✈️ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. At the second plenary of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Atlanta, EAM S. Jaishankar warned that attacks on energy trade and infrastructure are being used to hold global prices hostage. He said the energy crisis is not about production but about disruption and unaffordable costs, which hit developing nations hardest.
2. Quad Foreign Ministers of India, the US, Australia and Japan pledged over $85 million to support trusted Artificial Intelligence across the Indo-Pacific. They stressed protecting navigational freedoms in the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb under UNCLOS.
3. On the G20 sidelines, Jaishankar met EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. With Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, he discussed concluding the India-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement by year-end.
4. All 25 crew, including six Indian seafarers, are safe after the Marshall Islands-flagged LNG carrier M/T Al Mayeda was hit in a projectile attack in the Persian Gulf, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said.
5. At the UN General Assembly, India urged the Human Rights Council to keep up attention on terrorism with zero tolerance. First Secretary Bhavika Mangalanandan criticised the politicisation of human rights and double standards, saying they damage the Council’s credibility.
6. The UK announced new “safe and legal” resettlement routes for refugees, to start from seven countries including India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The first arrivals are expected in autumn 2027, with refugees assessed by the UNHCR.
7. India’s High Commission in Dhaka held ‘Lalon Sandhya’ in honour of Baul mystic Fakir Lalon Shah, attended by over 700 guests. High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi called Lalon Shah a bridge of friendship between India and Bangladesh.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. The FATF Plenary in Paris, the first under the UK presidency of Giles Thomson, removed Bulgaria, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Monaco from its ‘grey list’, and agreed to speed up action on virtual-asset crime and scam compounds.
2. Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ordered the armed forces to meet any threat with an “immediate, effective and unrestricted geographical response” if US attacks resume. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called a letter from US Vice-President JD Vance a “positive step” but said war could not be ruled out, amid reports that a US delegation may join direct talks with Iran in Doha.
3. The US approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 MSE interceptors to Ukraine for about $2.1 billion, to be funded fully by European partners and Canada. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it a “strong decision”.
4. UK PM Andy Burnham said his government is considering a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade but ruled out financial reparations. He will attend the Commonwealth leaders’ meeting in Antigua and Barbuda next week.
5. France deployed about 70,000 security personnel as cost-of-living protests entered a third weekend; about 15,000 people joined demonstrations on Saturday, including presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Protests were also called in 30 German cities.
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