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Amnesty strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour and Spider-Man creator Stan Lee dies

Justin Trudeau confirms Canadian agents heard recordings related to Khashoggi's killing and a Democrat becomes the first woman to serve in Senate from Arizona.

Macron says nationalism is the opposite of patriotism, and Trump paid off women for silence

'No tension' between Melania and Ivanka Trump and Danny Boyle leads a community remembrance event on British beaches.

US journalists decry Trump move to bar Jim Acosta, and Afghan govt draws flak ahead of peace talks

Dozens of Rohingya refugees flee camps to move to Malaysia, and Prince Charles says he will tone down his activism as a king. 

Trump threatens Democrats with ‘warlike posture’, and Prince Charles speaks in Pidgin

Trump 'compels' US attorney general Jeff Sessions to resign, and Silicon Valley startups continue to take Saudi money.

US midterm elections get ugly with Trump’s racist ad, and Taliban to attend Moscow peace talks

North Korea issues nuclear threat to the US, and Prince Charles says Britain's involvement in transatlantic slavery an 'appalling atrocity'.

It’s Trump versus Obama before the US midterm polls, and Brexit is making UK lawyers anxious

UK top lawyers and business leaders ask PM May for another vote on Brexit, and Sri Lanka's President reconvenes Parliament for trust vote.

Google employees walk out in protest, and Trump and Oprah hit US campaign trail

Dozens of Shia protesters 'shot dead' by Nigerian security forces, and Donald Trump & the Republicans launch racist campaign ad for midterm polls.

Khashoggi’s body was dismembered, and white men are biggest terror threat in US, says CNN host

America calls for an end to Yemen fighting, and Israeli ‘Freedom is basic’ niqab advertisement sparks controversy.

First black American woman vying for governor’s post, and WWF report rings alarm bell

US President Donald Trump plans to end  US birthright citizenship, and Yemeni teacher turns home into school for 700 children.

Angela Merkel to exit politics, and Tamils at risk again in Sri Lanka

Donald Trump to deploy armed soldiers to stop Central American refugees, and China allows tiger bone and rhinoceros horns in medicines.  

On Camera

Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.