17-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ADELAIDE/ MELBOURNE: Police in South Australia have launched an investigation after an officer was filmed appearing to strike an Aboriginal man during an arrest. The 28-year-old man was arrested by police in Kilburn, a suburb of Adelaide, on Monday night. Footage …

Hyderabad June 17 (PMI): The encroachment of land and grabbing issues are spiking where a government body is helping persons who are wrongfully claiming properties and real owners are being harassed under political pressure. In one such case, GHMC Alwal Circle-27 is being alleged of supporting land grabbers Sri Vehnkateshwara …

Hyderabad, June 16 (PMI): The Chief Minister of the state  K Chandrashekhar Rao today desired that villages in the State should be developed since the necessary funds, adequate officials; clear-cut policies have made the villages administratively in amicable situation. If the villages amidst these favourable conditions fail to develop now, they …

16-06-2020 WASHINGTON/ BERLIN:US President Donald Trump has confirmed plans to withdraw 9,500 American troops from bases in Germany. He accused Germany of being “delinquent” in its payments to Nato, and said he would stick with the plan unless Berlin changed its course. Trump has long complained that European members of …

16-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) has announced its decision to cease operations and withdraw from a hospital in Afghanistan’s capital, where gunmen last month killed at least 24 people – including mothers and young children …

16-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD/ WELLINGTON: More than 8 million people have been confirmed to have the coronavirus around the world. More than 3.8 million have recovered, while at least 435,662 have died, according to data …

Hyderabad, June 15 (PMI): Health Minister E Rajender today said that there will be no lockdown  extension in Telangana despite rise in positive cases in five districts. He announced the prices for Corona and other tests in private labs and hospitals which cannot violate guidelines. Talking to press persons here Rajender said …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban has killed or wounded more than 400 Afghan security personnel over the past week, the interior ministry said, accusing the group of increasing attacks in the run-up to expected peace talks. Violence dropped across much of Afghanistan since …

By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) + Agencies MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Thousands of people have gathered at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Perth, as fewer numbers of people gathered for similar events in other cities, including for rallies not given permission to go ahead. Deputy Prime Minster Michael McCormack had one …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ CANBERRA: An Australian man has been sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling, the Australian government has confirmed. The man was named in Australian media as Karm or Cam Gilespie. He is believed to have been arrested at an airport …