25-09-2025 HOUSTON: One person has died and at least two more have been critically wounded after being shot by a suspected sniper at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Dallas, Texas. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the incident on Wednesday in a statement on social, …

25-09-2025 OUAGADOUGOU/ BAMAKO/ NIAMEY: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”. The three military-led countries issued a joint statement, saying they would not recognize the authority of the UN-backed court, based in The …

25-09-2025 HONG KONG: Hong Kong shut down ahead of Super Typhoon Ragasa on Tuesday, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year, with authorities urging people to stay at home, while most passenger flights were due to be suspended until Thursday. People piled into supermarkets, leaving little on the shelves, …

25-09-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: The Indian rupee hit a record low on Tuesday, hurt by lingering concerns over the impact of steep US tariffs and a sharp jump in H-1B visa fees, though likely central bank intervention helped limit the losses. The currency slid to 88.7975 per dollar …

25-09-2025 KHARTOUM: In the corridors of Omdurman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, the corridors have turned into a makeshift ward for patients with dengue fever amid an outbreak of the disease spread by mosquitoes. The ongoing rainy season has created the ideal breeding ground for the disease to spread, with thousands …

25-09-2025 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: China railed for years against the United States’s bid to force the sale of TikTok, once accusing Washington of demonstrating “robbers’ logic” in response to the platform’s success. Now, Beijing is touting talks on how the video-sharing platform’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, might relinquish ownership of its US …

25-09-2025 UNITED NATIONS: France, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Andorra and Belgium have formally recognized a Palestinian state at the 80th session of the General Assembly (UNGA). They join Canada, Australia and Portugal, as well as the United Kingdom, which announced its recognition on Sunday, as Israel pushes ahead with settlement expansion …

Hyderabad, Sept.24 (Najaf Ali Shoukat-Shoukat-PMI): In a pioneering step towards leveraging advanced technology, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has become the first public transport corporation in India to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its operations. This landmark initiative marks a new era in public transport management, focused on …

Trump urges Gaza war to end ‘immediately’ 24-09-2025 NEW YORK: United States President Donald Trump has told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that the war in Gaza must stop immediately, while calling the recent recognition of Palestinian statehood by several Western countries a “reward” for Hamas. “We have to …

24-09-2025 KATHMANDU: Nepal’s interim government, led by former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, has set up a panel to investigate the violence during anti-corruption protests this month that killed 74 people and forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to quit, a minister said on Monday. The demonstrations, which began as a …