The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) evacuated 50 people from Okha, Gujarat, as a preventive measure due to Cyclone Biparjoy. ICF Ship Shoor and ICG Helicopter CG 858 were involved in the rescue operation in rough waters and high seas. Twenty-six crew members were evacuated by the ICG by the evening of 12 June, while the remaining 24 were brought to safety by the following day.
The Taliban has decided to ban music at weddings, the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice said on Sunday. The decision has been taken since the Taliban considers music to be against the teachings of Islam.
The TTP reached a deal with the Taliban government in Afghanistan to ensure that it does not orchestrate attacks against the Pakistan government. As a result of the agreement, the militants will now be restationed along the border in North Afghanistan.
Sri Lanka’s cabinet spokesperson Bandula Gunawardena said on Tuesday that presidential elections could not be held this year due to budget restrictions. He said the government would focus on debt restructuring and financial stability.
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and disregarding government orders to return them in a Miami courtroom on Tuesday, making him the first former US President to face a judge on federal charges. The indictment charges Trump of illegally taking national security documents from the White House to his residence in Mar-a-Lago after leaving office in January 2021. Prosecutors assert that the documents contained information on nuclear programmes, defence and weapons capabilities of the US and foreign nations, and a Pentagon “attack plan.”
Addressing a meeting with Venezuelan students in Caracas on Tuesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emphasised the rising significance of regional organisations in building a new multipolar world. Therefore, Raisi remarked in a live broadcast on Venezolana de Television, “we have joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and expressed our readiness to join BRICS.” The Iranian president also emphasised the necessity for the UN, particularly the UN Security Council, to undergo reform. “Today it is an organisation of governments, but it should become an organisation of the peoples,” Raisi stressed.
Liu Weidong, a research fellow at the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that Russia had tried to “take advantage” of China before and after the start of the Ukraine War. “It is pursuing unilateral use of China, and it does not want to be used by China. What we seek is win-win cooperation under the premise of non-alignment,” Liu said.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will visit Japan on Thursday to participate in “the first-ever trilateral meeting” with his Japanese, Philippine, and South Korean counterparts, the White House said on Tuesday. While it offered little details of the diplomat’s two-day visit, it added that Sullivan and his counterparts “will discuss ways to deepen collaboration on a number of key regional and global issues.”
According to the US Central Command, a helicopter incident occurred in northeastern Syria on Sunday, injuring 22 American service members. The extent of their injuries varied, and ten were transported to advanced medical facilities beyond the jurisdiction of the Central Command. In an official statement, the US Central Command mentioned that the incident is currently being investigated, clarifying that no hostile activity was reported as the cause of the mishap.