17-05-2023 ATHENS: In working-class neighborhoods on the outskirts of Athens, Spiros Richard Hagabimana is going door to door in an election campaign that could see him become Greece’s first Black politician. It is a remarkable journey for Hagabimana, who just eight years ago was jailed in his native Burundi for …

17-05-2023 KYIV: This was the longest and loudest shelling in Kyiv since the war began. I woke up after a loud bang that made the windows of my downtown apartment shake. It felt very close, but the sound made me realize it was the “good” bang of air defence systems …

17-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The Biden administration wants the Indian government to condemn acts of violence based on religion and hold the perpetrators accountable, a senior official said Monday, just a month before a state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The State Department released an …

17-05-2023 NAYPYIDAW: Rescue and relief efforts are under way in northwestern Myanmar and neighboring Bangladesh after Cyclone Mocha crashed ashore, with one humanitarian group working in the affected area saying hundreds had been killed and some Rohingya camps destroyed. The cyclone, one of the most powerful to ever hit the …

17-05-2023 KHARTOUM: No end to the deadly conflict in sight that started one month ago as two power groups in Sudan have locked themselves in fierce fighting for supremacy with families in Khartoum and other war zone areas living under constant terror and chaos. Gun battles have been raging for …

17-05-2023 WASHINGTON: Special Counsel John Durham, who was appointed to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, released a 300-page report accusing the FBI of negligence in opening the investigation based on vague and insufficient information. Durham’s report criticized the FBI for a lack of analytical rigor and suggested that …

17-05-2023 WELLINGTON: New Zealand was in shock on Tuesday after a “worst nightmare” fire at a hostel in the capital Wellington left at least six people dead and 11 others missing. The Loafers Lodge hostel in Newtown, in Wellington’s south, caught alight just after midnight on Tuesday. By dawn, the …

17-05-2023 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron revealed on Monday that France has extended an invitation to train Ukrainian fighter pilots, signaling support for Ukraine while ruling out the deployment of warplanes to Kyiv. Macron’s announcement came following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Paris, his second since Russia’s invasion of …

Hyderabad, May 16 (PMI): In a case of criminal breach of trust, forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy that occurred in Commercial Tax Office Bodhan since 2012 wherein Simhadri Laxmi Sivaraj, his son Simhadri Venkata Suneel and their staff conspired with the active collusion of the officers of Commercial Tax Department, created …

16-05-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan’s ruling alliance are holding a sit-in protest outside Pakistan’s Supreme Court to protest against alleged “undue favours” shown by the judiciary towards former Prime Minister Imran Khan in recent days. Monday’s protest was mainly led by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) …