Tuesday, September 1, 2026

World

July 8, 2026

Trump says ceasefire with Iran over as U.S. launches fresh strikes

IRGC disclosed on Wednesday that it targeted U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait and that it had shot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone.

United States President Donald Trump
July 8, 2026

BRICS countries create network of telescopes to study short-duration space phenomena

According to TV BRICS, the network is the Global Open Transient Telescope Array, an international observatory of telescopes for observing transient phenomena.

International Space Station
July 8, 2026

U.S. professor Daniel Taylor convicted of drug trafficking, faces 40 years’ imprisonment

Mr Taylor worked as an associate professor of marketing and supply chain management at Texas Tech University’s Rawls College of Business.

July 7, 2026

Woman suspected in Monaco bomb attack found dead near Kyiv

Ukrainian prosecutors said her body was found near Kyiv, with a gunshot wound to the head.

Anastasiia Berezovska
July 7, 2026

UNHRC adopts first-ever resolution linking human rights, neglected diseases

The landmark move is expected to strengthen global efforts to eliminate the diseases and improve the lives of more than one billion affected people.

July 7, 2026

UK lawmaker Nigel Farage resigns over £5 million gift controversy 

The Reform UK leader, however, said he would fight to win his seat back in the by-election.

July 7, 2026

“You are despicable, unworthy of your position,” France star Mbappé attacks Paraguayan senator Amarilla over racial abuse

Ms Amarilla described Mbappe as a colonized Cameroonian, pretending to be French, resentful, newly rich, arrogant, and ugly.

Senator Celeste Amarilla
July 7, 2026

15 people killed in China’s flooding after torrential rainfall

Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms in parts of China have caused severe flooding, raising the death toll to 15 and leaving more than 300 people injured.

Flooded China
July 7, 2026

U.S. businessman jailed for $2 million food fraud scheme

In addition to the prison term, the judge sentenced Mr Madera to one year of supervised release and ordered him to pay over $2.2 million in restitution and forfeiture.

Basket of fruits
July 7, 2026

UN scales up Venezuela earthquake relief as damage reaches $37 billion

Government figures showed more than 3,340 people have died, over 16,740 were injured, and approximately 17,000 residents remain homeless.

Venezuela earthquakes