(Daily Mail), 15 June 2017 -  -The Ministry of Defence today issued a 48-hour global ban on the firing of tank shells after two soldiers were killed and two more injured when ammunition exploded.   

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to offer his first comments on news that he is being examined for possible obstruction of justice - an investigation he dismissed as part of the “phony” accusations of collusion between h

An explosion has struck the entrance to a kindergarten in eastern China killing seven and injuring 66.     

(Daily Mail, London), 15 June 2017 -   Theresa May will unveil a Queen’s Speech next Wednesday even if there is no formal deal with the DUP to prop her up in power.  

REUTERS, 15th JUNE, 2017- One in five children in rich countries lives in relative poverty, according to a UNICEF report published Thursday that put the US and New Zealand among the world’s worst performers for youth well-being.

KATHMANDU AFP June15, 2017-   Nepal postponed local elections in one flashpoint province on Thursday in an attempt to appease a party representing the country’s Madhesi minority that had threatened to boycott the polls.   

Fire engulfed a 24-storey housing block in central London in the early hours on Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring 74 others in an inferno that trapped residents as they slept.

AFP, 14th JUNE, 2017- Hundreds of dolls, from Hello Kitty to Disney favourites, are packed to the ceiling at a funeral home near Tokyo. 

REUTERS, 14th JUNE, 2017-British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party resumed talks on a deal to prop up her minority government on Wednesday as she faced a battle over her Brexit strategy just days before EU divorce talks are due to

The U.S. government on Tuesday issued a rare alert squarely blaming the North Korean government for a raft of cyber attacks stretching back to 2009 and warning that more were likely.  

REUTERS, 14th JUNE, 2017-A gunman opened fire on Wednesday on Republican U.S. lawmakers who were practicing near Washington for a charity baseball game, wounding senior Republican leader Steve Scalise and several others before being taken into custod

Panama has established diplomatic ties with China and broken with Taiwan in a major victory for Beijing, which continues to lure away the dwindling number of countries that have formal relations with the self-ruled island.

DAILY MAIL, 13th JUNE, 2017- Officials and media reports say up to 28 people have been killed in landslides triggered by incessant rains in three hilly districts in southeastern Bangladesh.  

REUTERS, 13th JUNE, 2017- Moldovan intelligence believes five Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova last month were spies who were recruiting fighters for the Moscow-backed insurgency in neighbouring Ukraine, a government source and two diplomatic

REUTERS, 13th JUNE, 2017- A package exploded at South Korea’s Yonsei University in central Seoul on Tuesday, injuring a faculty member who opened it in his office, police and fire officials said.

REUTERS, 13th JUNE, 2017- Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the isolation of Qatar by neighboring states as a violation of Islamic values and tantamount to a “death penalty” against Doha in a crisis reverberating through the Midd

The pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to step aside following a humiliating election grew Saturday, with her two top aides resigning, a leading newspaper pronouncing her “fatally wounded” and a former minister acknowledging that Tori

(c) 2017, The Washington Post ·· Jun 10, 2017 - KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. troops in a restive eastern province of Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two and injuring at least two more, authorities said. &n

REUTERS, 11th JUNE, 2017-Qatar is ready to listen to the concerns of Gulf Arab states that have cut diplomatic and economic ties, Kuwait said on Sunday as it tried to mediate a solution to the worst regional crisis in years. Saudi Arabia and allies E

 Paris (dpa) - Polls opened Sunday for the first round in France’s parliamentary elections, with the year-old centrist party of recently elected President Emmanuel Macron heavily favoured to win a majority.  

REUTERS, 11th JUNE, 2017-South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Sunday nominated a former navy chief as his defence minister, the president’s office said, as the government faces challenges tackling North Korea’s rapidly developing

Boris is the favorite to be the next Tory leader - and has already repeatedly refused to back Theresa May after her election nightmare.   

China will bar foreigners from climbing the Tibetan side of Mount Everest during the coming autumn season after a Polish traveller was accused of illegally crossing into Nepal last month.   

UK, (Daily Mail, London), 9 June 2017 - Jeremy Corbyn today said Labour are ‘ready to serve this country’ and form a minority government - but said they would do ‘no deals and no pacts’.   

UNITED NATIONS AFP June8, 2017- Despite defeats in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group has reorganized and is now “more focused than ever” on attacking Europe and other areas outside that conflict zone, a senior UN official said Thurs

N. Kores, (Daily Mail), 9 June 2017 - North Korea has successfully tested a new ‘ground-to-sea cruise rocket’, according to state media.  

Ousted FBI chief James Comey accused the White House of lies and defamation Thursday, in explosive testimony that painted Donald Trump as dishonest and operating far outside presidential norms.  

An Indian soldier and three suspected rebels died in a shoot-out along the de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir with Pakistan early Thursday, the army said.   

(Daily Mail, London), 8 June 2017 - Iran has branded Donald Trump’s reaction to ISIS attacks in capital Tehran ‘repugnant’ after the US president claimed the nation is reaping what it has sown.  

Britain went to the polls on Thursday for a snap election called by Prime Minister Theresa May ahead of Brexit after a campaign shadowed by terrorism.