Top 10 world news: Mongolia asked to arrest Putin; CBI vs Bengal police in Kolkata rape case, and more

The ICC said that Mongolia should arrest Russian leader Vladimir Putin once he enters the country. Putin’s visit, expected on Tuesday, will mark his first trip to a member nation of the ICC since the court issued an arrest warrant for him in March 2023. Meanwhile, CBI and Kolkata police came face to face Friday (Aug 30) as the central agency claimed the crime scene of the Kolkata horror case was tampered with. Kolkata police were quick to retaliate as CBI’s allegations directly raised a question of their efficiency. In other news, India’s Assam scrapped the two-hour break for Friday prayers in a bid “to improve productivity and move away from colonial-era traditions.”

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Mongolia is under obligation to detain Russian President Vladimir Putin if he enters the country next week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) said. 

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and West Bengal police locked horns Friday (Aug 30) amid claims that the crime scene of the rape and murder case at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital may have been “compromised”.

Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant reportedly presented a document to the security cabinet, urging a hostage-ceasefire deal and warning that if Israel does not make a deal, it would leave the hostages in captivity and would face the danger of an “imminent deterioration into a multi-front war.”

Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of India’s north-eastern state, Assam announced the removal of the two-hour break for Friday prayers, known as namaz, in the Assam Legislative Assembly on Friday (August 30).

India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 6.7 per cent in the first quarter of the 2024-25 financial year, marking the lowest increase in five quarters, a decline from the 7.8 per cent growth recorded in the previous quarter.

A Ukrainian MP has claimed that the US-supplied F-16 fighter jet that crashed along with its pilot on Monday (Aug 26) may have been downed by friendly fire.

The German government announced that it has resumed flying convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country on Friday (Aug 30), as it reversed a policy to hold off deportations to the South Asian country. 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (Aug 30) tendered an apology for the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg.

India has opened their account at the ongoing Paris Paralympics after shooter Avani Lekhara won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle SH1 on Friday (Aug 30).

Tom Hanks wants everyone to sit and take notice of every advert that is being sold by celebrities because it’s likely it’s not them actually.

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