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• World at Large: U.S. reaffirms grip on Hormuz blockade, turning away 55 ships as talks stall
  Iran, Holding Firm to Hormuz, Pushes for Return to June MOU
  Western Europe Sets New Temperature Record as Heat Waves Pummel the Region
• Security Blocs & Alliances: F-18s of the Spanish Paznic detachment obtain full operational capability in the NATO Air Policing mission in Romania
  International Atomic Energy Agency Investigation raises alarm over uranium in DRC cobalt shipments to China
  Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia defence pact technically same as NATO's Article 5, Turkish minister says
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Arizona, California Score Separate Court Wins Over Election Rules
  Oil firm, with alleged financial ties to President Trump, prepares to drill in Greenland with state of permits being questioned
  ‘Very painful’: Joe Biden’s cancer has spread, son Hunter says
• China: Taiwan scales up drone production after studying Ukraine’s battlefield experience
  China Media Reports: Discovery of almost 1,000 weapons in Indonesian school fuels safety fears
  Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai
• Russia: Ukraine Drone Swarm Hits Russia: 450+ UAVs Target 16 Regions, 12 Killed in Tatarstan Strike
  Russia Rejects ‘Freeze’ in Ukraine War Without Putin’s Demands Being Met
  Poland's Conservatives Propose Deporting Unemployed Ukrainian Men Of Military Age
• India: Protesting job aspirants face water cannons as they march to Jharkhand Assembly
  Pakistan-administered Kashmir votes in reduced third phase amid unrest
  India Has Initiated Efforts To Join 6th-Generation Fighter Jet Programme: Centre
• France: Former French PM Attal files legal complaint over alleged Russian interference
  
  
• Germany: Germany Expels More Than 80 Russian Diplomats Over Alleged Intelligence Activities
  Drones spotted above German military base two days after suspected drone attack
  
• Italy: Mount Etna Eruption Forces Catania Airport to Halt Arrivals
  
  
• South Korea: Ukraine war briefing: North Korea sending 50,000 troops to Russia
  North Korea’s hackers using AI for attacks, cybersecurity firm says
  Kim Jong Un Reaps $22 Billion Windfall from Russian Alliance
• Canada: Canadian Government approves assistance to help B.C. fire evacuees with shelter
  Fast-moving Canada wildfire doubles in size forcing thousands to flee homes
  The world wants more Canadian-made water bombers for wildfire response.
• Australia: Australian rare earth miner surges after U.S. Department of War investment
  Five arrested over alleged dating app assaults
  
• South and Central America: Peru confirms 459 citizens were recruited into Russia’s army, with 11 dead and 114 missing
  
  
• Israel: Netanyahu rejects US-led 15-point Gaza peace plan in rare public break with Trump
  Jerusalem Post Reports: Benjamin Netanyahu told Jared Kushner Israel will give Trump's Gaza plan a chance
  Israel's new $634M German-built 'doomsday' sub gives major boost to Iran deterrence
• Turkey: Ukraine to Receive 70 M39 ATACMS Missiles and 12 M270 MLRS Launchers from Turkey
  
  
• Continental Africa: Evidence that South African special forces murdered top detective shared with BBC
  Mass graves found in Sudan’s El Kurmuk after town recaptured from RSF
  178,000 immigrants have fled or been deported from South Africa

• White House:
  Statement from President Trump on Appelate Court Judges Ruling Against White House Construction
  President Trump says oil supermajors are making too much money.
  
• State Department:
  US rejects China’s ongoing attempts to enforce “national nature reserve” at Scarborough Reef and deny Filipino fishermen access to their traditional fishing ground
  Iran has promotes hard-line ex-commander as its top security official
  US Agrees to Monthly Patriot Interceptor Deliveries to Ukraine, Zelenskyy Says
• Dept of War (DoW):
  20 Warships Near Iran': US' Hormuz Warning Amid US "Semi-Negotiations"
  Multinational Partners Strengthen Regional Readiness During Exercise Panamax 2026
  
• Justice (DOJ):
  Justice Department Secures Agreement with Connecticut Children's to End Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care
  Todd Blanche confirmed by Senate as US attorney general
  
• DHS:
  ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Charged for Thefts in West Virginia
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  President Trump signs new birthright citizenship order, ballroom dispute likely headed to Supreme Court
  
  

• Berkshire Hathaway spending its nearly $400 billion in cash for buyback
  U.S. stock futures flat as investors await inflation data, grapple with more Iran uncertainty
  No tankers loaded at Kharg Island for a week amid US blockade

• These furry moths smell with their wings
  
  

• Russia accelerates Rassvet satellite network deployment as Ukraine assesses Starlink like risks
  Broadcom (AVGO) Pairs AI Chip Boom With A Software Security Push
  Sony and TSMC plan $6.3 billion image sensor venture in Japan

• Ice Age bird figurines discovered in German cave
  
  

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