U.S. President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran “over” amid renewed strikes between the two nations,which saw several tankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating threats to regional shipping,and Iran buried Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes at the start of the conflict in February.Meanwhile, twin bombings struck Damascus during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Syria, a Lancet study estimating Gaza’s death toll faced allegations of bias, prompting debate over its methodology, Hamas announced the dissolution of its government in Gaza, though it made no mention of disarmament,and Israeli strikes in Gaza killed an aid official, drawing renewed scrutiny of civilian casualties.Elsewhere, Ankara hosted the 2026 NATO summit, where NATO’s European members committed $50 billion on deep precision-strike capabilities, expanding the alliance’s long-range firepower,Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed his call for NATO membership, seeking stronger protection for the country,and the U.S. granted Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot missiles.In other news, Canada selected Germany’s TKMS to build 12 submarines, advancing its naval procurement program, China launched a submarine-fired missile into the Pacific, demonstrating its strategic capabilities, Russia and China conducted joint naval exercises, reinforcing military cooperation between the two countries,and Australia and Fiji signed a defense alliance, deepening security ties in the Pacific.This comes as Malian rebels attacked a convoy operated by Russia’s Africa Corps, intensifying fighting in the region, the U.N. Security Council condemned Rapid Support Forces' operations in El-Obeid amid a worsening conflict in Sudan,and Morocco claimed to have foiled an Islamic State-linked attack plot, preventing a potential terrorist operation.

Marine Le Pen announced her bid for France's 2027 presidency after a Paris court reduced her ban on holding elected office,Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial began, marking the first such trial against a sitting vice president in the country's history,and Colombia's President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella suspended the country's presidential transition process amid tensions with outgoing President Gustavo Petro.This comes as former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham secured 322 out of a possible 403 nominations on the first day of the Labour Party's leadership contest,Reform UK leader Nigel Farage resigned as MP for Clacton to contest the same seat again in a by-election, the U.K. unveiled tighter restrictions on foreign political donations, seeking to reduce outside influence in elections,and a study found that Britons believe national cohesion is under strain, reflecting concerns about social division.Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Saudi Arabia, marking the first such visit by a Canadian leader in 26 years,Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a state tour of Africathat saw Moscow and the African Union agree to expand their ties ahead of the third Russia-Africa Summit,and India and Australia signed a uranium agreement, strengthening energy cooperation between the two countries.Elsewhere, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed a law extending his presidency by two years to 2030,and Nigeria investigated a fake government agency that received a $950,000 budget allocation.In other news, the U.K. moved to close a legal loophole preventing the deportation of Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed,and a fourth group of U.S. deportees arrived in Eswatini under a third-country removal arrangement.

Trump announced plans to petition the Supreme Court for a rehearing on birthright citizenship, intensifying his challenge to the policy,as he dismissed members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of the midtermsand vowed not to sign a housing bill as a form of protest over the stalled SAVE America Act.This comes as a judge blocked the Justice Department from accessing the identities of 2020 Fulton County election workers, protecting the workers’ personal information, Victor Marx won Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial nomination, advancing to the general election,Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner suspended his campaign amid sexual assault allegations,and Sen. Mitch McConnell’s team said his health was improving after being hospitalized last month.Meanwhile, a federal task force killed a man in Memphis while serving an arrest warrant, a Mexican man fatally shot by immigration agents was revealed not to be the intended target of their operation, prompting scrutiny of the incident,and a judge was fined $5,000 for helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest.In related developments, a New York man sued the Department of Homeland Security, alleging improper treatment after filing an email critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. deported a Laotian migrant who had recently been pardoned for a felony sexual assault conviction, a court struck down Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, ruling that it violates the First Amendment rights of professors at public colleges and universities,and the White House considered installing permanent fencing along Pennsylvania Avenue as part of enhanced security measures.

The Trump administration subpoenaed four New York Times journalists over their reporting on security concerns involving the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, a Georgia teacher received a cash settlement after being fired over a social-media post about the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, a U.S. appeals court upheld Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic firearms, leaving the state law in effect,and a former Chinese local official was sentenced to death in a $324 million corruption case.This comes as the European Parliament authorized technology companies to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material,and Hungarian police arrested a conservative influencer over a post about former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

A British man was arrested on suspicion of murdering former U.K. lawmaker Ann Widdecombe, preliminary hearings began for the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk,with surveillance footage shown that provided new details about the attack, police searched for a migrant suspect in the killing of a New York mother in Ireland,and a court rejected Trump’s appeal over his $5.8 million payment to E. Jean Carroll, leaving the judgment in place.Meanwhile, two were killed and four injured in a shooting at a Toronto salsa festival, the U.S. charged an Indian gang boss in connection with the murder of a Canadian Sikh leader in 2023, the main suspect in a recent Monaco bombing was found dead, complicating the criminal inquiry,and France advanced legislation presuming police gun use to be lawful, shifting the legal framework for officers.This comes as Interpol announced the arrest of over 1,000 people in a global human-trafficking operation, Sri Lanka launched a criminal investigation following a prison riot that killed dozens of people, the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl triggered unrest in India’s West Bengal state, prompting protests and demands for justice,and Romanian police filed new charges against the Tate brothers, alleging they earned £1 million from the trafficking of a teenage victim.

