Two more suspects were arrested Thursday in Malaysia in connection with the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to three, local media reported.   

NEW DELHI AFP Feb16, 2017- An ally of disgraced Indian politician V.K. Sasikala was on Thursday sworn in as the next leader of Tamil Nadu state, ending a weeks-long tussle over succession marked by bitter infighting.   

The White House battled on Tuesday to insulate Donald Trump from a scandal over his top aide’s contacts with Russia, as it emerged that the president was aware of the problem for weeks before acting.   

AFP, 15th FEBRUARY, 2017- The European Parliament backed a contested EU-Canada free trade deal on Wednesday, facing down protests by activists and Donald Trump-inspired calls for protectionism.

THE HINDU, 15th FEBRUARY, 2017- The Kancheepuram police has booked AIADMK interim general secretary V.K. Sasikala and newly-elected AIADMK legislature party leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami for allegedly detaining party MLAs illegally at Golden Bay res

CARACAS AFP /Feb14, 2017-  Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami hit back on Tuesday at the United States for labeling him a drug kingpin, calling Washington’s sanctions on him a “vile attack.” El Aissami is the heir appa

REUTERS, 15th FEBRUARY, 2017- President Donald Trump prepared to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for talks that could shape the contours of future Middle East policy, as Palestinians warned the White House not to abandon t

The Supreme Court on Tuesday found AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala guilty in a 21-year-old disproportionate assets case and asked her to surrender immediately.  

It’s unlikely that an Army officer posing for a photograph with a patron at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort while apparently carrying the “nuclear football” broke any Defence Department regulations, Defence off

Michael T. Flynn, the national security adviser to President Trump, resigned late Monday over revelations about his potentially illegal contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States, and his misleading statements about the matter to senio

Last year, the global security establishment was mildly worried about a growing U.S. disengagement overseas. This year, the worry has given way to a realization that the “liberal world order” -- another name for Pax Americana -- may be fi

 Editor’s Pick (c) 2017, The Washington Post · Chris Richards · ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, TV · Feb 13, 2017 - 9:09 PM   

Restive south Kashmir was seething again after seven people, including four militants and two soldiers, were killed in an encounter in Kulgam, 70 km from Srinagar, on Sunday.  

ISLAMABAD AFP Feb13, 2017- A Pakistani court Monday banned public celebrations of Valentine’s Day in the capital Islamabad, the latest attempt by authorities to outlaw a holiday seen by many in the traditional Muslim society as vulgar and Weste

AFP, 13th FEBRUARY, 2017- The EU on Monday sharply improved its gloomy predictions for the British economy next year,

LYON AFP Feb13, 2017- At least four people died in the French Alps on Monday when an avalanche engulfed nine people who were in an off-piste area near the ski resort of Tignes, rescue services said. 

REUTERS, 13th FEBRUARY, 2017- Tunisian security forces are using methods in their war against Islamist militants that are associated with overthrown leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, including torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, Amnesty Internat

A US court unanimously refused to reinstate Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, dealing the new president and his controversial law-and-order agenda a major defeat.

Melbourne, (daily Mail, Australia), 09.02.2017 -A $186 million haul of cocaine and methamphetamine has been seized after it was detected by high-tech x-ray machines in mining equipment from South Africa.   

WASHINGTON AFP Feb10, 2017-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Washington on Thursday for talks with US President Donald Trump aimed at setting a new course for the crucial bilateral relationship, amid strains over trade and defense.  

Daily Mail/10 February 2017- The United States dispatched two B-2 bombers to destroy two ISIS camps in the waning days of President Barack Obama’s administration.   

WASHINGTON AFP Feb10, 2017-President Donald Trump on Thursday told Chinese President Xi Jinping he would respect the “One China” policy, the White House said, in their first conversation since the US leader came to power.   

U.S. President Donald Trump has broken the ice with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter that said he looked forward to working with him to develop relations, although the pair haven’t spoken directly since Trump took office.   

CANBERRA, Australia (AP/Daily Mail) /9 February 2017 - U.S. officials stopped screening refugees for potential resettlement in the United States this week but will return to the Pacific atoll of Nauru to continue working toward a deal that President

Daily Mail/9 February 2017-  The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general of the United States on Wednesday after fierce opposition from Democrats including Sen.

NEW DELHI AFP Feb9, 2017  - A 42-year-old woman had a painful crawling sensation behind her eyes when she woke up and was rushed to a local clinic where her nose was flushed and she was sent home. 

NAIROBI AFP /Feb9, 2017-  Kenya’s High Court on Thursday blocked the government’s decision to close the Dadaab refugee camp -- the world’s largest -- and force Somali refugees to return home.   

The Islamic State group is ‘completely besieged’ in Al-Bab after forces loyal to Syria’s regime cut off a road into the jihadists’ last major stronghold in Aleppo province.   

 Estonia, (RT.COM), 6 Feb, 2017 -  US military hardware, including M1A2 Abrams battle tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, have arrived in the northern Estonian town of Tapa as part of continued US efforts to counter the alleged Ru

Of all the strangely accommodating remarks President Donald Trump has made about Russian President Vladimir Putin, none is quite so startling and pernicious as his suggestion that the United States is morally equivalent to a ruthless regime whose cri