Hindustan Times (Thiruvananthapuram), Oct 22, 2018 - Senior priest Father Kuriakose Kattuthara who had testified against former Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal accused of raping a nun, was found dead Monday morning, reports said.     

Hindustan Times(Srinagar), Oct 22, 2018 - Seven civilians were killed in Kashmir’s Kulgam in an explosion at the site of a gun battle between militants and security forces after the encounter ended with the death of the three Jaish-e-Mohammed m

SEOUL, South Korea (Daily Mail), 22 October 2018- Military officers from the two Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command met again at the Koreas’ border village Monday to examine an ongoing effort to disarm the area.     

DPA, 22nd OCTOBER, 2018- The US withdrawing from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty would require Russia to “undertake measures to ensure its security,” the Kremlin warned on Monday.  

President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States will exit the Cold-War era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that eliminated a class of nuclear weapons, in a move that is likely to upset Russia.     

RIYADH REUTERS Oct 21 -As Saudi Arabia faced intensifying international scepticism over its story about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a senior government official laid out a new version of the death inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul t

THE HINDU, 21st OCTOBER, 2018-The Maldives’ top court on Sunday ended weeks of uncertainty by rejecting President Abdulla Yameen’s controversial bid to annul last month’s election results, upholding his landslide defeat to an opposi

AFP, 21st OCTOBER, 2018-Bollywood superstars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh announced Sunday that they are tying the knot, ending months of speculation about their relationship.     

UK, (Daily Mail), 20 October 2018 -  More than half a million anti-Brexit campaigners gathered for a protest dubbed ‘The People’s Vote March’ in central London today calling for a second referendum.    

Saudi Arabia is planning to blame one of its top intelligence officers for journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death, it has been claimed.     

Vatican, (Daily Mail), 18 October 2018 - Pope Francis today indicted he is willing to visit North Korea after he received a verbal invitation from Kim Jong-un, conveyed to him by South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a 35-minute meeting in the Va

KABUL AFP Oct19, 2018-Afghanistan postponed legislative elections in Kandahar province on Friday, after a Taliban-claimed attack on a US-Afghan security meeting killed a powerful police chief and threatened stability across the south.    &n

GAZA (Reuters) 19 Oct 2018 -    Israeli soldiers shot and wounded 77 Palestinians during protests near the Gaza Strip border on Friday, the enclave’s Health Ministry said.    

Amritsar, (Hindustan Times), Oct 19, 2018 -   At least 50 people were killed and several injured when a train ran into a crowd watching Dussehra celebrations in Amritsar’s Dhobi Ghat near Jaura Phatak railway crossing in Punjab. 

(rt.com), 18 October 2018 - The 700 hostages captured in Syria by Islamic State terrorists include US and European citizens and are being killed off 10 people a day, Russia’a President Putin said, criticizing American forces for “catastro

KANDAHAR REUTERS Oct 18 - Gen. Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan’s most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor’s compound in the southern province of Kandahar, of

Saudi Arabia is preparing to admit that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a botched interrogation - government insiders have revealed.    

THE HINDU, 16th OCTOBER, 2018-The rival Koreas and the U.S.-led United Nations Command were meeting Tuesday to discuss efforts to disarm a military zone the rivals control within their shared border under a peace agreement between the Koreas.

SYDNEY REUTERS Oct 16 -  Crowds thronged the Sydney Opera House and the shores of the city’s sparkling harbour on Tuesday to catch a glimpse of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, on their first public appearance in Australia since the anno

Australia, (Daily Mail), 16 October 2018 -   Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison indicated he could move Australia’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv - copying US President Trump’s decision that led to riots and

DPA, 16th OCTOBER, 2018-Two weeks after the resignation of French interior minister Gerard Collomb, President Emmanuel Macron has announced a successor to the post as part of a wider government reshuffle.  

A combative Saudi Arabia said Sunday it would not bend to “threats” as it pushed back against growing U.S. and international pressure over allegations it is responsible for the death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, threateni

REUTERS, 15th OCTOBER, 2018- North and South Korea agreed on Monday to begin reconnecting rail and road links, another step in an improving relationship that has raised U.S. concern about the possible undermining of its bid to press the North to give

DPA, 15th OCTOBER, 2018- Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are expecting their first baby in spring next year, Kensington Palace confirmed on Monday after weeks of speculation, just as the royal couple began their first major internati

THE HINDU, 15th OCTOBER, 2018- By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s military assertiveness by cozying up to smaller na

New Delhi, (Hindustan Times), 15 Oct 2018 - As the city gears up for the festival of Durga puja as well as Ram Leela, devotees thronging the pandals and the grounds set to burn Ravana effigies across the capital will be greeted by themes of women emp

The government in Turkey claims to have evidence that US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered at the Saudi Arabia embassy after the critic of the country went to get a visa for his upcoming wedding.     

ISLAMABAD (Reuters),-From cutting power subsidies to forcing currency devaluations that stoke inflation, the hard choices facing Pakistan as it seeks a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pose a major headache for populist new Prime Mi

PANAMA CITY AFP Oct12, 2018-Search and rescue teams combed through shattered US communities on Thursday looking for victims of Hurricane Michael, a Category 4 monster storm which carved out a swathe of destruction in the Florida Panhandle, killing at

BERLIN (Reuters), OCTOBER 12, 2018-The five nations in the world’s leading intelligence-sharing network have been exchanging classified information on China’s foreign activities with other like-minded countries since the start of the year