29-04-2024 MADRID: Thousands of supporters of Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, have rallied in the streets of Madrid in an effort to persuade him not to resign. The Socialist leader stunned the country on Wednesday by announcing he was cancelling all official engagements in order to reflect on his future. …

29-04-2024 BERLIN: Six suspected spies have been arrested in Germany this month alone, in what has become a torrent of allegations of Russian and Chinese espionage. For the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party it has proved especially embarrassing, because their top two candidates for the European elections in June …

29-04-2024 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament has passed a bill criminalizing same-sex relationships with jail terms of between 10 and 15 years. Transgender people could also be sent to prison for between one and three years under the new law. Supporters of the changes say they will help to uphold religious values …

29-04-2024 GAZA CITY/ CAIRO: Hamas has published a video showing the first proof of life of two more hostages being held in Gaza. In undated footage filmed under duress, Omri Miran says he has been held for 202 days and Keith Siegel mentions this week’s Passover holiday, indicating the clips …

Siddipet, April 28 (PMI): Minister for Transport Ponnam Prabhakar lashed out at BJP candidate for Karimnagar Lok Sabha Bandi Sanjay for questioning the Congress government on the implementation of promises.             Six former sarpanches of BRS and a member of MPTC joined the Congress party in the presence of Minister Ponnam …

28-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PORBANDAR: The Indian Coast Guard today intercepted a suspicious Pakistani boat that had nearly 86 kg of drugs worth millions of rupees. Acting on intelligence, the Coast Guard along with the Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), launched a crackdown …

28-04-2024 NEW YORK: Columbia University’s embattled president came under renewed pressure on Friday as a campus oversight panel sharply criticized her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest at the Ivy League school. President Nemat Minouche Shafik has faced an outcry from many students, faculty and outside observers for …

28-04-2024 LONDON: British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the media has learned. The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed “third party” would drive trucks along a floating causeway onto the beach. …

28-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The second round of voting in India’s election is due to have closed, and attention now turns to the third round scheduled for May 7. There will be seven phases in all. Friday’s vote covered 166 million voters in 88 constituencies across 13 …

28-04-2024 JERUSALEM: An Israeli strike in Lebanon’s Beqaa region has killed two members of a Lebanese militant group that has fired rockets across the southern border at Israel, the group said on Friday. Israel’s military said in a statement on Friday that its air force “struck and eliminated Mosab Khalaf …