30-01-2026 NAIROBI: Oxfam says it will not disclose the personal details of its Palestinian staff to Israel, citing its army’s deadly attacks in Gaza that have killed hundreds of aid workers. As part of a crackdown on NGOs providing life-saving aid to Palestinians, Israel last year demanded that some of …

29-01-2026 TOKYO: A Tokyo court has asked Pyongyang to pay 88 million Japanese yen ($570,000; £416,000) to four people who were lured to North Korea decades ago by a propaganda scheme. The plaintiffs said the North was marketed to them as “paradise on Earth”, but they instead found themselves subject …

29-01-2026 MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Firefighters in the Australian state of Victoria are battling at least six major fires as a record-breaking heatwave hits the country’s south-east. Two fires are currently burning at “emergency level” according to local broadcaster ABC News. Several communities have been issued emergency warnings to either evacuate, watch …

29-01-2026 WASHINGTON: A top US immigration official is expected to leave the US city of Minneapolis in what may mark a shift in the White House’s tone after the fatal shooting of a second US citizen by federal officers over the weekend. As Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some …

29-01-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India and the European Union have agreed on a huge trade deal creating a free trade zone of two ‌billion people, European Commission President Ursula ‍von der Leyen and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have said. In a post on social media during her visit …

29-01-2026 ZURICH/ WASHINGTON: Former FIFA Chief Sepp Blatter has backed a proposed fan boycott of World Cup 2026 matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and abroad. Blatter is the latest international football figure to call into question the …

29-01-2026 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran has escalated its rhetoric as the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group moves closer to regional waters, with IRGC affiliated media issuing a direct warning to Washington. The statement claimed Iran has the capability to sink the aircraft carrier using “advanced hypersonic missiles” in the event …

29-01-2026 UNITED NATIONS/ JUBA: The United Nations says it is gravely concerned after a senior military leader in South Sudan urged his troops to “spare no-one” including “children, the elderly, and civilians” when they are deployed to opposition-held areas of the country. “Inflammatory rhetoric calling for violence against civilians, including …

Hyderabad Jan 28 (PMI) As part of efforts to strengthen preventive policing and maintain law and order, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Secunderabad Zone) Smt. Rakshitha Krishna Murthy, IPS, conducted a special counseling session for active and inactive rowdy sheeters at the DCP Office premises in Amberpet on Wednesday. Rowdy sheeters …

Hyderabad Jan 28 (PMI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached a Telangana court seeking confiscation of 91 properties allegedly acquired through intimidation and illegal land dealings by slain gangster Nayeemuddin alias Nayeem and his associates. According to an official statement issued on Wednesday, January 28, the ED’s Hyderabad Zonal Office …