11-11-2023 WASHINGTON: Officials around the globe are scrambling to find and rescue the hundreds of men, women, and children abducted by Hamas terrorists a month after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. As of now, 10 Americans are still believed to be held hostage in Gaza where thousands of civilians …

11-11-2023 TEHRAN: Iran has warned the scale of civilian suffering caused by Israel’s war on Hamas will inevitably lead to an expansion of the conflict, as officials in Gaza report Israeli air strikes on or near several hospitals in the Palestinian enclave. The comments from Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian …

11-11-2023 JERUSALEM: The Israeli diplomat Ofir Gendelman was flamed on Thursday after he tried to pass off behind-the-scenes footage from a Lebanese short film as proof that Palestinians were faking injuries sustained in Israel’s month-long barrage of airstrikes in Gaza. Gendelman, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, posted …

11-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s website states that secularism in India has become “minority appeasement … at the cost of majority”. Some analysts say the party has politicized fault-lines between Hindus and Muslims to such an extent that Modi’s cabinet doesn’t have a …

11-11-2023 GAZA CITY: The White House says Israel has agreed to suspend fighting for four hours on a daily basis to allow for Palestinian civilians to flee from northern Gaza. Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in Gaza City attacked twice on Thursday, according to the director, forcing the hospital to almost fully …

Hyderabad, Nov.10 (PMI): Telangana state government has changed  general  holiday for Diwali festival   November 13 (Monday) from November 12(Sunday).  It is known that according to the previous announcement, November 12 was declared a general holiday for  Diwali. It  has issued an order on Friday changing the Diwali holiday to November …

Hyderabad, Nov.10 (PMI): The deadline for filing nominations for Telangana Assembly polls ended on Friday. Compared to last year, more than a thousand nominations have been filed this time.  The number of nominations has reached 3,114 as of 12 PM, according to the details disclosed by the CEO’s office. This …

10-11-2023 GAZA CITY: Al-Qassam Brigades says it is confronting Israeli forces as they try to advance deeper into Gaza City. Dozens of Palestinians were killed in intense overnight Israeli bombardments in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north and Sabra in western Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians walking long distances to …

10-11-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India’s capital has shut down schools for an extended period while neighboring Pakistan has declared a four-day school holiday as the two nations see pollution levels rising to an alarming level. The New Delhi government on Wednesday ordered the closure of all schools for …

10-11-2023 WASHINGTON: The Washington Post took down an editorial cartoon Wednesday that depicted a Hamas leader using civilians as human shields, after the drawing was criticized as racist and dehumanizing toward Palestinians. In a note to readers, David Shipley, editorial page editor of The Post, said the cartoon was initially …