01-12-2024 N’DJAMENA: Chad has said it is ending its defence cooperation agreement with former colonial power France, a move that will require French soldiers to leave the Central African country. Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah called France “an essential partner” but said it “must now also consider that Chad has grown …

01-12-2024 GAZA CITY: Almost 100 Palestinians have been reported killed in Israeli attacks in northern Gaza over the past 24 hours, including 75 killed in air strikes on two homes in the north’s Beit Lahiya. Hunger and suffering among Palestinians in Gaza have reached “catastrophic” levels, the besieged territory’s Government …

01-12-2024 STOCKHOLM: Sweden has formally asked China to co-operate with an investigation into damage to two cables in the Baltic Sea after a Chinese ship was linked to the incidents. The cables one linking Sweden to Lithuania and the other between Finland and Germany were damaged in Swedish territorial waters …

01-12-2024 NEW YORK: A Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur has followed through on his promise to eat the banana from a $6.2m (£4.9m) artwork he bought last week. Justin Sun outbid six others to claim Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous 2019 work Comedian, a banana duct-taped to a wall at Sotheby’s auction house in …

01-12-2024 TBILISI: Thousands of protesters have returned to the streets of Tbilisi to protest against the government’s decision to suspend accession talks with the European Union. Demonstrators were seen shouting “traitors” and holding photographs of journalists who they say were beaten by police in Thursday night’s protests. For the second …

01-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Rebel forces in Syria have taken control of several neighborhoods in the country’s second-largest city, Aleppo, according to the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). As of Friday evening, SOHR said rebels were in control of more than half of the city. The move is …

01-12-2024 MONTREAL: Political leaders and press freedom groups on Friday were left shell-shocked after Montreal news outlet La Presse revealed that a hit man had offered $100,000 to have one of its crime reporters assassinated. Convicted killer Frederick Silva, who turned police informant in 2022, had confessed to issuing the …

Hyderabad;30 Nov 2024(PMI) In a recent coordination meeting chaired by the Ms. S. Rashmi Perumal, IPS Dy. Commissioner of Police,North Zone,, discussions were held with Masjid committee members and representatives from various Masjids to enhance security and community safety at religious worship places. The meeting underscored the importance of proactive measures …

The arrested persons are Atif Aslam Khan (34) and his wife Subhani Begum (22), residents of Prakash Nagar in Begumpet, and natives of Silchar in Assam Hyderabad30 Nov/2024(PMI) The Task Forcee(West) team along with Begumpet Police caught a couple from Assam on charges of drug peddling at Begumpet here on Saturday. …

New Delhi ’30 Nov 2024: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has invited a Congress delegation to meet on December 3 to address its concerns regarding the voting percentage in the recent Maharashtra elections. The Congress had also raised issues related to the EVM process following the Haryana assembly elections. …