People take shelter inside a metro station during an overnight Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian missile and drone strikes rocked Kyiv early on Thursday (July 2, 2026), setting off fires and wounding at least five people, after President…
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi. | Photo Credit: IRINN via Reuters Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) that Tehran would use some of its frozen assets in Qatar to purchase goods needed by the country following talks in Doha. Under the memorandum of understanding that halted the war…
Yoshua Bengio, co-chair of the panel, said, AI capabilities are outpacing both scientific understanding and governments’ ability to adapt. File. | Photo Credit: AP Developments in artificial intelligence are outpacing scientific understanding and government policy, meaning there are no guarantees the technology will not cause catastrophic harm, a United Nations independent panel warned on Wednesday…
Bill Pulte, acting director of national intelligence, also currently leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency and will remain as ODNI until Jay Clayton is confirmed by the Senate. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) that his acting spy chief has wide permission to declassify records, including…
At least six tourists were killed and three others went missing after a boat carrying nine members of a family capsized in a lake in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), police said. The incident took place at Saifullah Lake in the Kalam Valley of Upper Swat district, a popular tourist destination….
U.S. President Donald Trump at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre during the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opening ceremony, on July 1, 2026, in Medora, N.D. ( | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) the United States was getting along very well with Iran and that recent indirect talks in Qatar…
One U.S. service member was missing and three others were wounded but in stable condition after their MH-60S Seahawk helicopter made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), the U.S. military said, adding there was no indication the crash was caused by hostile action. “U.S. Navy assets in the region…
The banner, reading “when the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” waved in the wind atop the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two people got to the top of the Empire State Building’s antenna and unfurled a banner about…
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. FIle | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s Defence Minister said Wednesday (July 1, 2026) that Israeli forces would remain in self-proclaimed “security zones” established in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, without any timeline for withdrawal. “The IDF will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely in order to…
Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Unions and shipping companies said on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) that they would continue to designate the Strait of Hormuz as a warlike operations area, after two ships were attacked despite a ceasefire between Iran and the U.S.. West Asia war LIVE…