Hyderabad,April 9 2023 (PMI): CM KCR has decided to give Iftar Party on 12th at LB Stadium. Secretary Bhupal Reddy was ordered to make all arrangements for that. At the Iftar organized by Yeta, the CM himself participates in the celebrations and offers special prayers and wishes for Ramadan. Ramadan Tofa …

09-04-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI/ GUJARAT/ OTTAWA: Relatives of an Indian family whose bodies were found in a river marsh near the US-Canada border last week say they are still in shock. The bodies of the four Indians were among eight that police recovered from the St Lawrence …

09-04-2023 TUNIS: At least 27 people are missing after a boat attempting to cross the Mediterranean sank off Tunisia, according to an official, amid a sharp rise in the number of refugees trying to reach Europe by boat from the North African country. The coastguard rescued 17 others, two of …

09-04-2023 WASHINGTON: A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas has ordered a hold on the longstanding approval of a widely used abortion drug, mifepristone, but an hour later an Obama-picked judge in Washington State issued a competing ruling, ordering that access to the drug be preserved in 17 states. The pill …

09-04-2023 JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: The Israeli military says it has launched artillery attacks on Syria after several rockets were fired from Syrian territory towards northern Israel, none of which caused damage or casualties. The cross-border exchanges early on Sunday came as violence escalates on multiple fronts, including in Gaza, Lebanon, occupied …

09-04-2023 OUAGADOUGOU: Forty-four (74) civilians have been killed by “armed terrorist groups” belong to Daesh (ISIS) in two villages in northeastern Burkina Faso near the Niger border, a regional governor said Saturday. The provisional toll of “this despicable and barbaric attack” which targeted the villages of Kourakou and Tondibi in …

09-04-2023 TEHRAN: A Saudi delegation arrived in Tehran on Saturday to discuss reopening diplomatic missions with Iran after seven years. The visit comes two days after the unprecedented meeting between Iran and Saudi Arabia’s heads of diplomacy in China after the two countries agreed to restore diplomatic ties last month. …

09-04-2023 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Israelis have joined protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul the judiciary, despite soaring tensions after two deadly attacks a day earlier. The protests against the plans, which were paused last month in the face of a wave of strikes and mass …

09-04-2023 BELO HORIZONTE: A government’s first 100 days in office can be a sort of honeymoon, with voters and politicians hopeful for a new start. But for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, despite some signs of progress, the past three months have been marked by a certain weariness. …

09-04-2023 OTTAWA: Four women and 10 children have been repatriated by Canada from detention camps for foreign fighters and their families in northeastern Syria. It was the fourth repatriation operation conducted by the Canadian government of its nationals held in camps in Syria for foreigners accused of being associated with …