Overview
- The BCCI directed Kolkata Knight Riders to release Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman, and the franchise complied with permission to sign a replacement.
- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor condemned the move as politicizing sport, BJP’s Sangeet Som attacked Shah Rukh Khan over the signing, and former players split on the decision as West Bengal election rhetoric sharpened.
- Reports from Bangladesh detailed continuing attacks on Hindu minorities, with trader Khokon Chandra Das dying after a mob assault that included stabbing and burning.
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned of air and missile strikes on Caracas and urged urgent OAS and UN meetings as explosions and power outages were reported in the Venezuelan capital.
- U.S. President Donald Trump claimed U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, a statement not independently verified, while Russia and Iran denounced the alleged U.S. action and backed UN Security Council discussions as Venezuela officials assessed damage and casualties.