13-07-2024 MOSCOW: An Australian soldier and her husband have been arrested and each charged with spying for Russia. Investigators say the couple both Russian-born Australian citizens obtained Australian Defence Force (ADF) material to share with Moscow. However, Australian police say “no significant compromise” of military secrets has been identified. It …

13-07-2024 BEIJING: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has hit back at NATO’s “groundless accusations” that Beijing is helping Russia in its war on Ukraine. He has also warned the Western alliance against stirring up confrontation. Wang’s comments, made in a call with his Dutch counterpart, came hours after leaders of …

HYDERABAD: In a shocking incident, a father allegedly sold his 18-day-old infant for Rs 1 lakh in the jurisdiction of Bandlaguda Police Station in Hyderabad. The father, Asif, sold the baby, and four days later, the mother reported the incident to the Bandlaguda police. Upon receiving the complaint, the police …

Hyderabad’12 July 24 (PMI) Hyderabad city Police is conducting decoy operations and disarming drills at crime prone areas (Hot Spots) to control the property and bodily offences during night time. In this regard on the intervening night of 11/12.07.2024 at about 00.10 hours, Central Zone decoy team consisting of one …

13-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Media watchdogs in India have accused the police in Uttar Pradesh state of “grave overreach” for filing cases against journalists after they wrote about the alleged lynching of a Muslim man last week in social media posts. Police in the northern state’s Shamli …

12-07-2024 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has announced it will extend the registration cards of nearly 1.5 million Afghan refugees after a senior UN official urged the country to halt its deportation plan. “The federal cabinet approved one-year extension of the validity of POR (Proof of Registration) cards of 1.45 million …

12-07-2024 BAGHDAD: The first wife of the late leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been sentenced to death by a court in Iraq, the country’s judiciary says. Karkh Criminal Court convicted the woman of “working with the extremist organization and detaining Yazidi women”, according …

12-07-2024 LA PAZ, SUCRE: Rival factions of the governing party in Bolivia have clashed in the city of La Paz. Footage showed party faithful throwing stones, wielding sticks and kicking and punching each other. The Movement Toward Socialism (Mas) is deeply split, with some backing the current president, Luis Arce, …

12-07-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The Israeli military has told all residents of Gaza City to evacuate south to the central Gaza Strip, amid intensified operations in the north. Leaflets dropped by aircraft instruct “everyone in Gaza City” to leave what is described as a “dangerous combat zone” via designated safe …

12-07-2024 WASHINGTON: Long-range US missiles are to be deployed periodically in Germany from 2026 for the first time since the Cold War, in a decision announced at NATO’s 75th anniversary summit. The Tomahawk cruise, SM-6 and hypersonic missiles have a significantly longer range than existing missiles, the US and Germany …