16-03-2024 GAZA CITY: At least 29 Palestinians were killed while awaiting aid in two separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Gaza’s health ministry said. In the first incident, Palestinian health officials in the Hamas-ruled strip said eight people were killed in an airstrike on an aid distribution …

16-03-2024 GEORGIA: Republican nominee for White House and former President Donald Trump has named himself one of the worst-treated person in the country’s history referring to his legal troubles, amid a Georgia judge recently threw out six of 41 criminal charges against him Wednesday. While speaking in an interview with …

Hyderabad, March 15 (PMI):The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha in Hyderabad in connection with the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case. Kavitha was arrested after a day-long questioning followed by a raid at her Hyderabad residence. She is being brought by an …

Hyderabad, March 15 (PMI): Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed the officials to prepare plans for the development of eco-tourism in the Telangana State.             He advised that both Forest and the Tourism departments should work together and prepare an action plan for the development of tourism projects in Telangana. …

15-03-2024 TOKYO: Two more rulings in Japanese district courts have added weight to the push for same-sex marriage to be legalized. This week, courts in Tokyo and Sapporo ruled the nation’s current ban was “unconstitutional”, in line with previous landmark verdicts. The rulings in separate cases found that the ban …

15-03-2024 ROME: At least 60 migrants are dead after a dinghy sunk in the Mediterranean Sea. Some 25 survivors were picked up by the Ocean Viking, a vessel operated by the European humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee. Those pulled from the sea told their rescuers that they had set off from …

15-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: At the Dajabon border crossing between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, a constant stream of trucks pulls up carrying undocumented Haitian migrants, who are being deported back to their home country. They are being sent to a nation in the grip of its most acute humanitarian crisis since …

15-03-2024 WASHINGTON: The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that could eventually ban the social media platform TikTok in the country, in its latest salvo against both China and big tech. The bill received resoundingly bipartisan support, with vote of 352 to 65 in favour. It …

15-03-2024 BEIRUT: An Israeli drone strike targeted a car in southern Lebanon near the coastal city of Tyre, killing a member of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and a civilian. Since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza on Oct. 7, Israeli strikes have killed or wounded several ranking members of …

15-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Sporadic protests have erupted across India against the implementation of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), sparking renewed concerns about its discriminatory impact on Muslims. Narendra Modi government faces backlash as demonstrations broke out in various states, including Assam and Tamil Nadu, just …