Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates testified before the House Oversight Committee during a closed-door congressional hearing on Wednesday (June 10). In his opening statement, Gates revealed that disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein attempted to weaponize information about his extramarital affairs to blackmail him into maintaining a relationship.
India's Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal confirmed that three Indian seafarers initially reported missing have died after their Palau-flagged oil tanker, the MT Settebello, was attacked by US military forces in the Gulf of Oman earlier this week on Thursday (June 11). The bodies of all three missing crew members have been recovered and identified as deck cadet Aditya Sharma, engine fitter Shivanand Chaurasiya, and chief engineer Patnala Suresh.
In a sharp escalation of regional hostilities, Iran has shut down the strategic Strait of Hormuz until further notice in response to US military strikes. Iranian officials have warned that any vessel attempting to navigate the vital waterway will be targeted, asserting that Washington’s actions have pushed diplomatic solutions out of reach.
A military helicopter crash near Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s capital, Muzaffarabad, has killed all personnel on board, the country’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
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.