Islamabad: A witness identifies one of seven Pakistani men charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks as the person who had bought inflatable boats used by the terrorists involved in the assault on India's financial hub.
Cairo: Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's retrial has been adjourned indefinitely after the presiding judge withdrew from the case and referred it to a lower court, triggering angry protests in the courtroom.
On Board Special Aircraft: The issue of terrorism emanating from Pakistan and Afghanistan and ways to get access to further trade with resource-rich Tajikistan is set to be on the agenda of Vice President Hamid Ansari's talks with Tajik leadership.
Berlin: India rules out any impact on genuine workers in Saudi Arabia as a result of the Kingdom's new labour policy, saying that only illegal immigrants will be affected by the 'Nitaqat' law.
Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry proposes a 16% cut in the American aid to India, reflecting the transition from a traditional "donor-recipient" relationship to a "strategic partnership" between the two countries.
Male/New Delhi: Arbitration proceedings in the airport contract row between Maldives and GMR Group is set to commence in the middle of next year though an exact date has not been finalised yet.
Washington: A young Indian-American economist, Raj Chetty from the Harvard University, whose pioneering work was cited by US President Barack Obama in his last year's State of the Union Address, wins the prestigious John Bates Clark medal, often described as the 'Baby Nobel.
Beijing: Disclosing its strength for the first time, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), the world's largest active military, today says its troops totalled 1.483 million, excluding its missiles division.
Boston: On the second leg of his North American tour to woo investors, Finance Minister P Chidambaram says that India has all the qualities to guarantee that foreign investment is protected.
Geneva: For the first time, a UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women will visit India next week to assess the overall situation of violence against women at a time when questions are being raised on the safety and security of women there.
Washington: The FBI arrests a suspect in the state of Mississippi for sending letters to US President Barack Obama and a Senator laced with the deadly poison ricin.
Boston: US President Barack Obama condoles the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings here in an emotional inter-faith service, vowing to find those responsible for this "senseless" act as he stressed that a "bomb cannot beat us" and the nation will "finish the race."
Islamabad: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been arrested from his farmhouse in a case relating to sacking of judges, a day after he dramatically fled the court to avoid detention, and remanded to two days in custody, becoming the first ex-army chief to face such action.
