | 27-Jun-2023 |
| Over 2.4 mn refugees will need resettlin | Geneva, June 27 : The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said that more than 2.4 million refugees globally will need resettling in 2024, a 20 per cent increase compared to 2023. | 27-Jun-2023 |
| Istanbul Airport breaks daily passenger | Istanbul, June 27 : The Istanbul Airport has set a new record in terms of daily passenger numbers, according to an official statement. | 27-Jun-2023 |
| Harassment of WSJ journo 'unacceptable', | Washington, Jun 27 (IANS): The harassment of Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui who questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his joint presser with US President Joe Biden last week on religious rights and free speech, is "unacceptable", the White House said. | 27-Jun-2023 |
| Indian-origin woman jailed in UK for usi | London, June 27 : An Indian-origin woman in the UK has been sentenced to seven years in jail for being part of a gang who preyed on children to supply drugs, the Metropolitan Police said. | 27-Jun-2023 |
| Genuine students not subject to ban from | CHANDIGARH, June 26 : If a student came to Canada with a genuine intent to study and without knowledge of the use of fraudulent documentation, they can remain in the country and will be not subjected to the five-year ban from re-entering Canada that normally follows in cases of misrepresentation, the Canadian High Commission said on Monday in response to fears among "victims" of the fake admission acceptance letters by Indian agents. | 26-Jun-2023 |
| Australian PM confident of majority supp | CANBERRA, June 26 : Support for Australia's proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament has fallen in a poll, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday there are no rising levels of alarm within the government about the prospects of success for the Voice referendum. | 26-Jun-2023 |
| Sri Lanka declares bank holiday for dome | Colombo, June 26 : Sri Lanka will have a five-day bank holiday from June 29 to July 3 to provide time for domestic debt restructuring, an official said. | 26-Jun-2023 |
| Erdogan urges Sweden to end PKK protests | Ankara, June 26 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Sweden to prevent the demonstrations by supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Stockholm in exchange for a green light on its NATO bid. | 26-Jun-2023 |
| Up to 100 mm of rain to hit greater Seou | Seoul, June 26 : As heavy rain continued to lash South Korea on Monday, the greater Seoul area is expected to see up to 100 mm of downpour for two days, as the annual monsoon season has started, the state weather agency said. | 26-Jun-2023 |
| 2 Palestinians killed in Israeli gunfire | Ramallah, June 25 : Two Palestinians have died of Israeli gunfire in the West Bank, including one who was shot for attacking an Israeli checkpoint, Palestinian sources said. | 25-Jun-2023 |
| Iraqi military bombs IS hideout | BAGHDAD, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi military said on Saturday that an airstrike has killed all the militants in a hideout of the Islamic State (IS) militants in the northern province of Kirkuk. | 25-Jun-2023 |
| 2 Palestinians killed in Israeli gunfire | Ramallah, June 25 : Two Palestinians have died of Israeli gunfire in the West Bank, including one who was shot for attacking an Israeli checkpoint, Palestinian sources said. | 25-Jun-2023 |
| US: Freight train plunges into river aft | By Associated Press: A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below. | 25-Jun-2023 |
| Indian-origin doc who helped run dark we | London, June 25 : A 33-year-old Indian-origin psychiatrist from London has been jailed for six years for helping to run a dark web site dedicated to the sexual abuse of children. Kabir Garg, who was sentenced on Friday at Woolwich Crown Court, will also be subject to a Serious Harm Prevention Order and is on the Sex Offenders Register for life, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. | 25-Jun-2023 |
| Cathay Pacific plane aborts takeoff, 11 | Hong Kong, June 24 : A Cathay Pacific plane aborted takeoff at at the Hong Kong International Airport due to signal anomaly on Saturday, leaving 11 passengers injured during an emergency evacuation. | 24-Jun-2023 |
| How Modi went from being banned to embra | CNN Article : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was once shunned by the United States. Denied a visa for “severe violations of religious freedom,” he was effectively banned from entering the country for nearly a decade. | 24-Jun-2023 |
| CVoter Survey: Big majority wants Indian | New Delhi, June 24 : An exclusive series of snap polls conducted across India to gauge public opinion related to events during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to the US reveals that a big majority of Indians are incensed with the remarks made by former American President Barack Obama during a CNN interview. | 24-Jun-2023 |
| Army opens fire after suspicious movemen | Jammu, June 24 : Army opened fire after noticing suspicious movement on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, defence sources said on Saturday. | 24-Jun-2023 |
| Heavy losses in textile capital Tiruppur | Chennai, June 24 : A fire due to a short circuit engulfed around 50 shops in the Banyan street of Tiruppur, the textile capital of South India. | 24-Jun-2023 |
| Shebaz Sharif 'snatches' umbrella from o | NEW DELHI, June 23 : A viral video doing the rounds on social media shows Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is in Paris to attend a global financing summit, "snatching" an umbrella from a protocol officer leaving her drenched in the rain. | 23-Jun-2023 |
| Israel's Haifa Airport resumes int'l fli | Jerusalem, June 23 : The Haifa Airport in northern Israel has resumed international flight operations after a four-year hiatus, the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety said in a statement. | 23-Jun-2023 |
| Hungary to lift price caps on essential | Budapest, June 23 : The Hungarian government has announced the termination of price caps on essential food items, effectively ending the measure aimed at curbing inflation. | 23-Jun-2023 |
