Hyderabad-Dec 20 (PMI)  Hundreds of Indian professionals working in the United States are facing uncertainty as prolonged delays in H-1B visa appointments have left many stranded in India and at risk of losing their jobs. The delays, attributed to a new social media vetting policy introduced by the US State …

Hyderabad-Dec 20 (PMI) Ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays starting from December 24, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Zone), Sri Kiran Khare, IPS, has issued an advisory urging residents to take precautionary steps to prevent house thefts, as many families are expected to travel out of station …

Hyderabad, December 18 (PMI) Five-day celebrations marking the birth anniversary of Moula-e-Kainat Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS) are being observed across Hyderabad with deep devotion and reverence. During these celebrations, adequate arrangements are made for the main festivities and the procession of Shahrah Mubarak under the guidance of AIMIM …

18-12-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom is launching an independent investigation into foreign interference in British politics, just weeks after a former Reform UK lawmaker was jailed for more than 10 years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements. Steve Reed, the UK’s secretary of state for housing, communities and local …

18-12-2025 KHARTOUM/ GAZA CITY: Growing global disorder threatens to deepen humanitarian crises around the world, with Sudan and Palestine facing the greatest risk of all, according to a new report. The pair once again topped the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist, the 2026 version of which was released on …

18-12-2025 LONDON: The world could lose thousands of glaciers each year over the coming decades unless global warming is curbed, leaving only a fraction remaining by the end of the century, scientists warn. A scientific study published on Monday in Nature Climate Change warned that unless governments take action now, …

18-12-2025 OTTAWA: Israel has denied entry to a group of Canadian lawmakers who were seeking to reach the occupied West Bank to hold talks with Palestinian officials and human rights advocates, Canadian civil society groups say. Six members of Canada’s Parliament were trying to reach the West Bank from neighboring …

18-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: India’s anti-terrorism agency on Monday charged militant Islamist groups based in Pakistan and six individuals over an April attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir that killed 26 men, and triggered intense fighting between the two countries. The fighting, the worst between the nuclear-armed neighbors …

18-12-2025 THE HAGUE: The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected one of Israel’s legal challenges seeking to block an investigation into its actions in the genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, dealing a blow to Israel’s efforts to derail the case. In their decision …

18-12-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order labelling fentanyl, and its core precursors, as a “weapon of mass destruction” (WMD), in the latest instance of his administration using increasingly militarized language to justify its operations against drug cartels and smugglers. The announcement …