06-01-2025 GUATEMALA CITY: A contingent of 150 Guatemalan soldiers has arrived in Haiti, tasked with helping to restore order amid the chaos wrought by armed gangs. A first group of 75 soldiers arrived on Friday and another 75 on Saturday, all drafted from the military police, according to Guatemala’s government. …

06-01-2025 VIENNA: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has said he will resign after talks between the country’s biggest centrist parties on forming a government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) collapsed. The announcement on Saturday comes a day after the liberal Neos party withdrew from the negotiations with Nehammer’s conservative People’s …

Hyderabad, Jan.5 (PMI): In order to clear extra rush during Sankranti festival season, South Central Railway (SCR) will run 52 additional special trains between various destinations.           Train No.  07077/07078 Charlapalli – Tirupati – Charlapalli Special Trains (one service) on January 6 and 7. These special trains will stop at Nalgonda, …

Hyderabad, Jan.5 (PMI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Charlapalli New Terminal Station on Monday through remote video link. Simultaneously, a function will be held at the 2nd entry side of the Charlapalli Railway Station at 10.15 hrs. Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Union Minister G. …

05-01-2025 WASHINGTON: The US Department of State has notified Congress of a planned $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel, an American official has confirmed to media. The weapons consignment, which needs approval from House and Senate committees, includes missiles, shells and other munitions. The move comes just over a fortnight …

05-01-2025 WASHINGTON: US national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s visit to New Delhi from Jan. 5-6 is expected to include discussions with Indian counterparts about the impact of Chinese dams, a senior US official said late on Friday. Washington and its Western allies have long viewed India as a counter to …

05-01-2025 SEOUL: Thousands of South Korean protesters for and against impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol have staged rival rallies in Seoul, a day after authorities failed to execute an arrest warrant on the suspended leader over his short-lived declaration of martial law last month. The protesters faced-off outside the presidential residence …

05-01-2025 DAMASCUS: The foreign ministers of Germany and France said they wanted to forge a new relationship with Syria and urged a peaceful transition as they met its de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Friday on behalf of the European Union. Germany’s Annalena Baerbock and France’s Jean-Noel Barrot …

05-01-2025 PANAMA CITY: The number of migrants and asylum seekers traversing the Darien Gap, the treacherous strip of jungle connecting South and North America has fallen by nearly 41 percent in the last year. On Thursday, Panama’s right-wing President Jose Raul Mulino announced the decline, touting it as a success …

05-01-2025 NEW YORK: United States President-elect Donald Trump is set to face a sentencing hearing for his criminal conviction in New York, mere days before he will be sworn in for a second term in the White House. On Friday, Judge Juan Merchan issued an 18-page written decision calling for …