06-06-2023 RIYADH: Amid the Chinese-mediated rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran in March, Tehran is set to reopen its embassy in Riyadh Tuesday, as the diplomatic cut-off led to the closure of the embassy for seven years, reported AFP. The bilateral relations between the two regional heavyweights severed in 2016 …

06-06-2023 OTTAWA: Officials in Canada have warned that the country is on track to experience it’s most destructive wildfire season ever, as warm and dry conditions are expected to persist throughout the summer. Following an unprecedented start to the fire season, blazes are currently raging in nearly all Canadian provinces …

06-06-2023 WASHINGTON: Former US vice-president Mike Pence filed paperwork Monday to launch his presidential campaign in 2024, according to Federal Election Commission documents. Pence, who has served as vice president under the Trump administration, is expected to formally begin his campaign for the Republican nomination on Wednesday, as a Pence …

06-06-2023 JERUSALEM/ OCCUPIED WEST BANK: A three-year-old Palestinian boy, Mohammed Haitham al-Tamimi, who was shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank last week, succumbed to his wounds on Monday, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials. Despite extensive efforts by the medical team at Sheba Hospital, where he had …

06-06-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Kathleen Folbigg, previously labelled “Australia’s worst female serial killer,” has been granted a pardon following the emergence of new evidence that raises doubts about her alleged involvement in the deaths of her four infant children. After a jury convicted Folbigg of killing her sons Caleb …

Hyderabad, June 5 (Shoukat-PMI): Cyberabad Police Commissioner Stephen Ravindra today inaugurated the newly constructed Madhapur Traffic DCP office and additional traffic DCP office on the third floor of the existing Madhapur DCP office in Gachibowli. Speaking on the occasion, THE CP said that all  basic amenities had been provided in …

05-06-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ KARACHI: A prominent human rights organization has issued an urgent plea for global action to protect Pakistan from extreme heatwaves, saying the South Asian country is at the “frontline of the climate crisis”. In a report to mark World Environment Day on …

05-06-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ODISHA: A private goods train Monday derailed in India’s Odisha three days after a three-train collision, the deadliest in the nuclear-armed country in two decades killed 275 and injured over 1,000. Today’s accident took place in Odisha’s Bargarh, while the previous collision occurred …

05-06-2023 MOSCOW: On Monday, Russia announced that its forces successfully thwarted a major offensive launched by Ukraine at multiple locations along the front in southern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The clash resulted in the deaths of hundreds of pro-Kyiv troops, according to Russian authorities. It remains uncertain whether this reported attack …

05-06-2023 BEIJING: China’s Defense Minister, Li Shangfu, in a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, accused the United States and its allies of attempting to destabilize the Indo-Pacific region. These remarks came only hours after warships from both countries narrowly avoided a collision at sea. Li alleged …