| Heavy rain in South Australia cause floo | Adelaide, June 23 : On Thursday night, Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia (SA), and its s surrounds, were battered by a heavy thunderstorm; Heavy rains have caused flooding and blackouts prompting hundreds of calls for aid, official reports inform that, as of Friday morning, the area has received 41.6 millimeters of rain. | 23-Jun-2023 |
| Violent clashes continue between warring | Khartoum, June 23 : Violent clashes between the warring Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have continued in various areas of the capital Khartoum. | 23-Jun-2023 |
| China issues alert for high temperatures | Beijing, June 22 : China's National Meteorological Centre issued a yellow alert for high temperatures on Thursday, as heat waves are forecast to scorch vast regions of the country. | 22-Jun-2023 |
| PM Modi meets top American CEOs, seeks t | New Delhi, June 22 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently on a state visit to the US, met a cross section of American CEOs in Washington and sought their technological collaboration in India. | 22-Jun-2023 |
| Germany's top newspaper slashing 20% of | London, June 22 : German media giant Axel Springer is laying off 20 per cent of newsroom jobs and apparently replacing some employees with artificial intelligence (AI) technology, reports surfaced on Thursday. | 22-Jun-2023 |
| $3.2 mn worth of drugs, cash seized in A | Melbourne, Jun 22 : Police in Australia's Queensland state on Thursday said that A$4.7 million ($3.2 million) worth of drugs and cash have been seized, following an arrest of 11 people in raids across Brisbane and surrounding areas over the last six months. | 22-Jun-2023 |
| In-flight disturbances sharply spike in | Seoul, June 22 : In-flight disturbances and other illegal acts on board have increase significantly this year in South Korea as more people have gone on overseas trips since the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, government data revealed on Thursday. | 22-Jun-2023 |
| War-era US-made aerial bomb discovered i | Phnom Penh, June 21 : The Cambodian Mine Action Centre's (CMAC) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts have safely removed a war-era US-made MK-82 aerial bomb discovered recently in Kandal province, a mine clearance chief said on Wednesday. | 21-Jun-2023 |
| Aus state to double penalties for knife | Sydney, June 21 : The government of Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state on Tuesday announced that a new legislation would be introduced in Parliament to double the maximum penalty available for certain knife crimes. | 21-Jun-2023 |
| 6 Palestinians killed in new wave of vio | Ramallah, June 21 : Six Palestinians were killed and dozens other injured in the new wave of violence in the West Bank, officials said. | 21-Jun-2023 |
| Body of missing Polish woman found insid | Athens, June 21 : The body of a 27-year-old Polish woman who was reported missing a week ago in the Greek island of Kos, was found inside a bin bag covered in branches under a tree, the media reported. | 21-Jun-2023 |
| Pro-Khalistan leader Nijjar's killing po | Toronto, June 21 : The targeted killing of pro-Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara who was shot dead in Surrey, British Columbia, has thrown up many tricky questions for Canadian security agencies. | 21-Jun-2023 |
| 7 dead, over 70 injured in rain-related | Islamabad, June 20 : At least seven people were killed and over 70 others injured in rain-related incidents during the last 24 hours in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, as authorities have forecasted more thunderstorms and rain. | 20-Jun-2023 |
| Yemen's warring parties conclude prisone | Sanaa, June 19 : The Yemeni government and the Houthi militia concluded the three-day UN-sponsored talks in Jordan on the prisoner swap issue with "positive" outcomes. | 19-Jun-2023 |
| Ship carying 120 people catches fire off | Manila, June 18 : A ship carrying 120 people caught fire off the Philippine island of Bohol on Sunday and a coast guard vessel was deployed to rescue those onboard and try to extinguish the flames, coast guard officials said as quoted by media reports. | 18-Jun-2023 |
| Allergy season drags Japan's economy of | Tokyo, June 18 : Japan's hay fever season this year stood to suppress consumer spending by 383.1 billion yen ($2.70 billion), local media reported. | 18-Jun-2023 |
| Indian student seen on CCTV carrying wom | London, June 18 : A 20-year-old Indian student, who was captured on CCTV carrying a woman home to rape her last June, has been sentenced for more than six years, police said. | 18-Jun-2023 |
| Mine blast kills 1 in Afghanistan | Maidan Shar (Afghanistan), June 18 : One person was killed as a mine left over from past wars exploded in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province, a provincial police officer said on Sunday. | 18-Jun-2023 |
| Death toll rises to 8 from cyclone in Br | Sao Paulo, June 18 : The death toll from the floods caused by an extratropical cyclone in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to eight, while 19 people remained missing. | 18-Jun-2023 |
| Over 100 foreign nationals arrested for | London, June 17 : In a major crackdown on illegal immigration, enforcement officers in the UK arrested 105 foreign nationals from over 20 countries who were found working illegally in the country. | 17-Jun-2023 |
| Japan issued 1.29 mn visas in 2022 | Tokyo, June 17 : Japan issued 1.29 million visas to foreign nationals in 2022, up roughly 14 fold from the previous year after the country dropped Covid-19 border control measures, the Foreign Ministry has announced. | 17-Jun-2023 |
| Life returns to normal as cyclone Biparj | Islamabad, June 17 : Authorities in Pakistan's Sindh said that normal activities can resume from Saturday as the threat of cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea off the coasts of the province has been averted after it weakened it into a cyclonic storm. | 17-Jun-2023 |