Despite tariff tensions, India and the US commenced the ‘Yudh Abhyas’ Army exercise in Alaska. Planning is underway for the Malabar naval exercise with Quad nations off Guam. Defence cooperation remains strong, with ongoing deliveries of GE engines and a future deal for MQ-9B drones, highlighting the enduring strategic partnership.

A mob burnt a woman to death in central Nigeria over the weekend after accusing her of blasphemy against Islam, police said Monday.

Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro on Monday said he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean.