KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP),5 June 2018- The wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was questioned Tuesday by the anti-graft agency over alleged theft and money-laundering involving the 1MDB state investment fund, 

The Hindu (DUBAI), JUNE 05 2018- Saudi Arabia on Monday issued the first driving licenses to 10 women as the kingdom prepares to lift the world’s only ban on women driving in three weeks, but the surprise move comes as a number of women who had

China warned the United States on Sunday that any agreements reached on trade and business between the two countries will be void if Washington implements tariffs and other trade measures, as the two ended their latest round of talks in Beijing. 

DAILY MAIL, 03rd JUNE, 2018-India and Pakistan exchanged fire across the Kashmir border on Sunday, officials said, killing two guards and ending a days-old agreement to honour a ceasefire in the disputed region.

REUTERS, 03rd JUNE, 2018-At least three people were killed after a five-story building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in the early hours of Sunday, officials said.

SINGAPORE AFP June3, 2018 -  North Korea will not get any sanctions relief until it has demonstrated “irreversible” steps to denuclearisation, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday.  

After a bitter two-day debate in parliament, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday lost a no-confidence vote and was ousted from office. He will be replaced by a leader of the opposition Socialist Party.  

By Quentin Ariès, James McAuley ·(c) 2018, The Washington Post · Jun 01, 2018 -  BRUSSELS - The European Union moved ahead Friday with a slew of retaliatory countermeasures in response to the Trump administration’s ste

NEW DELHI - New school textbooks in India promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship policies have prompted fresh criticism that the government is using the education system to further his political agenda.  

Washington/Seoul (dpa),Jun 1 2018  - Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man, Kim Yong Chol, plans to travel to Washington on Friday to hand deliver a personal letter from the North Korean leader to US President Donald Trump.   

China, (Daily Mail) 1 June 2018 -  China’s drone-killing lasers have successfully destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from 1,000 feet (300 metres) away.  

U  .S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and high-ranking North Korean official Kim Yong Chol enter a second day of meetings in New York on Thursday as they try to settle nuclear weapons disagreements and set the stage for an historic summit betwee

AFP May31, 2018 Italy’s populist parties launched a last-ditch bid Thursday to resurrect a coalition government that collapsed as the president vetoed their controversial pick for economy minister.    Luigi Di Maio, head of the anti-e

Stockholm (dpa),May 31 2018-Lawmakers in Denmark on Thursday approved a ban on the use of full-face veils in public spaces in what is being called a “burqa ban.”   

ISLAMABAD AFP May30, 2018-Pakistan and India have promised to end ceasefire violations in disputed Kashmir, their militaries said, following the highest levels of violence between the nuclear-armed rivals in the restive region in 15 years.  &nbs

 AFP May31, 2018-China on Thursday rejected accusations from top US officials that it seeks hegemony in Asia and is pushing militarisation in the South China Sea.  Outgoing US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, set to become Washington’s amba

North Korea has dispatched top officials to the United States and Singapore, media reported on Tuesday, the latest indication that the on-again-off-again summit with U.S. President Donald Trump may go ahead.   

Ranchi/Lucknow, (Hindustan Times), May 29, 2018 - -Twenty people died and many others were injured in thunderstorms that tore through parts of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh over the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.  

JERUSALEM (Reuters),MAY 29 2018  -Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile shield shot down a barrage of mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after sirens sounded in southern Israel, warning residents to find shelter.   

Managua (dpa),May 29 2018-One student has died and 41 others were injured after armed men attacked a university they were occupying in the capital of Nicaragua as part of anti-government protests, Amnesty International said late Monday.   

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is ready to go to war with Beijing if it crosses ‘red lines’ and unilaterally claims natural resources in the disputed South China Sea, the country’s foreign minister has warned.  

Despite the PC polls being months away, the battles for chief purohita posts have already begun in earnest, they say.

This Diyawanna member, once an associate of Prince Panchaudha, took political refuge in the Compassionate One on the eve of the last mini-polls. 

By Justin Jouvenal, Michael E. Miller, Allison Klein · (c) 2018, The Washington PostMay 28, 2018 -  A flash flood raged through historic Ellicott City, Maryland, on Sunday evening, sending residents and tourists scrambling for higher grou

AFP, 28th MAY, 2018- Indian authorities on Monday ordered the permanent closure of a controversial copper plant, which was at the centre of deadly protests last week with 13 people killed by police fire.  The violence erupted when thousands marc

Italy’s president is expected to ask a former International Monetary Fund official on Monday to head a stopgap government amidst political and constitutional turmoil, with early elections looking inevitable.  

BEIJING REUTERS May 28 - China will host Iranian President Hassan Rouhani next month at a regional summit aimed at avoiding disruption of joint projects, its foreign ministry said on Monday, as major powers scramble to save Iran’s nuclear deal

REUTERS, 28th MAY, 2018 - Colombia headed for its most divisive presidential race in decades after right-winger Ivan Duque won Sunday’s first-round vote, triggering a runoff with leftist Gustavo Petro that could upset a historic peace deal or d

DPA, 27th MAY, 2018 - Several thousand demonstrators from across Germany gathered in the capital on Sunday to rally for “freedom and democracy” in an event organized by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, with anti-AfD prot

Washington (dpa), 27 May 2018 -  A US citizen detained for two years in Venezuela was freed and welcomed at the White House on Saturday.  Joshua Holt and his wife Thamy, their daughter and parents met with US President Donald Trump in the O