Digest of international news for week May 14- May 20, 2016

Dhaka: A 70-year-old Buddhist monk is brutally hacked to death inside a remote monastery in Bangladesh, with police saying the incident bore the hallmark of previous killings of secular activists, bloggers and minorities by Islamists in the Muslim-majority nation.

Washington: China has increased defence capabilities and deployed more troops along the Indian border, the Pentagon has said, as it warned of increasing Chinese military presence including bases in various parts of the world, particularly Pakistan.

London: Pictures of London's first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan's visit to one of the city's most famous temples where he performed rituals ahead of his election have gone viral on social media.

Dhaka: Bangladesh police arrests a Islamic militant from a banned terror group over the hacking to death of the country's first gay magazine editor and his friend amidst a string of brutal murders of secular bloggers, writers and minorities in the Muslim-majority nation.

Beijing: Accusing the US of "sowing discord" between China and India, Beijing says the two neighbours are wise enough to resolve their boundary dispute peacefully through talks and asked America to respect their efforts.

Washington: Taking a swipe at Donald Trump, President Barack Obama says the presumptive Republican presidential candidate's controversial plans to ban Muslims from entering the US and build walls around it would alienate America's key partners in the fight against extremism.

London: Indian-origin businessman Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty House announces that it would be restarting from next month steelworks in south Wales which it had acquired from NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul's Caparo Group last year.

London: India's democracy has been put "on notice" by a "sustained onslaught" on the liberal, secular, inclusive and pluralist ethos, senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar has said in a sharp attack on the Modi government.

Islamabad: Pakistan says it has expressed "serious concern" to the UN over a draft bill in the Indian Parliament over the map of Kashmir and called upon the world body to uphold its resolutions and urge India to stop such acts which are in "violation of international law".

Frankfurt: Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton ekes out a narrow win in the Kentucky primary over Bernie Sanders who kept his underdog campaign alive with a decisive win in Oregon while on the Republican side Donald Trump moved closer to being declared the party nominee.