The Times of India

Teenagers huddled in a cage outside the UN in Geneva Monday, as protestors demanded that the world body address the "unconscionable" US policy of separating migrant families crossing its southern border.

A "suspected explosion" near the China-North Korean border caused a small earthquake on Monday, Chinese seismology authorities said, less than an hour after news broke about Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming trip to Pyongyang.

The controversial lunar calendar launched by Pakistan's minister for science and technology Fawad Chaudhry was challenged in the Peshawar high court on Monday, with the petitioner saying it was not in line with Islamic teachings and demanded the minister's sacking.

Hundreds of monks swathed in saffron and maroon robes filed early morning into a Yangon monastery for the annual meeting of the Buddha Dhamma Parahita Foundation.

President Xi Jinping would make his maiden visit to Pyongyang this week, in a big boost to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who is under heavy pressure from the US to give up nuclear weapons programme. Xi's visit to North Korea comes ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump on sidelines of G-20 summit.

China News: BEIJING: China on Monday rejected US criticism of the UN counterterrorism chief's visit to the restive region of Xinjiang as "absurd" after Washington.

South Asia News: COLOMBO: Media activists on Monday accused Sri Lankan police of using a UN convention on hate speech to crack down on media freedom and the country's .

South Asia News: LUXEMBOURG: The European Union on Monday dropped the threat of sanctions against the Maldives, saying the political situation had improved in the Indi.

Middle East News: DUBAI: Iran will break through internationally agreed limits on the size of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium in 10 days, but there is still time .

Rest of World News: KANO, NIGERIA: A triple suicide bombing by Boko Haram jihadists killed 17 people in the northeastern Nigerian town of Konduga, emergency services said.

Pakistan News: ISLAMABAD: A 22-year-old Pakistani blogger and journalist known for criticising the country's powerful military and the spy agency ISI was hacked to d.

Middle East News: JERUSALEM: Israel will attend an upcoming conference on the economic aspects of Washington's peace plan aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian con.

Johnson, the favourite to replace May, won the support of 114 Conservative lawmakers in the first round of the leadership contest. A total of 313 lawmakers voted. His closest rivals were: Jeremy Hunt, the foreign minister, who won 43 votes; Michael Gove, environment minister, with 37 votes and Dominic Raab, former Brexit minister, on 27 votes.

Last year, the Saudi public prosecutor’s office sought a death sentence for Murtaja Qureiris, now 18-year-old.The charges filed against the teenager related to his attendance at anti-govt protests, some that took place when he was 10. According to a rights group, the judge told the teenager’s lawyer that instead of the death penalty, he would receive a 12-year sentence.

Pakistan News: FAISALABAD: Pakistani investigations are uncovering the extent of trafficking networks that sell young women into prostitution in China after tricking.