In a key development, security forces have recovered steel bullets from Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists who were neutralised in an encounter at the Najibhat crossing in the Kreeri area of Baramulla. According to reports, multiple steel bullets have been recovered from the shootout site from the terrorists. Notably, earlier on Wednesday, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar reported seizing incriminating materials including arms and ammunition from the terrorists.
According to reports, the terrorists were using these steel bullets against the security forces in the encounter which broke out on Wednesday morning.

Senegal's President Macky Sall said on Wednesday that 11 newborn babies died in a fire at the neonatal section of a regional hospital in the town of Tivaouane, around 120 km (74.56 miles) east of the capital Dakar.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday the United States should return to a regional trade pact it quit in 2017 if it wanted to engage economically with the Indo-Pacific region.

Myanmar's central bank has ordered ministries and local governments not to use foreign currencies for domestic transactions, to help relieve pressure on the kyat currency.

Chinese retail car sales data for May has added to a picture of a grinding economic recovery from severe anti-pandemic measures, with manufacturers selling more vehicles than last month but still fewer than a year before.

Releasing the data late on Wednesday, the China Passenger Car Association called for more government support.

Retail sales in the first three weeks of May, 780,000 vehicles, were up 34% on the same period in April. But, with measures to control COVID-19 outbreaks depressing incomes, the sales volume was 16% lower than 12 months earlier, the industry association said.

China's finance ministry said on Thursday that it would offer subsidies to Chinese airlines from May 21 to July 20 to help carriers weather the coronavirus-induced downturn and higher oil prices.

Cash support will only be provided when average daily numbers of domestic flights per week are lower or equal to 4,500 flights and when the average load factors are lower than 75%, the ministry said on its website.

German home prices will rise faster this year than thought only three months ago, as a supply shortage outweighs a deepening cost of living crisis and the prospect of higher interest rates, a Reuters poll found.

Indian shares gave up early gains to trade lower on Thursday, as losses in metal and energy stocks outweighed gains in financial counters, while persistent concerns over global inflation also weighed on investor sentiment.

The NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) was down 0.36% at 15,967.80, as of 0502 GMT, while the S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) fell 0.18% to 53,652.27.

India's power ministry has sought a two-year extension for utilities to install emission-cutting equipment, which if approved by the environment ministry would mark the third pushback on a commitment to clean up dirty air.

Britain's car production fell 11% in April due to persistent chip shortages and supply chain issues, made worse by the Ukraine crisis, the UK auto trade association said on Thursday.

Karnataka SSLC paper leak: The Karnataka Board announced class 10 result on May 19, 2022. Days after the release of SSLC exam results, a police complaint has been filed at the Magadi police station, Ramanagara district. The complaint alleges that the SSLC science question paper was leaked before exams. The paper was leaked on the exam date April 11 by the teachers of Kempegowda School, Ramanagar.
The clerk along with few others have been accused of sharing the photos of the question paper on Whatsapp groups. The groups had teachers from the Kempegowda school added in it. A total of 10 people have been arrested including clerk, teachers, and a local journalist.

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding the latter's opposition to Sweden and Finland's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) application. President Macron urged President Erdogan to "respect Finland and Sweden's sovereign decision to join NATO." The French President further hoped for a "solution be quickly found to lift the Turkish veto."

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday stressed on need to adopt the sixth package of European Union sanctions against Russia that includes the oil embargo. He also asked for seventh package with even stronger restrictions. "It is necessary not only to finally agree on the sixth sanctions package against the Russian Federation, including the embargo on oil, oil mixtures and oil products, but also to prepare the seventh sanctions package with even stronger restrictions on Russia for terror against Ukraine," said Zelenskyy, addressig the parliament, according to Ukrinform.

The Indian Men's Hockey team registered an emphatic 16-0 win over hosts Indonesia on Thursday to book their place in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022 tournament. As a result of that staggering margin of victory, the Indian hockey team replaced Pakistan to qualify for the Super 4 stage alongside Japan, South Korea & Malaysia.

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The new leader of ISIS was apprehended in a police operation in Turkey after only two months of taking over the reins, the local media reported on May 26. Turkish news agency OdaTV said on May 26 that Turkish security services had captured Abu Hassan in the city in a "top secret" operation led by Istanbul police and counter-terrorism units.

Amid the relentless war in Ukraine, Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin arrived in the war-torn country on Thursday and held an official meeting with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to reports by multiple Ukrainian media, the 36-year-president met Zelenskyy in the presidential palace before heading to other places in the country.

Russia is advancing a new law allowing it to take control of the local businesses of western companies that decide to leave in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, raising the stakes for multinationals trying to exit.

The law, which could be in place within weeks, will give Russia sweeping powers to intervene where there is a threat to local jobs or industry, making it more difficult for western companies to disentangle themselves quickly unless they are prepared to take a big financial hit.

The Afghan Taliban are stepping up coal exports to Pakistan and have raised duties on sales, officials said, as the group aims to generate more revenue from its mining sector in the absence of direct foreign funding.

The move comes with global coal prices near record highs after top exporter Indonesia imposed a shock ban on exports earlier in 2022 and then Russia invaded Ukraine, pushing prices up further.

Advancing Russian forces came closer to surrounding Ukrainian troops in the east, briefly seizing positions on the last highway out of a crucial pair of Ukrainian-held cities before being beaten back, a Ukrainian official said on Thursday.