10-05-2023 ISTANBUL: The Turkish government is raising its workers’ salaries by 45 percent, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, five days before Turks vote in presidential and parliamentary elections. Polls show Erdogan in a tight race with the main opposition presidential candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Erdogan announced the pay rise on …

10-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australian lawmakers have met United States Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and allow him to return to Australia. The “Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group” said on Tuesday it informed Kennedy …

10-05-2023 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during the Victory Day military parade marking the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II in Red square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 9, 2022. President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that the West has unleashed “a real war” against …

10-05-2023 TEHRAN: Iran’s judiciary has executed two men, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli-Zare, who were convicted of operating numerous social media accounts focused on atheism and the desecration of religious sanctities, as reported by the country’s Mizan news agency. Mehrad’s lawyer maintained his innocence and criticized the unjust nature of …

10-05-2023 NEW YORK: A lawyer for a writer accusing Donald Trump of rape in a civil trial urged a jury to hold the ex-president liable for the alleged assault. “No one, not even a former president, is above the law,” lawyer Roberta Kaplan said on Monday. E Jean Carroll alleges …

10-05-2023 KABUL/ UNITED NATIONS: Some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed and had restrictions placed on their movement since being banned by the Taliban from working for the world body, the UN says. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers informed the UN early last month that Afghan women …

10-05-2023 LONDON: British police have expressed regret over the arrests of the leader of an anti-monarchist group and five others at the coronation of King Charles, following criticism that the security response was heavy-handed. London’s Met Police said they were sorry that six of those arrested at the event were …

10-05-2023 WASHINGTON: The United States has voiced opposition to the Arab League’s readmission of Syria to its fold, as a statement released by White House said that it would not normalize ties with the regime of Bashar al-Assad, a foreign news agency reported. The international forum readmitted Syria after over …

10-05-2023 GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Israel launched pre-dawn air strikes on Tuesday against the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, its military announced, with the health ministry of the Hamas-controlled territory saying 13 Palestinians including four children were martyred. The ministry said that women and children were among …

Hyderabad, May 9 (PMI): Former chief secretary Somesh Kumar has been appointed as Chief Advisor to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. The State government on Tuesday issued a G.O in this regard, appointing Somesh Kumar  as Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister in the rank of a Cabinet Minister for …