KABUL AFP March2, 2018-A car bomb detonated near a passing Australian embassy convoy in eastern Kabul Friday, an embassy statement said, killing at least one child and wounding several people just days after Afghanistan unveiled plans for Taliban pea

THE HINDU, 02nd MARCH, 2018- The U.S. on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of breaching Cold War-era treaties by developing a new generation of “invincible” weapons and said American military was fully prepared to defend the

Israel, (Daily Mail), 2 March 2018 -  Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in a corruption case that involves the country’s largest telecommunications company, Israel Radio said.  

MOSCOW - Russia has developed nuclear weapons that can avoid any missile defence systems and plans to bolster its arsenal with nuclear-powered cruise missiles capable to hitting any point on the globe, President Vladimir Putin claimed in his annual a

LONDON AFP March1, 2018- British Prime Minister Theresa May hosts EU President Donald Tusk for Brexit talks Thursday, on the eve of her keynote speech on future trade ties and amid a row over Northern Ireland.   

 Anne Gearan, Mike DeBonis, Seung Min Kim ·(c) 2018, The Washington Post Mar 01, 2018 -  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump upended modest Republican gun-control proposals and defied the National Rifle Association during a freewheel

Washington, (Hindustan Times), Mar 01, 2018 -  Hope Hicks, US President Donald Trump’s communications director and one of his longest-serving associates, on Wednesday announced she was resigning, adding to the long line of senior aides who

Russia has ordered a five-hour ‘humanitarian pause’ in the Syrian rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta near Damascus. The truce has been set up to allow civilians to leave eastern Ghouta, after an eight-day surge of government bombardment

Maldives has declined India’s invitation to participate in the biennial naval exercise Milan, which starts on March 6, Navy chief admiral Sunil Lanba said on Tuesday.  

DPA, 27th DPA, 2018-South Korean prosecutors are seeking a 30-year jail term for ex-president Park Geun Hye in a corruption case which led to her impeachment, the Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday.

Germany, Daily Mail), 27 February 2018 -  Doctors in Berlin successfully delivered the baby of a brain-dead woman whose life support machine was switched off 48 hours later.   Widower Dominik Lemke, 29, is now left to bring up newborn

(c) 2018, Bloomberg · Glen Carey, Zaid Sabah ·Feb 27, 2018 -   Saudi Arabia replaced several top military commanders including the chief of staff and the heads of ground and air forces, the latest overhaul of traditional power

At first, the hour-long President Trump meeting with students who survived last week’s Florida school shooting appeared to be an open discussion about ways to stop the killing. In Europe, it reminded some stakeholders of how they first began to

London, (Hindustan Times), 22 Feb 2018 -   A letter with white powder was sent to Britain’s Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle, the Evening Standard newspaper reported on Thursday, saying it was also believed to contain a raci

MALE REUTERS Feb 21-   The extension of a state of emergency in the Maldives was unconstitutional, the country’s proMALE REUTERS Feb 21-   The extension of a state of emergency in the Maldives was unconstitutional, the count

Bangladesh, (Reuters/Hindustan Times), Feb 22, 2018 -  Bangladesh is racing to turn an uninhabited and muddy Bay of Bengal island into home for 100,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled a military crackdown in Myanmar, amid conflicting signals from

Students are in the middle of a lie-in protest outside the White House over gun laws just days after 17 people were killed in the Florida high school shooting massacre.   

REUTERS, 20th FEBRUARY, 2018- An upsurge of violence in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo is set to cause a “humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions”, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.

Japan’s Defence Ministry demanded explanations Tuesday from the US military after a fighter jet experiencing an engine fire dropped two fuel tanks into a lake in the country’s north.  

THE HINDU, 20th FEBRUARY, 2018- Pro-government forces carried air raids in Syria’s eastern Ghouta rebel-held enclave overnight on Monday and early on Tuesday after the heaviest one-day death toll from bombardment there in three years, a war mon

 Chennai, (Hindustan Times), Feb 20, 2018 -  Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan said on Tuesday he was entering into politics “only because the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party is bad”.  

Amid global anxiety about President Donald Trump’s approach to global affairs, U.S. officials had a message to a gathering of Europe’s foreign policy elite this weekend: pay no attention to the man tweeting behind  the curtain. 

THE HINDU, 19th FEBRUARY, 2018- Islamic State militants ambushed a convoy of government-backed militia fighters near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk late on Sunday, killing at least 25 of them, police and militia commanders said on Monday.

Male, (AFP), 19 Feb 2018 - The Maldives’ top court has suspended 12 pro-opposition legislators before a crucial parliamentary vote Monday, emboldening President Abdulla Yameen as he clings to power in the troubled islands.  

While a majority of Indian farmers cultivate their own land, Dalit farmers in much of the country continue to work for wages, data released last week by the Census of India confirms.

UK, (Daily Mail), 19 February 2018 -   Oxfam confirmed three men accused of sexual misconduct in Haiti physically threatened witnesses amid an investigation in 2011.   

A survivor of the Parkland school shooting called out US President Donald Trump on Saturday over his ties to the powerful National Rifle Association, as thousands rallied in Florida to demand urgent action on gun control.   Three days after

Iran, (AFP/The Hindu), FEBRUARY 18, 2018 - An Iranian passenger plane has crashed into the country’s Zagros mountains. All 66 passengers and crew were killed when an Iranian plane crashed into the country’s Zagros mountains on Sunday, an

Germany, (Daily Mail), 17 February 2018 -   Theresa May sternly rebuked a former German Ambassador who told her to reverse Brexit as she shut down a delegate for saying it ‘wouldn’t be a matter of national shame’ if she ca

 Begusarai, (Hindustan Times), 18 Feb 2018 - A mob in Begusarai assaulted a man and injected acid in his eyes, for allegedly eloping with his employer’s wife leaving him blind. One person has been arrested police said on Saturday.  &n