REUTERS, 22nd JANUARY, 2018- Catalonia’s parliament on Monday proposed Carles Puigdemont as its candidate for regional leader, dealing a blow to central government efforts to derail an independence movement that has plunged Spain into crisis.

THE HINDU, 22nd JANUARY, 2018- Bangladesh said that the repatriation of Muslim Rohingya refugees to Myanmar will not happen on Tuesday as planned because arrangements were incomplete.

Jordan, (Daily Mail), 22 January 2018 -King Abdullah of Jordan has he appealed to US Vice President Mike Pence to ‘rebuild trust and confidence’ in the possibility of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.   

Afghan Special Forces ended an overnight siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday, killing the last gunman from a group of three attackers who stormed the hotel, taking hostages and battling security forces for hours.   

DPA, 21st JANUARY, 2018-Turkish ground forces have crossed the Syrian border into the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Sunday.

US, (Daily Mail), 21 January 2018 -   On the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, people across the country took to the streets carrying clever and hilarious signs at the 2018 Women’s Marches.   

Britain’s Daily Mail, Newsweek and German business magazine ‘Manager Magazin’ reported the Germany’s Deutsche Bank had evidence of suspicious transactions related to Jared Kushner’s -President Trump’s son-in-law- f

Turkey opened a new front in Syria’s nearly seven-year-old war on Saturday, launching airstrikes against a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia (YPG) in Afrin province that raise the prospect of a further strain on relations between Ankara and Washingto

A cancer drug is in development that could stop the disease in its tracks.    The unnamed medication targets a specific enzyme that fuels the spread of tumours, new research reveals.   

Australia, (Daily Mail), 19 January 2018 - A snake has slithered its way into bed to snuggle up with a North Queensland couple before the husband caught it in a pillowcase.  

WELLINGTON AFP Jan19, 2018- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday she is expecting her first baby, and is set to become the country’s first leader to give birth while in office.   

(Daily Mail), 18 January 2018 - Love is in the air may only be an expression - but that didn’t stop these two air stewards from taking it very literally.  

Kollam, (Hindustan Times), 19 Jan 2018 - A 45-year-old woman, said to be “mentally unstable”, was on Thursday arrested after admitting that she had killed her 15-year-old son for allegedly teasing her, police said.  

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has boasted that he had the backing of President Donald Trump for his November ‘coup,’ a source in the country has told DailyMail.com.  

A bus fire in northwestern Kazakhstan killed 52 Uzbek citizens on a route used by migrant workers heading to Russia, the Kazakh Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

India, (Hindustan Times), Jan 18, 2018 -  Japanese Engineering companies are in the driver’s seat to bag major supply contracts for a $17 billion Indian bullet train, several sources said, undermining a key component of Prime Minister Nare

India (Hindustan Times), Jan 18, 2018 -  The Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj of misleading the nation over Chinese troops occupying the Doklam plateau, saying Indian security

(Daily Mail), 18 January 2018 -  Ditching ready meals won’t just be good for your health, it could also help the environment.   

In a controversial remark, a BJP MLA from this district has said that once India becomes a “Hindu rashtra”, only those Muslims will stay in the country who assimilate into the Hindu culture.   

Afghanistan, (rt.com), - Without American assistance, Kabul can’t fight the many militant groups active in the country after 16 years of US involvement. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the national army won’t last longer than six month

North Korea’s state-run media say U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet about having a bigger nuclear button than leader Kim Jong Un’s is the “spasm of a lunatic.”  

HINDUSTAN TIMES, 16th JANUARY, 2018-Romania’s ruling Social Democrats met Tuesday to nominate a new prime minister after power struggles within the party forced out the impoverished EU country’s second premier in seven months.

Hindustan Times/AP, Washington, Jan 16, 2018 -   An attempt to oust President Donald Trump’s hotel business from managing a luxury hotel in Panama has turned bitter, with accusations of financial misconduct.   

In a combative, two-hour speech brimming with colourful insults, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounced President Trump on Sunday, calling his forthcoming peace proposal “the slap of the century.”   

HINDUSTAN TIMES, 15th JANUARY, 2018- Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a busy street market in central Baghdad on Monday, in back-to-back explosions that killed at least 38 people, Iraqi health and police officials said.

15th JANUARY, 2018- Amnesty International on Monday demanded the release of a 16-year-old Palestinian girl who was detained by Israeli authorities after a video of her slapping and hitting Israeli soldiers went viral on social media.

(c) 2018, The Washington Post · Mike Debonis · WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is “not a racist” and denied that he had spoiled chances for an immigration overhaul in Congress by using a vulgarity to

(rt.com), 15 Jan, 2018 - Ankara has slammed the plan to create a 30,000-strong force from the Kurdish-dominated SDF militias on its border with Syria, accusing its NATO ally of presenting its “unilateral” move as a joint decision of the U

Donald Trump was embroiled in a new row last night after Washington said the UK was as dangerous as countries he has described as ‘s***holes’.   

HINDUSTAN TIMES, 14th JANUARY, 2018-A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the Black Sea, but no passengers or crew were hurt, Turkish media reported on Sunday.