19-12-2025 LONDON: The UK will rejoin the Erasmus study scheme from 2027, six years after announcing it would end its participation as part of a deal to leave the European Union (EU). Britons will be able to spend a year studying at European universities as part of their UK degree …

19-12-2025 CARACAS: US President Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, a move that Caracas has denounced as “warmongering threats”. Trump wrote that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government had been designated a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), which had also …

19-12-2025 SYDNEY: Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, the New South Wales police say. Akram, 24, was critically injured during the incident. His father …

19-12-2025 WASHINGTON/ MOGADISHU: The United States has dramatically intensified its military air campaign in Somalia, carrying out 111 strikes against armed groups, also killing civilians, since President Donald Trump returned to office, according to the New America Foundation, which monitors the operations. In the most recent one, the US Africa …

19-12-2025 GAZA STRIP: Another Gaza home caves in, turning what little sense of safety remained into fear and displacement. The collapse happened quietly but left devastation behind. Walls that once protected a family now lie in rubble and the roof that once provided shelter is gone. For the residents, survival …

19-12-2025 KHARTOUM: At least 104 civilians have been killed in drone attacks across Sudan’s Kordofan region as fighting between rival military factions reached deadly new heights in the brutal civil war deep into its third year. The attacks have battered the central region since early December, right up to Friday, …

Hyderabad-Dec 20 (PMI)  Hundreds of Indian professionals working in the United States are facing uncertainty as prolonged delays in H-1B visa appointments have left many stranded in India and at risk of losing their jobs. The delays, attributed to a new social media vetting policy introduced by the US State …

Hyderabad-Dec 20 (PMI) Ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays starting from December 24, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Zone), Sri Kiran Khare, IPS, has issued an advisory urging residents to take precautionary steps to prevent house thefts, as many families are expected to travel out of station …

Hyderabad, December 18 (PMI) Five-day celebrations marking the birth anniversary of Moula-e-Kainat Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS) are being observed across Hyderabad with deep devotion and reverence. During these celebrations, adequate arrangements are made for the main festivities and the procession of Shahrah Mubarak under the guidance of AIMIM …

18-12-2025 LONDON: The United Kingdom is launching an independent investigation into foreign interference in British politics, just weeks after a former Reform UK lawmaker was jailed for more than 10 years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements. Steve Reed, the UK’s secretary of state for housing, communities and local …