16-11-2025 BEIJING/ TOKYO: China has summoned the Japanese ambassador in Beijing over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan. China and Japan have been locked in an escalating war of words this week, set off by Takaichi’s suggestion that Japan could respond with its own self-defence force if China attacked …

16-11-2025 LONDON/ WASHINGTON: The BBC has apologized to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his 6 January 2021 speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation. The corporation said the edit had given “the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call …

16-11-2025 OTTAWA: Kristy Gammon used to travel to the US from Canada at least once every other year, taking ski trips at Lake Placid in New York and travelling to Baltimore, Maryland, for her husband’s favorite Orioles baseball games but those trips are now over, she said. This year, the …

16-11-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has arrested four members of an Afghan cell over their alleged involvement in a deadly suicide bombing in its capital Islamabad earlier this week, as tensions heighten further between the neighboring foes. Tuesday’s attack outside a district court was claimed by a faction of …

16-11-2025 TUNIS: International NGOs Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have decried a sharp decline in civil liberties and a pervading “injustice” in Tunisia since President Kais Saied came to power in 2019, as authorities escalate their crackdown on the opposition, activists and foreign nongovernmental organizations. “Tunisian authorities have increasingly …

16-11-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA: The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has accused Israel of deliberately crippling its operations and blocking the entry of vital aid to Gaza amid its more than two-year genocidal war, as Palestinians face the onset of heavy rains and winter with sparse shelter or …

Hyderabad, Nov 15 (PMI) As part of the “Jaagrut Hyderabad – Surakshit Hyderabad” initiative, a Cyber Crime Self-Awareness Programme was held at FTCCI, Red Hills, Nampally. The event was led by DCP Central Zone Smt. K. Shilpa Valli, IPS, ACP Saifabad, Sri R. Sanjay Kumar, and Inspector K. Narayana Reddy …

Hyderabad, Nov. 15, 2025 (PMI): A Cyber Crime Awareness Programme was organized at Riyasath Nagar Market under the jurisdiction of Santosh Nagar Police Station. The initiative aimed to educate the public about cyber fraud and precautionary measures. The programme was supervised by Santosh Nagar ACP T. Sukdev Singh, along with …

Medak, Nov. 15 (PMI): Medak Police successfully organized a National Mega Lok-Adalat aimed at providing relief to cybercrime victims and resolving pending cases through compromise. During the event, 503 cases were settled, and Rs. 11.44 lakhs were returned to the affected citizens. District Superintendent of Police, D.V. Srinivasa Rao, IPS, …

Hyderabad, Nov.15 (PMI): Telangana Raj Bhavan has invited nominations for the “Governor’s Awards for Excellence 2025” across four categories – Women Empowerment, Tribal Development, Rural Health and Medical Philanthropy, and Corporate Volunteering. Awards will be given in both Individual and Institutional categories for exemplary work carried out from 2020 onwards. The …