16-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: When Salima Ahmad* noticed a three-day gap between the expiry of her family’s visas and the date on a document proving that they had applied for renewals, her heart filled with dread. An Afghan citizen living in Pakistan since 2022, Ahmad feared that …

16-02-2025 KINSHASA/ NEW YORK: Scores of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual violence including rape by armed men, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund. The targeting of children has soared to unprecedented levels in recent weeks, …

16-02-2025 CAIRO: The meeting on Tuesday between Jordan’s King Abdullah II and US President Donald Trump ended in tense anticipation of what will come next for the Gaza Strip. At stake was Trump’s suggestion that the United States “take over” the enclave and expel Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan. King …

Hyderabad’15’Feb'(Shoukat–PMI) Union Minister Kishan Reddy responded to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s caste. He said that it was inappropriate for Revanth Reddy to speak like that at the level of the Chief Minister. He criticized him for speaking irresponsibly. He said that Narendra Modi included …

15-02-2025 BERLIN: An Afghan man with suspected jihadist motives went on trial in Germany on Thursday over a knife attack that killed a policeman and wounded five others at an anti-Islam rally in the western city of Mannheim last year. The opening of the trial comes at a time of …

15-02-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Indian federal government took over direct control of the restive northeastern state of Manipur on Thursday after the region’s chief minister resigned amid ethnic violence that has killed at least 250 people over two years and displaced thousands. One of India’s smallest states, Manipur …

15-02-2025 LOS ANGELES: California’s levy of $1 billion on private insurers to help pay out wildfire claims in its state-created safety net program has renewed focus on the challenges the industry faces in a market already losing appeal rapidly, analysts said. Stringent regulations and recurring wildfires have driven some insurers …

15-02-2025 LONDON: Britain’s economy unexpectedly grew by 0.1% in the final quarter of last year, official figures showed on Thursday, offering some respite from the downbeat economic picture facing finance minister Rachel Reeves, though longer-term challenges remain. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast that British gross domestic product would shrink …

15-02-2025 WASHINGTON: Billionaire Elon Musk said on Thursday many federal government agencies must be eliminated as part of President Donald Trump’s push to radically overhaul the US government. “We do need to delete entire agencies, as opposed to leave part of them behind. Just leave part of them behind. It’s …

15-02-2025 BRUSSELS/ KYIV: Kyiv and its European allies demanded on Thursday that they be included in any peace negotiations, after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and said Ukraine could neither have all of its land back nor join NATO. Russia’s financial markets soared and …