Top 10 world news: India summons Canadian diplomat; Iran vows retaliation against Israel, US, and more

India summoned the representative of the Canadian High Commission on Saturday (Nov 2) after an Ottawa minister claimed that Home Minister Amit Shah ordered the targeting of Khalistani extremists in Canada. 

Meanwhile, as the West Asia crisis intensified, Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed ‘tooth-breaking’ retaliation against Israel and the United States for their attacks on Tehran and its allied groups across the region.

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India on Saturday (Nov 2) said that it had summoned a Canadian diplomat after an Ottawa minister claimed that Home Minister Amit Shah ordered the targeting of Khalistani extremists in Canada. 

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pledged on Saturday (Nov 2) to retaliate against Israel and the United States for their attacks on Tehran and its allied groups across the region.

Britain’s Conservative Party elected Kemi Badenoch on Saturday (Nov 2) as its new leader after she defeated rival lawmaker Robert Jenrick, and became the first Black woman to lead a major British political party. 

A terrorist was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Srinagar’s Khanyar area of the Indian Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir, local security officials said on Saturday (Nov 2). 

The deadliest flash floods in Spain’s modern history have killed at least 211 people and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region of Valencia, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday (Nov 2).

As there has been a spike in hoax bomb threats to flights, an Indian Airline flight travelling from Delhi to Kathmandu received a fresh threat on Saturday (Nov 2). 

Two terrorists were killed by security forces during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday (Nov 2), officials said.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday (Nov 2) addressed the recent sanctions imposed by the United States on over a dozen Indian companies for their alleged ties to Russia amid its ongoing war with Ukraine. 

Bowlers dominate Day 2 of the ongoing Mumbai Test as India restricted New Zealand to 171/9 at Stumps, standing a golden opportunity to win the final contest of the three-match series. Having taken a narrow 28-run lead after the first innings, Ravindra Jadeja was again into the act scalping four wickets and will have an opportunity to take another five-fer in the contest. The Indian dominance with the ball came after they were bowled out for 263 runs in their first innings in the second session of Day 2 on Saturday (Nov 2) at the Wankhede Stadium.

Rapper Cardi B has stepped out to support Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday (Nov 1). However, the “WAP” rapper faced a little awkward moment in front of the jam-packed crowd.