The biggest political crisis of Modi's third term peaked in July after the leak of national exam papers forced a retest for 2 million students, fuelling anger over the lack of opportunities for young Indians.

The migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco, the enclave's regional president Juan Jesus Vivas told reporters, but by Friday evening officials said more than 48,000 had returned.

A US F-35 fighter jet crashed Friday near a military base in San Diego, but the pilot was able to eject before impact

US media reported Trump was considering renewed heavy attacks as soon as this weekend

The scale is far bigger than the last similar event in May 2021 when around 12,000 crossed the border from Morocco into Ceuta in just a few days, Vivas said at the time.

The Ukrainian military struck three logistics centres across Russia as well as a sea terminal in the Krasnodar region, President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.

A drone strike on Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta — the first attack on the country since the US‑Iran war erupted — has raised fears that American interests across the Middle East are vulnerable, analysts warn.

A blast at a coal mine killed at least 34 workers in southern Pakistan, the provincial disaster agency said yesterday, as rescuers searched for more missing miners.

Almost all the estimated 50,000 migrants who poured into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in North Africa from Morocco have now returned, Spain said yesterday.

Iran’s military said yesterday it launched drone strikes targeting US military facilities in Kuwait, as fighting resumed between Washington and Tehran in the Middle East war after a nearly week-long lull.

UN says authorities assessing safety and pollution risks

Interior ministry reports rapid departures following recent border surge

At the gates into Ceuta, Moroccan authorities deployed water cannon trucks and pushed people back

Talks focus on Strait of Hormuz and de-escalation, says Pakistan Foreign Ministry official

Israeli forces will withdraw, and the International Stabilization Force will work with a new Palestinian police force to take responsibility for Gaza, he says

Russia pounded Ukraine with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones, killing eight people in overnight attacks yesterday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, decrying shortages of air defence supplies and urging allies to help.

The US military said it struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard targets in Iran, including military command centres and drone facilities, in a two-hour operation launched after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at US forces in the Middle East.

France, Spain and Greece battled major wildfires yesterday as soaring temperatures, parched vegetation and powerful winds extended a summer of deadly fires, mass evacuations and mounting disruption across Europe.

A regional branch of the Islamic State group has claimed a rare deadly attack on a Taliban official in northeastern Afghanistan, a monitoring group said.

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed charges against 13 people in connection with leaked question papers for the national medical college entrance test, days after youth-led protests over the scandal forced the education minister to quit.