On the 5th of June, the BBC reported on the “alarming increase in drug abuse in Kashmir”. More and more teenage men can be found outside the only rehabilitation centre in the Indian administers Kashmir, queuing with their parents to receive medicines from the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS) to help reduce their withdrawal symptoms and prevent the transmission of infectious diseases.

The government's major concerns in finalizing the FY24 budget are limited revenue income and compliance with IMF loan requirements. The record budget of Taka 7617.85 billion has a record deficit of

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law after parliament watered it down. The legislation imposes the death penalty for so-called aggravated cases, which include having gay sex with someone below the age of 18 or where someone is infected with a life-long illness including HIV.

After the elections of May 14, President Erdogan said in a statement on his Twitter account "The winner of the May 14 elections has been the Turkish democracy and the Turkish Nation with 85 million members.