Pakistan joins Security Council in 2025; will get virtual veto on designating terrorists

United Nations (IANS) Pakistan joins the UN Security Council on Wednesday subtly changing the balance in the world organisation's highest decision-making body and getting a virtual veto power over sanctioning terrorists it harbours. 

Elected…

India assures support for Kerala's Nimisha Priya sentenced to death in Yemen

New Delhi (IANS) India on Tuesday announced that it is providing "all possible help" to Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national. 

In a statement, Ministry of External Affairs…

At least 45 killed in Israel's violations of ceasefire deal with Lebanon

Beirut (IANS) At least 45 people have been killed between November 27 and December 22 in Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, according to a source from the Lebanese army. 

During the period, the Israeli army also arrested 17 people…

Russia warns of 'decisive response' to US missile threats: Sergei Lavrov

Seoul (IANS) The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will face a "decisive response," including military-technical countermeasures, should they make new missile threats against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov…

South Korea plane crash: Eyewitnesses report sparks in engine, bird strike; death toll mounts to 127

Seoul (IANS) Witnesses to a deadly plane crash in South Korea's southwestern county of Muan on Sunday reported seeing flames in the jet's engine and hearing explosions as authorities investigate the possibility of landing gear failure from…

Multiple explosions rock Kabul as Pak-Afghan border clashes intensify

Kabul (IANS) Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has become the epicentre of multiple explosions during the last 24 hours as border clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces intensify. At 10 a.m. on Saturday, an explosion was reported in Kabul close to the…

Greatest champion of US-India partnership: US, other nations mourn passing of Dr Singh

New Delhi (IANS) US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken on Friday expressed his heartfelt condolences on the demise of former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Remembering Dr. Singh as a pivotal architect of Indo-US ties, Blinken stated that…

Ambush in Syria kills 14 interim govt officers

Damascus (IANS) Fourteen officers from Syria's interim Ministry of Interior were killed and ten others injured in a "treacherous ambush" in the northwestern province of Tartus on Wednesday, the interim government's Interior Minister Mohammed…

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes near Kazakhstan's Aktau, 28 survivors reported

Almaty (IANS) A passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines from Baku to Grozny crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) said. 

The Embraer 190 aircraft with flight number…

Passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan; survivors reported

Aktau (Kazakhstan) (IANS) A passenger plane carrying over 100 people crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, according to reports from the country's Emergencies Ministry.   

Local media outlet Kazpravda.kz reported that the…