Two powerful earthquakes struck , killing at least 32 people and injuring 700 more as buildings collapsed in and around the capital, Caracas. The first measured magnitude 7.2; the second — which hit less than a minute later — was stronger, at 7.5.

The Indian is a "travel document" and not a "citizenship document", a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs has said. The purpose of the document is to facilitate Indians' travel through foreign ports and territories, and it should not be compared to documents used to establish citizenship rights.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is understood to have invited Narendra Modi to attend the funeral of the late Supreme Leader . MEA officials did not clarify whether the Prime Minister will travel for the ceremonies, which are scheduled between 3 and 9 July.

The High Court has held that elected representatives cannot expand or modify the statutory form of oath by invoking specific deities, political martyrs, organisations, or public figures. The ruling came in a case in which the court directed 20 BJP councillors of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation to retake their oaths within four weeks.

Anthropic has accused Chinese e-commerce and technology firm of illicitly extracting its AI model's capabilities in what it described as the largest attack of its kind. The San Francisco-based company said operators linked to the Chinese firm carried out almost 29 million exchanges with Claude using thousands of fraudulent accounts.