08-12-2020 TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam for fuelling anti-government unrest in 2017 on social media, a judiciary spokesman said. “Yes, the Supreme Court … has upheld the sentence passed by the Revolutionary Court in this case,” spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told a …

08-12-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Sikh farmers in India on Monday demonstrated religious solidarity at the farmers’ protest by standing up with their Muslim counterparts. In a video shared on Twitter by Indian journalist Rana Ayyub, some Muslim participants at the farmer’s protest in Delhi …

07-12-2020 LONDON: The United Kingdom and European Union will make a last-ditch attempt to strike a post-Brexit trade deal this week, with just days left for negotiators to avert a chaotic divorce at the end of the year. Micheal Martin, the prime minister of Ireland, which would face more economic …

07-12-2020 TEHRAN: A satellite-controlled machine-gun with “artificial intelligence” was used to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist, a Revolutionary Guards commander says. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was shot dead in a convoy outside Tehran on 27 November. On Sunday, Brig-Gen Ali Fadavi told local media the weapon, mounted in a pick-up truck, had …

Hyderabad Dec 7 (PMI): The Gang Rape Case four persons were convicted sentenced to undergo twenty (20) years Rigorous Imprisonment and imposed fine of Rs 2,000/- to each accused. Smt K. Maruthi Devi the Hon’ble 1 st Special Sessions Judge Cum XVII Addl. Dist. Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy Dist at …

07-12-2020 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ HYDERABAD: At least one person has died and 227 have been hospitalized by an unidentified illness in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The patients had a wide range of symptoms from nausea to fits and falling unconscious, doctors said. Officials are investigating the cause …

07-12-2020 Bureau Report + ABC News SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Storms or tropical cyclones usually get the blame when Australia’s beaches suffer severe erosion. But on the New South Wales north coast at Byron Bay, another force is at play. Over the past six months, tourists and locals have been shocked to …

Hyderabad Dec 7 (PMI):  The results of GHMC Election that were declared on 4th December 2020 shows the trend of the public as how enthusiastic were they and paved the way to the BJP giving a blow to TRS and its policies against public such as ongoing LRS, Dharani Portal …

06-12-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies JERUSALEM/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said his country remains open to fully normalizing ties with Israel and joining the Abraham Accords, telling the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Manama Dialogue Conference over the weekend in Bahrain …

06-12-2020 PARIS: Dozens of protesters have clashed with police in the French capital Paris in fresh demonstrations against a controversial draft security law. Police fired tear gas after hooded protesters smashed shop windows and set several vehicles alight. Nearly 100 rallies were planned nationwide on Saturday over the draft bill …