A 26-year-old Indian-origin Singaporean was charged on Monday for making a false terrorist threat at a church. Charge sheets said Kokulananthan Mohan placed three cardboard rolls filled with stone pebbles and sporting protruding red wires, held together using black and yellow adhesive tapes. Police said there is no evidence that the act was religiously motivated.

Kolkata-based sarod player Shiraz Ali Khan fled Bangladesh after a venue in Dhaka, where he was scheduled to perform, was vandalised amid protests. Recalling his ordeal at a checkpoint, Shiraz said, "Aware of anti-India sentiments, I spoke in the Brahmanbaria dialect...People thought I was from Bangladesh, not India. I never thought I'd have to hide my Indian identity."

Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina criticised the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of Bangladesh over the recent violence in the nation and lynching of Hindu man Dipu Chandra Das. She said, "India sees the chaos, the persecution of minorities, and the erosion of everything we built together." "When you can't maintain basic order...your credibility on international stage collapses," she added.

The UK is considering a possible ban on social media use for children under 16, according to a report. The move follows similar legislation in Australia, which bars under-16s from platforms such as Facebook, X, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. Reports say Prime Minister Keir Starmer is closely monitoring the Australian policy, despite opposing a blanket ban for children under 16.

Bangladesh has identified the alleged shooter of activist Sharif Osman Hadi, issuing a nationwide look out notice and imposing a travel ban on Faisal Karim Masud, prime suspect in the killing. A Dhaka court on Sunday barred Faisal Karim Masud from leaving Bangladesh. The authorities said they have no specific information to suggest that Faisal has left the country.

The sister of Osman Hadi, a radical Bangladeshi leader who died after gunshots were fired at him, has made anti-India remarks, a widely shared video shows. "This war with India began 200 years ago," she said. After the murder of Hadi, who was airlifted to Singapore for treatment, protests broke out in Bangladesh, and a Hindu man was lynched.

Haka is a traditional dance of the Māori community that protesters performed to disrupt a Sikh kirtan in New Zealand’s South Auckland area. It is a ceremonial expression that combines chanting, body movements, foot stamping, and controlled facial expressions. Historically, haka has been performed to welcome visitors, celebrate achievements, mark funerals, and prepare warriors for battle.

Brett Ratner, director of US First Lady Melania Trump's upcoming documentary 'Melania', has featured in the Epstein files. Ratner, who was accused of sexual harassment by multiple actresses during #MeToo movement, was seen with late French model agent and Jeffrey Epstein's associate Jean-Luc Brunel. In the photo, a shirtless Brunel was seen being hugged by Ratner in a dimly-lit room.

After being criticised for expressing hope that his Hindu wife, Usha, will convert to Christianity, US Vice President JD Vance’s fresh remarks describing Christianity as central to America's identity have triggered criticism. Vance said, "We'll always be a Christian nation...Christianity is America's dream." In response, an X user wrote, "Isn't his wife Hindu? Wonder what she... thinks of this".

Pakistan's chief of defence forces, Asim Munir, has claimed that "divine help" saved his country during the conflict with India. "We felt it (divine help)," Munir said, according to clips that surfaced on social media. India hit multiple air bases in Pakistan in May this year in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam.