West Bengal's Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, recently captivated social media users with heartwarming images of her feeding a monkey. The photos, posted on her Instagram, show Banerjee offering biscuits to the calm animal while sitting on a pavement. Reportedly taken at Digha beach, the post has garnered significant attention.

Artisans from Maharashtra are protesting Prada's appropriation of Kolhapuri chappals, showcased in their Spring/Summer 2026 collection without acknowledging the craft's origin. A BJP MP is urging government intervention, citing violation of geographical indication rights granted in 2019. They seek recognition and revenue for local artisans, threatening legal action if Prada doesn't collaborate.

A female student was allegedly gang-raped at South Calcutta Law College, leading to the arrest of three individuals—two former students and a staff member. The incident, which occurred on June 25, has sparked outrage and a political clash, with the BJP accusing the TMC of enabling a culture of impunity.

A rape case at a Kolkata law college has sparked political controversy. Trinamool Congress (TMC) blames Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for delaying the Aparajita Anti-Rape Bill. BJP accuses the Mamata Banerjee government of inaction due to political reasons. Three men, including students and staff, have been arrested in connection with the incident.

Malawi Leader of Opposition, Dr. George Thapatula Chaponda, has condemned the Malawi Police Service for being silent and inactive amid increasing cases of insecurity even during broad daylight. In a statement issued on Friday, Chaponda wondered how can ordinary people could feel safe in their homes or communities when the law enforcement agents are failing […] The post Chaponda Condemns Police Silence, Inaction Amid Growing Insecurity in Malawi appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

While Singapore may not be fighting a war now, that doesn't mean we should be complacent, Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing said in an interview with the media at the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) headquarters at Bukit Gombak on Wednesday (June 25).Chan, 55, highlighted some new developments in the global security order ahead of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Day on July 1, stating that there are more conflicts today — not just conventional, but also in cyberspace.«Today we are not at war, but neither are we at peace,» he said. «Today — and every day — the SAF is operating somewhere in-between.»On the cyberspace, the number of threat incidents that we have to deal with every day with other government agencies is not a small number.«Chan, previously Education Minister, was appointed Defence Minister following Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's cabinet reshuffle on May 21.The defence minister added that these »information operations" that are conducted on Singapore or when Singapore becomes a collateral are not something that Mindef will take lightly. 

Libreville, le 26 juin 2025-Le Président de la République, Chef de l'État, Son Excellence Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, a accordé ce jeudi une audience à Monsieur Lucas Abaga Nchama, Ministre de l'Intégration Régionale de la République de Guinée Equatoriale, porteur d'un message spécial de Son Excellence Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Président de la République de Guinée Equatoriale. Transmis au plus haut niveau, ce message s'inscrit dans le cadre du renforcement continu des liens (...) - DIPLOMATIE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

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EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Dublin gangsters' molls - the women whose lives are surrounded by the riches of the brutal gangs that have made billions from murdering, maiming and smuggling.

The run in Arizona by Deja Foxx, 25, against Adelita Grijalva, the daughter of a longtime lawmaker who died in office this year, highlights Democratic tensions.

Recently, there were two instances of concrete blocks falling from ceiling of HDB units.FM Love 972 radio DJ Ho Ai Ling narrowly avoided injury on June 22 when a chunk of concrete fell from the toilet ceiling in her flat at Block 81 Commonwealth Close in Queenstown. Ho moved into her 58-year-old flat 14 years ago.Earlier, an elderly man was struck by falling spalling concrete from the ceiling of his toilet in his Yishun HDB flat on the morning of June 19, sustaining injuries to both his leg and head, requiring more than 10 stitches. The flat was completed 41 years ago.While his family received assistance from Nee Soon GRC MP K Shanmugam with payment for repairs, where exactly does the buck stop when it comes to responsibility for spalling concrete in HDB homes?Is it the owner, HDB, or the town council?Owner's responsibility: HDBHDB has said that spalling concrete is a common issue for older buildings, exacerbated by damp conditions such as those in kitchens or toilets.

