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Police officers on London street during NCA Project Medusa investigation into organised drug-facilitated sexual assault network

Eight Arrested in UK as Global Drug-Rape Network Probe Identifies 270 Suspects in Nine Countries

Britain's National Crime Agency arrested eight people linked to a global online network that organised drug-facilitated sexual assault, as Project Medusa identified 270 suspects across nine countries and every continent.

July 3, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A police vehicle parked near the site of the bomb blast at a cafe on al-Nasser Street in central Damascus, Syria, July 2, 2026

Bomb Kills Nine at Damascus Cafe Steps From Syria’s Palace of Justice

A bomb killed nine people and wounded 20 at a crowded cafe on al-Nasser Street in central Damascus on Thursday, meters from the Palace of Justice where trials of former Assad-era officials

July 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Emergency rescuers recover a victim from debris at a damaged apartment building in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district following Russia's overnight missile and drone attack, July 2, 2026

Russia Hits Kyiv With Its Heaviest Strike of the War, Killing at Least 30

Russia launched its heaviest aerial attack on Kyiv since the military operation began, firing 74 missiles and 496 drones overnight and killing at least 30 people in a strike that damaged buildings

July 4, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

World leaders at Ali Khamenei state funeral in Tehran July 3 2026

Iran Buries Khamenei as 20 Million Mourn and World Signals Who Stands With Tehran

The funeral that began Friday in Tehran is Iran's first public answer to the strike that killed Khamenei in February: a seven-day ceremony drawing 20 million mourners and leaders from 100 countries,

July 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks about Iran service fees and Strait of Hormuz transit charges

Iran Recast Its Hormuz Toll as a Service Fee. The MOU Let Them.

Secretary of State Rubio said no country can charge any fee on an international waterway. Iran's parliament had already answered: legislation passed weeks before the MOU's ink was dry called Hormuz charges

July 4, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Vessels anchored near Oman's Musandam Peninsula at the Strait of Hormuz during the June 2026 Iran-US escalation

Two Ships Hit, Five Days of Strikes: How the US-Iran Ceasefire Nearly Collapsed Before Doha

An Iranian drone hit the Singapore-flagged M/V Ever Lovely on June 25, triggering the most dangerous five-day exchange of the ceasefire period. US aircraft struck Iranian sites twice, Iran hit US bases

July 4, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

A Palestinian child stands on rubble of a destroyed building near the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza City, July 1, 2026

Over 1,000 Palestinians Killed Since Gaza Ceasefire Began, Hamas Says, as Israel’s Violations Pass 3,500

Eight months after a ceasefire was supposed to end the killing in Gaza, Hamas documents 3,503 Israeli violations and 1,059 deaths since October 2025. The figures add a cumulative ledger to a

July 4, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Palestinian child stands amid rubble destroyed building near al-Shati refugee camp western Gaza City July 1 2026

Over 1,000 Palestinians Killed Since Gaza Ceasefire Began, Hamas Says, as Israel’s Violations Pass 3,500

Eight months after a ceasefire was supposed to end the killing in Gaza, Hamas documents 3,503 Israeli violations and 1,059 deaths since October 2025. The figures add a cumulative ledger to a

July 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian displaying the memorandum of understanding signed to end the 2026 Iran-US war

The Strategic Consequences of Iran–U.S. War

Iran emerged from the 2026 war not as a defeated state but as one with growing leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most critical energy chokepoint. In this guest essay,

July 3, 2026

Guest Essays·News·Opinion

Police escort Nord Stream suspect Serhii Kuznietsov from helicopter before hearing with German Federal Public Prosecutor in Karlsruhe, November 2025

Germany Charges Ukrainian in Nord Stream Sabotage as Suspect Claims He Wasn’t There

Germany filed the first formal Nord Stream charges Wednesday, naming Ukrainian Serhii Kuznietsov as the coordinator who commanded the sabotage yacht. The indictment opens the case's first courtroom chapter while leaving its

July 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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Eight Arrested in UK as Global Drug-Rape Network Probe Identifies 270 Suspects in Nine Countries

Bomb Kills Nine at Damascus Cafe Steps From Syria’s Palace of Justice

Russia Hits Kyiv With Its Heaviest Strike of the War, Killing at Least 30

Iran Buries Khamenei as 20 Million Mourn and World Signals Who Stands With Tehran

Iran Recast Its Hormuz Toll as a Service Fee. The MOU Let Them.

Two Ships Hit, Five Days of Strikes: How the US-Iran Ceasefire Nearly Collapsed Before Doha

Over 1,000 Palestinians Killed Since Gaza Ceasefire Began, Hamas Says, as Israel’s Violations Pass 3,500

Over 1,000 Palestinians Killed Since Gaza Ceasefire Began, Hamas Says, as Israel’s Violations Pass 3,500

The Strategic Consequences of Iran–U.S. War

Germany Charges Ukrainian in Nord Stream Sabotage as Suspect Claims He Wasn’t There

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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