01-05-2024 BAMAKO: A senior Islamic State group commander wanted in connection with the deaths of US forces in Niger was killed in an operation by Malian state forces, the country’s army said. Abu Huzeifa, known by the alias Higgo, was a commander in the group known as the Islamic State …
Read More »Columbia protesters take over academic building
01-05-2024 NEW YORK: Dozens of pro-Palestine demonstrators at Columbia University have escalated their protest over the war in Gaza by occupying an academic building. Activists at the university in New York City seized Hamilton Hall early on Tuesday, barricading themselves inside. One student said the campus was “lawless”, as officials …
Read More »‘Iran security forces molested & killed teen protester’
01-05-2024 TEHRAN: An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran’s security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says. It has let us map what happened to 16-year-old Nika Shakarami who vanished from an anti-regime protest in 2022. Her …
Read More »Netanyahu vows to follow through with Rafah attack
01-05-2024 JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will launch an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of truce talks with Hamas. It comes amid ongoing attempts to try to reach an agreement for a ceasefire and hostage releases but at a meeting of hostages’ relatives, …
Read More »‘Ireland looking to send asylum seekers back to UK’
01-05-2024 DUBLIN/ LONDON: The Republic of Ireland is looking to amend the law to allow the return of asylum seekers to the United Kingdom, according to broadcaster RTE, after an influx over the border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK. Dublin’s Minister of Justice Helen McEntee, who …
Read More »Congress pushed country into corruption: PM Narendra Modi
PM Modi addressed a public meeting in favour of BJP candidates BB Patil (Zahriabad) and Raghunandan Rao (Medak). Hyderabad, April 30 (Shoukat – PMI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the Congress party of pushing India into the trap of corruption. Addressing a public meeting at Alladurgam in Zeheerabad district …
Read More »Telangana people ready to defeat BJP in Lok Sabha polls: CM Revanth Reddy
Huzurabad, April 30 (PMI): Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said the Telangana people have defeated the Bharat Rashtra Samiti ( BRS) in the semi-final and they are now ready to defeat the Bharatiya Janatha Party ( BJP) in the final of Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the Jana Jatara Sabha at …
Read More »India deals with Oman to expand its Middle East ties
30-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India and Oman will sign a trade deal in the coming months, two Indian government officials said, as New Delhi seeks to expand its ties in the Middle East, where rising tensions are putting major shipping routes at risk. “It will help India …
Read More »Thousands protest in Georgia against ‘foreign agents’ bill
30-04-2024 TBILISI: Thousands of Georgians marched through the capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday, as protests built against a bill on “foreign agents” that the country’s opposition and Western countries have said is authoritarian and Russian-inspired. Georgia’s parliament said it would hold the bill’s second reading on Tuesday, with opposition parties and …
Read More »Pakistani PM discusses new loan program with IMF Chief
30-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed a new loan program with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Sunday, his office said in a statement. Sharif and Georgieva met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Riyadh. Islamabad is seeking a new, larger …
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