Apple sued OpenAI, accusing it of systematically stealing its trade secrets, a U.S. judge ruled in favor of The Washington Post in Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the newspaper, a U.S. court rejected Elon Musk’s attempt to overturn a verdict finding he defrauded Twitter investors during his $44 billion takeover of the platform,and Prince Harry lost his privacy case against the Daily Mail, dealing a setback to his legal campaign against the press.Meanwhile, Meta faced a potential $1.4 trillion penalty over allegations that its platforms deliberately addicted teenagers, Sky Group announced a $2.13 billion takeover of ITV’s media and entertainment division, reshaping the U.K. broadcasting market,South Korea’s SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in its Nasdaq stock market debut, expanding its access to U.S. capital markets,and Samsung reported a preliminary second-quarter operating profit of $58.4 billion, a roughly 19-fold year-on-year increase from Q2 2025.

The International Monetary Fund named Silvana Tenreyro as its new chief economist, placing her in charge of the institution’s economic research,and 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations opened in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, offering gasoline at $3.47 per gallon — below the national average of $3.79 to $3.80 recorded on July 7-8.Meanwhile, Canada’s economy shrank by 0.05% during Mark Carney’s first year in office, marking the worst first-year economic performance by a Canadian prime minister since at least 1963, an interim report on the U.K.'s disability-benefits system was published, finding it was “not fit for purpose,”and Cuba began restoring electricity after another nationwide blackout.

The World Health Organization projected that annual cancer cases would reach 35 million by 2050, warning of a growing global disease burden,and a report found that men’s average testosterone levels had fallen by half over 50 years, raising questions about long-term health trends.Meanwhile, at least 23 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in New York City’s Upper East Side, prompting a public-health investigation,and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recalled 11,000 bottles of blood-pressure medication over safety and quality concerns.

A U.S. agency predicted an 81% chance of a "very strong" El Niño developing by the end of the year, with a 97% probability that conditions will persist through spring 2027, Bangladesh floods killed 44 and stranded over 1 million,and a wildfire in Spain killed several people and forced roughly 1,000 residents to evacuate,as Barcelona recorded a temperature of 40.7°C, breaking a 112-year record.Meanwhile, flooding from Typhoon Maysak killed dozens of people in China, with tens of thousands evacuated,and Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall in the western Pacific, bringing destructive winds and heavy rain.

The U.N. convened a global dialogue on artificial-intelligence governance, seeking greater international coordination, the Future of Life Institute released its 2026 first-half AI Safety Index, with several leading AI companies receiving failing grades, Meta’s Muse AI tool triggered privacy concerns after reports revealed it can generate images using other users' profile pictures without informing them,and Papua New Guinea drafted legislation to criminalize AI-generated deepfakes, addressing emerging forms of digital abuse.This comes as Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law requiring independent safety audits of advanced AI systems, China allegedly considered restrictions on overseas access to its most advanced AI systems, seeking greater control over strategic technology, Alibaba banned employees from using Claude, classifying it as high-risk software,and Meta committed $9.2 billion to build its first Canadian data center in one of the largest private investments in the nation's history.In related developments, a report claimed that the U.S.' top cybersecurity agency uses Anthropic’s Mythos model to test government software vulnerabilities, the U.S. approved the launch of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 system, clearing it for wider release, over a dozen publishers sought sanctions against OpenAI in a copyright dispute, escalating the legal battle over AI training data,and Anthropic said Claude had created its own internal “thinking space” in an emergent model behavior.Meanwhile, an AI-generated actress was cast to star in a feature film, marking a new development in synthetic media,and Australian port workers pushed for a 28-hour workweek in response to the expanded use of automation at the country's terminals.

Scientists observed a seafloor-spreading event for the first time, providing rare direct evidence of tectonic activity.

The U.S. Pentagon released a fourth batch of declassified UFO files, expanding public access to records on unexplained aerial phenomena.

The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee, restoring its formal status,and a group of EU lawmakers called for an investigation into FIFA president Gianni Infantino over the reversal of soccer player Folarin Balogun’s red card.

A Ryanair passenger was partially pulled through a broken window mid-flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham died aged 71,while Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler died at the age of 75, ending a career spanning several decades.

The Bayeux Tapestry arrived in Britain for the first time in roughly 1,000 years.