02-03-2025 PRETORIA: Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organizations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a huge rise in deaths as a result. After the US announced a permanent end to funding for HIV projects, services across the board have been …

02-03-2025 DAMASCUS/ ISTANBUL: Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. In a statement on Saturday, the PKK said it hoped Turkey would release Ocalan, who has been imprisoned …

02-03-2025 MOSCOW: Friday’s drama in the Oval Office sparked a swift reaction from many world leaders but not from Vladimir Putin. There’s been no comment so far from the Kremlin leader. Then again, he doesn’t really need to say anything. President Putin can afford to sit back and watch events …

02-03-2025 BERLIN/ MADRID/ PARIS: European leaders have rallied behind Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump’s furious exchange with the Ukrainian president in the White House. The leaders of Germany, France, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were among those who posted social media messages backing Ukraine with Zelensky responding directly to each …

GHMC officials have cracked down on footpath encroachments on the main road near the first gate of Sahara States Colony in Mansoorabad division. The illegal structures encroaching on roads and footpaths on the main road from the first gate to the second gate of Sahara have been causing frequent traffic …

Hyderabad, March 1 (PMI): Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy today alleged that CM Revanth Reddy was not able to implement the guarantees given to the people of Telangana and added that the CM was making false allegations against him personally. “The CM is speaking irresponsibly and contrary to the …

Hyderabad, March 1 (PMI): Minister for Tourism, Culture and Excise Jupally Krishna Rao said the debris removal and dewatering work in the SLBC tunnel is continuing in full swing, with the rescue team on one side and machinery on the other.             Ministers Uttam Kumar Reddy and Jupally Krishna Rao …

Hyderabad, March 1 (PMI): A sensational development has taken place in the Telangana Congress.             The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on Saturday suspended MLC Chintapandu Naveen, also known as Teenmaar Mallanna, from the party after his anti-party activities.             Chinna Reddy, the chairman of the party’s disciplinary action committee, has …

01-03-2025 GAZA STRIP/ JERUSALEM: Hamas has called on the international community to put pressure on Israel “to immediately enter the second phase of (the Gaza ceasefire agreement) without any delay or hesitation”. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire have begun in Cairo, Egyptian …

01-03-2025 LONDON: An Indian businessman on Friday won his appeal against extradition from Britain to India, with London’s High Court ruling that the “acceptance in India of torture or other serious mistreatment” meant extradition would breach his human rights. Sanjay Bhandari, who is described by his lawyers as a consultant …