News brief: Big stories of the day

Jammu and Kashmir's outgoing Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti lashed out at the BJP today, which broke the alliance with her party in the state earlier today. Addressing a press conference, she said the BJP has betrayed the agenda of the alliance by pulling out of it. "PDP's agenda for the state was the one for boosting reconciliation through the alliance, the BJP betrayed the same," Mufti stated.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has finally ended his strike after 9 days of protest at the Lieutenant Governor's house in Delhi.

The nomination papers of Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for the July 25 general elections were rejected today by the returning officer on the ground that he was barred for life from contesting elections by the Peshawar High Court in 2013.

President Donald Trump, facing a blast of criticism for the detention of children separated from their immigrant parents at the US-Mexico border, was slated to meet with Republican lawmakers on Tuesday ahead of votes on immigration legislation.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to hammer out reforms that can stop the "disintegration" of the European Union, torn by populist forces and deep discord over immigration.