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Ukraine's president has removed Mykhailo Fedorov as defence minister after six months, deepening a sweeping cabinet overhaul as peace diplomacy resumes.
Wang Huning's talks with Workers' Party official Jo Yong Won follow Xi Jinping's June visit, as Beijing counters Pyongyang's deepening alignment with Russia.
American strikes reached the Iranian capital's outskirts on day five of renewed war, with Iran reporting 35 dead and its negotiator calling the fight existential.
Washington has imposed a 25% Section 301 tariff on most Brazilian goods from 22 July, citing content-moderation orders, IP failures and ethanol barriers.
The IAEA says it has lost track of Iran's nuclear inventories as the Security Council splits over snapback sanctions, yet a detainee release hints at an opening.
The Wall Street Journal reports Trump is weighing ground forces to take Gulf islands and a strike on Iran's fortified Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site.
A flash flood emergency covers Kerr County and Uvalde as torrential rain returns to the Texas Hill Country a year after floods that killed more than 130.
Keir Starmer told MPs his political journey is over at his final PMQs, as Labour prepares to crown Andy Burnham and reshape the cabinet within days.
With over 1,000 dead, crops devastated in Punjab and Sindh and inflation at a 26-month high, the IMF will review whether Pakistan's budget can absorb the shock.
Germany's chancellor used his summer press conference to rule out any AfD role in government, as polls show the far right leading in two eastern states.
Japan's upper house has backed a landmark bill reclassifying digital assets under securities law, cutting crypto taxes from up to 55% to a flat 20%.
A drone crashed into a tanker at Iraq's Basra terminal on 16 July, briefly halting all crude loadings and exposing Baghdad's deepening entanglement in the war.
Iranian missiles and drones struck US military facilities in three allied states on 16 July, drawing GCC condemnation and warnings of a wider Gulf war.
Houthi missiles aimed at Saudi Arabia's Abha airport ended four years of calm, and the group now warns it could close Bab el-Mandeb as the Iran war spreads.
The US Navy-led maritime centre raised Hormuz to its highest alert after Iran struck three tankers, with war-risk cover now near 5% of a ship's value.
Two fires that burned more than 2,000 hectares of the historic forest near Paris are contained; Macron has pledged a national fund to replant the woodland.
Brussels and Kyiv signed a defence industrial partnership and a Drone Deal on 15 July, with €1bn released to scale joint drone production by end of 2026.
Official data show Chinese growth slipping below Beijing's 4.5-5% target band, as weak consumption and investment offset an export boom powered by AI demand.
New testimony in Taipei says China's JL-2 was launched from a surfaced platform, while Australia and Pacific leaders call the 7,300 km test destabilising.
Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires has pushed air quality alerts across the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, exposing over 115 million people to bad air.
West Bengal has adopted the National Education Policy and PM-SHRI scheme, unlocking central funds, alongside teacher recruitment reforms and a mid-day meal upgrade.
A bipartisan Senate bill honouring the late Lindsey Graham would slap tariffs of up to 100% on the top five buyers of Russian oil, a list that includes India.
Senate Democrats voted down debate on the NDAA 50-46, calling it a permission slip for war on Iran, a rare stall for a bill that has passed for over 60 years.
The US restored a naval blockade of Iranian ports and struck new targets on July 14, while Iran hit Gulf states, pushing last month's interim deal to collapse.
Ukrainian drones have struck over 100 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov in days, halting key routes and lifting wheat futures as Moscow scrambles for alternatives.
CDS Gen NS Raja Subramani will present India's three-theatre command plan to Rajnath Singh this month, moving a decades-old military reform towards CCS approval.
CJI Surya Kant has constituted four dedicated benches, functioning from 15 July, to hear nearly 800 of the Supreme Court's oldest civil and criminal appeals.
Pakistan's Ishaq Dar urged restraint in a call with Iran's Araghchi as Islamabad, Qatar and Oman press mediation despite renewed US strikes and a failed Doha round.
Madhya Pradesh cabinet clears Rs 10,800 crore for urban infrastructure, moong procurement guarantees and the Kundaliya irrigation project in Rajgarh district.
The second Digital Threat Report for the BFSI sector, released 13 July with CERT-In and SISA, flags trust-chain manipulation and sets an 18-month security roadmap.
Kharif sowing gap narrows to 16 per cent as rains revive, but soybean and cotton acreage remain deep in deficit, keeping oilseed supply concerns alive.
ISRO completes qualification of the Gaganyaan uprighting system, module disconnect and apex cover, clearing key recovery milestones before the uncrewed G1 flight.
Ashwini Vaishnaw unveils eight freight reforms under Reform Express, spanning fly ash containers, a single CTO licence, wagon design and simpler tariffs.
India installed a record 29 GW of solar and wind in the first half of 2026, with rooftop capacity doubling on the back of the PM Surya Ghar subsidy scheme.
The Railway Board has approved daily passenger service for India's first hydrogen-powered train on the Jind-Sonipat route, with the launch set for 17 July.
Wildfires stoked by record heat have killed at least 14 people, burned about 50,000 hectares in Spain and forced mass evacuations across France and southern Europe.
ED arrested Vikas Garg from his Delhi home on 14 July, the fourteenth arrest in the Mahadev app probe, weeks after attaching Rs 940.77 crore in assets.
The ECI has pushed back Special Intensive Revision timelines in Delhi and three states, with Delhi and Karnataka enumeration now ending 8 August and final rolls due 19 October.
Beijing expelled ex-Politburo member Ma Xingrui from the Communist Party on graft charges, making him the third member of the elite body felled by Xi's campaign.
France staged its largest-ever Bastille Day parade on July 14, with 6,700 troops and Ukrainian soldiers marching as Zelensky watched alongside 30 leaders.