US President May Use OPCON Transfer to Reduce US Troops in Korea
US President Donald Trump reportedly views the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) to South Korea as a possible way to reduce or withdraw American troops from the Korean...
MEA Secretary Meets Somali President, Conveys Greetings from PM Modi
MEA Secretary Sripriya Ranganathan met Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, conveying greetings from President...
China Tightens Internet Censorship as Universities Intensify Student Surveillance Measures
China is tightening internet censorship as universities intensify surveillance of students using VPNs to...
Tibetan Leader Accuses China of Interfering in Dalai Lama Succession
Tibetan leader Penpa Tsering has accused China of attempting to control the selection of...
Microsoft Apologises After Major Global Outage Disrupts Outlook and Teams
Microsoft apologised for a major global outage that disrupted services including Outlook, Teams and...
Nobel Peace Prize choice of Narges Mohammadi highlights ‘courage and determination’ of Iranian women: OHCHR
New York: The Nobel Committees decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi underscores the courage and...
Odisha has impressed me with its handling of climate change effect on the people with disabilities: US journalist Jason Strother
Multimedia journalist, educator, Fulbright scholar, and founder of Lens15 Media, Jason Strother, visited Kolkata recently to conduct a workshop on the topic of Disability...
Taiwan investigating firms which allegedly helped China’s Huawei
Taiwan is investigating four firms whether they broke US sanctions or its own investment rules when they provided services to Chinese companies that are...
Russian attack on Ukraine village leaves 51 dead, Volodymyr Zelenskyy describes it as ‘brutal’
At least 51 people, including an eight-year-old boy, died after Russians attacked Hroza village in Ukraine, media reports said.
Villagers were attending a wake for...
Typhoon Koinu strikes Taiwan, leaving 190 injured and thousands without power
Taipei: At least 190 were injured by typhoon Koinu in Taiwan, with over 60,000 houses and commercial buildings still without power, the Central News...
Canada: Toronto Mayor unveils Terry Fox Legacy Art Project
Toronto/IBNS: The new public art project We Are Shaped by the Obstacles We Face, which commemorates the legacy of Canadian humanitarian and activist Terry...
Powershift in the Maldives
In the brief history of the Maldives democracy, no president was re-elected for a second term. The opposition candidate, Mohamed Muizzu, won the presidential...
55 Chinese soldiers die after nuclear submarine gets trapped on sea bed: Report
London: As many as 55 Chinese soldiers, including the captain and 21 officers, onboard Chinese nuclear-powered submarine 093-417 were killed after a catastrophic failure...
Vladimir Putin describes Narendra Modi as ‘very wise man’
Dr. Mohammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank and a well-known Nobel laureate, is currently entangled in a convoluted web of legal claims,...
UN rights office concerned over pre-election violence in Liberia
A senior UN human rights official on Wednesday called on authorities in Liberia to take all necessary measures to ensure that the upcoming elections...
US: Kevin McCarthy removed, says he will not run for speaker again
Kevin McCarthy was removed as the speaker of the US House of Representatives, the first such incident in the history of the country, in...
Tension with China: US, Philippines partner with allies during Exercise Sama Sama 2023
The U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Armed Forces of the Philippines joined allies to commence the seventh iteration of exercise Sama Sama in the...
Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery of quantum dots
Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov were named the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery and synthesis...
Nepal: Pokhara Regional International Airport, built with Chinese loan assistance, facing flight disruptions
Pokhara Regional International Airport, a project which was created with financial support from China, is facing several operational challenges that are disrupting normal flight...
