Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Mohammed bin Salman

Mohammed bin Salman, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi

US, Iran in tense sea incident; Tehran preps new centrifuges

A U.S. Navy warship has fired a warning flare to wave off an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat coming straight at it during a tense encounter in the strategic Strait of Hormuz

India International Yoga Day

UN says Libya’s rivals fail to reach deal in election talks

The United Nations says rival Libyan factions failed to reach an agreement on constitutional amendments for elections

IS claims attack on Sikh temple in Afghan capital of Kabul

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul that killed at least one worshipper and wounded seven others

India Military Recruitment

Angry protests hit India over new short-term military jobs

Violence has erupted in parts of India with thousands of angry youths setting train coaches and vehicles on fire, blocking highways and attacking police with rocks to protest a new short-term government recruitment policy for the military

India Defense

India, ASEAN seek to boost ties amid US-China rivalry

India and Southeast Asian foreign ministers are meeting in the Indian capital, and India and Singapore have called for strengthening ties amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a heightened rivalry between the United States and China that threatens peace and stability in the region