Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan on Saturday. On the sidelines of the Summit, Prime Minister Modi held bilateral talks with several world leaders. During his meeting with President of France Emmanuel Macron he reviewed the progress in their Strategic Partnership in various areas, …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a 10-point call to action at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan to address food, health and development-related issues plaguing the world on Saturday. Addressing the G7 session on Working Together to Address Multiple Crisis, Mr. Modi suggested that the global leaders must develop inclusive …

20-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: China has said it will not attend the upcoming G20 tourism meeting scheduled to take place in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. China and Pakistan have both condemned India for holding the event in the Muslim-majority Kashmir, a region that …

20-05-2023 JEDDAH: Years after the deadly civil war which led to the expulsion of Syria from the Arab League, President Bashar al-Assad received a warm welcome from Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) Friday at the summit in Jeddah. “We are pleased today by the attendance of Syrian President …

20-05-2023 OUAGADOUGOU/ BAMACO/ CANBERRA: An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive in West Africa by al-Qaeda militants for more than seven years has been released. Dr Kenneth Elliott is safe and well and has been reunited with his family, Australia’s foreign minister said. He and his wife were seized in 2016 …

20-05-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has stayed a ban imposed by West Bengal state on a controversial film that shows three women from the country joining the Islamic State group. The court also asked the film’s makers to add a disclaimer that the film is “a fictionalized …

20-05-2023 TEHRAN: Authorities in Iran have executed three men sentenced to death in connection with the nationwide protests last year, the judiciary says. The three were convicted over their alleged involvement in a shooting attack that killed three security personnel in Isfahan in November. Amnesty International says they were subjected …

20-05-2023 MADRID: A wildfire in the western Spanish region of Extremadura has ravaged up to 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) and forced 550 people from their homes with windy weather complicating efforts to bring it under control, according to emergency services. “They are very strong gusts of wind generating a speed …

20-05-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Once again, not only the incompetency, non-professionalism, brutal attitude, inhuman behavior, worst performance, discriminatory conduct and biased practices of Australian Police but also other connecting LEAs have exposed as the PMI has been exposing since a long, sources revealed. According to …

20-05-2023 FORT LAUDERDALE: The pilot of a banner plane was killed when his aircraft crashed Wednesday afternoon near a shopping plaza in Hollywood. Authorities said the single-engine Piper aircraft went down at 450 N Park Road, near Hollywood Boulevard, around 12:45 p.m., according to a statement from the Federal Aviation …