July 31st, 2026

• ​Frustrated with the US, Gulf states look to China for help reining in Iran - Beijing has avoided challenging Tehran's Hormuz blockade, and Gulf concerns could end up taking a backseat to superpower politics and China's reliance on Iranian oil, analysts say
• China denies report that it will be sending defensive missile launchers to Iran
• Yemen's Houthis are attacking Saudi Arabia from Iraq, sources say
• Saudi Arabia Accuses Iran-Backed Militias of Drone Attack on Abqaiq Oil Refinery as Middle East Tensions Escalate
• U.S.-Saudi Consortium Plans $5 Billion Oil Refinery Away from Strait of Hormuz
• Saudi Arabia Launches Red Sea Defense Coalition
• Drone strike at Egypt port near Suez Canal ignites new shipping risks
• Mediating Pakistan insists US-Iran talks 'ongoing,' despite heavy strikes - Egypt confirms it was hit by a drone but doesn't assign blame, as Iranian sources imply Tehran was behind the strike; 1 dead in Iranian attack on Chinese-owned building in Kuwait
• Iran Claims to Have Killed U.S. Troops to 'Liberate the Islamic Land of Jordan'
• Trump intensifies attacks on Iran, opening door for potential Iranian revolution
• Ambulance driver charged with Iran espionage, allegedly spied on Herzog and Smotrich
• Trump: Board of Peace has reached agreement on 'complete disarmament' of Hamas - Mediators pushed Hamas to back deal to 'place ball in Israel's court,' given unlikelihood PM will approve any pullback in Gaza before election; Israeli official: Proposal doesn't meet our demands
• 2 children reported killed in Gaza strikes; IDF said to target terror operatives
• Ex-hostage Evyatar David details struggles with PTSD, a year after Hamas forced him to dig own grave - 'Rehabilitation is a different battle' than surviving captivity, says the former hostage, as he explains how 'that skinny guy with the spoon digging a grave is still with me'
• IDF demolishes Hezbollah underground command center in southern Lebanon after cease-fire breach - IDF destroys Hezbollah's underground command network near Metula after drone attack, demolishing Beaufort ridge tunnels built over two decades with Iranian funding using 700 tons of explosives
• IDF strikes Gaza City mosque, claims it was used for weapons storage
• President Trump announces the 'COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza' - "This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY."
• Hamas official: Weapons storage contingent on Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, dismantling of Israel-backed militias
• Sources: Israel rejects Hamas disarmament plan, no IDF pullout until Gaza demilitarized
• Trump will be 'very disappointed' if Israel obstructs his Gaza plan, US official warns - Comments come after Netanyahu's office says Israel can't accept disarmament proposal approved by Hamas, which official says triggered 14-day sprint to set implementation timeline
• Stalwart Israel defender Bret Stephens calls out 'Jewish terrorists' in West Bank - Pulitzer-winning New York Times columnist takes aim at country's handling of settler violence, says it harms security and legitimacy of Jewish state
• West Bank fuel shortage strands Palestinians at pump with economy running on empty - Cash liquidity crunch and fiscal strains, some stemming from PA's reliance on Israeli shekel, seen as driving petrol scarcity, leading to long lines at the pump and illicit 'black gold' sales
• Palestinians ask US Supreme Court to halt $656m payment pending restitution case appeal - PLO, PA argue that paying hefty sum now in long-running lawsuit filed by Americans who blame them for attacks that killed their loved ones in Israel would destabilize West Bank
• More than 100 IDF soldiers go AWOL, leaving weapons behind
• Man arrested on suspicion of smashing Channel 12 office entrance, leaving death threat - Note left at top news channel said 'someone will die' if network doesn't apologize for reporting on Palestinian detainee's alleged sexual assault by Israeli guards
• Fire at Iowa kosher meat plant shuts down production and puts 600 people out of work - OU Kosher says it's working to ramp up production in other kosher plants ahead of High Holidays, warns bad actors will 'seek to make money by preying' on observant Jews
• Jew hatred sweeps the world: Task force sounds alarm after deadliest year for diaspora Jews since the 90s - Wave of hatred caused by Oct. 7 not receding but created a 'new elevated baseline'
• Costa Rica's Grynspan narrowly leads UN chief race, would be first woman, first Jew
• Erdogan says Turkey seeks to join a post-UNIFIL security force in Lebanon - It's not clear what will follow decades-long UN peacekeeping mission that expires at end of the year; hosting Lebanese counterpart, Erdogan vows to aid post-war recovery
• Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding Ukraine's 'terrorism'
