28-02-2026 VICTORIA CITY: Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon, has won an appeal against a fraud conviction in 2022, which had seen him sentenced to nearly six years in jail. On Thursday, Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of Lai and another defendant who had been accused …

28-02-2026 KATHMANDU: An order allowing the use of lethal fire against thousands of young, unarmed protesters in Nepal was issued by the country’s former police chief, a BBC investigation reveals. Among the 19 people killed in the capital, Kathmandu, on 8 September last year was a teenager in school uniform, …

28-02-2026 GENEVA: The US and Iranian officials are meeting in Geneva for a third round of indirect talks seen as crucial to averting conflict, with President Donald Trump threatening to strike Iran if a nuclear deal is not reached. The discussions come amid the largest US military build-up in the …

28-02-2026 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has approved the first credits to be issued under a carbon market established by the Paris climate accord, aimed at reducing emissions, a mechanism that has faced scrutiny over greenwashing concerns. The UN-run market allows companies and countries to offset their excess emissions by …

28-02-2026 NEW DELHI/ JERUSALEM: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Israel on Wednesday for a two-day visit that both countries have cast as a chance to deepen relations, as regional concerns mount over the risk of military conflict between the United States and Iran. In an address to the …

28-02-2026 JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: Dozens of Israeli military vehicles have staged an incursion into Syria’s southwestern Quneitra province in the occupied Golan Heights, local media reported, in yet another breach of the country’s sovereignty. Al-Ikhbariah TV said on Wednesday that a convoy of 30 vehicles entered the eastern Tel al-Ahmar area …

28-02-2026 WASHINGTON: Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are set to appear before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into the network of influence and crime run by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Both depositions are planned to take place in …

Hyderabad, February 27(PMI) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday made a significant political claim ahead of the upcoming civic polls, stating that nearly 80 percent of Muslim women within the limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) are inclined to vote for the …

Hyderabad’Feb (PMI) In a major step to curb the ever-increasing traffic congestion in the city and to ensure safe and accessible transportation for students, the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate has launched an ambitious initiative. Key decisions were taken during a special meeting held at PSIOC regarding the establishment of a ‘Digital Public …

Hyderabad’Feb 27 (PMI): In a significant judgment, the VII Additional Sessions Judge, Nampally, has convicted an accused in a decade-old sensational double murder case and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The case dates back to June 4, 2015, when personnel from Humayun Nagar Police Station, during a night patrol at …