09-03-2025 COLUMBIA: A South Carolina man convicted of bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend’s parents to death has become the first US death row inmate to be executed by firing squad in the last 15 years. Brad Sigmon was shot to death just after 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Friday by three …

09-03-2025 WARSAW: Work is under way to make all men in Poland undergo military training, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. In a speech to the Polish parliament, Tusk said the government aimed to give full details in the coming months. Efforts are being made to “prepare large-scale military training for …

09-03-2025 WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump has said he is “strongly considering large-scale sanctions” and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace deal with Ukraine is reached. Trump said he was contemplating the move because “Russia is absolutely ‘pounding’ Ukraine on the battlefield right now”. Trump’s comments marked …

09-03-2025 DAMASCUS: Syrian security forces are alleged to have executed dozens of people belonging to the Alawite minority in the coastal province of Latakia, according to a war monitoring group. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 162 civilians have been killed in “field executions” in the region, …

New Delhi/March;9 (PMI) President Droupadi Murmu emphasised the crucial role of women in shaping the nation’s future at a National Conference on ‘Nari Shakti Se Viksit Bharat’ in New Delhi on Saturday (March 8), organised by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to celebrate the International Women’s Day. Speaking …

New Delhi/March’9 (PMI):After the Delhi government approved ‘Mahila Samridhi Yojana’ to provide Rs 2500 to women on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that the committee has been formed and registration for the scheme will begin soon. “Today is Women’s Day. We …

Hyderabad, March 8 (Shoukat–PMI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a great person, who shows women’s empowerment in his hands.             In a statement  on the occasion of International Women’s Day, he described the women as embodiments of …

08-03-2025 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Forecasters say Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s wayward behavior en route to the south-east Queensland coast is creating “considerable uncertainty” in predicting where and when the system could make landfall. Alfred performed another pirouette on Thursday evening, looping around on its path and further delaying its progress towards …

08-03-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s army and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been showcasing and testing new defensive and offensive weapons in large-scale military exercises for the past three months. The country is preparing for another tumultuous year amid threats by the United States and Israel to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities, …

08-03-2025 DAMASCUS: Syrian forces loyal to the new government in Damascus have engaged in heavy fighting with remnants of the ousted Assad regime in a coastal area in the country’s north-west. At least 13 soldiers have been killed in the clashes in Latakia province, close to a Russian-controlled airbase, according …