16-05-2024 AMMAN: Jordan has foiled a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons into the US-allied kingdom to help opponents of the ruling monarchy carry out acts of sabotage, according to two Jordanian sources with knowledge of the matter. The weapons were sent by Iranian-backed militias in Syria to a cell …

16-05-2024 GENEVA: Conflict has forced more than 68 million people to leave their homes as of the end of 2023, the highest figure since data became available 15 years ago. Natural disasters made a further 7.7 million people homeless, pushing the total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) to a …

16-05-2024 BRATISLAVA: Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has been injured in a shooting and taken to hospital, the country’s deputy speaker confirmed during a session of parliament. The incident occurred after a Slovakian government meeting at a location outside Bratislava, the news agency TASR reported on Wednesday. Reports on …

16-05-2024 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: The Biden administration has told Congress that it plans to send a $1bn package of military aid to Israel, according to media reports, despite the United States’s opposition to a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza and concerns about rising civilian deaths. The US Department of …

16-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court says the arrest of NewsClick website’s Founder and Editor Prabir Purkayastha last year under a stringent antiterrorism law was illegal and has ordered his release on bail. Purkayastha was arrested in October, nearly two months after a New York Times …

HYDERABAD’May 16: The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued a gazetted notification on Thursday replacing TG with TS as the state code on Telangana vehicle registration plates. Effective immediately, the registration number plates of vehicles in Telangana will henceforth bear the State code TG, replacing TS. As per …

Vijayawada, May 16 (PMI): Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today reacted for the first time on the possible election results in the State. He exuded confidence that his YSRCP would  once again emerge victorious and added that they would retain the power. “The country will be shocked to see the results on …

Hyderabad, May 16 (PMI): The Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam Graduates’ MLC by-election will be held soon. Gujjula Premender Reddy is contesting on behalf of the BJP in the election. The key leaders of the party are campaigning for him. A preparatory meeting for the Graduate MLC elections was held at Nalgonda district headquarters. Former …

Hyderabad, May 16 (PMI): With Hyderabad and several parts of Telangana receiving heavy rains, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed the officials  to be alert. The Chief Minister held a teleconference with the officials of all the departments from the Secretariat here on Thursday and reviewed the rain situation …

16-05-2024 GAZA CITY: Last month, the Israeli military finally withdrew from Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital after a two-week raid, leaving behind nothing but apocalyptic scenes of death and destruction. Grounds were littered with dead bodies. Most buildings were burned and reduced to empty shells What Gaza lost in al-Shifa was much …