The United States is sending roughly 9,000 sailors and Marines aboard warships to the Middle East, with President Donald Trump warning of fresh military strikes against Iran if investigators link Tehran to the recent Flydubai cockpit attack.

California has enacted an absolute ban on child marriage after Governor Gavin Newsom signed new legislation setting the minimum age for marriage and domestic partnerships at 18, closing loopholes that previously allowed minors to marry.

A second federal judge in California has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from charging a 100,000 dollar fee on new H-1B worker visas, ruling that federal immigration agencies bypassed mandatory public notice and rule-making laws.

Election booth officers in Belagavi North reported that two unidentified men posing as municipal workers pressured them to sign pre-filled Form 7 applications seeking the deletion of hundreds of Muslim voters from draft rolls.

A proposed meeting between the parliamentary committee examining simultaneous elections and sitting Supreme Court judges sparked widespread debate among senior legal experts before apex court sources clarified the interaction will not take place.

India youth-led Cockroach movement has launched a new wave of street protests in Mumbai and other major cities, demanding the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over mass voter list deletions.

The Election Commission has launched a special enrollment drive across twenty states, allowing millions whose names were removed during the Special Intensive Revision to re-register using the standard Form 6 without intrusive questions.

Riot police and high school students have clashed across France as demonstrations over crumbling classrooms, severe teacher shortages, and budget cuts forced hundreds of schools to shut down nationwide.