23-04-2023 GUANTANAMO BAY: Prisoners who have been held for years by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility are showing signs of “accelerated ageing”, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said. Patrick Hamilton, the ICRC’s head of delegation for the US …

23-04-2023 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Retail sales in Pakistan have witnessed a sharp drop compared with previous years in the run-up to the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, retailers say, as shoppers feel the pinch of decades-high inflation. The lead up to Eid al-Fitr, expected to fall on Saturday …

23-04-2023 COLOMBO: Thousands of Sri Lankans have held a protest in the main city of Colombo, demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 270 people. The protesters on Friday demanded the government uncover who they said were the real conspirators behind the attacks …

23-04-2023 TEHRAN: On the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, Ayatollah Khamenei met with a group of Iranian officials and ambassadors from the Islamic countries at the Imam Khomeini Hussainiyah of Tehran on Saturday. During the meeting, the Leader considered the issue of Palestine as one of the most fundamental issues of …

23-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ WELLINGTON: Australia has announced plans to make it easier for hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders living in the country to become Australian citizens. From 1 July, they can apply for citizenship as long as they have lived in Australia for four years or …

23-04-2023 BERLIN: The editor of a German magazine that published an artificial intelligence-generated ‘interview’ with Michael Schumacher has been sacked. The magazine’s publisher has apologized to the Formula 1 legend’s family. Schumacher, a seven-time world champion, suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013 and has not …

23-04-2023 KHARTOUM: Some foreign nationals have begun evacuating from Sudan as the bloody fighting that has engulfed the vast African nation enters its second week. The bloody onslaught of urban warfare has trapped large numbers in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The airport has been repeatedly targeted and many residents have …

23-04-2023 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of protesters have flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel to express their opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government and its divisive plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system. Crowds of Israelis held banners with the words “Crime Minister” overlaid on Netanyahu’s …

23-04-2023 NAIROBI: Kenyan police have exhumed human remains from more than a dozen suspected graves in the east of the country amid an investigation into followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death. Police began exhuming bodies on Friday, said …

hyderabad ;April 22 ;2023 (PMI);CIs and SIs have been transferred in Rachakonda Police Commissionerate. Rachakonda Police Commissioner DS Chauhan has issued orders transferring five CIs and three SIs V Manmohan(CI) CCS transferred from LB Nagar to Yadadri Bhuvangiri DPO PCR. CIs V Swamy, P Venkateswarlu and P Gurva Reddy have been transferred …