News brief: Big stories of the day

After the Human Rights Watch said Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region were being arbitrary detained and daily restrictions on religious practice placed on them, China said the watchdog was prejudiced against it. 

England's legendary cricketer Alastair Cook,33, slammed 33rd Test century in his farewell match against India at the Oval on Monday. 

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Hyderabad on Monday sentenced Aneeq Sayeed and Ismail Chaudhary, two accused in the Hyderabad twin blast case, to death, news agency ANI reported. 

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Monday announced a reduction in petrol and diesel prices by Rs 2 each in the state. 

United States' vice president Mike Pence on Sunday said that he would be willing to take "a lie detector test" to prove that he did not write the controversial unsigned op-ed published in the New York Times, reports said.