01-05-2024 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: The US state department has found five units of the Israeli military responsible for gross violations of human rights in individual incidents, but says they will continue to receive US military backing. All the incidents involved took place outside of Gaza before the current war. Israel took …

01-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Thousands of videos allegedly showing an Indian MP sexually abusing women have circulated in the southern state of Karnataka, sparking outrage. Police are investigating allegations against Prajwal Revanna who is accused of assaulting several women. Revanna has not commented but an official from …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …