News brief: Big stories of the day

The Tamil Nadu cabinet on Sunday recommended the release of seven convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case. The cabinet's recommendation will be sent to the TN governor immediately, said fisheries minister D Jayakumar after the cabinet meeting that lasted for two hours in Chennai.

Launching a searing attack on the Congress party and other opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that those who failed in government failed in opposition too.

At least three persons were reportedly killed and nine others sustained injuries after a suicide bomber blew himself up in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Sunday. 

Pakistani economic advisors discussed banning imports of luxury cars, smartphones and cheese in a wide-ranging strategy session on how to avoid seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior government advisor said.

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal wraps "a suicide vest around the British constitution" and hands the detonator to the European Union, former foreign minister Boris Johnson said in comments that drew strong criticism.