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Child born under rubble, 4-yr-old who slept through it all; some heartbreaking moments from Turkey's earthquake aftermath

Some were shielded by a wooden door, others survived for 33 hours; amidst all the gloom and despair, a few stories of hope and survival.

Feb 9, 2023

"Wanted to kill many, not just one," Palestinian enters Israel craving Jewish genocide, rapes, murders teen

The hatred and anti-Semitic ideology has been increasingly making its way from the fringe to the mainstream

Feb 4, 2023

81 bird species face risk of extinction, Sri Lanka researchers on alert

Sri Lanka is a biodiversity hotspot with 435 species of birds, and this has been found during a nationwide survey on the Red Data Book of 2022

Jan 23, 2023

Bizarre red flying saucer-like cloud in Turkey be UFO? Internet goes crazy, here's what experts say

Turkey's State Meteorological Service explained that the rare phenomenon was simply a "lenticular cloud."

Jan 21, 2023

Crypto ecosystem to bounce back; investments to gather steam in Q3 of FY24: Coinweb CEO

Toby Gilbert, CEO, Coinweb in a candid conversation with IBTimes speaks on a myriad of issues in the Crypto ecosystem and 2023 outlook.

Jan 18, 2023

Locals watch the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan.15, 2023. A passenger plane with 72 people on board crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal.

Nepal plane crash: Hope of finding survivors 'nil', black box retrieved [see updates]

The ill-fated ATR-72 plane from Yeti Airlines took off from Kathmandu for Pokhara at 10.30 on Sunday morning and lost contact with the air traffic control at 10.50 am.

Jan 16, 2023

Man pays Rs 1.39 crore bill for NYE dinner in Dubai; he owns the hotel, yet no discounts [details]

The service charge alone on the bill cost over Rs 11 lakh 93 thousand.

Jan 9, 2023

Once Covid-19 saviour, Indian-origin pharmacist in UK jailed in old case [Details]

Dushyant Patel, 67, a London pharmacist with more than 40 years of experience, had supplied class C drugs to Alisha Siddiqi, whose body was found at a property in Norwich, England in August 2020

Dec 30, 2022

K'taka HC quashes Dubai woman's plea in case on uploading obscene videos to internet

Karnataka High Court refused the plea of a a woman residing in Dubai in whose name a SIM card was purchased and used to upload obscene videos to the Internet

Dec 23, 2022

Tourist visa vs Family visit visa: Confusion persists over new rules; Many Indians stranded in Saudi Arabia [details]

The grey area for many Indians is visa validity and period of stay. A multiple entry tourist visa is valid for one year and permissible period of stay in total is 90 days.

Dec 12, 2022

China forcing marriages between majority Han Chinese and ethnic minority Uyghurs

China made world think it handled Covid well; paying price of deceit [read now]

The anti-lockdown demonstrations began after a high-rise building caught fire killing 10. Many believe Covid restrictions contributed to the casualties

Nov 30, 2022

Kim Jong Un claims to be making "world's most powerful" nuclear force [details inside]

As per KCNA, the missile was a Hwaseong-17, a massive rocket that is theoretically capable of delivering a nuclear payload to the continental United States.

Nov 27, 2022

At least 58 children killed by Iran's forces, some as young as 8; others shot in the back [details]

The Iranian regime denies the shootings and instead says, 'foreigners' or 'terrorists' are behind the act. In some cases, pro-regime media outlets have labelled the killed teenagers as 'separatists.'

Nov 22, 2022

Indian tourist in Bangkok mistakenly takes a transvestite to hotel room, demands his money back, loses wrist watch too

When the tourist reported the incident to the Pattaya Police, the officer in turn informed him that he violated Thai prostitution laws

Nov 19, 2022

G20 Summit 2022 concludes: Highlights as India assumes G20 Presidency [details]

The declaration at the end of the summit highlighted the economic difficulties caused by war and called the use of nuclear weapons as, 'inadmissible.'

Nov 17, 2022

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