Modi is set to become Prime Minister for the third time. Congress, BRS and MIM parties are the same, Hyderabad, March 12 (PMI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said the BJP would be in power again in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and added that people wanted to see Narendra …

12-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Indian government has notified the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government. The controversial law passed in 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government allowed Indian …

12-03-2024 NICOSIA/ GAZA CITY: A ship with humanitarian aid for Gaza remains docked in Cyprus, a day after it was due to begin its journey. A charity leading the mission told media it was “a quickly evolving and fluid situation”, but it hoped the ship, Open Arms, would set sail …

12-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti is fast descending into anarchy. Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs. It comes after a sustained attack on the international airport, …

12-03-2024 LISBON: Portugal’s centre right has claimed a narrow election victory, but has little chance of forming a majority government. Democratic Alliance leader Luis Montenegro told supporters that the Portuguese had voted for change, although the margin of victory was less than convincing. Both main parties polled about 29% of …

12-03-2024 SANA’A/ WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has announced the death of its leader, although the circumstances remain unclear. A video published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) showed Khalid Batarfi’s body wrapped in a funeral shroud and the group’s banner. A statement read by a senior figure did not …

12-03-2024 KYIV: Ukraine has strongly rejected a call by Pope Francis for Kyiv to negotiate an end to its war with Russia and have “the courage to raise the white flag”. Ukraine’s foreign minister says it will “never raise any other flags” than the country’s blue and yellow colours. And …

12-03-2024 WELLINGTON: A passenger has described the moment people hit the roof of a plane travelling from Australia to New Zealand during what was described as a mid-air “technical event”. Brian Jokat said a number of people suffered head injuries after the LatAm Airlines jet dropped unexpectedly, throwing some out …

12-03-2024 AMSTERDAM: Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s presence at the opening of a Holocaust museum in Amsterdam has sparked protests over Israel’s military operations in Gaza. Activists calling for a ceasefire gathered in a square near the National Holocaust Museum, in the city’s Jewish quarter. Some people protesting were, themselves, Jewish. …

11-03-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who was elected as the 14th president of the country with a big margin a day earlier, has taken oath as the head of state today (Sunday). Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi …