July 5th, 2026

• ​Ayatollah's Mourners Call for Revenge Against Israel, US
• Performer calls for Trump's death at funeral for Iran's late supreme leader
• Trump says 'one shot' can take out leaders mourning Khamenei
• Iran said to bar Mojtaba Khamenei from father's funeral, fearing Israel could kill him - Officials nixed supreme leader's request to perform burial rites for his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei, as Mojtaba's public absence fuels conservative infighting, NYT says
• Yemen's Houthis threaten Saudi Arabia for allegedly preventing Iranian plane landing
• Report: US-Iran Talks Set for Pakistan on July 11
• Oman walks a diplomatic tightrope over Strait of Hormuz fees, creating a 'blind spot' for markets
• Iranian diplomat says country will 'definitely' collect Hormuz fees, defying US
• Satellite images show construction near Iranian nuclear site, in apparent MOU violation - US-based think tank says workers appear to be reinforcing tunnel entrances at secretive site near Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, which itself remains inaccessible
• Trump says Netanyahu 'knows who the boss is,' will meet with him as soon as next week - Israeli official says meet 'might take place week after' upcoming NATO summit; Netanyahu praises US as 'force of liberty' on its 250th birthday
• IDF says it killed armed Hezbollah operative after manhunt in southern Lebanon
• Three Palestinians said injured by IDF amid settler attack on West Bank village
• Palestinian says settlers took over West Bank home he was building for newlywed son
• Man shot dead in Galilee, marking Arab community's 150th homicide fatality this year
• Shin Bet building program to help police tackle rampant Arab crime wave - Project to receive NIS 1-1.3 billion in funding; as murder rates rise, new agency chief Zini reportedly more open to using Shin Bet to fight crime than his predecessor
• RFK Jr rejects Israel 'genocide' claims in one of his most forceful defenses of Jewish state
• Israel accuses Turkish FM of incitement to genocide - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar urged Ankara's NATO allies to condemn the "explicit call for the erasure of Israel."
• Socialist-led California city's clash over Israel and antisemitism offers glimpse into the left's future
• 2 men arrested after pointing fake gun at synagogue-goers in Sydney
• UN Watch seeks criminal probe of outgoing UNRWA chief over complicity in terrorism, war crimes
• WSJ: With Trump in His Corner, Erdogan Gets an Easier Ride From NATO Partners - Rapport between two leaders is helping to mute criticism of Turkish president and cementing his nation's role ahead of summit
• 'The situation is terrible': aid workers on life in Sudanese city pummelled by drone strikes - El Obeid becomes key battleground in war between Sudan's armed forces and their paramilitary enemies, the RSF
• Russia's fuel crisis is so bad that a mom and her baby waited in line for 18 hours to get gas - 'Are we in the Soviet Union?'
• Putin visits military installation, vowing to take more of Ukraine
• Endgame: Russian Forces Conquer Ukrainian Bastion of Konstantinovka - Final Battle for Donbas Begins, With the Push for the Kramatorsk-Slaviansk Fortress Belt
• With Attacks on Crimea, Ukraine Hopes to Pressure Putin to End the War
• Zelenskyy After Trump Call: American Resolve 'Crucial' to Ending War
• China's military promotes 2 new generals after anti-corruption purge thins ranks
• Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Jets to Beijing to Meet Top CCP Official Just 3 Days After Husband Mitch McConnell's Cardiac Arrest Hospitalization - China Ties Under Fire Again
• Masked Patriot Front white nationalists stage July 4 march through DC
• Trump at Mount Rushmore: 'Communism a Mortal Threat'
• President Trump TAKES AIM at the Far Left Communist Threat in Mt. Rushmore Speech - "We Will Vanquish Communism Quickly - We Will Send Them Quickly Away"
• Trump's message for America 250: 'You can be a communist, or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both' - "You can be loyal to Karl Marx, or you can be loyal to America"
• Donald Trump Posts Gold Replica of Himself On Mount Rushmore
• Joe Biden Receives Massive Blowback For Posting Anti-American Fourth of July Message on America's 250th Celebration
• DOGE Ends After Falling Short of $2 Trillion Goal
• Pegasus XL Rocket Shot into Space to Save Swift Observatory From Falling Back to Earth
• G3 - Strong geomagnetic storm observed, aurora as low as New Mexico after June 30 CME impacts Earth
• Hybrid seismic swarm recorded in Tenerife, Spain
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Abepura, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Reykjanes Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Reykjanes Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Tobelo, Indonesia
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 40,000ft
• Mt Etna volcano in Italy erupts to 30,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 17,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 10,000ft
• Nearly one million lose power as severe storms sweep Midwest, Northeast and Ontario
• Evacuation ordered at National Mall as storms gather ahead of Trump's America 250 speech
• Trump touts America's 'golden age' and his political agenda in a July Fourth speech roiled by severe weather - After attendees were temporarily evacuated for storms, the president gave remarks recalling America's history and opining on contemporary politics
• Record heat suspected in over 20 deaths as severe weather puts damper on Fourth of July festivities
• LaGuardia records highest midnight temperature on record as New York City heat wave persists
• Four graphs to visualize the unprecedented scale of France's June 2026 heatwave
• Brooklyn Bridge Bursts into Flames in Multiple Places During Macy's July 4th Fireworks Show
• Pope Leo Urges US to Welcome Immigrants in July 4 Appeal
• Pope Marks Fourth of July by Praying at Europe Illegal Migrant Hotspot Lampedusa
• Illegal immigrant truck driver from Haiti charged in crash that killed PA state trooper
• Report: Germany Mass Shooting Suspect Escaped Prison in Turkey, Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Own Daughter