DPA, 30th JANUARY, 2018- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) came to an agreement on refugee family reunions on Tuesday, overcoming a key hurdle on the way to forming a coalition government.

(Hindustan Times/AFP), Washington, 30 jan 2018 -  -A US government watchdog said Tuesday the Pentagon has barred it from disclosing how much of Afghanistan is under Taliban control -- a significant break from past accountability that comes amid

Tokyo, (Hindustan Times), 30 Jan 2018 -  -A Japanese woman who was forcibly sterilised as a teenager due to intellectual disabilities sued the government on Tuesday in the first case of its kind, seeking compensation because her basic human righ

REUTERS, 30th JANUARY, 2018- President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the release of a U.S. list of Russian businessmen close to the Kremlin was an unfriendly act, but Moscow did not currently plan to retaliate.

Bruno Mars beat Jay-Z for the top Grammy Awards on Sunday, but the surprise star of the night was former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reading from Michael Wolff’s controversial book “Fire and Fury.”

HINDUSTAN TIMES, 29th JANUARY, 2018-Israel’s prime minister and Holocaust survivors on Sunday bridled at a draft Polish law that would make it illegal to suggest Poland bore any responsibility for Nazi atrocities committed on its soil.

NEW DELHI AFP Jan29, 2018 -The desire of Indian parents for sons has created an estimated 21 million “unwanted” girls because couples keep having children until they produce a boy, the government said Monday.   

DPA, 29th JANUARY, 2018-Bruno Mars claimed the night’s biggest accolades at the 60th Grammy Awards in New York on Sunday, taking home trophies for Best Album, Record and Song Of The Year. The event also gave visible support to the “Time&r

A suicide bombing in central Kabul on Saturday claimed by Taliban militants has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others, officials said.  

UK, (daily Mail), 28 January 2018-The Duchess of Cambridge has donated some of her hair to go towards making wigs for young patients suffering from cancer.  

US, (dpa), 26Jan - Sometimes, after a stressful day, there’s nothing better than sipping on a beer and throwing axes at the wall. Or at least that’s what one facility in the US state of North Carolina is banking on.  

An elite group of climbers saved a French mountaineer in a daring high-altitude rescue mission on Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat, one of the highest mountains in the world, as officials called off the search for a second missing alpinist on Sunday.&nb

Berlin (dpa), 28 Jan 2018 - A German bride, who was hurrying to her wedding on Saturday after driving to her parents’ house where she had forgotten the rings, has been injured after crashing her car.  

An investigation has been ordered into a fire that engulfed a hospital in South Korea on Friday, killing dozens of people and injuring scores, local media reported.   

A fire in a South Korean hospital that did not have a sprinkler system killed at least 37 people and injured more than 70 others on Friday, officials said, the latest tragedy to raise concerns over the country’s safety standards.  

REUTERS, 26th JANUARY, 2018- The University of Zimbabwe has published former First Lady Grace Mugabe’s PhD thesis after an anti-corruption watchdog said it was investigating whether the wife of ousted President Robert Mugabe was wrongly awarded

HINDUSTAN TIMES, 26th JANUARY, 2018- Marching contingents, strategic defence weaponry and colourful tableaux were on display as India celebrated its 69th Republic Day with a grand parade watched by thousands of people along with 10 ASEAN leaders who

THE HINDU, 26th JANUARY, 2018- US President Donald Trump last year ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, but backed off after the Whit

President Donald Trump landed Thursday in Switzerland, determined to push an ‘America First’ agenda which is already upending the annual Davos conference.   

Italy, (daily Mail), 25 January 2018 - A train derailed near Milan on Thursday morning killing at least two people and seriously injuring 10 others.  

 New Delhi, (Hindustan Times), 25 Jan 2018 - The Congress on Friday asked Prime Minister Modi to speak out and take moral responsibility for the violence unleashed  against Hindi movie Padmaavat.  

Beijing, (Hindustan Times), 25 Jan 2018 -  The Chinese military on Thursday criticised the Indian Army chief’s remarks referring to Doklam as disputed territory and warned India to learn “lessons” from last year’s standof

istanbul/Beirut (dpa) Jan 25, 2018-   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to continue military action to rid Syria of US-allied Kurdish militias, despite a warning from Washington for Turkey not to risk a clash with its forces

U.S. President Donald Trump slapped steep tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels on Monday, giving a boost to Whirlpool Corp and dealing a setback to the renewable energy industry in the first of several potential trade restrictions.&n

US, (Daily Mail), 23 January 2018 -  Five people are missing after a fiery explosion ripped through an eastern Oklahoma drilling rig on Monday, sending plumes of black smoke into the air and leaving a derrick crumpled on the ground.   

US, (daily Mail), 23 Jan 2018 -  A tsunami alert has been issued for the entire U.S. west coast following an earthquake striking off southern Alaska.   

Japan, (Daily Mail), 23 January 2018 -  A Japanese soldier was killed on Tuesday after a volcano erupted near a popular Japanese ski resort, sparking an avalanche that left fifteen people injured and scores stranded up a mountain.  

US authorities have arrested a man who allegedly made several calls to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters, threatening to shoot and kill employees over what he said was “fake news”, according to a federal affidavit.

Most US government agencies will be closed Monday after Congress failed on the weekend to pass a temporary spending measure.  

Davos, (Compiled from Deutshe Welle), 23 Jan 2018 -Oxfam on Monday detailed how the richest one percent grew its wealth by $762 billion (€620 billion) in 2017, which it says was enough to end poverty seven times over.