News brief: Big stories of the day

China has been reluctant in declaring Azhar as an international terrorist and has blocked his listing at United Nation's Security Council's 1267 committee.

Lawmakers voted against May's amended Brexit deal by 391 to 242 as her last-minute talks with EU chiefs on Monday to assuage her critics' concerns ultimately proved fruitless.

Amid tensions with India, Pakistan on Tuesday announced that it has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed extended range"smart weapon" from JF-17 Thunder fighterjet to provide it a very potent day and night capability to engage variety of targets with pinpoint accuracy.

The US aviation regulator said on Tuesday it would not groundBoeing Co 737 MAX planesafter a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people, bucking a trend of countries around the world that havesuspended the aircraft's operations.

US and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their longest round of peace talks on Tuesday with progress made but no agreement on when foreign troops might withdraw, officials from both sides said.