Security · July 2026

In India on July 18, police moved activist Sonam Wangchuk to a hospital against his will after he had been on a 20-day hunger strike, according to authorities, in an apparent effort to prevent his health from worsening. A Punjab police officer who extorted 4 crore rupees from a family and was wanted by the US has been arrested. Nine people were killed and seven injured in a blast at an illegal firecracker factory in Gujarat's Ahmedabad; the Prime Minister condoled the deaths. India flagged the cross-border terror threat at a US meeting. An Indian man smuggled nearly 1,500 diamonds into Vietnam for a monthly payment of $230.