International

Hyderabad, Sept 17 (Najaf Ali Shoukat-PMI) As part of a professional training programme, a delegation of 54 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP)-rank officers from the Bihar Police Academy visited the SHE Teams, Hyderabad, to gain insights into the city police initiative aimed at preventing crimes against women and children. During …

16-09-2026 BRUSSELS: The president of the European Commission has backed proposals for Canada to become the EU’s first “associate member”. Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament on Wednesday she wanted to work on “opening the door” for Canada, which would involve closer ties on various key sectors. Canadian …

16-09-2026 NEW YORK: The boss of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says people should have more faith in AI firms to keep the tech safe, amid rising public concerns about the risks. “The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it’s the right thing and we feel …

15-09-2026 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Tuesday evening, according to the spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Turki al-Maliki said the targeting of Mecca, which is the home of Islam’s most sacred shrine and the focal …

14-09-2026 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has dismissed calls to increase controls on AI as a “sick conspiracy”, as stocks linked to the technology slumped after appeals from leading developers on the weekend for the industry to slow down. The US president wrote on social media: “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that …

14-09-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s wholesale prices rose 9.92% year-on-year in August, government data ‌showed on Monday, as oil and food prices increased at a faster pace. The print was higher than the 9.78% rise a month ⁠ago and economists’ average projection of 9.89% in a poll. Wholesale food …

14-09-2026 MEXICO CITY: Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Culiacan to demand an end to the violence that has wracked the north Mexico City. The state of Sinaloa has seen the number of murders and disappearances skyrocket since two factions of the Sinaloa cartel started a bloody …

13-09-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SANA’A/ RIYADH: Houthi fighters on Sunday said they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia as renewed fighting with Yemen’s government forces led growing numbers of civilians to flee. The attack at the southern Sharurah base targeted “weapons …

13-09-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India and China’s leaders pledged to build up business and transport ‌links, New Delhi said, as both rebuild ties badly damaged by a 2020 military clash on their disputed Himalayan border. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of a …

13-09-2026 MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard says it has recovered 41 bodies from the wreckage of a ferry that caught fire this week, bringing the total death toll to 76. More than 130 people were on board the MV June Aster when the blaze erupted on Wednesday as it neared …