01-12-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: In the cramped conditions of a makeshift tent near the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis, Nariman cradles her baby daughter. The 23-day-old girl is younger than the war itself and Nariman’s whole family is sick. “I don’t have enough money to buy my daughter …

01-12-2023 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: US law enforcement authorities have announced filing a “murder-for-hire” charge against Indian national Nikhil Gupta in what they said was a “foiled plot to assassinate” pro-Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York City allegedly supervised by an Indian government official. Sources said Indian national Gupta is …

01-12-2023 WASHINGTON: The Washington Post has joined the growing list of companies suspending advertising on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X platform amid a series of anti-Semitism controversies related to Musk’s online posts. The decision comes after Musk shared a meme endorsing the debunked “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, a move that has intensified the …

01-12-2023 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is evicting US Cardinal Raymond Burke, an outspoken critic, from his Vatican apartment and revoking his salary. Cardinal Burke is part of a group of American conservatives who have long opposed the Pope’s plans for reforming the Catholic Church. A Vatican source told media that …

73.77 percent voting was recorded in Khammam while 66.37 percent voting was recorded in Kothagudem at 5 pm Htderabad;30 Nov;(PMI)In Telangana, polling came to a close at 5 PM. However, the Election authorities informed that all those electors who were in queue at 5PM will be allowed to cast their …

30-11-2023 LONDON: The United Kingdom experienced its most freezing night since 2010, as temperatures plummeted across different regions. From a frigid -8C (18F) atop Aonach Mor in the Scottish Highlands to -5.5C (22F) in Prestwick and -6.1C (21F) in Keswick, the cold settled deep. Snow blanketed swathes of Scotland and …

30-11-2023 NEW YORK: The US has charged a man over an alleged plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York who advocated for a Sikh separatist state. The man, Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national, was directed by an Indian government employee, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. The …

30-11-2023 UNITED NATIONS: Untreated diseases could eventually kill more people in Gaza than bombings if the health system is not restored, the World Health Organization says. Diarrhea and respiratory infections are widespread among children in overcrowded UN facilities where almost 1.1 million people are sheltering. Patients with chronic illnesses like …

30-11-2023 TOKYO: A US military aircraft has crashed into the sea off the coast of southern Japan. The wreckage of a US Osprey, which crashed with eight crew members on board, has been found along with a deployed lifeboat, Japan’s coastguard said on Wednesday. The coastguard said it received an …

30-11-2023 CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australia’s prime minister has given a national apology to survivors of the thalidomide scandal and their families. It comes over 60 years after the morning sickness drug started causing birth defects in babies globally. “This apology takes in one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history,” …