The Brexit process remains in deadlock as MPs struggle to find a consensus on the next steps.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a campaign blitz Thursday with three huge rallies where he declared voters would reward his decision to test new weapons and bomb Pakistan with a thumping election victory.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected on Wednesday to indicate a date for quitting as the price for getting her twice-defeated Brexit deal ratified, while parliament tries to select its own alternative from a multiple-choice list of options.

DPA, 27th MARCH, 2019 - Israel launched fresh strikes on the Gaza Strip late Tuesday, in retaliation for rockets fired from the Palestinian territory into Israel and following an exchange of fire the night before.

AFP, 27th MARCH, 2019 - Seven political parties formed a coalition in Thailand on Wednesday, vowing to thwart a military-backed proxy in a bid to end years of junta rule following the country’s first election since a 2014 coup.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will address her Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday, possibly to announce a resignation date in a last throw of the dice to win support for her twice-rejected Brexit deal in parliament.

China, (Bloomberg), March 22, 2019 - Beijing (AP) -- A massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China with a long record of safety violations has killed at least 47 people and injured hundreds of others, 90 of them seriously.

Jakarta, (Hindustan Times), Mar 22, 2019- Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda will call off a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, the company said Friday, in what is thought to be th

BRUSSELS - European leaders on Thursday seized control of Britain’s departure from the European Union, sparing British Prime Minister Theresa May the economic earthquake of an uncontrolled split from the European Union next week but demanding that

KABUL, (Daily Mail) 21 March 2019 - A string of bombs exploded near a Shiite shrine and cemetery in the Afghan capital on Thursday as people gathered to mark Nowruz, the Persian new year, leaving six people dead and as many as 20 wounded, Afghan off

BRUSSELS - A humbled, even humiliated British Prime Minister Theresa May came to Brussels on Thursday not to dictate the terms of her country’s exit from the European Union, but to plead for delay - to ask, not to demand, terms for a brief extensio

New Zealand, (Daily Mail), 21 March 2019 - Military-style semi-automatic assault rifles have been banned in New Zealand under new laws following the Christchurch mosque attack.

Iran (rt.com) 17 Mar, 2019 - A US citizen has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars after a trial in Iran, his lawyer said. The former Navy serviceman violated a lèse-majesté law and a private information law that do not apply in the US. Michael

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the 28-year-old Australian who was charged with murder on Saturday would not be extradited to his home country.

JAYAPURA AFP March17, 2019- Flash floods in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province have killed at least 50 people, an official said Sunday, as rescuers raced to help dozens of other victims of the disaster.

A white Australian right-wing terrorist who livestreamed his sickening shooting spree on Facebook is one of four people arrested over dual mosque attacks which left 49 dead and 48 injured on New Zealand’s ‘darkest day’. The gunman, who ident

GAZA REUTERS March 15- Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza early on Friday after Israel’s miilitary said militants had fired two rockets towards the city of Tel Aviv. The air strikes, the heaviest in five months, hit about 100

BAGHOUZ REUTERS March 14 - Islamic State militants along with women and children surrendered in the hundreds to U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria on Thursday as the jihadists lost ground in their last shred of territory. Many of the men were li

BEIRUT, March 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Syria’s war entered its ninth year on Friday. Here are some facts about the war, which grew out of popular protests against President Bashar al-Assad: More than 5.6 million Syrian refugees have

Prime Minister Theresa May will ask lawmakers to rule out Britain leaving the European Union without an agreement on Wednesday, after they overwhelmingly rejected for a second time the Brexit deal she has negotiated with the EU.

EU lawmakers voted Tuesday to lift the immunity of Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the far-right National Front, so France can investigate claims he improperly spent EU funds.

The world’s biggest democracy will soon hold what’s likely to be one of the world’s costliest elections.India’s six-week-long vote will span the Himalayan range in the north, the Indian Ocean in the south, the Thar desert in the west and the

ALGIERS (Reuters/AFP) March 12, 2019 - Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his withdrawal Monday from a bid to win another term in office and postponed an April 18 election, following weeks of protests against his candidacy.

An Indonesian woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother was freed Monday after Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder charge against her, in a shock decision a year and a half after she went on trial.

DPA, 11th MARCH, 2019 - The black box from a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight was found on Monday, as concerns grew around the world about the safety of the type of Boeing plane involved in the crash.

DUBAI REUTERS March 9 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for “decisive” action by Pakistan against a militant group behind a deadly suicide attack in a border area, saying failure to act could jeopardise relations.

LONDON REUTERS March 10 - British Prime Minster Theresa May’s Brexit deal faces a heavy defeat in parliament on Tuesday because she has so far secured no major changes from the European Union, the leaders of two major eurosceptic factions in parli

Worms, Germany (dpa) - A mourning march on Saturday evening in the western German city of Worms called by friends and family of a 21-year-old woman who was killed by a failed asylum seeker drew 500 people, according to the police.

By Ruth Eglash, Loveday Morris c) 2019, The Washington Post Mar 08, 2019 - JERUSALEM - A decision by Israel’s electoral committee to ban two Arab parties and a candidate from a third Arab-led slate from running in elections, while allowing a far-

GRIMSBY REUTERS March 8 -British Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union to make “just one more push” to break an impasse on Brexit before she tries to get parliament to back her deal next week.