News brief: Big stories of the day

Standing side by side with Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump refused on Monday to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the 2016 US election, casting doubt on the findings of his own intelligence agencies and sparking a storm of criticism at home.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday described the probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Moscow's election meddling as "political games" that should not be permitted to interfere with US-Russia relations.

Elon Musk has been receiving a lot of heat after his ongoing outbursts on social media have come under scrutiny following the latest one involving a British Thai cave rescuer.

Goa government has cracked down on drinking in public, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday announced that the government would soon issue a notification on imposing a heavy fine on drinking alcohol in public.

Pakistan will file its second counter-memorial in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday, on the conviction of retired Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death in April last year on charges of espionage and terrorism.