EU 'deeply regrets' Israel's settlement expansion

Israel's recent stream of announcements that it will build thousands of new settler homes in the occupied West Bank "marks a very worrying trend" and risks making a two-state solution impossible, according to the European Union.

"Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have decided to authorise the construction of 3,000 new housing units in Judea-Samaria," the defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, using the term Israel uses for the West Bank, a Palestinian territory it has occupied since 1967.

"Since the start of 2017, the Israeli authorities have made clear that they plan to accelerate the construction of illegal settlement homes and seize further Palestinian territory in flagrant violation of international law," said Magdalena Mughrabi, Amnesty International's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa.

Why has India's Punjab fallen into the grip of drug abuse?

The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder travelled there to find out why one of India's most prosperous states is in danger of losing an entire generation to drug abuse.

Across the state, from villages in the lush green countryside to bustling towns and cities, young men huddle together in cemeteries, abandoned buildings or plain fields, smoking, snorting or shooting up.

"It's ridiculously easily available," Jasprit Singh tells me. Jasprit, who is from Tarn Taran, used to be an addict, but says that he has been clean for the past four years.

Brexit: MPs overwhelmingly back Article 50 bill

MPs have voted by a majority of 384 to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to get Brexit negotiations under way. They backed the government's European Union Bill, supported by the Labour leadership, by 498 votes to 114. But the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats opposed the bill, while 47 Labour MPs and Tory ex-chancellor Ken Clarke rebelled.The bill now faces further scrutiny in the Commons and the House of Lords before it can become law. 
The prime minister has set a deadline of 31 March for invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, getting official talks with the EU started. The bill returns to the Commons next week. 

Badrinath Ki Dulhania - Official Trailer

Badrinath Ki Dulhania - Official Trailer📹: https://goo.gl/a7u85a

Starring Varun Dhawan as Badrinath Bansal & Alia Bhatt as Vaidehi Trivedi, the film is more than just your boy meets girl love story.

It's the coming together of raw & refined with a touch of desi-pan and a hatke definition of pyaar!

Watch video on youtube - 📹 https://goo.gl/a7u85a

Beyonce's Baby Bump Breaks Instagram Record For Likes

The 35-year-old entertainer's baby announcement, featuring a photo of her baby bump, officially has the most likes on Instagram now, according to Variety.

The photo received 6.33 million likes in only 8 hours and has over 333,000 comments.

The previous record-holder was a picture of Selena Gomez sipping a Coke from June 2016, which garnered 6.3 million likes to-date.

The Holy Quran (27:58)

اور ہم نے ان پر مینھہ برسایا سو (جو) مینھہ ان لوگوں پر برسا جن کو متنبہ کردیا گیا تھا، برا تھا

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ

And We rained down on them a shower (of stones). How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned (but warned in vain)!

Chinese Super League reduces number of foreign players allowed to play

Chinese Super League clubs will only be allowed to play three non-Chinese players per game in their next season - which begins in March.

A rule change has reduced the number of foreigners allowed in a move which could slow down the wave of big-money signings from Europe.

Previously the rule was "4+1" - four foreigners of any nationality plus one Asian player in a matchday squad.

Teams will now also be required to name two Chinese players aged under 23 in their matchday squads, with at least one in the starting XI, with the Chinese Football Association also looking into "signature fees and other illegal activities" in recent transfers.