Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoyt was found dead from a gunshot wound just hours after his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin, in what authorities are calling a Putin suicide.
Fatwas have been issued by Iran’s senior clerics calling for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declaring them enemies of Islam.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the July 6–7 BRICS summit in Brazil, marking his first absence from the gathering since taking office in 2013.