EU cooperation with African countries and the African Union (AU) is based on two distinct frameworks: namely (a) the Partnership Agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states and (b) the Joint Africa-EU strategy.The legal basis for the political, economic and development aspects of the partnership between the EU and the ACP states was established by the Cotonou Agreement in 2000. This was replaced, on 15 November 2023, by the Samoa Agreement, which was negotiated to modernise and upgrade the partnership.The Joint Africa-EU strategy has been implemented through multiannual roadmaps and action plans adopted at each EU-AU summit, which traditionally takes place every three years. At the EU-AU summit held in February 2022 in Brussels, EU and AU leaders agreed on ‘A Joint Vision for 2030’, which aims to consolidate a renewed partnership based on solidarity, security, peace, sustainable development and shared prosperity. The third EU-AU ministerial meeting took place on 21 May 2025, with the participation of the new AU leadership. This meeting reviewed progress on the Joint Vision for 2030, and paved the way for the seventh EU-AU summit, which is set to take place in Africa in 2025, marking 25 years of the partnership since the Cairo summit in 2000.The EU is Africa’s most significant donor of official development assistance. This is mainly funded by the EU’s general budget through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

On 18 March 2025, a law was adopted in Hungary restricting the freedom of assembly, by connecting it to a previous controversial law from 2021 that prohibited the public portrayal to children of 'divergence from self-identity corresponding to sex at birth, sex change or homosexuality'. An amendment to the Hungarian Constitution adopted on 14 April 2025 further reinforced this. On the basis of this law, Budapest police decided to ban Budapest Pride. While at first some of the police's decisions were annulled by the Hungarian Supreme Court on procedural grounds and required new decisions, the Supreme Court later upheld these decisions and refused to check the law against the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) or make a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The Supreme Court considered that this case is not within the CJEU's jurisdiction. The mayor of Budapest announced that Budapest Pride will be held as a municipal event, but the Budapest police have issued a decision prohibiting this. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dismissed claims of internal disputes and potential political shifts within the state government, refuting statements made by minister KN Rajanna. Rajanna had earlier hinted at possible changes after September due to multiple power centers within the Congress, fueling speculation of a cabinet reshuffle or even a change in CM.

SINGAPORE - In a cohesive society, people understand the impact of their words and take responsibility for what they say publicly, including in online spaces, Edwin Tong said on June 26.«Sometimes, this will mean sacrificing our own desire to be able to say what we want about anything we want, wherever we want, in favour of being more caring about the impact they have on the person next to us,» he added.Tong, who is Law Minister, noted that people should be especially mindful about hateful speech, as conflict can be triggered by words.«If we are more mindful, we will have more open, honest, public discourse, based on facts and not hate and disinformation,» he said.He was speaking at the close of the three-day International Conference on Cohesive Societies held at Raffles City Convention Centre. It was organised by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, of which Tong was formerly minister.

A woman was recently accused of being «embarrassing» after she used her CDC vouchers to pay for a $100 meal during a date — prompting fresh debate over the intended use of the government-issued vouchers.In a now-viral TikTok post, the woman shared that she had offered to pay for dinner since she was the one who invited her date out. Upon realising the restaurant accepted CDC vouchers, she decided to use them.«Any normal person would be happy. I didn't even know restaurants can use CDC vouchers... so I used la.» PHOTO: Screengrab/TikTok/SG Confessions But the mood quickly soured. As she was leaving the car, her date remarked: «Why did you use CDC vouchers to pay? It's kinda embarrassing, eh.»The incident sparked a flurry of responses online, with many criticising the man's attitude.

