08 February, 2020 SEOUL: Thousands of couples, some in facemasks tied the knot in a mass Unification Church wedding Friday, despite concerns in South Korea over the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The church founded by Sun Myung Moon revered as a messiah by his followers distributed face coverings to …

08 February, 2020 DUBAI/ NEW YORK: Facebook’s social media accounts were temporarily taken over by a group of hackers on Friday afternoon. The hacking group OurMine posted on the Twitter and Instagram accounts for Facebook and Messenger, writing “even Facebook is hackable”. The accounts have now been restored. OurMine claims …

08 February, 2020 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is braced for severe wet weather this weekend as downpours ease the bushfire crisis in the region. Severe weather warnings for rain, winds and flooding have been issued for coastal areas of the eastern state. …

08 February, 2020 GENEVA: A record high temperature of 18.3C (64.9F) has been logged on the continent of Antarctica. The reading, taken on Thursday by Argentine research base Esperanza, is 0.8C hotter than the previous peak temperature of 17.5C, in March 2015. The temperature was recorded in the Antarctic Peninsula, …

Hyderabad, Feb.7 (shahnawaz khan-PMI): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao today flagged off the JBS-MGBS Metro Rail in corridor-II at JBS metro station and traveled in the 11-km stretch train with nine stations. The Chief Minister was accompanied by ministers Mahamood Ali, KTR, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Srinivas Goud, Malla Reddy, Revanth Reddy, Mayor Bonthu Rammohan, Chief …

07 February, 2020 DAMASCUS/ MOSCOW: A passenger plane in Syria was forced to re-route after it was ‘almost hit’ by the country’s missile defence system, Russia’s Defence Ministry says. According to a statement quoted by Russian media, the plane was about to land in Damascus when Syrian anti-aircraft fire responded …

07 February, 2020 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Torrential rain across the east coast of Australia has extinguished a third of the fires in the region – and could put more out, officials say. A wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales (NSW) has put out 20 of about 60 fires …

07 February, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SANA’A/ WASHINGTON: The United States has killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), President Donald Trump said. Qasim al-Raymi, who has led the jihadist group since 2015, was killed in a US operation in Yemen, the White House said. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that violence should not be taken as right to protest and urged the Opposition to stop misguiding people on Citizenship Amendment Act. Replying to the debate on Motion of thanks to the President’s address in Rajya Sabha, he said, that Opposition is displaying double …

Hyderabad Feb 7 (PMI): Majlis-e- Aza-e- Syed-dus-shohadaa.s bara-e- esaal-e- sawab  basilsila-e- pehli   barsi  Shayer-e- Asghar-e- Besheera.s  Janab  Syed Mohammed Mujtaba Jafferi @ Anwar Jafferi will be held on 13 Jamadi-us-sani 1441 (H)  correspondence to 08 February Saturday  2020 at 07 P. M at Baitul Qayam  Purani Haveli Hyderabad. According to …