Taiwan’s Coast Guard said it was tracking two Chinese ships and had prepositioned two of its own to sail alongside and monitor them. | Photo Credit: Reuters China said on Saturday (July 4 2026) it had launched a new coast guard patrol east of Taiwan, replacing a task force whose presence off the island’s coast…
Mourners react as they gather on the day of a public farewell ceremony to pay their respects to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran, on July 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran began…
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A relative of a senior Pakistani politician was among four suspects arrested for the alleged gangrape of two foreigners, police said on Friday (July 4, 2026). The suspects, identified as Muhammad Raza Dar, Hassan Raza, Sikandar Khan and Sajid Ali, were sent to five-day police remand…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce married Friday (July 3, 2026) night at Madison Square Garden, where actor Adam Sandler was the surprising officiant at a star-packed ceremony. The marquee outside the Midtown Manhattan arena read “JUST$TMARRIED” once the deed was done. The couple did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen, instead opting for Swift’s brother to…
The people of Iran on Friday (July 3, 2026) gathered to pay their final respects to the country’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the start of a week of funeral ceremonies, with officials and international dignitaries converging on Tehran, where his body is lying in state. Khamenei’s coffin had been carried into the complex…
Hundreds of supporters of the Islamic Republic were already waiting on Friday evening outside the Grand Mosalla religious complex ahead of its opening to the public Saturday morning Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump joined second lady Usha Vance on her podcast where guests read picture books to children, but Mr. Trump, who is notorious for veering off script, offered a running commentary on his predecessors, his physique, and how he’s spending his time in the White House. In Mr. Trump’s appearance on Ms. Vance’s…
People wait in line to view the Liberty Bell at Independence National Historical Park amid a heatwave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters A dangerous heat wave upended Fourth of July celebrations across swaths of the central and eastern U.S. on Friday (July 4, 2026), forcing officials in the nation’s capital and elsewhere…
Courtroom sketch showing Nandito Badea and George Stana, two Romanian men accused of stabbing the Iran International journalist, at Woolwich Crown Court in London. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two Romanian men were sentenced on Friday (July 3, 2026) to eight and 12 years in prison over the stabbing of a journalist from a Persian-language television…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during an informal dinner hosted for the Japanese PM, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI China said on Friday (July 3, 2026) that bilateral cooperation between countries should not target any third party or undermine the interests of another nation, a day after…