16-09-2025 OREM, UTAH: The Utah trade school student jailed on suspicion of fatally shooting right-wing activist Charlie Kirk faces formal charges next week, according to the governor, from an act of violence widely seen as a foreboding inflection point in US politics. Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on Thursday night …
Read More »India’s inflation edges up but rate-cut bets stay alive
16-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation (INCPIY=ECI), opens new tab accelerated to 2.07% in August as food prices inched higher over the previous month but stayed well within the central bank’s tolerance band, leaving room for another interest rate cut this year. Annual retail inflation quickened from a …
Read More »Charlie Kirk memorial service will be held at Arizona Stadium
16-09-2025 OREM, UTAH/ ARIZONA: A memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will be held on 21 September at State Farm Stadium in Arizona, a venue which can seat more than 60,000 people. Turning Point USA, the organization Kirk co-founded, made the announcement on social media, inviting the public to …
Read More »Woman held by Taliban warns British couple ‘dying’ in prison
16-09-2025 LONDON/ KABUL: An American woman detained by the Taliban alongside a British couple has told the BBC they are “literally dying” in prison and that “time is running out”. Faye Hall was arrested with Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, 76 on 1 February when returning to Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, …
Read More »Trump ‘ready’ to sanction Russia if NATO stops buying its oil
16-09-2025 WASHINGTON/ MASCOW: US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to impose tougher sanctions on Russia but only if NATO countries meet certain conditions which include stopping buying Russian oil. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he said he was “ready to do major sanctions on …
Read More »Dissolved parliament must be reinstated: Nepali Politicians
16-09-2025 KATHMANDU: Nepal’s major political parties have demanded the country’s president reinstates the parliament he dissolved following deadly anti-corruption protests. In a statement, eight parties including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Maoist Centre, said President Ram Chandra Poudel acted unconstitutionally. Poudel dissolved the House of Representatives on Friday upon the …
Read More »Netanyahu is only obstacle to bringing hostages: Victim’s Families
16-09-2025 JERUSALEM: Families of Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas have said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the “one obstacle” preventing their return and reaching a peace deal. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum; Bring Them Home Now wrote on social media that Israel’s strike on Qatar last week …
Read More »Senior Congress leader and Mirza Asker Ali Baig Partially Welcomes SC Stay on Waqf Act Clauses
Hyderabad, Sept 15(PMI) Senior Congress leader and Mirza Asker Ali Baig has welcomed the Supreme Court’s interim stay on two controversial provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, calling it a significant relief for minority rights. The Supreme Court stayed: The clause requires a person to be a practising Muslim …
Read More »Rahul, Owaisi Playing Double Game on India-Pakistan Cricket: BJP
Hyderabad, Sept.15 (PMI): The Telangana BJP on Monday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi for their double standards and hypocrisy over the India–Pakistan cricket match in the Asia Cup. The party questioned whether Rahul Gandhi and Asaduddin Owaisi, who had earlier demanded that India boycott the …
Read More »Netanyahu does not rule out further strikes on Hamas leaders
15-09-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not ruled out further strikes on Hamas leaders following last week’s attack in Qatar, saying they would not have immunity “wherever they are”. Speaking at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said every country …
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