13-07-2024 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden faced more calls from fellow Democrats to abandon his re-election bid on Friday, following a news conference in which he delivered nuanced responses but occasionally stumbled over his words. It was unclear whether Biden’s performance would convince doubters in his party that he is their …

13-07-2024 NIEMAY: Authorities in Niger have declared a curfew in the volatile Tillaberi region after several prisoners escaped from a heavily fortified jail known to hold jihadists. The incident occurred on Thursday at Koutoukale prison located about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north-west of the capital, Niamey, the interior ministry said. …

13-07-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence minister has called for a state inquiry into what led to the Hamas attacks on 7 October, as the military admitted it failed in its duty to protect a small community were 101 people were killed. Yoav Gallant made his comments after the first in a …

13-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and former UK PM Tony Blair are among the international guests that have arrived in Mumbai for the wedding ceremony of the son of Asia’s richest man on Friday. Anant Ambani, son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, …

13-07-2024 MOSCOW: An Australian soldier and her husband have been arrested and each charged with spying for Russia. Investigators say the couple both Russian-born Australian citizens obtained Australian Defence Force (ADF) material to share with Moscow. However, Australian police say “no significant compromise” of military secrets has been identified. It …

13-07-2024 BEIJING: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has hit back at NATO’s “groundless accusations” that Beijing is helping Russia in its war on Ukraine. He has also warned the Western alliance against stirring up confrontation. Wang’s comments, made in a call with his Dutch counterpart, came hours after leaders of …

HYDERABAD: In a shocking incident, a father allegedly sold his 18-day-old infant for Rs 1 lakh in the jurisdiction of Bandlaguda Police Station in Hyderabad. The father, Asif, sold the baby, and four days later, the mother reported the incident to the Bandlaguda police. Upon receiving the complaint, the police …

Hyderabad’12 July 24 (PMI) Hyderabad city Police is conducting decoy operations and disarming drills at crime prone areas (Hot Spots) to control the property and bodily offences during night time. In this regard on the intervening night of 11/12.07.2024 at about 00.10 hours, Central Zone decoy team consisting of one …

13-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Media watchdogs in India have accused the police in Uttar Pradesh state of “grave overreach” for filing cases against journalists after they wrote about the alleged lynching of a Muslim man last week in social media posts. Police in the northern state’s Shamli …

12-07-2024 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has announced it will extend the registration cards of nearly 1.5 million Afghan refugees after a senior UN official urged the country to halt its deportation plan. “The federal cabinet approved one-year extension of the validity of POR (Proof of Registration) cards of 1.45 million …