Hyderabad, Dec.5 (PMI): Former minister and BRS party MLA Harish Rao has been granted relief by the Telangana High Court in a criminal case filed against him by Punjagutta police. The High Court directed the Police that he should not be arrested in connection with the case but made it clear that …

05-12-2024 PARIS: The French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote. MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him just three months after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron. Opposition parties had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator …

05-12-2024 NEW DELHI/ PETRAPOLE: Guards on either side of a border checkpoint between India and Bangladesh scour vehicles and frisk passengers in a hunt for illicit consignments of gold and drugs, as well as food staples such as sugar, grain and even onions. “We caught smugglers in August who were …

05-12-2024 MANILA/ BEIJING: The Philippines says the China Coast Guard has fired water cannon and “sideswiped” a government vessel in the South China Sea. The incident happened near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and Beijing said it acted “in accordance with the law”. The US ambassador to the Philippines condemned China’s …

05-12-2024 SEOUL: South Korean MPs have begun impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after thwarting his shock move to impose martial law The president had said martial law was needed to protect the country from “North Korea’s communist forces” and to “eliminate anti-state elements” Though he cited North Korea, …

05-12-2024 WINDHOEK: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People’s Organization (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia’s first female president after last week’s disputed election. The electoral commission said she had won more than 57% of the votes cast, with her closest rival Panduleni Itula getting 26% but …

05-12-2024 KABUL: Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan have told media they were ordered not to return to classes in the morning effectively closing off their last route to further education in the country. Five separate institutions across Afghanistan have also confirmed to media that the Taliban had …

05-12-2024 PARIS: The French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has said it is “possible” he could survive a no-confidence vote in his minority government. Opposition parties have tabled the motion to oust the former Brexit negotiator after he used special powers to force through his budget without a vote. In the …

05-12-2024 MUNICH: In a courtroom in Munich, Nora sat across from the person who had bought her as a slave, abused her and murdered her five-year old daughter. Nora and Reda were being held captive in Iraq by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in 2015, the year after IS …

05-12-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: The latest exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah is testing the limits of last week’s already fragile ceasefire deal. Hours after Hezbollah fired two mortar shells at an Israeli military outpost on Monday, Israel carried out its largest series of air strikes since the truce came …