In a stern warning aboard Air Force One, US President Donald Trump threatened military action against Colombia, labeling President Gustavo Petro a ‘sick man’. Following US attacks on Venezuela, Trump accused Petro of operating ‘cocaine mills and cocaine factories’ and selling drugs to the United States. Asked about a possible military operation, Trump commented that ‘it sounds good to me’. The president also issued a stern warning to Iran over how to deal with the protesters, saying, ‘If they start killing people like before, I think they’re going to be hit pretty hard.’

In a stern message to New Delhi, US President Donald Trump has claimed that India has specifically reduced crude oil imports from Russia to ‘appease them’. Speaking amid geopolitical turmoil involving Venezuela, Donald Trump described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a ‘good man’ but warned that the US could ‘raise tariffs on them very quickly’ if his concerns over Russian oil purchases were not addressed. The warning comes as a Kpler report shows India’s Russian oil imports fell nearly 35% to 1.2 million barrels per day in December 2025, the lowest level since 2022. Despite the decline, Russia remains India’s top supplier, although its share has fallen to 25% as refiners like Reliance and MRPL have reduced oil intake.

The Supreme Court has refused to grant bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, citing ‘qualitatively different grounds’ in terms of evidence. However, the top court granted bail to five other accused, including Gulfisha Fatima and Mehran Haider. The bench emphasized that ‘delay is not a trump card’ in UAPA cases. Reacting to the decision, BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa welcomed the tough stance and said, ‘During the Congress rule, rioters were rewarded… but under the BJP rule, the rioters will remain in jail.’ Sirsa further commented that if such decisive action had been taken during the 1984 riots, the country would not have seen communal violence later.

The news report highlights the growing concern over celebrities being mobbed by unruly fans, with the latest incident involving superstar Allu Arjun. The actor and his wife Sneha Reddy were mobbed by a huge crowd at Cafe Nilofar in Hyderabad, prompting security to intervene. The bulletin said such episodes have ‘become increasingly common’, citing the recent examples of Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nidhhi Agerwal in Hyderabad as well as actor-turned-politician Thalapathy Vijay at the Chennai airport. The report details how these stars faced stressful ordeals, with security struggling to contain the surging crowds, raising serious questions about safety protocols for public figures.