09-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Geir Pedersen, the United Nations special envoy for Syria, has expressed “cautious hope” after opposition fighters declared the rule of President Bashar al-Assad had come to an end. Opposition forces on Sunday said they had “liberated” the capital, Damascus, in a fast-moving offensive that saw them seize control …

09-12-2024 MANAMA/ BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: The US believes that an alleged sweeping Chinese cyber espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon targeted and recorded telephone calls of “very senior” American political figures, a White House official said on Saturday. The comments by Anne Neuberger, the US deputy national security advisor for cyber …

09-12-2024 ACCRA: Ghana voted in a presidential and parliamentary election on Saturday amid hopes for an economic revival after the worst financial crisis in a generation, which led to a major debt default in the West African nation. President Nana Akufo-Addo is stepping down next month after serving the two …

09-12-2024 Bureau Report DOHA: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reacted to President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on BRICS nations, stating that India has “no interest” in weakening the US dollar. Speaking at the Doha Forum on Saturday, Jaishankar reflected on the positive relationship …

09-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Syrian rebels have declared the capital Damascus “free” after entering the city to scant resistance from regime forces, while claiming President Bashar al-Assad has fled the capital, losing his decades-long grip on power. “We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad,” the Military Operations …

09-12-2024 Lawmakers in South Korea have narrowly failed to impeach the nation’s president over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law. A bill to censure Yoon Suk Yeol fell five votes short of the 200 needed to pass, with many members of parliament in the ruling People Power Party (PPP) …

09-12-2024 BERLIN: The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has named party leader Alice Weidel as its first chancellor nominee, before snap elections expected in February next year. The Chinese-speaking Weidel accepted the nomination on Saturday, saying her anti-immigration, eurosceptic party wants Germany to be “at the top again worldwide”. The …

Hyderabad, Dec.8 (Shoukat-PMI)): Sree Bala Devi, DCP, Cyber Crime today flagged off the Finrun, India’s first Cyber crimes awareness run – 5K & 10K run at Gachibowli here. The Finrun is organised with a mission to raise awareness about the growing threat of cyber crimes and promote collective efforts to combat them. The event was …

Hyderabad’8 Dec’2024: Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy, along with his family, performed the Ayyappa Maha Padi Puja at the Kesava Memorial Engineering College premises in Narayanaguda on Sunda The grand ceremony witnessed a significant turnout of devotees chanting “Ayyappa Sharanu Ghosh” in reference to Lord Ayyappa. …

Hyderabad, Dec.8 (PMI): The President of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC), Mahesh Kumar Goud, has urged Congress leaders to attend in large numbers in the inauguration ceremony of the Telangana Talli statue, taking place at the Secretariat on Monday evening.             As part of the Praja Palana Vijayotsavalu festivities …