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Melania Trump, the quiet diplomacy bringing Ukrainian children home
According to Marc Beckman, senior adviser to the American First Lady, it was images of the war in Ukraine that pushed Melania

Ukraine's "Drone Deal", When a Nation at War Finances Its Own Arsenal
Since the start of July 2026, Ukraine has relaxed its export rules for domestically produced drones and weapons systems, a decision that

Washington slams the door on the International Criminal Court over Iran
Acting Attorney General of the United States, Todd Blanche, sent a letter Monday to the president of the International Criminal Court, Judge

Russia Forced to Beg for Indian Fuel as Its Own Shortage Bites
Russia, one of the world's largest oil producers, has started importing fuel by sea from India, according to an exclusive Reuters investigation

Ukraine's HUR Strikes a Russian Refinery 700 Kilometers From the Front
On the night of July 5 to 6, 2026, Ukrainian forces carried out one of their most striking deep-strike operations since the

South Korea Risks Running Out of Power for Its AI Chip Factories
According to a report published on July 1, 2026 by the Chosun Ilbo, Samsung and SK Hynix will need an additional 27.7

China muzzles its humanoid AI agents, a disguised admission of weakness
Since July 5, 2026, two of China's biggest tech giants, ByteDance and Alibaba, have begun disabling the custom agent features of their

Lithuania Bulks Up Its Eastern Flank Against Russia Ahead of Ankara
A stone's throw from the Belarusian border, Lithuania has become, almost in spite of itself, one of the most concrete laboratories of

The Epstein Files, the Legal Battle Embarrassing Trump's DOJ
On July 2, 2026, marked a deadline the US Department of Justice had been dreading for weeks: the court-ordered deadline to declassify