Japan has named Keiichi Ono as its new ambassador to India, taking over from Hiroshi Suzuki. Ono, who is well-versed in Japan-US relations, previously served as senior deputy minister for foreign affairs. The recent 2+2 dialogue between India and Japan aimed at updating their 2008 security cooperation agreement, with PM Modi set to visit Japan later this year.
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A controversial New York law that blocks federal agents trying to enforce immigration laws from seeing illegal immigrants’ criminal driving records during stops is putting law enforcement and American citizens in danger, experts say, and the Trump administration is suing to have the legislation undone. The so-called green light law, officially known as the Driver’s…
Israel’s cabinet voted overnight to approve the long-awaited Gaza ceasefire and hostage-prisoner release deal. Dozens of Israeli hostages are set to be freed in the first phase, which is begins tomorrow. Just hours after the agreement was reached, a huge explosion was seen over the Gaza skyline.
Preparations have started for the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100. Events are set in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, and in Washington, D.C. Mark Strassman has more.