16-08-2020 MOSCOW: Russia announced on Saturday it has produced the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine, less than a week after President Vladimir Putin said the country was the first to approve one. Putin’s announcement on Tuesday about the vaccine was met with caution from scientists and the World Health …

15-08-2020 ANKARA/ JERUSALEM/ DUBAI: Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador after agreement between the Gulf state and Israel to normalise ties was revealed, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. The Turkish foreign ministry also said history would never forgive the UAE’s “hypocritical behaviour” in …

Hyderabad Aug 15 (PMI): Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta Principal and Founder of HOUZAT-UL-IMAMUL-QAYAM (A.T.J) AD- DINIYA, HYD, INDIA and Majma-e- Olama wo Khutaba Hyderabad Deccan India all members including executive body members  has conveyed his wishes to everyone on the occasioned “Eid-e- Mubahela” and  74th  Independence Day  of India. Molana Farishta …

15-08-2020 UNITED NATIONS/ TEHRAN: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has resoundingly rejected a bid by the United States to extend a global arms embargo on Iran. In the Security Council vote on Friday, Washington got support only from the Dominican Republic for its resolution to indefinitely extend the embargo, …

Hyderabad 15 Aug (PMI): Shri V. C. Sajjanar IPS Commissioner of Police Cyberabad celebrated 74th Independence Day at RK Wellness Centre which is an Old Age Home in Karkhana. After the flag hoisting Shri VC Sajjanar interacted with the people living here. The CP Cyberabad Shri VC Sajjanar in his …

Hyderabad, Aug.14 (PMI): Cyberabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar appreciated KPHB Police Station   Sub-Inspector T. Subramanian for bagging President’s police medal for his meritorious services in police department. Subramanian is scheduled to get the Police Medal on Independence Day 2020. Subramanyam joined in the police department in the year 1984 as …

14-08-2020 TEHRAN/ DUBAI/ JERUSALEM: Iran’s Foreign Ministry roundly condemned the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Zionist regime as “strategic stupidity”. In a statement released on Friday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the establishment of diplomatic relations between the UAE and the Zionist …

14-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ DOHA: Afghan authorities have started to release 400 Taliban prisoners, the final hurdle in launching long-delayed peace talks between the two warring sides. A group of 80 prisoners were released on Thursday, said National Security Council spokesman Javid Faisal, …

14-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk GAZA/ JERUSALEM/ DUBAI/ WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he agreed to delay annexation in the occupied West Bank as part of a normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but the plans remain “on the table”. …

13-08-2020 JERUSALEM/ DUBAI/ WASHINGTON: Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to normalize relations, US President Donald Trump has announced. A joint statement by Trump, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Al Nahyan said they hoped the “historic breakthrough will advance peace in the …