Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warmly greeted Pakistan’s new Field Marshal Asim Munir and congratulated him on his promotion in the wake of the religiously-motivated Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 tourists were killed in India.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday threatened to “throttle” Western firms remaining in Russia and acting against its interests, as part of Moscow’s effort to beef up domestic software development.

A 58-year-old man and his two sons were hacked to death by some unidentified attackers in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district, police said on Monday.