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Suicide blast targets Afghan Sikhs & Hindus, underdog Russia beat Spain in FIFA World Cup

China's rigidity on beauty standards exposed, and Donald Trump no longer seems confident about the North Korea deal.

China is cutting down actors’ salaries, and Buzz Aldrin is suing his children

The US has set a November deadline for sanctions against buyers of Iran oil, and North Korea has resumed nuclear activity. China is trying to prevent actors...

Iran wants ‘US on its knees’, and China’s ‘sharp eyes’ hit villages

Valuables worth $273 million seized from former Malaysian PM, and an end to the civil war in the world's newest country.

US Supreme Court upholds Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’, and hope for trapped Thai footballers

Iran says it is capable of handling fresh economic sanctions as thousands of citizens continue protests, and Nepal PM hails 'successful' visit to China. 

Why a US restaurant has Trump fuming, and the Swedish football team has something to say

Iran is facing the biggest protest it has seen since 2012, and crucial city election  in Bangladesh today. 

Saudi women are finally driving, and Trump compares immigrants to invaders

A mass protest in China is underway and clashes between farmers and cattle herders in Nigeria have killed 86.  Women are driving in Saudi Arabia On...

Melania Trump visits detained children and Israel PM’s wife charged with fraud

TIME magazine's latest edition calls out to Donald Trump and 100,000 Chinese tourists visit in Russia for World Cup.

Trump ends border separation of families, and a transatlantic trade war brews

Nepal and China $2.4 billion agreements and Hungary makes it illegal to help migrants.

US has withdrawn from UN Human Rights Council, and Xi and Kim meet again

Xi Jinpng and Kim Jong-un meet a week after Trump-Kim summit and Yemen's Hodeidah airport under attack. 

Iranian women protest against compulsory hijab & China responds to Trump’s trade war shots

Global giants USA and China continue their trade war and Sweden spies on South Korea's training at FIFA.

On Camera

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.