07-11-2020 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States of America (USA) said that it had removed from its list of terror groups a shadowy faction regularly blamed by China to justify its harsh crackdown in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region. In a notice in the Federal Register, which publishes new US laws and …

07-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A former Afghan television presenter and two other civilians were killed in a bomb explosion in Kabul on Saturday in the latest violence to rock the city. Yama Siawash died when a bomb attached to his vehicle exploded near his residence …

07-11-2020 WILMINGTON/ WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden said he was going to win the U.S. presidency as his lead grew over President Donald Trump in battleground states, although television networks held off from declaring him the victor as officials continued to count votes. “The numbers tell us … it’s a clear …

07-11-2020 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: A Melbourne man has become the first person to be charged with preparing for Foreign Interference Laws (FIL) passed by the Federal Parliament in 2018. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) charged 65-year-old Di Sanh Duong after executing a number of search warrants in the greater Melbourne area …

06-11-2020 Bureau Report WELLINGTON/ CANBERRA: Jacinda Ardern has been formally appointed as the Prime Minister of New Zealand on Friday, returning to the office for a second term after securing a landslide victory in the country’s general election last month. Ardern and her ministers were sworn in by Governor-General Dame …

06-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON: With his re-election chances fading as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states, US President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary assault on the country’s democratic process from the White House on Thursday, falsely claiming the election was being “stolen” from …

05-11-2020 WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden took a huge step Wednesday to capturing the White House, with wins in Michigan and Wisconsin bringing him close to a majority, but President Donald Trump responded with fury as his campaign sued to suspend vote counting. In a brief address on national television, flanked …

Hyderabad, Nov.3 (PMI): Finance Minister, T Harish Rao today criticized that the BJP could not digest the people support to the TRS in Dubbaka by poll and attacked on our MLA Kranti Kiran, who is a Dalit leader. Harish Rao accused the BJP of deliberate attempt to attack on the TRS MLA.  With this …

Hyderabad, Nov.3 (PMI): Voting percentage in Dubbaka by poll was registered high at 78.12 percent by 4 pm while it was 71.10 by 3 pm according to information. This is likely to easily cross 80 percent and reach about 90 percent when the polling process ends.  The election Commission in its release …

Amaravati, Nov.3 (PMI): The Apex Court of the country Supreme Court of India today heard a petition related to the suspension of Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS   officer AB Venkateswara Rao. The case was filed by the AP government. It has challenged the orders of the high court of the state setting aside the …