21-05-2023 KHARTOUM: Artillery fire has pounded the outer areas of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as fighting that trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced more than one million people entered its sixth week. Air attacks were also reported on Saturday by witnesses in southern Omdurman and Khartoum North, the …
Read More »G7 urges China to ‘play by rules’ citing ‘economic coercion’
21-05-2023 HIROSHIMA: The Group of Seven has pledged to work together to counter economic coercion amid a “disturbing rise” in countries weaponising trade. In a statement on economic security released on the second day of the G7 summit in Japan, the club of wealthy democracies said they would boost resilience …
Read More »USAID Chief says committed to helping Sudanese refugees
21-05-2023 GAGA REFUGEE CAMP, CHAD: At least 250,000 refugees have crossed into countries neighboring Sudan since April 15, after a rivalry between army general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, turned into an armed conflict. Another 843,000 people are displaced …
Read More »21-05-2023 MINNESOTA: Minnesota has seen the sixth attack on a mosque in 2023, this time a major fire, putting the state on track for a record year for mosque attacks. This latest incident occurred at the Oromo American Twhid Islamic Center in Saint Paul, which caught fire on Wednesday morning. …
Read More »Salman Rushdie makes first public appearance since attack
21-05-2023 NEW YORK: The 75-year-old says ‘struggle continues’ in first public appearance since the knife attack that cost him his sight in one eye and the ability to use one hand. British writer Salman Rushdie attended a New York gala on Thursday night in his first public appearance since a …
Read More »India wants normalization of ties but ‘onus on Pakistan’: Modi
21-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: As the stalemate between Islamabad and New Delhi continues over bilateral relations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the sole responsibility for the normalization of ties on Pakistan. India wants “normal and neighborly relations”, Modi said in an interview with a Japanese …
Read More »Ukraine’s Zelensky seeks support in first-ever trip to Saudi Arabia
21-05-2023 JEDDAH: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said that he was ready to take cooperation with Saudi Arabia to a “new level”, urging more support for his people, Arab News reported. Zelensky was in Saudi Arabia for the 32nd Arab League summit being hosted by the Kingdom, seeking support …
Read More »Palestinian cause remains central to Arab League
21-05-2023 JEDDAH: The 32nd summit of the Arab League concluded with member countries adopting the Jeddah Declaration in which they reiterated the need for unity for security and stability in the region. The summit convened in Jeddah with Syria participating for the first time after over a decade deliberated over …
Read More »Hyderabad police reorganizes police stations in the city'” CP C V Anand IPS
Hyderabad police have reorganized the police stations in the city and created 11 new law and order police stations, 11′ 13 Traffic Police Stations and 5 new Women Police Stations new ACP divisions and two police zones. The last time the city police was reorganised in 1987, the city’s population …
Read More »DGP Telangana State Anjani Kumar stresses on coordination to check liquor smuggling
Hyderabad: Director General of Police Telangana , Anjani Kumar has called in for a joint and coordinated effort from the State Police, Excise department, Railways and Transport department to curb the illegal flow of liquor from the border and northern States into Telangana. At the joint review meeting on Saturday, he …
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