Hyderabad, March 3 (PMI): The excitement surrounding the MLA quota MLC elections in Telangana has commenced. Following the announcement, candidates from the ruling Congress party are actively campaigning.             Congress allies are urging the government to provide them with an opportunity to occupy MLC positions. On Monday, a delegation of CPI …

03-03-2025 LONDON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a four-point plan to work with Ukraine to end the war and defend the country from Russia. The UK, France and other countries will step up their efforts in a “coalition of the willing” and seek to involve the US in …

03-03-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza as it demands Hamas agree to a US plan for a ceasefire extension. The first phase of a truce deal mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the US expired on Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s …

03-03-2025 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and US President Donald Trump on Saturday and called for calm in an interview following Friday’s clash between the US and Ukrainian leaders at the White House. The French presidency said Macron had also spoken to British Prime …

03-03-2025 WINDHOEK: African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country’s “founding father” Sam Nujoma, who challenged colonialism and a military occupation by South Africa’s racist white minority government. Dignitaries including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, former President Thabo Mbeki and ex-Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete …

03-03-2025 ANKARA: Turkey’s foreign minister will reiterate at Sunday’s meeting of European leaders in London an offer from Ankara to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Saturday. NATO-member Turkey hosted initial talks between the sides’ months after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, …

03-03-2025 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: Israel will adopt the proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover periods, the prime minister’s office said early on Sunday, hours after the first phase of the previously agreed ceasefire was set to expire. …

03-03-2025 NIS, Serbia: Tens of thousands of people flocked to the southern town of Nis on Saturday to commemorate victims of a railway station disaster and take part in a student-led protest that has become the biggest threat yet to the Serbian president’s grip on power. Mass demonstrations have gathered …

03-03-2025 DHAKA: Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched a political party on Friday to contest elections likely to be held by the end of the year. The launch of ‘Jatiya Nagorik Party’ (National Citizens’ Party), opens a new chapter …

03-03-2025 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that his government would temporarily halt tax hikes on draught beer, amid sagging popularity for the governing Labor Party ahead of a general election due by May. Australia is one of the world’s wealthiest countries per capita and …