Ship carying 120 people catches fire off Philippines

Manila (IANS) 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.

Militants attack school in Uganda, 25 dead

Kampala (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and eight others critically injured after militants linked to the Islamic State terror group attacked a school in Uganda, police said on Saturday.

The attack took place on Friday at the Lhubiriha…

US nuke-powered submarine arrives in S.Korea after Pyongyang's launch

Seoul (IANS) A US nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN) arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in six years, amid heightened tensions after North Korea's launch of two ballistic missiles, Seoul's Defence Ministry said.

Indian High Commission attack mastermind dies in UK

Chandigarh (IANS) Avtar Singh Khanda, a Punjab-origin Khalistani separatist and mastermind of the attack on the Indian High Commission in London, died in a hospital in the UK on Thursday due to blood cancer.

He was the head of Khalistan Liberation…

New Zealand slips into recession

Wellington (IANS) The New Zealand economy has slipped into recession after the country's central bank aggressively raised interest rates to a 14-year high, according to quarterly figures released by the statistics department on Thursday.

Stats…

Thousands relocate as Biparjoy approaches Pakistan's coastal areas

Islamabad (IANS) Thousands are being relocated from the coastal areas in Pakistan's Sindh province ahead of extremely severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy's expected landfall in the country, as well as in India, on Thursday.

Thousands of…

Blinken talks of 'reducing strategic dependencies' ahead of Modi visit

Washington (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday preambled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming "historic" state visit saying central to emerging cooperation in critical technologies between the two countries such as semiconductors…

6 injured in Houston nightclub shooting

Washington (IANS) Six people were injured with one of them in critical condition in a shooting at a nightclub in Houston, while suspects remain at large, Texas authorities said.

"We had six victims here in a shooting. Apparently there was some…

Thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Texas

Houston (IANS) Thousands of dead fish have washed ashore on a beach along the Gulf Coast of the US state of Texas, local media reported.

The dead fish were found at the far end of Bryan Beach, near the mouth of the Brazos River, some 9.7 km…

Pak govt to wait and watch as Imran Khan gets exhausted from onslaught of cases

Islamabad (IANS) A member of the Pakistan's federal cabinet has revealed that the government's current strategy is to simply watch and wait for former Prime Minister Imran Khan to get "exhausted" from an onslaught of cases as party leaders…