12-10-2025 BRUSSELS: The United Kingdom has said two Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft joined a 12-hour NATO patrol earlier this week near Russia’s border, following a series of Russian drone and aircraft incursions into alliance airspace. “This was a substantial joint mission with our US and NATO allies,” Defence Minister …

Hyderabad, Oct. 12 (Shoukat-PMI): Ahead of the upcoming Deepavali festival, Hyderabad South Zone Police conducted a coordination meeting with firecracker shop owners to ensure safety and compliance with licensing regulations. The meeting took place at the ACP Chatrinaka Division Office and was chaired by Sri Md. Majid, Additional DCP, South …

Hyderabad, Oct. 11 (Najaf ali Shoukat-PMI): Newly appointed Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Sri V.C. Sajjanar, IPS, conducted his first video conference with officers from all wings and police stations, including Law & Order and Traffic, after assuming charge. Addressing the officers, the Commissioner commended their efforts over the past six …

New Delhi, Oct 11 – In a significant diplomatic development, India on Friday announced the upgrading of its Technical Mission in Kabul to a full-fledged Embassy, marking a turning point in its engagement with Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration. The announcement was made by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar during a …

Saharanpur’Oct’11(PMI) Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday received a warm welcome during his visit to Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Speaking exclusively with ANI, he highlighted the bright future of India-Afghanistan relations, indicating a positive trajectory in bilateral ties. Muttaqi thanked the Ulema and people of the …

11-10-2025 CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Over the past two years, she has reenergized a politically disengaged population after more than a decade of economic and social collapse. Machado has been in hiding in Venezuela since …

11-10-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India on Friday upgraded ties with Afghanistan’s Taliban administration, giving a boost to the diplomatically isolated group, by announcing it would reopen its embassy in Kabul that was shut after the Taliban seized power in 2021. The Afghan Taliban administration will also send …

11-10-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that he will place a 100 percent tariff on Chinese exports to the United States, in an escalatory move that could set off a blistering trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Trump said on Friday that he would ratchet up …

11-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Palestinians returning to their homes in the Gaza Strip have told the AFP news agency they are feeling mixed emotions as they make their journeys. In Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, Ameer Abu Iyadeh, 32, said, “We thank God for this situation” even …

11-10-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KABUL:The Taliban have blamed Pakistan for an explosion in Kabul and another in the eastern Afghanistan province of Paktika on Thursday, amid mounting tensions between the neighbors and shifting allegiances in South Asia that have alarmed Islamabad. Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid had confirmed that an …