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On 8 July 2026, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin was flown from Qom to Najaf, where Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi declared a national holiday and millions joined 6-km Najaf and Karbala funeral marches before the body’s return to Iran.
On 6 July 2026, Hamas said its Government Emergency Committee had been disbanded and its chairman resigned, formally asking the UN- and U.S.–backed National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) to enter the Strip and run civilian affairs.
Overnight 5-6 July 2026 Russia fired 68 missiles and 351 drones at Ukraine—419 projectiles in all—killing about 24-26 people while all 23 incoming ballistic missiles got through, starkly revealing Kyiv’s depleted Patriot interceptor stockpiles hours before NATO leaders meet in Turkey.
On 6 July 2026, day 3 of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s state funeral, state-orchestrated crowds—numbering in the millions—marched through Tehran chanting for President Donald Trump’s murder and revenge on the U.S. and Israel, even as a fragile cease-fire pauses the recent war.
On the eve of the 7–8 July 2026 summit in Ankara, President Trump arrived insisting every ally show a credible path to spend 5 % of GDP on defence, while Russia underscored the stakes by unleashing its largest missile-drone barrage on Ukraine in months.
At 12:01 p.m. on 6 July 2026, a People’s Liberation Army Navy nuclear submarine launched a dummy-warhead JL-3 ballistic missile into the South Pacific—China’s second Pacific-directed strategic test in two years—provoking immediate protests from the United States, Australia, Japan and others over inadequate notice and nuclear transparency.
After a four-month wartime delay, Tehran launched the public funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 5-6 July 2026, with previously hidden senior officials attending and negotiations with Washington paused until burial is completed.
On 3 July 2026 Kim Jong Un personally observed a nuclear-capable cruise-missile launch and other combat system checks from the 5,000-ton destroyer Kang Kon and then commanded that the once-capsized ship finish trials and join the fleet within two months.
Across back-to-back 4–5 July 2026 phone calls, President Trump re-opened a U.S. mediation channel for Ukraine by pledging envoy visits and personal involvement just 48 hours before the NATO summit convenes in Turkey.
On 3 July 2026, Kim Jong Un personally witnessed the repaired 5,000-ton Kang Kon fire nuclear-capable cruise missiles and immediately ordered the ship commissioned within two months.
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