24-02-2026 LONDON/ MANCHESTER: Chants of “send them back” echoed through a damp underpass as hundreds of far-right anti-Islam protesters prepared to march through the streets. Union Jacks fluttered in the wind as protesters, some visibly under the influence of alcohol, chanted a series of anti-immigration slogans and derisive comments about …

24-02-2026 TEHRAN: The Iranian government has again blamed “terrorists” for the killings of thousands during last month’s nationwide protests after United States President Donald Trump and human rights experts weighed in. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that the government has released a list of 3,117 people, whom he …

400-Year-Old Kohe Imam-e-Zamin Ashoorkhana in Hyderabad Cries for Protection; Shias Seek Wakf Board Action Hyderabad’Feb 24 (Syed Hussain Ali Sajjad-PMI) The hilltop shrine of Kohe Imam-e-Zamin in Hyderabad’s Ammuguda area—an over 400-year-old Ashoorkhana—continues to suffer from neglect, encroachments, and lack of basic infrastructure despite its historical and religious importance. Believed to …

Hyderabad, Feb.23 (PMI): A delegation of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) legislators met Minister for Minorities Welfere Mohammed Azharuddin and Additional Director General of Police  (ADGP) Mahesh Bhagwat separately on Monday and submitted a detailed representation regarding the Baswada communal incident. The AIMIM legislators, including  Mohammad Mubeen, (Bahadurpura MLA ), Mir …

23-02-2026 TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned of growing Chinese “coercion” in her first post-election speech to parliament on Friday, pledging to overhaul defence strategy, ease curbs on military exports and strengthen critical supply chains. Takaichi’s four-month tenure has been marked by a diplomatic dispute with China after she …

23-02-2026 WASHINGTON: NASA is targeting early March to launch a crew around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, in what would be humankind’s furthest trip into space. The Artemis II mission will see four astronauts embark on a 10-day journey around the far side of …

23-02-2026 LONDON: King Charles woke up on Friday to pictures of his younger brother leaving a police station emblazoned across front pages of newspapers around the world, heralding the worst crisis for the British monarchy in 90 years. The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in a public …

23-02-2026 DUBAI/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Iran and the United States are sliding rapidly towards military conflict as hopes fade for a diplomatic solution to their standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program, officials on both sides and diplomats across the Gulf and Europe say. Iran’s Gulf neighbors and its enemy Israel now consider …

23-02-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India’s private sector accelerated in February led by robust demand for goods even as services growth was broadly steady, according to a survey that also showed intensifying inflationary pressures. HSBC’s flash India Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, rose to 59.3 …

23-02-2026 GAZA STRIP/ BEIRUT: Israeli attacks have killed at least 12 people in eastern and southern Lebanon, in the latest breach of a 2024 ceasefire deal with the armed group, Hezbollah. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported on Friday that air strikes on the Bekaa Valley in the east …