Overview
- Rights group HRANA reports at least 646 people killed in nationwide Iranian protests that have entered a third week, with thousands detained under sweeping crackdowns.
- Tehran has cut internet access and jammed satellite links as parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned U.S. bases and ships would be targeted if Washington intervenes, after President Trump said commanders briefed him on military options.
- India’s Enforcement Directorate has asked the Supreme Court to order FIRs against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior police officials over disruptions during an ED raid, escalating a high-stakes legal confrontation.
- Uttar Pradesh authorities carried out demolitions against alleged illegal structures in Sambhal, Varanasi and Deoria, including the court-ordered removal of a decades-old mazar near a Deoria overbridge.
- Army chief Gen. Upendra Dwivedi said forces were prepared for ground operations during May’s Operation Sindoor and claimed more than 100 Pakistani militants were killed, signaling sustained counterterror pressure.