International News/World News
Bishkek, May 18 (UNI) The Kyrgyzstan government has lashed out against “destructive forces in media and social media, especially in Pakistan” for deliberately disseminating “absolutely false and untrue” information about the situation in Bishkek following widespread clashes between locals and foreign students. In a statement, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said that the situation in Bishkek…
Islamabad/Bishkek, May 18 (UNI) Over a dozen Pakistani students have reportedly been injured in mob attacks on foreign students by locals in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek. Disturbing videos are circling on social media showing locals thrashing South Asian students, mostly Pakistanis, with reports claiming that at least three students have died. Violent clashes erupted between student…
Washington, May 18 (UNI) Former US President Donald Trump said that in the five months remaining before the elections in the United States, a third world war could break out due to the incompetence of the current US leadership. “With the kind of idiots we have running this country, not a lot of people will…
Washington, May 18 (UNI) The repeatedly delayed first crewed launch of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed for at least another four days from Tuesday, May 21 to Saturday, May 25, NASA announced in an official blog. “The teams now are targeting a launch no earlier than…
Pyongyang, May 18 (UNI) North Korea conducted a test fire of tactical ballistic missile using a new autonomous navigation system in its eastern waters on Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Saturday. The accuracy and reliability of the autonomous navigation system were verified through the test fire, the KCNA report said. Kim…
Tokyo, May 18 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 hit Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan at 0055 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 42.0 km, was initially determined to be at 35.88 degrees north latitude and 141.00 degrees east longitude.
Washington, May 18 (UNI) TikTok and the US Justice Department are asking a federal court to issue a decision on the forced divestiture of the social media company by December 6, court documents revealed. “To ensure that there is adequate time before the Act’s prohibitions take effect to request emergency relief from the Supreme Court,…
Bamyan, Afghanistan, (UNI) Four people, including three foreign nationals and an Afghan, were killed in a shooting attack in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province on Friday, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior Affairs Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani said. Four foreigners and three Afghans were injured during the shooting, he said. Four suspects have been arrested, the…
Moscow, May 17 (UNI) Russia does not rule out the possibility of downgrading its diplomatic relations with the United States in certain scenarios, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. In an interview with TASS news agency, Ryabkov said that Russia has never taken the initiative to make such moves in its relations…
Washington, May 17 (UNI) The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that seeks to undo President Joe Biden’s temporary suspension of arms transfer to Israel. The bill, called the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, was passed by the lower chamber of the U.S. Congress in a 224-187 vote. It is…
