16-02-2025 BAMAKO: More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took place near Kenieba, in Mali’s western, gold-rich Kayes region. The victims had climbed into open-pit areas left by industrial miners to look for scraps of gold when …

16-02-2025 KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an “army of Europe” to guard against Russia as he suggested the US may no longer come to the continent’s aid. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, he also said that Ukraine would “never accept deals made behind …

16-02-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Hamas has released three Israeli hostages, after days of fears over future of the Gaza ceasefire. The hostages are now back in Israel. Israel is releasing 369 Palestinian prisoners in return – a few went to the West Bank, the majority are now arriving in Gaza. Hamas …

16-02-2025 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy grew 5.1 percent in 2024, as strong domestic demand and investment offset a downturn in the commodities sector, according to the Southeast Asian country’s central bank. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5 percent in the October-December quarter, Bank Negara Malaysia said on Friday, down from …

Hyderabad’Feb’16:The Prohibition and Excise Department personnel on Sunday arrested three people who were selling drugs at Uppal. The officials seized 18 grams of MDMA, 53 grams of high quality ganja and 1.24 kilograms of weed from them. The arrested Jagadish Reddy, a native of Prakasham district, Akbar Hussain of Cuddapah …

Hyderabad’Feb 16: A Nigerian who was overstaying in the country was caught and deported to his country by the Hyderabad police. Ikechukwu Sylvester Mbah (40), a native of Nigeria, came to India in 2012 on a business visa. He was invovled in cloth business in initial days of his stay in …

16-02-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the United States after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a ban on the popular social media app, operated by Chinese technology firm ByteDance. The app’s fate had been up in the air …

16-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: When Salima Ahmad* noticed a three-day gap between the expiry of her family’s visas and the date on a document proving that they had applied for renewals, her heart filled with dread. An Afghan citizen living in Pakistan since 2022, Ahmad feared that …

16-02-2025 KINSHASA/ NEW YORK: Scores of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual violence including rape by armed men, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund. The targeting of children has soared to unprecedented levels in recent weeks, …

16-02-2025 CAIRO: The meeting on Tuesday between Jordan’s King Abdullah II and US President Donald Trump ended in tense anticipation of what will come next for the Gaza Strip. At stake was Trump’s suggestion that the United States “take over” the enclave and expel Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan. King …