SEOUL (Reuters),JUNE 22 2018-Delegations from North and South Korea met on Friday for talks to arrange the first reunions in about three years for families separated by the Korean War, with the Red Cross paving the way.   

David Nakamura, Nick Miroff, Josh Dawseyreported for the WP  President Donald Trump this afternoon signed an executive order ending family separation at the border.  

China, (South China Morning Post), 21 June, 2018 -  China and the US are moving to contain military tensions and the risk of misjudgment, with US Secretary of Defence Mattis heading for Beijing next week.  

China, (Courtesy South China Morning Post), 21 June, 2018 -  China’s commerce ministry on Thursday accused Washington of being “protectionist” and “blackmailing” by threatening to impose further tariffs on Chinese p

HERAT AFP June20, 2018-Taliban fighters killed around 30 Afghan security forces in multiple attacks in western Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, in the deadliest clashes since the militant group ended its ceasefire.   

BERLIN REUTERS June 21  -Turkey barred at least two European lawmakers from entering the country to participate in an election observation mission, prompting warnings about the transparency and fairness of presidential and parliamentary election

The global number of refugees and internally displaced people climbed to 68.5 million last year, setting a new high for the fifth year in a row, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

THE HINDU, 19th JUNE, 2018-Dozens of people are missing after a ferry sank on Indonesia’s Lake Toba.

Beijing (dpa),Jun 19 2018   -  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is visiting China on Tuesday and Wednesday, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported.   

Washington (dpa),Jun 19 2018  -  The United States has filed charges against a software engineer who allegedly leaked a trove of classified documents pertaining to the CIA’s hacking programme to whistleblower outfit WikiLeaks.&nb

Canberra (dpa),Jun 19 2018  -  An Australian archbishop, the most senior Catholic official in the world to be convicted of concealing child sexual abuse will be sentenced in July, after a magistrate reserved his decision at a hearing on Tue

First lady Melania Trump on Sunday criticized the US policy of separating parents and children illegally entering the country, a topic that has been the focus of intense media scrutiny in recent weeks.  

Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU) on Monday gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel two weeks to reach a European deal on migrants before they would demand immigration curbs that could fracture her governing coalition.

DPA, 18th JUNE, 2018- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani plans to visit Switzerland and Austria in early July, both European countries announced on Monday, stressing that the trip comes as Europe tries to salvage the nuclear pact with Tehran.

DPA, 18th JUNE, 2018-  At least 23 people were killed and more than half a million people affected as floods driven by torrential monsoon rains ravaged India’s north-eastern states, officials and news reports said on Monday.

An Italian coast guard ship carrying migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea arrived in the Spanish port city of Valencia on Sunday, marking the end of a dispute that laid bare divisions among EU member states over migration and asylum policy.&nb

DPA, 17th JUNE, 2018-Greece and Macedonia signed a historic agreement to end their nearly three-decade-old dispute over the name Macedonia, paving the way for the former Yugoslav republic to join NATO and begin moving towards EU membership.

KABUL REUTERS June 17- Taliban militants headed into cities across Afghanistan on Sunday as they celebrate their unprecedented Eid ceasefire, raising questions about what happens should the hugs and selfies stop and the festive atmosphere and calls f

BERLIN REUTERS June 17- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking talks with some EU member states on migrant policy before a leaders summit at the end of the month, a government spokesman said, in a last-ditch bid to avert a coalition crisis erupti

(Hindustan Times), Jun 16, 2018 -  For the first time in public, militants threatened to target the families and homes of local police and army men in response to the security forces allegedly vandalising of the homes of suspected local militant

The US Justice Department’s inspector general said Thursday former FBI director James Comey’s actions prior to the 2016 presidential election violated norms of the department but were not motivated by political bias.  

Hindustan Times (New Delhi), Jun 15 2018  -  The unusually high concentration of particulate matter in the last few days in north India clearly shows that air pollution is not a seasonal problem anymore.    As the climate gets war

(AL DURAIHIMI) AFP ,June 15 2018 -   Yemen’s rebel chief urged his forces to fight on against pro-government troops pressing a Saudi-backed offensive to retake the key aid hub of Hodeida, as the UN called for the Red sea port to be ke

U.S. President Trump has made up his mind to impose “pretty significant” tariffs on Chinese goods, an administration official said on Thursday, as Beijing warned that it was ready to respond if Washington chose to ratchet up trade tension

The UN Human Rights Chief on Thursday called for a major investigation into abuses in Kashmir, as his office released its first-ever report on violations committed by both India and Pakistan in the disputed territory.

NEW DELHI (AP/Daily Mail) 14 June 2018 -India said Thursday it was dismayed by the 19-month prison sentence given to a former leader of the Maldives for failing to cooperate with a police investigation.  

Srinagar, (Hindustan Times),14 June 2018 -  Senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside his office in Srinagar on Thursday.   

(Daily Mail), 14 June 2018-The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted by a strong majority of 120 countries an Arab-backed resolution condemning Israel for Palestinian deaths in Gaza and rejected a US bid to blame Hamas for the violence. 

By · Nick Wadhams, Jihye Lee (c) 2018, Bloomberg Jun 14, 2018 5:58 PM-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo emphasized that Kim Jong Un wouldn’t receive sanctions relief until after his complete disarmament, pushing back against North Kore

The fate of 629 migrants on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean was in the balance last night amid fears of mutiny.