The European Union (EU) has mobilized €900 million ($1 billion) to support the reconstruction of Gaza, after nearly two years of Israeli bombardment left much of the Palestinian territory in ruins.
Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, has been appointed to temporarily fill his seat in the United States Senate following his death.
On Monday, July 13, 2026, Hungary’s Parliament voted to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office.
The attacks followed several days of missile and drone exchanges between Iran and the United States, marking another major escalation in the regional conflict.
Russia says it has intercepted a large-scale drone attack targeting the capital, Moscow, as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continues.
President Paul Kagame is in Doha, where he joined Qatari leaders and citizens in paying his final respects to former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who ruled the country from 1995 to 2013.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has declared that Iran will avenge the death of his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US airstrike in late February 2026.
President Paul Kagame has extended his condolences to Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and the Qatari people following the death of his father, former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
Former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, has died at the age of 74, according to an announcement from the Office of the Emir of Qatar.
Iran has announced that it has suspended maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil shipping routes. However, US President Donald Trump insists that the strategic waterway remains open and that commercial vessels are continuing to pass through it.
