Islamic State terrorists have abducted 111 school children from various districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to use them in terrorist moves, a media report said on Tuesday....
US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter has met with French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the Pentagon, vowing to strengthen cooperation between the two countries with the aim to fight against the Islamic State (IS). ...

The topper of UPSC Exam Ira Singhal calls on the Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, in New Delhi on July 6, 2015....
In a Sunday referendum, more than 61 percent of Greeks voted " NO", rejecting a proposal from international creditors that included pension cuts, tax increases and other measures on Monday, Xinhua reported....
Indian tennis players Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza entered the men's and women's doubles quarter-finals, while Leander Paes was knocked out in the men's doubles of the Wimbledon Championships here on Monday....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi could meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Friday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Ufa in Russia, media reports said. ...
Greece on Monday appointed a new finance minister after Yanis Varoufakis announced his resignation even as the country voted “No†to a bailout offer in a landmark referendum. Heads of European institutions held a teleconference to discuss the consequences of the historic vote....
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday said it stands ready to assist Greece if required to do so. ...
Lok Sabha member Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, who was expelled from Lalu Prasad's RJD for six years for anti-party activities, is likely to join the BJP-led NDA ahead of the Bihar assembly polls. ...
After opening in the negative domain on Monday, Indian equities rallied through the trading session, appearing to ignore the "no" vote in Greece to the bailout proposal with conditions and focusing instead on a likely delay in the US interest rate cuts....