PM Begins Europe Tour In Berlin, Other Top Stories

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the two leaders are expected to exchange views on strategic, regional and global developments; Kyiv said Monday that its drones sank two Russian patrol boats near the Black Sea's Snake Island where Ukrainian soldiers rebuffed Moscow's demands to surrender at the start of its invasion. "Two Russian Raptor boats were destroyed at dawn today near Snake Island," Ukraine's defence ministry said in a statement distributed on social media and other top stories.