News brief: Big stories of the day

Speaking to US media, Trump said that he will do his best to meditate on 'the complicated situation'.

Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell lost an appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing two 13-year-old boys and will remain in prison for at least another three years, a court ruled on Wednesday.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he had authorised contact with the administration of USPresident Donald Trump "for months," in an effort to repair relations with Washington.

British Government underlined the need for dialogue between India and Pakistan and added that Kashmir was a bilateral issue between the two neighbours.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has put up a notice outside the residence of former Finance Minister andsenior Congress leader P Chidambaramasking him to appear before them in the next two hours.