(c) 2017, The Washington Post · Samantha Schmidt · Jul 27, 2017 -   The extended family members all lived within yards of each other, in a small village in Pakistan’s Punjab.A daughter of the family, around the age of 1

Beijing, (Hindustan Times), 27 July 2017 -   India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi discussed “major problems” in bilateral relations during a meeting in Beijing on Thursday, the

REUTERS, 26th JULY, 2017- The death toll from the collapse of a four-storey building in the suburbs of India’s financial capital, Mumbai, more than doubled overnight to 17 as rescuers removed debris searching for those still trapped, a police o

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would not allow transgender individuals to serve in the U.S. military in any capacity.

REUTERS, 26th JULY, 2017-  Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell made a brief court appearance in his native Australia on Wednesday to face what police described as “historical sexual offences”, making him the most senior Roman Cath

India’s federal counter-terrorism agency arrested seven members of Kashmir’s main separatist alliance on Monday on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan-based militant groups to wage 

North Korea has threatened to launch a nuclear strike “at the heart of the United States” if Washington attempts regime change, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Wednesday, citing a report from the communist nation’s offi

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Maldivian security forces locked down parliament on orders from the president Monday, leading to clashes after opposition lawmakers stormed the compound in an attempt to vote on whether to impeach the parliamentary speaker.

The right to boycott has a long history in the United States, from the American Revolution to Martin Luther King Jr.’s Montgomery bus boycott to the campaign for divestment from businesses serving apartheid South Africa. Nowadays we celebrate t

Outside Bujumbura International Airport in the capital city of Burundi, six teenagers bound for Washington D.C. to compete in an international robotics competition locked hands with parents and relatives to pray one last time before boarding their fl

Pakistan — At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured in a suicide attack Monday in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said.   

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan is burying the last victims from a Taliban suicide bombing the previous day that killed 26 people in the eastern city  of Lahore.  

The Maldivian opposition says the military has locked down parliament on the orders of the country’s president in a bid to prevent lawmakers from taking part in a vote to impeach the parliamentary speaker.

Washington, (Daily Mail), 24 July 2017 -  President Donald Trump has threatened Republicans over their failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.   

REUTERS, 24th JULY, 2017-A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials said, an attack which shattered a period of relative calm in Pakistan’s second-largest city.

DOHA AFP July24, 2017-Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Doha on Monday as part of a Gulf tour aimed at defusing a dispute between Turkey’s ally Qatar and neighbouring Arab states.   

UK, (Daily Mail), 23 July 2017 -  Adults will be able to choose their sex legally without the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria under government plans.   

The president defended his son Donald Trump Jr. and highlighted his ‘complete power to pardon’ while lashing out at the investigation into his presidential campaign’s possible ties to Russia in a Twitter rant on Saturday mornin

REUTERS, 23rd JULY, 2017- Venezuela’s opposition called a two-day national strike against President Nicolas Maduro after another day of violent clashes on Saturday where the injured included a violinist famous for his musical protests.

BEIRUT AFP July 23, 2017- Syria’s regime carried out air raids on one of the last rebel strongholds near Damascus Sunday, a monitor said, a day after it declared a ceasefire in parts of the besieged enclave.    The Syrian army on Satu

India contributes 33 per cent of the total number of child brides in the world with nearly 103 million Indians married before they were 18, said a report released on Friday.  

A 16-year-old Class 10 student allegedly raped by an auto driver for eight months gave birth to a premature girl at her school’s washroom in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar on Thursday.    Police said the girl was impregnated

NEW DELHI AFP July20, 2017-  India’s stand in its border dispute with China is supported by other countries, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said Thursday as she praised tiny Bhutan for standing up to China in the row.   

ISLAMABAD AFP July21, 2017-   The chairman of Pakistan’s financial regulator was arrested Friday, accused of forging documents in a corruption case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that has gripped the country.   

US, (Daily Mail), 21 July 2017 -  Two tourist agencies that operate tours to North Korea said on Friday the U.S. government will soon ban its citizens from travelling to the North.  

India should approach third parties, such as the US and China, to mediate in the Kashmir issue, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah said on Friday.  

Greece/Turkey, (Daily Mail), 21 July 2017 -  Two people died and hundreds injured after a powerful earthquake struck off the Turkish coast overnight, triggering a tsunami that hit tourist resorts in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and damaging

President Trump took aim at Jeff Sessions, fired FBI director James Comey and Robert Mueller in a no-holds barred interview on Wednesday.   

REUTERS, 20th JULY, 2017- The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA’s covert program to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, two U.S. officials said, a move sought by Assad

New Delhi, (Compiled fromthe Hindu/Hindustan times), Jul 20, 2017 -     Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday was elected India’s 14th President. He defeated Opposition candidate Meira Kumar.    The National Democratic Alliance (NDA)