Issue 2026-07-12
Stories
- Mojtaba Khamenei Issues First Directive: ‘Irrevocable Revenge’ for Ali Khamenei’s Assassination
- U.S. 3rd-Night Air Blitz on Iran After Hormuz Ship Hit Triggers Strait Closure and Gulf Missile Salvos
- Iran Closes Hormuz and Bombards Gulf States after U.S. Strikes 140 IRGC Sites
- Volkswagen Signals Radical Retrenchment: Model Range Halved, Capacity Cut to 9 Million
- India & New Zealand Seal First FTA, Launch 2030 Strategic Partnership During Modi’s Landmark Auckland Visit
- Deal on Toll Revenue Clears Path for July 27 Opening of Gordie Howe Bridge
- China’s Long March-10B Nets First Sea-Based Booster Recovery
- Apple Launches Federal Trade-Secret Suit Targeting OpenAI’s Nascent Hardware Unit
- Procedural Vote Lets EU Revive ‘Chat Control 1.0’ Until 2028
At a Glance
- On 11 July 2026, newly-installed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei broke weeks of silence with a written statement pled...
- In the early hours of 12 July 2026, the United States destroyed about 140 Iranian military sites in a third consecuti...
- On 12 July 2026 Tehran shut the Strait of Hormuz and launched missiles-and-drone salvos at Qatar, UAE, Bahrain and U....
- On 10 July 2026 Volkswagen told its supervisory board it will phase-out up to 50 % of its car models and lower global...
- On 11 July 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first trip to New Zealand in 40 years culminated in the signing of a...
- After months of delay, Ottawa, Washington and Michigan struck a last-minute toll-sharing and governance agreement tha...