Nepal’s devastating floods pose risks that extend across its borders into India, with major Himalayan river systems creating complex flood dynamics affecting multiple Indian states, particularly Bihar.

The US Mint launched a special $1 coin featuring Donald Trump’s portrait, making him the first living president on American currency in a century.

A new UK government ban on Israeli settlement trade is expected as violence escalates in the West Bank, where residents like Loui Abu Ridi face months-long sieges by settlers blocking access to food and medicine.

A British man detained in Stockholm faces deportation despite an ongoing court appeal, prompting his Swedish wife to call on the UK prime minister to intervene in what she describes as a Brexit-related crisis affecting multiple British families in Sweden.

Punjab has passed legislation allowing terrorism trials to be conducted in near-total secrecy, with judges, prosecutors, and witnesses remaining anonymous. The law has drawn criticism from opposition politicians, lawyers, and rights groups who worry it violates due process protections.

Russia says it will close Goethe-Institut cultural centres in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg after Germany shut a Russian cultural facility in Berlin.

Norway seized a Russian ship in the Arctic to enforce a $4.22 billion compensation claim by Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz over assets Russia expropriated in Crimea.

EU ministers failed to reach consensus on trade sanctions against Israel and military support for Ukraine at a two-day gathering in Ireland, with divisions preventing coordinated European action on both issues.

Yair Netanyahu’s comments supporting Argentina’s Falkland Islands claim have drawn criticism from British right-wing figures typically supportive of Israel, complicating diplomatic relations.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski announced his candidacy for the Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary by-election, following former Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation from the seat.

A Brazilian activist is demanding Tunisia release four colleagues detained for organizing the Global Sumud Flotilla, which attempted to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza last year.

A year into Trump’s military campaign striking vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, families of missing fishermen search for answers about loved ones killed in operations targeting suspected drug traffickers.