FBI Director Christopher Wray, while testifying before the Republican-led House judiciary committee on Wednesday (July 24), said that the United States is in an “elevated threat environment” in the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump. 

In other news, German government on Wednesday (July 24) officially banned the Hamburg-based Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) and its affiliated sub-organisations after accusing the group of promoting the Iranian leadership’s ideology and supporting Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. 

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FBI Director Christopher Wray, while testifying before the Republican-led House judiciary committee on Wednesday (July 24), said that the United States is in an “elevated threat environment” in the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump. 

The German government on Wednesday (July 24) officially banned the Hamburg-based Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) and its affiliated sub-organisations after accusing the group of promoting the Iranian leadership’s ideology and supporting Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. 

Thulasenthirapuram, a village in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvarur district shot to fame in the year 2020, as it was traced to be the village from where then to-be US Vice President Kamala Harris’ maternal family hailed. The town is back in the limelight again and has put up a billboard wishing Harris, who is now in the race for the most powerful job in the world —  that of the US President.

The body of an Indian Navy sailor, who was missing since India’s warship INS Brahmaputra caught fire at the Mumbai naval dockyard earlier this week, has been found.

 A Saurya Airlines plane crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s Kathmandu on Wednesday (Jul 24). 

China recently said that it had suspended negotiations with the United States on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control. The move was said to be in response to Washington’s weapons sales to Taiwan. The decision comes amid a sharp fall in America’s nuclear arsenal, even while China intends to increase its stockpile. 

Amid the ongoing political slugfest over question paper leak row in India, the eastern state of Bihar has taken a step ahead to curb the menace and other malpractices in government recruitment examinations. State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary on Wednesday (Jul 24) tabled the Bihar Public Examinations (PE) (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024 in the Bihar assembly. The bill was passed with a voice vote.

The Trump campaign has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, arguing that funds raised for US President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election bid cannot be transferred to Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.

Amid the uncertainty over the Indian team travelling to Pakistan for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has kept a ‘supplementary budget’ in funds.

We will be cheering her the hardest if this news is true! Reports suggest that Celine Dion, who hasn’t performed in a while, is in Paris for the Olympics and that she will not just be there to attend the massive sporting event but also perform at the opening ceremony. It was earlier reported that Lady Gaga might perform since she was in Paris too.