19-09-2025 SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a defence communique with his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape in Port Moresby on Wednesday after plans to sign a defence treaty stalled – the second Pacific setback for Australia this month. Marape told reporters that it was in the two …

19-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: Trade discussions between Indian and US officials on Tuesday were “positive” and “forward-looking”, New Delhi said, after President Donald Trump struck a more conciliatory tone following punitive tariffs on India over its Russian oil purchases. Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they …

19-09-2025 OREM, UTAH: The man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk confessed to killing the right-wing activist in a message to his roommate, prosecutors have alleged, as they announced seven charges against him. Tyler Robinson, 22, left a note under a keyboard for his roommate to discover, said Utah County …

19-09-2025 GAZA STRIP: Thousands of Palestinians are continuing to flee Gaza City, as Israel’s major ground offensive aimed at occupying the area enters a second day. Amid large-scale bombardment overnight, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said al-Ranitisi children’s hospital was targeted in three separate Israeli attacks, forcing half of its patients …

19-09-2025 BRUSSELS: The European Commission, the European Union’s main executive body, has presented a much anticipated and delayed proposal to “suspend certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the EU and Israel” in response to Israel’s war on Gaza. The sanctions, however, do not currently have enough support among …

19-09-2025 TEHRAN: Iran has executed a man it alleges spied for Israel as the country continues its push to root out those it says collaborated with Israel during Iran’s recent 12-day conflict with Israel and the United States, according to a report from state media. The judiciary’s Mizan news agency …

Hyderabad, Sept 18, 2025.(Najaf Ali Shoukat-PMI The Hyderabad City Security Council (HCSC), in collaboration with Hyderabad City Police, organized the Traffic & Road Safety Summit 2025 at Jal Vihar, Necklace Road. The two-day summit brought together policymakers, law enforcement officials, industry leaders, traffic experts, academics, and civil society to deliberate …

18-09-2025 KABUL:  United States officials have agreed to a prisoner exchange after a rare talk with the authorities in Kabul, according to the Taliban administration’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Adam Boehler, the Trump administration’s special envoy for hostage response and Zalmay Khalilzad, a former US special envoy for Afghanistan, met …

18-09-2025 JAKARTA: On August 28, just before inequality protests spread like wildfire across Indonesia, the police blocked a peaceful climate march on the streets of Jakarta. Indigenous peoples, farmers, fisher folk and people in wheelchairs carrying fairly innocuous signs that read, “Save the Earth! Save generations!” were pushed back by …

18-09-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israel has launched its long-planned major ground offensive on Gaza City, conducting heavy air strikes overnight as troops pushed into the edges of the city. Thousands of Palestinians have been forced to flee down a single coastal road to the centre of the Strip, joining hundreds …