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American Pride Hits Record Low in Two New Polls
Americans' pride in their country has fallen sharply over the past decade, with only 53% now saying they are 'extremely' or 'very' proud to be American—the lowest reading since Gallup began tracking t
Russian Strikes Kill 11 Across Ukraine as Putin Admits
Russian missiles and drones killed 11 Ukrainian civilians on June 29, 2026, in strikes across multiple regions, attacks that Zelenskyy labeled "horrific" and used to renew his demand for European-buil
Iran War Leaves Veterans Struggling for Meaning
A U.S. military veteran reflects on the unresolved moral and strategic toll of the Iran conflict, drawing parallels to past wars that left veterans struggling to justify their service due to unclear o
Israel-Lebanon deal may entrench stalemate rather than end war, analysts say
Analysts and Lebanese politicians say a new Israel-Lebanon security deal risks entrenching a permanent stalemate by conditioning Israel's southern Lebanon withdrawal on Hezbollah's disarmament—a condi
Al Jazeera Analyzes Gaza Child Casualty Data
Al Jazeera published a 'By the Numbers' analysis on June 29, 2026, asking whether the Israeli military is deliberately targeting children in Gaza, while outlets separately reported a strike that kille
Russian missile and drone attacks kill at least eight in Ukraine
Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least eight people across multiple Ukrainian regions on Monday, as Zelenskyy condemned the attacks and Putin rejected Ukraine's proposal to scale back the f
Why Pakistan’s Afghan air strikes aren’t stopping armed attacks
Pakistan struck three Afghan provinces overnight after Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed a Karachi assault that killed three Rangers, yet attacks inside Pakistan rose 34 percent in 2025 with 1,034 people killed
SCOTUS Rejects Trump Carroll Verdict Appeal
The Supreme Court refused on Monday to take up President Trump's appeal seeking to overturn a jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and defaming
Sudan says China has waived $50m loan: What’s in it for Khartoum, Beijing?
China waived $50 million in interest-free loans to Sudan's military-led government, deepening its foothold in a country where Western lenders have largely withdrawn during three years of civil war.
Biden Calls Trump a 'Loser' Over DC Vanity Projects
Former President Joe Biden delivered one of his sharpest critiques yet of Donald Trump at a Democratic fundraiser in Maryland, branding his successor "a loser" over costly vanity projects reshaping Wa
China Blacklists 40 Japanese Firms Over
China imposed export controls on 40 Japanese entities, including divisions of Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, and Komatsu, accusing Japan of "reckless pursuit of new militarism" and citing its missile deployment
Putin Rejects Ukraine's Long-Range Strike Limits
Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly rejected Ukraine's proposal to mutually limit long-range missile and drone strikes, claiming Moscow's deep strikes into Ukrainian territory are "much stro
China Blacklists 20 Japanese Entities Over 'Militarism'
China's Commerce Ministry blacklisted 20 Japanese organizations and added 20 more to a watch list over Tokyo's 'remilitarisation' push — the latest economic salvo in a feud ignited by PM Takaichi's Ta
South Korea Pledges $880bn for Chips and AI Hubs
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung unveiled an at-least-$880bn investment plan to build chip factories, AI data centres, and robotics hubs outside Seoul, calling semiconductors and AI infrastructure
Andy Burnham Tipped as UK PM: Gaza Policy Unlikely to
Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, has emerged as the frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer as UK prime minister, but policy analysts expect him to maintain — not overhaul — Labour's stance on I
China Blacklists Japan Firms Over Takaichi Feud
China expanded export controls against dozens of Japanese entities—targeting drone makers, nuclear firms, and defense institutes including Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Komatsu—as a feud involving Takaichi
Wadephul, Rubio to meet on NATO burden-sharing, Ukraine
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington this week to negotiate a new NATO burden-sharing arrangement and lock in long-term Ukraine support a
Watling's 'Statecraft' Book Faults U.S. Iran War Strategy
Jack Watling's new book 'Statecraft: The New Rules of Power in a Divided World' (Macmillan, 2026) uses the U.S. war against Iran to diagnose what the review calls 'forced errors and own goals' in Amer
Iran deal Trump trashed looks a lot like the one he’s signing
A new US-Iran nuclear framework announced at Lake Lucerne by VP Vance would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift sanctions in exchange for enrichment caps — terms structurally identical to the 2015 JC
India's Ram Temple Embezzlement Probe Triggers Arrests
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which manages India's Ram Temple in Ayodhya, is engulfed in a corruption scandal after a former supervisor alleged that millions in donations were embezz
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