Passenger plane crashes in Afghanistan

Kabul (IANS) A passenger plane has crashed in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, local media reported.

The information was provided by Zabihullah Amiri, an official of provincial department of information and culture, Xinhua news agency…

13 students dead in China school dormitory fire

Beijing (IANS) Thirteen students were killed in a fire that erupted at a school dormitory in China's Henan province, local authorities said on Saturday.

At 11 p.m. on Friday night, the local fire department received an alarm about the fire…

Canada to reduce number of international students

Toronto (IANS) Canada is set to reduce the number of international students coming to the country for post-secondary education.

The cut in study visas will likely come later this year.

After the Covid-19 pandemic, Canada issued a record…

Houthis claim responsibility for new missile attack on US ship

Sanaa (IANS) Yemen's Houthi militia on Friday claimed responsibility for launching a fresh missile strike on a US ship in the Gulf of Aden amid escalating tensions over the rebel group's continued attacks in the Red Sea region.

"The…

N.Korea tests underwater nuke weapons system in response to trilateral drills

Seoul (IANS) North Korea on Friday said it has tested an underwater nuclear weapons system under development in response to the latest maritime trilateral drills involving South Korea, the US and Japan.

According to Pyongyang's official…

Pakistan strikes 'terrorist hideouts' in Iran

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday struck "terrorist hideouts" in Iran’s Sistan-o-Baluchistan province, in response to Tehran's attack two days ago.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad said that forces carried…

Irregular crossings at EU borders in 2023 highest in 7 years

Brussels (IANS) Some 380,000 irregular border crossings were detected at the European Union's (EU) external borders in 2023, a 17-per cent rise from a year earlier and the highest annual total since 2016, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency…

Iran strikes two terror bases in Pakistan: Report

Tehran (IANS) Iran on Tuesday "obliterated two key strongholds" of a terror group in Pakistan through precision missile and drone strikes, a media report said.

Significant bases belonging to the Jaysh al-Dhulm (Jeysh al-Adl) terrorist group…

Iran launches missile attacks against 'terrorist bases' in Syria, Iraqi Kurdistan

Tehran (IANS) Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday announced that it launched barrages of ballistic missiles against the bases of "terrorists" and Israel's intelligence service Mossad in Syria and Iraq's Kurdistan Region,…

N.Korean Foreign Minister leaves for Russia amid deepening military cooperation

Seoul (IANS) North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has left for Russia for an official visit at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, amid deepening military cooperation between the two nations, state media reported on Monday.