As United States exerts maximum pressure on Iran, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday blamed the country for "instability, violence and destabilising" activities in the Middle East.
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, said that there are more than 120 active armed conflicts across various parts of the world, accompanied by extreme violence, widespread destruction, and restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Security was tightened in the capital city of Imphal on Friday, following the President's rule imposed in Manipur amid prolonged ethnic violence and political instability in the region.
Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights body, has called on the interim government of Bangladesh to ensure that security forces act impartially and uphold the rule of law in addressing political violence.
Biren Singh tendered his resignation to Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at Raj Bhawan on Sunday, nearly two years after violence erupted in the state. Singh was accompanied by BJP president A Sharda, BJP's North East Manipur in-charge Sambit Patra, and at least 19 MLAs.
The Supreme Court was hearing a plea that sought the court to oversee the alleged incidents of mob violence and lynching that are particularly incited by Cow vigilante groups.
The 7th session of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly, which was scheduled to begin on February 10, was declared "null and void" with immediate effect, as per a notice released by Assembly Secretary K. Meghajit Singh on Sunday.
The opposition leaders had been coming all guns blazing at the former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh after he resigned from the position of the head of state on Sunday following the rampant violence that has disrupted normalcy in Manipur for the past two years.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Manipur President A Sharda Devi backed N Biren Singh's decision to resign from the Chief Minister's post, asserting that the decision was made for the peace of the region.