• NATO speaking with Polish authorities after 'Russian missile' crash
• Russia pounds Ukraine in new air attack, killing 9, including children
• Zelensky draws an ace: Ukraine's attack drones and the new strategies dominating modern warfare - The warming of relations between Washington and Kyiv has coincided with Ukraine's development of a powerhouse drone industry and promises to invest in production in the United States
• Melania Trump Facilitates Fifth Round of Family Reunifications Between Russia, Ukraine
• Schiff on Dem Socialists: I Only Care if They're 'Willing to Challenge' System, I Think 'Most' Don't Buy Into DSA's 'Extreme' Bylaws
• Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83M E. Jean Carroll judgment based on presidential immunity - Trump is arguing that he is not liable for statements he made while in office
• Israeli cyber startup raises $113m to secure and control autonomous AI agents - Onyx Security is developing technology to govern the use of advanced autonomous systems as companies hand more of their workflows to an army of AI agents
• Death toll rises to 34 after M7.1 Kumamoto earthquake, over 267,000 remain under evacuation orders, Japan
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Colonia, Micronesia
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near San Fernando, Peru
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Uto, Japan
• Japan quake halts auto and chip plants, testing supply chain resilience
• Toyota and Nissan Suspend Production After Earthquake Shakes Japan
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 34,000ft
• Mt Etna volcano in Italy erupts to 23,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Super Typhoon Dolphin barrels towards Asia as it reaches 160 mph winds, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane
• Following Europe, Israel braces for dayslong extreme heat wave on Friday
• Heatwave forces removal of rare documents from Lincoln Memorial undercroft
• Europe Is Burning: Large Wildfire Raging Just 3 Miles Away from Britain's Largest Nuclear Power Plant
• Wildfires force George Clooney's family to evacuate their home in southern France
• The France and Spain wildfires' path of destruction in maps, satellite images and photos
• Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate
• New British PM Burnham Will Reportedly Abandon 'Net Zero' Nonsense, and Will Not Ignore North Sea Oil and Gas - Promised Trump a Pragmatic Approach to Fossil Fuels
• Canadian Liberal government Forbids military chaplains from mentioning God at ceremonies - This directive comes in spite of the Canadian national anthem's mention of the line asking God to keep Canada "glorious and free."
• Rhode Island Man Whose Birth Was Declared a Catholic Miracle by Pope Leo XIV Wanted in Violent Double Shooting
• Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day
• At least 18 die after breach of border between Morocco and Spanish territory of Ceuta - Thousands of migrants have poured into territory creating 'humanitarian crisis,' says local official
• Spain deploys military after thousands of migrants overwhelm border enclave, at least 9 dead - The surge marks the biggest migration crisis to hit the Spanish territory since more than 8,000 people entered Ceuta in 2021
• Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Threatens to Suspend Schengen with Spain After Insane Footage of Young African Males Storming Spanish Ceuta Enclave
• Trump admin launches 'Freedom Haulers' program to replace migrant truckers with veterans - "As we get illegal aliens off the roads today, we're also taking action to replace these unqualified migrant truck drivers with highly qualified American veterans."
• Supreme Court tariff, birthright citizenship decisions cost US 'trillions,' Trump says
• 'Worst of the Worst' judges are sabotaging Trump's immigration agenda, top DHS official says - James Percival accuses a small group of district judges of acting in 'open defiance' of the Supreme Court
• Trump administration probes Minnesota over 'transgender dolls' in schools, but state disputes story - Univ of Minnesota claims no taxpayer funds used to support study
• James Talarico's Fauci Action Figure Tweet Resurfaces After Damning Fauci Senate Hearing - "Let's Help by Getting Vaxxed and Boosted!"
• 'Woke' Smithsonian exhibit lionizes embattled Fauci amid conservative scrutiny of museum's messaging
• Ex-CBS reporter claims questioning Fauci got her 'pulled off air' during COVID pandemic - Brittney Hopper said she got into trouble after challenging Fauci's narratives about masks and school closures
• Abdul El-Sayed Joined BLM Protests While Pushing Sweeping COVID Lockdowns
• Bernie Moreno: 'Megalomaniac' Anthony Fauci Treated Americans Like 'Lab Rats' During COVID
• After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health