AFP, 12th MAY, 2017- The fate of the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise liner hung in the balance Friday as his defence lawyers prepared to sum up and Italy’s highest court readied its ruling.

Brasilia (dpa) 12th MAY, 2017  - Brazil has declared an end to the state of emergency imposed 18 months ago over the Zika virus epidemic and the surge in birth defects it was believed to have caused.

Every time FBI Director James B. Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to avoid: Russia.   

A family of five and a fire officer died and two young children were rescued when police raided a suspected Islamist hideout in Bangladesh early Thursday, a senior officer said.   

REUTERS, 11th MAY, 2017- Young Venezuelan protesters lobbed bottles and bags of feces at soldiers who fought with tear gas on Wednesday to block the latest march in more than a month of nationwide protests against socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

India’s highest court Thursday began considering the legality of a controversial Islamic practice that allows men to leave their wives instantly by reciting the word “divorce” three times.   

Turkey warned the United States on Wednesday that a decision to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Syria could end up hurting Washington, and accused its NATO ally of siding with terrorists.  

The U.S. Navy will still challenge claims by nations like China to exclusive access in the South China Sea, Pacific Fleet Commander Scott Swift said, insisting a hiatus in “freedom of navigation” patrols doesn’t mean the disputed wa

BEIJING -- The Trump administration has been criticized for downplaying human rights abuses in other countries, but when it comes to U.S. citizens in China, it may have chalked up a couple of unlikely victories.   

By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Ellen Nakashima (c) 2017, The Washington Post ·· May 09, 2017 -    PARIS - It was an 11th-hour surprise that seemed to offer final proof of how closely this weekend’s critical French election mir

President Donald Trump’s most senior military and foreign policy advisers have proposed a major shift in strategy in Afghanistan that would effectively put the United States back on a war footing with the Taliban.  

SEOUL - Millions of South Koreans are going to the polls Tuesday to elect a new president, bringing about an end to six months of political turmoil but opening a new and potentially difficult chapter in relations with the United States.   

Thousands of jubilant Emmanuel Macron supporters packed the courtyard of the Louvre as they celebrated his landmark victory in the French presidential election.   

KATHMANDU AFP May8, 2017- A South African attempting to climb Mount Everest alone and without a permit has been ordered off the mountain, had his passport confiscated and will be fined $22,000, an official said Monday.   

REUTERS, 08th MAY, 2017- The Mexican army says its fight against surging opium production that feeds U.S demand is increasingly complicated by the rise of smaller gangs disputing wild, ungoverned lands planted with ever-stronger poppy strains. 

KABUL REUTERS May 7   - The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed in an operation led by Afghan special forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday. 

DPA, 08th MAY, 2017- The civil war in South Sudan has forced more than 2 million children to flee their homes, two UN agencies said Monday. Children make up 62 per cent of the more than 1.8 million South Sudanese refugees who have arrived mainly in U

After a tumultuous election campaign filled with scandal and surprises, French voters will decide on Sunday whether a pro-European Union centrist or an anti-EU, anti-immigration far-rightist will lead them for the next five years.   

HINDUSTAN TIMES, 07th MAY, 2017- Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries heat up again next week when two US appeals courts consider whether it is constitutional.

REUTERS, 07th MAY, 2017- British Prime Minister Theresa May maintained her strong lead in opinion polls ahead of next month’s national election, with one analyst saying she was on course for the kind of huge success Margaret Thatcher enjoyed ov

REUTERS, 07th MAY, 2017  - Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014 in exchange for prisoners, the presidency said on Saturday.  

DPA, 07th MAY, 2017-  Investigators have discovered Nazi memorabilia in German army barracks, adding a dark twist to the Bundeswehr’s ongoing investigation into suspected far-right sympathizers among its ranks.  

Centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron extended his lead in the polls over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Friday, the final day of a tumultuous election campaign that has turned the country’s politics upside down.

Washington (dpa) 05th MAY, 2017 - The US House of Representatives narrowly passed healthcare legislation Thursday to replace the seven-year-old “Obamacare” reform, sending the measure to an uncertain future in the Senate.

HINDUSTAN TIMES, 05th MAY, 2017- Kashmir braced for more clashes on Friday morning as the Valley’s joint separatist leadership called for after-prayer protests, a day after a civilian driver was killed and three soldiers injured in an ambush in

Washington (dpa) 05th MAY, 2017 - US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday appeared to have patched up any differences lingering over an abrupt phone call between the two leaders several months ago.  T

REUTERS, 05th MAY, 2017- The European Commission is trying to bully Britain, Brexit minister David Davis said, ratcheting up the rhetoric before a national election in which the ruling Conservatives are asking voters to back them ahead of tough talks

Thousands of soldiers and paramilitaries were Thursday engaged in a huge anti-militant operation in Indian-administered Kashmir, where armed rebels have repeatedly attacked government forces in recent weeks.   

London, (Daily Mail, London), 4 May 2017 -Prince Philip has today revealed he is to step down from all public royal duties at the age of 95 after 70 years of loyal service.   

HINDUSTAN TIMES, 04th MAY, 2017  - Muslim women in Assam who have been divorced using the provision of triple talaq will be provided interim pension by the BJP-led Assam government as per a new policy.