Overview
- Iran’s state broadcaster acknowledged violence and casualties during nationwide protests and blamed U.S.- and Israel-linked agents, while rights monitors reported dozens killed and thousands detained across scores of cities.
- Authorities cut internet and telephone services on a wide scale, with NetBlocks citing major connectivity failures, and local reports described intensified clashes as Tehran moved security forces onto the streets.
- President Donald Trump said the United States will begin ground operations against drug cartels in Mexico, a move Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected by ruling out any foreign military intervention.
- Reports described a U.S. operation in Caracas that brought Nicolás Maduro and his wife to New York for prosecution, a claim Maduro disputes as a kidnapping, leaving the episode contested.
- Bangladesh’s interim government ordered its missions in India to suspend most visa services citing security concerns, with limited exceptions, as diplomatic frictions with New Delhi escalated.