The head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Penpa Tsering, has strongly criticized China's stance on the succession of the Dalai Lama, asserting that Beijing has no right to determine the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
Fresh political speculation has surfaced over the future of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), with reports suggesting that Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has reached out to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss the possibility of merging the TMC with the Congress.
A growing environmental protest movement in Albania has adopted the flamingo as its symbol while opposing a luxury tourism project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump.
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated sharply after Pakistani forces reportedly carried out overnight airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people and injuring 14 others.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) suffered another setback on Wednesday after Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev resigned from both the party and her seat in Parliament. Dev submitted her resignation to Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan, becoming the second senior TMC leader to quit within a week.
The conflict in the Middle East intensified sharply on Wednesday after Iran launched fresh retaliatory strikes across the region following US airstrikes on Iranian targets.