The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has issued a blistering statement demanding the immediate dismissal of Minister of Homeland Security Ezekiel Ching’oma and Inspector General of Police Merlyne Yolamu, following the violent disruption of peaceful demonstrations in Lilongwe by machete-wielding thugs in full view of state security forces. The legal body is not mincing words. In […] The post Law Society Tells Chakwera: Sack Yolamu and Ching’oma Now Over Protest Violence appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The events that unfolded in Lilongwe this week were not just disturbing—they were a national disgrace. Peaceful Malawians, led by the Citizens for Credible Elections, were exercising their constitutional right to assemble. What they received instead were pangas, chaos, and fear. And while machete-wielding thugs roamed freely, the Malawi Police Service and Malawi Defence Force […] The post Enough is Enough, Mr. President: Fire Yolamu and Ching’oma Now appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

First Capital Bank (FCB) has announced that customers using its cards will get a 50% discount on the match ticket prices for the friendly encounter between FCB Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers at Bingu National Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe on Sunday. FCB is celebrating 30 years of service, and the friendly, dubbed the ‘FCB […] The post FCB cardholders get 50% discount on Bullets, Silver friendly tickets appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has scored a potential economic breakthrough for Malawi after holding high-level talks with African business mogul Tony Elumelu—Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Transcorp, United Bank for Africa (UBA), and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation—on the sidelines of the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meeting in Abuja. The meeting centered on unlocking investment opportunities […] The post Chakwera Secures Investment Breakthrough as African Billionaire Tony Elumelu Eyes Malawi appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

SpaceX’s Axiom Mission 4, carrying Shubhanshu Shukla, has successfully docked at the International Space Station Read Full Article at RT.com

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar stated that if the 'Mahagathbandhan' secures a majority in the Bihar Assembly polls, the chief minister will be from the RJD, with Tejashwi Yadav as the main face. He accused the BJP of plotting to replace Nitish Kumar with their own leader, following a pattern of absorbing regional parties.

Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray are joining forces. They will protest the mandatory Hindi language imposition in Maharashtra schools. Sanjay Raut announced a joint march on July 5. This collaboration marks a significant moment. It is a united front on Marathi identity. The leaders aim to protect language rights. They want to prevent division on this crucial issue.

Jairam Ramesh of Congress has strongly criticized the RSS for allegedly never accepting the Indian Constitution and attacking its framers. This response follows RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's remark questioning the inclusion of «Socialist» and «Secular» in the Constitution. Ramesh highlighted past calls by the RSS and BJP for a new Constitution, which he claims were rejected by the public.

Iran’s Guardian Council has ratified a parliament-approved legislation to suspend Tehran’s cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, after the war with Israel and the United States.

Ankara (HOL) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Thursday with Somalia’s Minister of Ports and Marine Transport, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, in Ankara, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali police arrested 17 individuals, including both soldiers and civilians, for violating security directives during the 65th Independence Week celebrations in Mogadishu on Wednesday night.

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar criticizes Congress for the 1975 Emergency. He addresses a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha event. Jaishankar says one family's interests were placed above the nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condemns the Emergency. He describes it as the «darkest chapter» in India's democratic history. The Emergency was imposed between 1975 and 1977.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has criticised the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi for their alleged hypocrisy regarding constitutional values, pointing to their failure to apologise for the Emergency. He accused them of flashing the Constitution without truly respecting its spirit, highlighting the Emergency as a dark period where national spirit was suppressed.

Amidst Donald Trump's announcement of an impending 'very big deal' with India, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has criticised the Centre, linking it to the 'abrupt' conclusion of Operation Sindoor. Trump's repeated claims of using trade discussions to halt India-Pakistan confrontations have been met with skepticism. Ramesh suggests India is learning about crucial decisions from Washington DC.

Actuellement en poste en Côte d'Ivoire, Vijeth Shetty, Vice-Président Senior d'Olam Agri et d'Olam Rubber, chargé de l'unité commerciale du caoutchouc, a partagé une réflexion sur le rôle central du travail d'équipe dans la réussite opérationnelle, via une déclaration officielle. « Bâtir une équipe performante ne se résume pas à recruter des personnes talentueuses », a-t-il affirmé, insistant sur l'importance d'impliquer chaque membre, de définir clairement les responsabilités et de (...) - ECONOMIE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

[IPS] United Nations -- The demand for cobalt and other minerals is fueling a decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In pursuit of money to support their families, Congolese laborers face abuse and life-threatening conditions working in unregulated mines.