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Zelenskyy Fires His Top General to Quiet Kyiv’s Streets President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on Tuesday after six days of street protests in Kyiv and other cities, replacing him with 43-year-old Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi [1, 2]. The protests erupted after Zelenskyy removed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov,…

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Houthis Declare Naval Blockade on Saudi Arabia, Trump Threatens to Strike Back Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia, with military spokesman Yahya Saree calling it an “eye for an eye” response to a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sanaa International Airport [1]. The declared embargo targets the…

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US and Iran Trade Blows for a 10th Straight Night as Jordan Shoots Down Iranian Missiles Jordan’s military said Tuesday it intercepted three missiles and five drones launched from Iran, all destroyed before impact, in an attack announced through the state-run Petra news agency; no casualties or damage were reported [1]. The exchange came as…

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Zelensky Fires His Top General After Ukraine Erupts in Protest President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on Tuesday, replacing him with Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, after six days of mass protests in Kyiv and other cities demanding Syrskyi’s removal [1, 2]. The crisis traces back to a broader…

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Flash Floods Bury Afghan Villages, Killing 23 With Over 100 Still Missing Flash floods tore through Afghanistan’s eastern Nuristan province on Monday, July 20, killing at least 23 people, injuring 80 more, and leaving over 100 people missing, according to the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority. The provincial capital of Parun was among the hardest-hit…

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Another Tanker Hit in Strait of Hormuz as US Strikes Iran for Tenth Straight Night A tanker was struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz roughly eight nautical miles northeast of Limah, Oman, in Omani territorial waters, with the incident reported Monday, July 20, as US forces carried out strikes against Iran…

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Britain Gets Its Seventh Prime Minister in a Decade as Burnham Replaces Starmer Andy Burnham was confirmed as the United Kingdom’s new prime minister on Monday, July 20, 2026, after Keir Starmer traveled to Buckingham Palace to formally tender his resignation to King Charles III. Burnham had already been confirmed as Labour Party leader the…

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Norway’s Worst Modern Fire Torches 100+ Homes Near Drammen A massive fire that started in a townhouse in Drammen, southern Norway, around 3:30 p.m. Friday spread rapidly through the Krokstadelva area and into surrounding forest, destroying more than 100 homes and becoming the largest residential fire in modern Norwegian history, according to the Norwegian Directorate…

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US and Iran Trade Deadly Strikes as Hormuz War Reignites The United States and Iran exchanged strikes on infrastructure and military targets Saturday as their conflict over the Strait of Hormuz escalated sharply, with U.S. Central Command confirming two American service members killed and a third missing after an Iranian attack on a base in…

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Tate Brothers Arrested in Miami as UK Piles On New Rape, Trafficking Charges Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami by U.S. Marshals on a sealed warrant tied to extradition proceedings, after British prosecutors announced dozens of new criminal charges against the influencer brothers [1, 2]. Andrew Tate faces 42 charges, including seven…

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