World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies

Vatican, (Daily Mail), 8 July 2017 -  Pope Francis warned world leaders at the G20 summit against forming ‘dangerous alliances’ that could harm migrants and the poor.  

SRINAGAR AFP July8, 2017 - Government forces threw tear gas and clashed with stone-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir on Saturday, as the volatile Himalayan region marked the anniversary of a hugely popular rebel leader’s death.   

Hamburg, (Daily Mail), 8 July 2017 -  Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying Saturday he thinks Trump accepted his assurances that Russia didn’t meddle in the U.S. pr

REUTERS, 09th JULY, 2017-Britain’s scheduled exit from the European Union may never happen because its main political parties are too divided on the issue, said Vince Cable, a veteran lawmaker bidding to lead the fourth largest political party,

Leaders from the world’s top economies prepared for tough talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate change and trade on Friday as a Group of 20 summit got underway in Germany amid the threat of violent protests.

DPA. 07th JULY, 2017 - The US state of California will host an international summit of climate leaders next year, Governor Jerry Brown said Thursday.

HAMBURG AFP July7, 2017  - Protesters clashed with police, torched patrol cars and blocked roads in the German city of Hamburg on Friday in fresh violence just before the start of the G20 summit, 

REUTERS, 07th JULY, 2017 - At least 28 inmates were killed when a brutal fight broke out in a prison in the Mexican Pacific resort of Acapulco on Thursday, one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country’s troubled penal system in recent

BEIRUT AFP July7, 2017 - US-backed forces struggled to gain ground against the Islamic State group in Syria’s Raqa on Friday, facing a wave of car bombs and mortars unleashed by the jihadists, a monitor said.   

President Trump refused Thursday to say definitively that he believes Russia was responsible for interference in the 2016 election.  

European Union and Japanese leaders endorsed a preliminary free-trade agreement as they seek to counter Donald Trump’s protectionist stance during his second trip to Europe as U.S. president.  

France, (Daily Mail), 6 July 2017 - France is to end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 the government announced today.  

MOSUL AFP July6, 2017 - Iraqi forces on Thursday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul’s Old City, where the UN said up to 20,000 civilians are trapped and in “extreme danger”.   

Hamburg, (Daily Mail), 6 July 2017 -   Tens of thousands of anti-capitalist protesters are preparing to give US President Donald Trump and other world leaders a very hostile reception when they land in Hamburg for the G20 summit.  

BEIJING - Tensions over North Korea’s July 4 missile test mounted Wednesday, with the U.S. and South Korean forces conducting military exercises and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appearing to personally taunt the president of the United State

Myanmar, (AFP), Jul 05, 2017 -A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others were wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, authorities said on Wednesday, the latest flare-up in a region seething with religi

North Korea on Tuesday said it had tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), prompting US experts to say the device could reach Alaska.   

Two suspected rebels were killed and a civilian was critically wounded in a shootout with government forces in Indian Kashmir on Monday, police said, as tensions in the disputed territory ran high.   

DHAKA (Daily Mail), July 4, 2017- The death toll from a blast at a Bangladesh garment factory has risen to 10 after two victims died in hospital, authorities said Tuesday, warning there could be more casualties.   

Pune, (Hindustan Times), 4 July, 2017 - On March 15, 2017, Dr Balwant Ghatpande became one of the oldest practising doctors in Pune, celebrating his 102nd birthday. Nurturing a true passion for science amidst a drastically changing landscape of medic

REUTERS, 03rd JULY, 2017-Iraqis prepared on Sunday to celebrate an expected victory over Islamic State in Mosul, just blocks away from battles raging in the last few districts where the militants are dug in. Troops tied white banners and Iraqi flags

JAKARTA, (AFP), July 2, 2017 -   The helicopter had four navy officers and four rescuers on board and reportedly crashed into a cliff about three minutes before arriving at Dieng Plateau, where one of the volcanic craters erupted Sunday. The bla

President Donald Trump is being accused of encouraging violence against reporters after he tweeted a bizarre edited video clip of himself ‘beating up CNN.’  

At least 18 people have died following a suicide car-bomb chase through the streets of Damascus this morning.   

REUTERS, 03rd JULY, 2017-Chinese President Xi Jinping set off on a visit to Russia on Monday stressing the grave threat a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea poses to both Chinese and Russian interests.

(Hindustan Times), 02 July, 2017 - The mob lynching of a Muslim trader in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh two days ago has sent ripples of anger through the local population with women of the community saying they would pick up arms against self-styled cow

Qatar is facing new sanctions from Arab countries that have cut diplomatic ties with the Gulf emirate over alleged support for terrorism, Saudi-owned television Al Arabiya reported on Sunday.  

REUTERS, 2nd JULY, 2017-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party suffered an historic defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday, signaling trouble ahead for the premier, who has suffered from slumping support because o

By Shannon Pettypiece, Justin Sink, Kanga Kong ·   (c) 2017, Bloomberg · July 01, 2017 -  South Korea must give U.S. automakers “a fair shake” to sell more cars there and stop exporting “dumped steel,”