West Bengal's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) raided the Kolkata residence of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday afternoon (June 9), conducting a search at her home at 30B Harish Chatterjee Road in connection with an alleged forgery case involving legislators' signatures.
Military tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated sharply after an American Apache helicopter was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a round of retaliatory strikes from both sides that marks one of the most direct military confrontations between the two countries in recent years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has put forward a four-point proposal aimed at strengthening and advancing the long-standing friendship between China and North Korea.
India has made a significant shift in its nuclear posture by operationally deploying at least 12 nuclear warheads in undersea and underground systems for the first time, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The think tank's latest report indicates that India has partially moved away from its traditional 'no first use' policy by placing some warheads on a 'ready to fire' status.
A US federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. Boston District Judge Leo Sorokin ruled on Monday that the fee is an "illegal tax" that Congress never authorised.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has been suspended after a disciplinary process triggered by sexual abuse allegations against him reached a conclusion.