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Saturday
Islamabad/Karachi: At least 38 people were killed and over 50 injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan as torrential downpours inundated the financial hub of Karachi and the country's northwest.
Washington: The Obama Administration has announced a grant of more than half a million dollars for the victims of the Oak Creek Gurdwara shootout a year ago, as the Sikh community began a four-day memorial service observing the tragic incident in Wisconsin that killed six Sikh worshippers.
Washington: The US has issued a global travel alert and ordered its embassies throughout the Muslim world to close down temporarily, amid fears of an al-Qaeda terror strike, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.
Sunday
Monchengladbach: Indian girls created history by winning country's first ever bronze medal in the junior women hockey World Cup as they pipped England 3-2 on penalties, riding on striker Rani's dazzling show, here.
Tehran: Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani pledged to deepen ties with India, hours after he took the oath before a galaxy of world leaders, including Vice President Hamid Ansari.
Monday
Dhaka: In another blow to Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party, the Supreme Court rejected its plea against a High Court verdict that declared it illegal and barred it from contesting future polls.
Islamabad: Pakistan has taken unprecedented security measures to fend off a looming threat by Taliban militants to launch the "biggest attack" on some unspecified important installation, officials says.
Washington: The US has extended closure of 19 diplomatic missions in the Middle East and north Africa till August 10 as a precaution after it intercepted al-Qaeda's most serious threat in recent years to target its embassies.
Tuesday
Oak Creek (Wisconsin): Nearly a thousand people from different faiths paid homage to the six Sikh worshippers gunned down inside a Gurdwara by a white supremacist here last year, as a sea of candles and emotional tributes marked the tragic incident's anniversary.
Washington/London: The US evacuated nearly 90 Americans from Yemen, while the UK has withdrawn all diplomatic staff in the country amid a worldwide terror alert linked to electronic intercepts from Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, ordering a major attack since 9/11.
Baghdad: A series of bombings across Baghdad were the deadliest in a spate of nationwide attacks that killed 37 people, as Iraq struggles with its worst violence since 2008.
Wednesday
Islamabad: Top military officials of Pakistan and India spoke to each other on hotline to lower tension after the killing of five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
Washington: In a rare snub, US President Barack Obama cancelled his plans to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden was granted temporary asylum by Moscow.
Cairo: Global diplomatic efforts to resolve the ongoing political deadlock in Egypt following the army's removal of the country's first democratically President Mohammed Morsi have failed, the presidency says, holding the Muslim Brotherhood "full responsibility" for the impasse.
Thursday
Kabul: In a speech for the start of a Muslim holiday, the Afghan president has urged the Taliban to lay down their arms, join the political process and stop killing innocent civilians.
Islamabad: The Pakistan Air Force must prepare for a "two-front" situation because of its involvement in anti-terror operations and its historic adversarial role with neighbour India, its chief says.
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting with military and civilian officials to review tensions with India after the killing of five Indian soldiers along the LoC.
Friday
Lahore/Washington: The US evacuated all non-emergency staff from its consulate in Lahore, citing a specific terror threat against the facility even as it issued a fresh travel advisory to Americans warning against visiting Pakistan.
London: For the first time, Pakistan has admitted to the presence of one of India's most wanted terrorists Dawood Ibrahim but said he has been "chased out" and could be in the "UAE".
Washington: President Barack Obama announced a series of reviews of US surveillance programmes so as to bring transparency and win public confidence, shaken following the leak of secretive data by former CIA analyst Edward Snowden.
