The reported deployment request has also sparked a debate inside Israel, with Transport Minister Miri Regev favouring a reduction in US aircraft at Ben Gurion Airport while the Defence Ministry and the IDF oppose any relocation.
Iran claimed missile and drone attacks on American facilities in Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain and other regional states, while CENTCOM denied that any US troops had been captured or killed in Syria.
In viral videos, bulldozer can be seen demolishing an old structure, with the local Hindu community claiming that action was taken against the historic temple in Noakhali.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the construction work on the project has rapidly progressed.
An Iran-backed militia calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has announced a purported $10 million reward for anyone who kills US President Donald Trump, citing the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as justification.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Houthi forces in Yemen would face consequences similar to those experienced by other anti-Israel groups.
US President-elect Donald Trump has repeated his call to acquire the Panama Canal, Canada, and Greenland, citing national security and economic benefits, in his Christmas greetings.
Maia Sandu on Tuesday assumed office as president of the Republic of Moldova for a second term.
Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved minimum wage increases and the second phase of the government's cash handout programme for senior citizens, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said.
The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants has filed a complaint through the country's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York with the UN Security Council (UNSC) in response to Israel's repeated violations of its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon.
