✈️ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS*
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1. US President Donald Trump waived key provisions of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, including threatened 100% tariffs on major buyers of Russian oil such as India, citing national interest. The waiver, issued a day before the law was to take effect, suspends but does not repeal the penalties.
2. India told the UN that its Constitution guarantees peaceful assembly, citing a satirical youth movement, widely seen as the Cockroach Janta Party, as proof that young Indians can openly challenge the government. It rejected UN criticism of protest detentions as based on unverified claims.
3. India and Vietnam held their 4th Security Dialogue in New Delhi, co-chaired by Deputy NSA Pavan Kapoor and Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lt Gen Pham The Tung. They reviewed cooperation in counter-terrorism, cyber security, maritime engagement and emerging technologies.
4. MoS for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita interacted with members of the Indian community in Apia, Samoa, describing the diaspora as a living bridge of friendship and understanding between India and Samoa.
5. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted the deep historical ties and shared democratic values between India and South Africa while inaugurating the Phase II expansion of Vedanta’s Gamsberg zinc mine in the Northern Cape province. The expansion involves an investment of around 10 billion South African rand (around INR 5757 crore) and is expected to strengthen industrial capacity and employment.
6. Air India and Air India Express have temporarily suspended flights to and from Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam until the 24th this month, in view of the prevailing situation in the West Asia region.
7. Newly appointed Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar presented his credentials to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, in Baku.
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🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍
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1. A fire at the wooden Tuptup Resort on Patuartek beach in Inani, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, killed 10 people, most of them tourists. Fire officials said the two-storey resort operated without a fire-safety licence despite a warning in June.
2. UKMTO said two commercial vessels were struck in the Persian Gulf off Saudi Arabia, one by a rocket-propelled grenade fired from a small boat; both crews were safe. Iran’s state broadcaster said a supertanker carrying over 2 million barrels of crude hit a naval mine and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
3. Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif said his government was ‘compelled’ to impose emergency and Governor’s Rule in the opposition PTI-ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, blaming a breakdown in cooperation on counter-terrorism operations.
4. The town hall in Limoges, France, was set on fire after a group attacked it during unrest that followed cost-of-living protests. PM Sébastien Lecornu backed the police, who he said faced ‘violence of extreme intensity’.
5. Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Russia, Gul Hassan Hassan, has accused Pakistan of posing a threat to Afghanistan’s security and regional stability, alleging that Islamabad provides shelter and operational support to terrorist groups, including ISIS (Daesh).
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