Imagining the urgent meetings in Marles’ office… “Australia always wanted Secretary Healey to resign, this was what we thought was the best optional pathway towards AUKUS cooperation and fulfilment from day one. We want a new UK Defence Minister not one that is in service.”

This video was captured today in Hyderabad Metro during a morning office commute. A man was seen sitting awkwardly with his foot resting on the seat - a clear lack of civic sense and respect for public property. What is happening to people nowadays?

The Philippine Contingent led by Secretary Gibo Teodoro and CSAFP Romeo Brawner Jr. outsmart waiting Chinese media by taking a detour through a kitchen at the Shangrila Hotel in Singapore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently issued a sharp rebuke to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), expressing dissatisfaction with senior diplomats for their slow, cautious, and narrow approach to international relations. The appointment of Dinesh Trivedi as India’s Ambassador to Bangladesh signaled this shift, highlighting a move toward more strategically calibrated appointments. The core criticism centers on "diplomatic vectoring" a tendency to reduce diplomacy to routine courtesies, cultural events, and bureaucratic rituals rather than substantive strategic engagement. This inertia, observed in both veteran and younger officers, is seen as a structural fault line that hinders India’s global ambitions and doctrine of strategic autonomy. To address this, the government is advocating for a transition to "Smart Power Diplomacy." This model demands a "whole of government" approach, where officers move beyond siloed operations to build deep, resilient networks and actively engineer pathways for India’s strategic and economic interests. The message from the top is clear: the era of "photo op diplomacy" is over. The IFS must now replace bureaucratic routine with intellectual sharpness and purposeful urgency to match India’s accelerating rise on the global stage.

Breaking: motion of no confidence passes Solomon Islands parliament by the barest of margins. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele ousted from office in a vote of 26-22, with two other MPs absent

オーストラリアの首都キャンベラに到着しました。 日本の総理として、約３年半ぶりのオーストラリア訪問になります。 本年は日豪友好協力基本条約署名50周年という節目です。 地域の安全保障環境が一層厳しさを増す中、この半世紀、揺るぎない友好関係を築いてきたオーストラリアとの連携はますます重要になってきています。 アルバニージー首相@AlboMPとの間で、重要鉱物やエネルギー安全保障を含む経済安全保障、経済、近年の強固な日豪関係の基盤となっている安全保障、人的交流といった幅広い分野の協力について議論を行うとともに、地域情勢や現下の厳しい国際情勢についても、真剣で率直な意見交換を行い、両国の連携を確認したいと考えています。

A man in Odisha dug up his deceased sister’s grave and brought her skeleton to the bank Just to prove she had died. He had been trying to withdraw ₹20,000 from her account, but bank officials kept insisting he bring the account holder in person. Despite repeatedly telling them she had passed away, they didn’t listen. Frustrated and unaware of the legal process, he took this extreme step. This incident shows not just a lack of awareness, but also a failure of basic human understanding in the system.

A heartbreaking story from Keonjhar has shaken Odisha. Jeetu Munda, a poor villager from Mallipashi, lost his sister two months ago. ₹19,300 remained in her bank account. He reportedly made repeated visits to withdraw the money for urgent needs, but was told the account holder must come in person to sign. He kept explaining that she had died. No one listened. Left helpless by an insensitive system, he allegedly brought his sister’s skeletal remains to the bank just to prove the truth. Think about that. When rules are bent for corruption, files move fast. But when the poor need dignity, compassion and common sense, the system becomes rigid. This is not just one man’s tragedy. It is a mirror to governance, banking accountability and how India often treats its most vulnerable citizens. Odisha deserves answers. Who failed Jeetu Munda? And how many more suffer silently every day? Humanity should never require proof in bones. #Odisha #Keonjhar #Justice #BankingReform

My statement to the media a while ago. Vinaka.

Expectations growing Indian PM Narendra Modi will visit Australia in July as part of a broader regional tour. If the visit is locked in then it will have been a pretty decent line-up of visitors to Australia over just four months: Carney, von der Leyen, Takaichi, Modi

Thousands of people in Tehran attended a mass funeral for the security chief Larijani and the crew of a sunken navy ship. Sky's @DominicWaghorn reports from the mass funeral in Iran’s capital trib.al/7rG8cF2