US President Donald Trump repeal and replace the Obamacare the healthcare reform introduced by President Obama, which has helped 11million more Americans afford health insurance. Obamacare, or The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, was introduced in 2010 and extended health insurance coverage to some of the 15 percent estimated who were not covered.

India and Turkey agree to the "use of double standards" in Combating terrorism and agreed to strengthen cooperation in effectively dealing with the menace both bilaterally and at multilateral fora. The joint statement was issued after extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New Delhi.

Russia, Turkey, and Iran signed an agreement to create safe zones in Syria. The major objective of the memorandum is to stop the violence and facilitate conditions for the safe, voluntary return of refugees as well as to provide rapid and uninterrupted delivery of relief supplies and medical aid.

China plans to launch its own online encyclopedia by 2018 to build a 'cultural Great Wall' that can rival Wikipedia as a go-to information source for Chinese Internet users. The project will be under the guidance of the state-owned China Publishing Group.

China conducted a maiden glide test of its first amphibious aircraft AG600. It is the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the 37-meter AG600 with a wingspan of 38.8 meters, has a maximum take-off weight of 53.5 tons.

Morocco and Cuba have restored diplomatic ties after 37-year hiatus. To this effect ambassadors of the two countries to the United Nations (UN) signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) in New York.

UAE's first solar-powered gas station has been opened by the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC)in Dubai. It lies on the city's main Sheikh Zayed Road and covered with
solar panels that can generate up to 120 kilowatt hours, about 30 percent more energy than the station needs. The station will reduce CO2 emissions by 195 million metric tonnes each year.

India along with 12 other members, was elected to the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC), a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The country garnered the most number of votes in the Asian group, with 49 out of 50 members of ECOSOC voting in its favor.

China is the world's largest importer of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), whereas India toppled Japan to acquire second position. It is because of Indian government's drive to
provide free cooking connections to women from extremely poor households resulted in 32.5 million new LPG connections being added in FY17. The government's efforts have pushed up India's active LPG user count to about 200 million. It aims to increase the households using LPG to 80% of total households in India by FY19 from 72.8% as on April 1, 2017.

A state-run Chinese company will handle the operations of Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port for a period of 40 years. Minister for Ports and Shipping Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo said the China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC) would carry out all the development work on the port on the Arabian Sea. The COPHC has 91 per cent share of revenue collection from gross revenue of terminal and marine operations and 85 per cent share from gross revenue of free zone operation