The Dutch government will ban the import, purchase, and sale of goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and Golan Heights starting September 22, joining other EU states in unilateral action despite bloc-wide division.
J&K govt and University of Kashmir are reviewing books to remove 'controversial' or 'anti-national' material. This follows a row over books describing the region as 'India-occupied Kashmir' and calling Maqbool Bhat 'Shaheed'. Critics call the move 'deeply troubling' and 'unhistory'.
At least 16 killed in strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied Crimea and Russia over the past day, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster prompted new warnings about nuclear risks. President Zelensky warned that Russian drone attacks risk repeating history, noting Iran-designed Shahed drones regularly fly over the plant and one struck the confinement structure last year. Strikes in Dnipro killed nine people, while a Ukrainian drone strike on Sevastopol killed one.
At least 16 people killed in strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied Crimea and Russia. Nine dead in Dnipro drone and missile strikes, three killed in Luhansk region drone attack, one killed in Sevastopol strike, and a woman killed in Belgorod. Attacks occur on 40th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster, raising fresh warnings about risks near the plant.
