16-04-2026 LAHORE/ KARACHI: Mohammed Amin was eight when he died shortly after testing positive for HIV. His fevers were so bad that he insisted on sleeping in the rain, and he writhed in pain “like he’d been thrown in hot oil”, says his mother, Sughra. “He used to fight with …

16-04-2026 WASHINGTON/ BEIRUT: With Lebanon, again, engulfed by war, I remember a meeting I had with President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Palace, a modernist building at the top of a hill overlooking Beirut last August. Aoun, a former army chief, took office after a devastating war between Israel and …

16-04-2026 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ DUBAI: The US military began a blockade of Iran’s ports on Monday, President Donald Trump said, and Tehran threatened to ​retaliate against its Gulf neighbors’ ports after weekend talks in Islamabad on ending the war broke down. A US official said there was continued engagement with Iran, …

06-04-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: retail inflation rose modestly to 3.4% in March, government data showed on Monday, amid worries ‌that a prolonged Middle East war and deficient monsoon showers could raise the cost of living over the coming months. Annual inflation rose to the highest since January, but …

16-04-2026 PORTO-NOVO: Benin’s Minister of Finance Romuald Wadagni has secured a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election with more than 94 percent of the votes, according to provisional results. Sacca Lafia, head of the country’s independent electoral commission, ⁠announced on national television ⁠late on Monday night that the result …

16-04-2026 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is facing growing backlash after posting an AI-generated image of himself as a Jesus-like figure and launching a series of social media attacks on Pope Leo XIV, drawing criticism from across the Christian political spectrum. The image, shared on Trump’s Truth Social platform on …

Hyderabad’s April 15 (PMI) A tragic road accident occurred on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) in Hyderabad, where a father and his two-and-a-half-year-old son died on the spot after their car collided with a water tanker used for tree watering. According to details, K. Veda Prakash Reddy (37), a software engineer …

Hyderabad, April 15 (PMI) In Hyderabad, Jubilee Hills police exposed a major job fraud in which unemployed youth were duped with promises of overseas employment, with the accused collecting nearly ₹60 lakh. Police arrested two suspects, L Nirupama and M Arun Raju, who allegedly posed as representatives of a foreign …

Brother Kills Brother Hyderabad, April 15 (Ali Abbas-PMI) In a tragic incident reported from Hyderabad, a man allegedly murdered his elder brother following a heated family dispute in the Chaderghat area on Wednesday. According to police sources, the incident occurred in Azampura, behind a maternity hospital. The accused, identified as …

15-04-2026 SINGAPORE: Oil prices jumped above $100 a barrel ​on Monday as the US Navy prepared a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that could ‌restrict Iranian oil shipments after the US and Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war. Brent crude futures rose $7.60, or 7.98%, …