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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reportedly struck three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, prompting the US to launch a wave of strikes against Iranian military targets, according to Reuters, Arab News and CENTCOM. US Central Command said more than 60 targets were hit, including IRGC small boats, air defense systems and coastal infrastructure across […]

A woman suspected in a June 29 bombing in Monaco has been found shot dead near Kyiv, just over a week after the attack. The blast, detonated remotely, struck the lobby of an apartment building and targeted Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, 58, along with his wife and 13-year-old son. Yermolaiev and his wife were seriously

Hamas has announced it will dissolve the Government Emergency Committee that has run Gaza’s civilian administration for nearly two decades. Mohammed al-Farra, the committee’s head, submitted his resignation and confirmed the dissolution, according to Hamas officials. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the move removes “any pretexts for the occupation, which continues its aggression and war

Helsing, a Bavarian defense startup, has deployed its HX-2 AI-enabled combat drones to Ukraine’s Pokrovsk front-line area in the Donbas. The German government backed an order of 4,000 of Helsing’s earlier HF-1 model, followed by an announcement of 6,000 HX-2 units in early 2025. The HX-2 uses artificial intelligence to autonomously identify targets, with the

German prosecutors have formally charged a Ukrainian national, identified as Serhii K. (Serhii Kuznietsov, 50), in connection with the September 2022 explosions that destroyed the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines. In a statement filed July 2, 2026, prosecutors allege he coordinated a seven-person team acting “on the orders of state authorities in

A new Amnesty International report published July 1 details a systematic campaign of atrocities by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in and around El Fasher, the last major city in Darfur not under RSF control. The report, titled “City Under Siege, Children Under Fire,” is based on eight months of investigation, 247 interviews, 89 verified

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler says NATO is adjusting to a changing security landscape, not facing a crisis, ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8. Turkey will host 32 alliance leaders plus officials from the Gulf and Asia-Pacific. Guler said the US has no intention of withdrawing from NATO, but wants European

Pro-Russian Telegram channels, including the loyalist channel Unofficial Bezsonov Z, have claimed that Ukraine outsourced FPV drone operations to foreign video gamers. According to the claim, which was cited by Russian military-linked channels, a captured Ukrainian prisoner stated that just 16 UAV operators were managing hundreds of pre-positioned FPV drones near the front, connected to

Russian hardliners are intensifying pressure on President Vladimir Putin to abandon U.S.-mediated peace talks and escalate the war in Ukraine, according to Reuters. The calls have sharpened following a series of Ukrainian drone strikes this month targeting Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Crimea, including an attack that set a Moscow oil refinery on fire and what