20-07-2021 BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival. Body parts of victims lay scattered across the previously bustling market, which had been crowded with shoppers buying food ahead …

19-07-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul have joined hands to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan; just hours after a peace meeting in Doha failed to agree on a ceasefire. A senior delegation of Afghan leaders met the …

19-07-2021 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The UK and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber-attack earlier this year. The attack targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, affecting over a quarter of a million servers around the world. The EU was the first to put out a statement saying the attack came …

19-07-2021 HAVANA/ WASHINGTON: The United States has transferred a detainee out of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for the first time since President Joe Biden took office, sending a Moroccan man back home years after he was recommended for discharge. The Moroccan prisoner, Abdul Latif Nasser, who is in his …

19-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DOHA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Delegations from the Afghan government and the Taliban said in a joint statement on Sunday that they will meet again and plan to expedite peace negotiations after two days of inconclusive talks in Doha, media reported. The negotiators …

19-07-2021 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Palestinians have condemned the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday by Israeli police, which then launched tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at worshippers at Islam’s third holiest site in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian media. Israeli police forcefully evacuated Muslim worshippers to …

19-07-2021 WASHINGTON: Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cell phone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said Sunday, igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses. The use of the software, called Pegasus and developed by Israel’s NSO group, was reported on …

Hyderabad; July 18 ( PMI ): The NSUI workers led by its Warangal district president Pallakonda Sathish staged a protest here on Saturday, condemning the remarks of Minister for Agriculture Singireddy Niranjan Reddy. The NSUI leaders said that the minister had insulted the unemployed youth by advising them to work …

Hyderabad; July 18 ( PMI ): Former MP Konda Visweswar Reddy today extended his open support to former Minister Etela Rajender in the upcoming by-elections in Huzurabad Assembly constituency. He made these remarks after meeting the president of Telangana Inti Party Cheruku Sudhakar at the latter’s party office in Adarshnagar …

Hyderabad; July 18 ( PMI ): The famous Telangana Bonum was presented by devotees at kanaka Durga temple on Indra Keeladri. They presented the Bonam on a golden plate to the presiding deity. The devotees who came from Hyderabad performed special prayers at the temple. The Bonam is presented during …