Iran has placed its armed forces on full alert, prepared for any scenario amid the belligerent postures of the United States and Israel. Tehran has said that while initial indications of a memorandum of understanding with Washington have emerged, it is ready for any possibility of talks failing. Iran had previously made it clear that it would enter negotiations with its finger on the trigger.
At least 29 people have been killed in fierce clashes between police, a peace committee and militants in the Barakzai Akhundkhel area of Mirian tehsil in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Two police officers and two civilians are among the dead.
At least 24 people have been killed and several others injured after a powerful explosion near a railway line in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials and media reports said.
Saudi security authorities have detained 13 individuals, including Bangladeshi and Indian expatriates, along with a Saudi citizen, over alleged violations of Hajj regulations ahead of this year’s pilgrimage season.
Russia has launched a large-scale coordinated drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the earl hours of Sunday (May 24), shaking the city with multiple explosions shortly after warnings of a possible major strike were issued by Ukrainian and US authorities.
US President Donald Trump was inside the White House when gunfire erupted near the presidential complex on Saturday evening (May 23), the US Secret Service confirmed in a statement.