In Saudi Arabia, temperatures soared above 46 degrees Celsius and 49 degrees Celsius in Mecca and sacred sites in and around the city. This resulted in a high number of deaths this year, according to authorities.
Russia terror attack: There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. The authorities launched a criminal probe on the charge of a terrorist act.
Russia terror attack: Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two cities in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing an Orthodox priest and multiple police officers.
In the second case of blasphemy-related death, a tourist was lynched and hanged in public by an enraged mob in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on allegations of Quran desecration. The mob also set fire to the Madyan police station and a vehicle and dragged Mohammad Ismail, 40, through the town.
None of the injuries are life-threatening, said police, as one man was charged with assault, resisting arrest and harassment. The incident follows a series of mass shootings in Kentucky and Texas, resulting in the deaths of at least five people.
Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu expressed grief after learning of Gopikrishna's death in the shooting that took place in a grocery store in Arkansas, Texas. Gopikrishna hailed from the Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh and moved to the US eight months ago.
Ukrainian drones and missiles killed five people in annexed Crimea and another in Belgorod, while Russian bombings have killed four people in two days so far. Russia blamed the United States for the attack on Crimea and threatened to respond accordingly.
More than half of the 1,000 deceased pilgrims were from Egypt - 672 - and the Ministry of External Affairs announced that at least 98 Indians had also died. Deadly heatwaves have swept across the Northern Hemisphere this year due to climate change, including the Islamic holy sites in Saudi Arabia.
Mujahed Azmi, a Palestinian man reportedly wounded in the Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, was strapped to the hood of a jeep. The Israeli military said this act "does not conform to the values" of the Army and the incident will be investigated and dealt with accordingly.
Prospects of another simmering regional conflict grew as Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets toward Israel in retaliation for the death of a senior commander killed in an Israeli airstrike. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the group already has 100,000 fighters to fight a war.
June 23 marks the 39th anniversary of the worst aviation terrorism in history where AI flight 182 'Kanishka' exploded en route from Montreal to London, killing over 300 people. The investigation is still 'active and ongoing' as Indian missions are planning a memorial in Vancouver and Toronto.
A day earlier, another incident of a mass shooting was reported from Arkansas state' Fordyce where four people were killed and 9 were injured after a lone suspect went on a rampage at a grocery store.
The deaths come a day after at least 25 people were killed in strikes on tent camps and 50 wounded near the southern city of Rafah.
The woman faked her own death and submitted fabricated documents while posing as her partner to get the insurance payout. The plot unravelled after the bank got suspicious and froze the gym owner's account.
Farage has repeatedly asserted that the eastward expansion of the EU and NATO had provoked Putin into invading Ukraine in 2022. The remarks were condemned by Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats, who accused him of being a Putin apologist.
Sanjay Bhandari, an accused middleman in the defence sector, fled to the UK in 2016 and is wanted in India on tax evasion and money laundering charges. The UK government had ordered his extradition to India in 2022 and a high court allowed him to appeal the order in March 2024.
PM Modi and Sheikh Hasina signed a number of MoUs on digital partnership, green partnership, blue economy, health and medicine and railway connectivity. This is Hasina's second visit to India within a month after she attended Modi's oath taking ceremony on June 9.
Canada's House of Commons held a 'moment of silence' on Tuesday as MPs stood in honour of Khalistani terrorist Nijjar, who was killed last year. India has repeatedly highlighted Canada giving space to pro-Khalistani elements operating from Canadian soil with impunity.
The MV Dali cargo ship with 20 Indian and one Sri Lankan crew members collided with the 2.6-km-long four-lane Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26. The accident resulted in the death of six crew members and the FBI and federal agencies in the US have launched investigations.
Satellite images showed multiple sections of the wall where barriers had been created, along with land clearing at the demilitarised zone. Tensions have been rising between the two Koreas, with the pace of Kim Jong Un's weapons tests and South's joint military drills with the US intensifying.
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