The universities in the US have registered a decline in applications from Indian students following rising hate crimes and concerns over potential changes in visa policies by the Trump administration, according to a survey. ....

An avalanche in a ski resort north of Tokyo on Monday hit several Japanese school children, leaving many injured or feared dead. ....

Russia's main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organised in Moscow on Sunday. ....

Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari will begin a state visit to India on April 17, a media report said on Sunday. ....

At least one person was killed and 13 others were injured in a shooting early on Sunday at a nightclub in the US, police said. ....

North Korea on Sunday warned South Korea and the US against any attempt to stage a "special operation" to hit the Pyongyang leadership and military installations, including the nuclear arms base. ....

While Apple's retail team is currently remodelling all its stores, the company expanded its reach with three new stores in China, Germany and the US. ....

A senior Al Qaeda leader responsible for two major attacks in Pakistan was killed in a US counter-terrorism airstrike conducted last week in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said in a statement. ....

US ride-hailing company Uber has suspended its self-driving cars from the roads after an accident involving one such vehicle, the media reported on Sunday. ....

US President Donald Trump's counter-terrorism adviser compared Islamic State militants fleeing the Middle East to "cockroaches", vowing to "obliterate" the extremist group, the media reported. ....