Britain's former Prime Minister David Cameron resigned his seat in the House of Commons less than three months after losing an EU referendum in which he had campaigned to stay in the bloc.
Raising the issue of Balochistan for the first time before the UN, India accused Pakistan of widespread human rights violations there as well as in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
India lost its appeal at the World Trade Organisation in a dispute over solar power, failing to overturn a US complaint that New Delhi had discriminated against importers in the Indian solar power sector.
A senior administration official has said that the United States is planning to increase the number of refugees accepted into the country to at least 1,10,000 in 2017.
A mosque in Fort Piece that Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen attended was set on fire. It was later repaired by the Islamic community.
China has launched its second space station in a sign of the growing sophistication of its military-backed program that intends to send a mission to Mars in the coming years.
A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 30 others as they attended prayers at a mosque in a northwestern Pakistani tribal area.
Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid al-Adha, one of the most important festivals of the Islamic calendar.
Typhoon Meranti lashed Taiwan with its biggest storm in 21 years last night before striking mainland China, which issued a red alert for waves as the storm bore down.
Thousands of people protested in Mexico City, demanding that President Enrique Pena Nieto resign now' over his handling of drug violence, corruption and his meeting with Donald Trump.