02-03-2025 LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greeted President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with a warm embrace on Saturday after the Ukrainian leader flew to London for talks following his clash at the White House with US President Donald Trump. In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting on Friday, Trump threatened to withdraw …

Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will have above-average temperatures in March across most regions following a warmer February, the weather office forecast on Friday, conditions that could threaten winter-sown crops such as wheat, chickpea and rapeseed. Both maximum and minimum temperatures will be above average in most areas in March, …

02-03-2025 GAZA STRIP/ TEL AVIV: Where next? The first six-week phase of the Gaza ceasefire ends on Saturday. The 42 days since 19 January have seen their fair share of uncertainty, hope, grief and anger, but everything that should have happened in that time has. Israeli hostages, the living and …

02-03-2025 PRETORIA: Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organizations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire predictions of a huge rise in deaths as a result. After the US announced a permanent end to funding for HIV projects, services across the board have been …

02-03-2025 DAMASCUS/ ISTANBUL: Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on the movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. In a statement on Saturday, the PKK said it hoped Turkey would release Ocalan, who has been imprisoned …

02-03-2025 MOSCOW: Friday’s drama in the Oval Office sparked a swift reaction from many world leaders but not from Vladimir Putin. There’s been no comment so far from the Kremlin leader. Then again, he doesn’t really need to say anything. President Putin can afford to sit back and watch events …

02-03-2025 BERLIN/ MADRID/ PARIS: European leaders have rallied behind Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump’s furious exchange with the Ukrainian president in the White House. The leaders of Germany, France, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were among those who posted social media messages backing Ukraine with Zelensky responding directly to each …

GHMC officials have cracked down on footpath encroachments on the main road near the first gate of Sahara States Colony in Mansoorabad division. The illegal structures encroaching on roads and footpaths on the main road from the first gate to the second gate of Sahara have been causing frequent traffic …

Hyderabad, March 1 (PMI): Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy today alleged that CM Revanth Reddy was not able to implement the guarantees given to the people of Telangana and added that the CM was making false allegations against him personally. “The CM is speaking irresponsibly and contrary to the …

Hyderabad, March 1 (PMI): Minister for Tourism, Culture and Excise Jupally Krishna Rao said the debris removal and dewatering work in the SLBC tunnel is continuing in full swing, with the rescue team on one side and machinery on the other.             Ministers Uttam Kumar Reddy and Jupally Krishna Rao …