US President Donald Trump says the opportunity for Russia to play at the 2026 World Cup could be an “incentive” to end the war in Ukraine.
What we know about India’s strike on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir
The Indian defence ministry said the strikes – named “Operation Sindoor” – were part of a “commitment” to hold those responsible for the 22 April attack which left 25 Indians and one Nepali national dead “accountable”.
Indian and Pakistani civilians describe aftermath of strikes and shelling
Mohammed Waheed was fast asleep at his home in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday morning when a huge blast shook his home.
India and Pakistan are in crisis again – here’s how they de-escalated in the past
Each time, India has held Pakistan-based militant groups responsible for the attacks, accusing Islamabad of tacitly supporting them – a charge Pakistan has consistently denied.
Two million people attend free Lady Gaga concert in Brazil
More than two million people have attended a free Lady Gaga concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, city officials say.
Eight arrested in two separate anti-terror operations
Eight men, including seven Iranian nationals, have been arrested in two separate counter-terrorism police investigations.
Among 4 terrorists behind Pahalgam attack, 2 from South Kashmir, may have ‘herded’ tourists to site
The security establishment and the government are learnt to have received advance intelligence inputs about a possible attack targeting tourists staying in hotels in and around Srinagar days before the Pahalgam massacre in which terrorists killed 25 tourists and a local, officials aware of developments said.
TikTok fined $600 million for China data transfers that broke EU privacy rules
A European Union privacy watchdog fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday after a four-year investigation
The Kashmir attack will renew hostilities between India and Pakistan
On 22 April, a terror attack in the Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir claimed the lives of 26 people, mostly Indian tourists. This is the deadliest attack in the disputed territory since 2019, when a car bomb targeting a convoy of buses carrying Indian paramilitary soldiers killed 40 people in Pulwama.
From tech pioneers to ‘extremists’
In 2013, Tatyana Marynich and Anastasiya Khamiankova opened the doors to Imaguru, a startup hub in Minsk, Belarus that would go on to launch some of Eastern Europe’s most prominent tech success stories. A decade later, they’ve been sentenced ‘in absentia’ to a combined 23 years in prison by Belarusian authorities. Their property has been seized. Their work was declared “extremist.” Marynich’s passport has expired and been revoked, leaving her stranded and stateless in Spain.
