21-06-2026 QUITO: An Ecuadorean man, who police accuse of leading a faction of one of the country’s most feared criminal gangs, has been shot dead as he was leaving the airport in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil. Security footage shows two young men waiting outside the arrivals terminal holding stuffed toys …

21-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Messaging platform Telegram on Wednesday challenged before the Delhi High Court the Union government’s decision to ban it in India till the undergraduate National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is held, Bar and Bench reported. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology restricted access …

Police Conduct Elephant Trial Run, Tighten Security for Bibi Ka Alawa, Hyderabad, June 20 (PMI) On the occasion of Muharram, Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar, IPS, visited the historic Bibi Ka Alam at Dabirpura, Darushifa, on Saturday. He offered dhatti and participated in special prayers. Later, along with MLC Mirza …

CP V.C. Sajjanar Flags Off Elephant Trial Run,  Hyderabad June 20 (PMI) On the occasion of Muharram, Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar visited the historic Bibi Ka Alawa at Dabirpura and Darushifa on Saturday. He offered ceremonial respects and participated in special prayers. Later, along with MLC Mirza …

20-06-2026 LONDON: The United Kingdom’s competition ⁠watchdog has ordered Google to provide greater transparency on how its search rankings work, as part of new rules addressing concerns over the US ⁠tech giant’s dominance in the sector. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday said Google must rank organic search …

20-06-2026 TORONTO: When Diana Gallego listened to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s widely touted speech at the World Economic Forum at the start of this year, she couldn’t help but feel a disconnect. Carney had made an impassioned plea to the world’s “middle powers” to break with a United States-led …

20-06-2026 PRETORIA: South Africa has become a hostile place for undocumented migrants, as a deadline set by protesters for them to leave the country approaches. “I am very scared and traumatized,” Esnat Joseph, a 36-year-old Malawian woman, told media as she tried to comfort her crying one-year-old triplets. She fled …

20-06-2026 BEIRUT: Israeli forces have reportedly carried out new strikes in southern Lebanon despite renewed criticism from US President Donald Trump of Israel’s actions in the country. On Wednesday, Israeli jets struck the Nabatieh al-Fawqa area and the outskirts of neighboring Kfar Tebnit, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said. …

20-06-2026 TEHRAN/ DUBAI: When President Donald Trump announced the US deal with Iran on Sunday and declared the “opening” of the Strait of Hormuz, his Truth Social post ended with the words “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” Media analysis of MarineTraffic ship-tracking data, however, …

20-06-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Will India ever play in the FIFA World Cup? The familiar lament that Indian football fans have learnt to live with is back after the “greatest show on earth” kicked off last week. For those tracking the fortunes of the Blue Tigers as the Indian …