03-03-2025 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and US President Donald Trump on Saturday and called for calm in an interview following Friday’s clash between the US and Ukrainian leaders at the White House. The French presidency said Macron had also spoken to British Prime …

03-03-2025 WINDHOEK: African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country’s “founding father” Sam Nujoma, who challenged colonialism and a military occupation by South Africa’s racist white minority government. Dignitaries including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, former President Thabo Mbeki and ex-Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete …

03-03-2025 ANKARA: Turkey’s foreign minister will reiterate at Sunday’s meeting of European leaders in London an offer from Ankara to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Saturday. NATO-member Turkey hosted initial talks between the sides’ months after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, …

03-03-2025 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: Israel will adopt the proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover periods, the prime minister’s office said early on Sunday, hours after the first phase of the previously agreed ceasefire was set to expire. …

03-03-2025 NIS, Serbia: Tens of thousands of people flocked to the southern town of Nis on Saturday to commemorate victims of a railway station disaster and take part in a student-led protest that has become the biggest threat yet to the Serbian president’s grip on power. Mass demonstrations have gathered …

03-03-2025 DHAKA: Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched a political party on Friday to contest elections likely to be held by the end of the year. The launch of ‘Jatiya Nagorik Party’ (National Citizens’ Party), opens a new chapter …

03-03-2025 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that his government would temporarily halt tax hikes on draught beer, amid sagging popularity for the governing Labor Party ahead of a general election due by May. Australia is one of the world’s wealthiest countries per capita and …

Gandhinagar’2March’2025:Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Somnath Jyotirlinga temple in Gujarat on Sunday and offered prayers to the Lord Shiva. The Prime Minister’s special puja for the well-being of countrymen comes close on the heels of over month-long Maha Kumbh celebrations in Prayagaraj. In fact, after the culmination of Maha …

The Union Government is working with determination to start air services to the historic town of Orugallu – Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy Hyderabad;2 March.2025 (Shoukat–PMI) The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri K. Rammohan Naidu, said that he is happy to share the good news of clearance of Warangal …

Wanaparthy, March 2 (Shoukat–PMI): Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has asserted that Union Minister Kishan Reddy is intentionally obstructing the progress of Telangana. Speaking at a public gathering in Wanaparthy on Sunday, the Chief Minister recounted the challenges he faced in securing an airport for Warangal, noting that Kishan Reddy …