Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has been re-elected as speaker for a seventh consecutive term, a media report said on Monday. Following the start of US and Israeli attacks on Iran on 28 February 2026, sessions of the Iranian parliament were suspended, with only one online session held for decision-making purposes. Iran’s parliament held More
At least 16 passengers were killed and seven others injured after a speeding coach collided with a passenger bus on the Swat highway in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, a media report said. The accident occurred when a passenger bus parked along the roadside on the Swat highway was hit from behind by a speeding coach, More
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Tehran is ready to assure the world that the Islamic Republic is not seeking nuclear weapons or regional instability, adding that Israel exploits every opportunity to perpetuate war and unrest. He made the remarks during a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), IRNA reported. “We are More
More than 900 suspected Ebola cases have been identified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, said that 101 of the suspected cases had been confirmed. Meanwhile, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in a Reuters More
At least three people have died and 17 others remain missing after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed in Angeles City, Philippines, a media report said on Monday. Al Jazeera reported, citing Maria Lia Segili, information officer at the Philippine Bureau of Fire Protection, that of the two people pulled from the rubble, one initially More
One person was killed and 23 others injured after Russia launched a large-scale wave of missile and drone strikes on Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on Sunday, according to a media report. Explosions were heard across the city shortly after 1:00am, damaging residential buildings, schools and other urban infrastructure, Reuters reported. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko More
According to reports, at least 24 people have been killed and more than 50 others injured in an explosion near a railway line in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. The explosion took place today in Quetta city. Reports indicate that the blast derailed a freight train, and gunfire was also heard after the incident. Dawn More
A man was shot dead by US Secret Service officers after opening fire at a security checkpoint near the White House, while a bystander was also wounded in the incident, reports said, the shooting occurred shortly after 6pm on Saturday when the suspect approached a Secret Service checkpoint at the intersection of 17th Street and Pennsylvania More
At least 90 people have been killed in an explosion at a coal mine in northern China, media reports said on Saturday. The explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, where 247 workers were on duty underground at the time, Reuters reported. It said 90 people lost their lives More
About 40,000 people have been ordered to evacuate in southern California after a tank containing hazardous chemicals risked leaking or exploding at an aerospace facility in Orange County, media reports said on Saturday. Residents in six cities in Orange County were told to leave their homes on Friday after a storage tank containing up to More
