The Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s newly elected president said his government will create “balance in relations with all countries” in line with national interests and the prerequisites for peace but stressed to the United States that his country “will not respond to pressure.”. Masoud Pezeshkian...

Iran’s new president vows balance with all countries but warns US his country won’t be pressured

Fox News

The political situation with Iran and their terror gangs may be a mess, but the U.S. military response is strong and cool-headed.

Middle East war fears ramp up as F-22 Raptors rush to keep the lid on Iran

ABC News

Man who plotted attack on Swift concert was loyal to them, ABC News reported.

ISIS-K a major terrorist threat to Europe amid foiled concert attack: UN official

The U.S. is deploying additional military might in the Middle East as a defensive measure with a goal of de-escalating tensions in the region, a White House official said on Sunday. More information with FRANCE 24 international affairs commentator, Douglas Herbert.

US deploys troops and says ready to defend Israel if Iran launches an attack against the Jewish state

CBS News

Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said Friday.Iranian actors also have spent recent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists, laying the groundwork to stoke division and potentially sway American voters this fall, especially in swing states, the technology giant found.The findings in Microsoft's newest threat intelligence report show how Iran, which has been active in recent U.S. elections, is evolving its tactics for another election that's likely to have global implications. The report goes a step beyond anything...

Iran targeting U.S. election with cyberattacks, Microsoft says

The Guardian

A rise in sexual violence means food prices have leapt in CAR as women and girls say they fear working in the fields

‘They turn our farms into rape centres’: Russian mercenaries accused of abuse in Central African Republic

Four years after SARS-CoV2 sparked a devastating global pandemic, U.S. health officials now consider COVID-19 an endemic disease. "At this point, COVID-19 can be described as endemic throughout the world," Aron Hall, the deputy director for science at the CDC's coronavirus and other respiratory viruses division, told NPR in an interview.

Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here's what that means

The US Sun

VLADIMIR Putin has vowed to “target” European capitals in a furious tirade as the US seeks to deploy hypersonic missiles to Germany. The Cold War-style standoff could spark WW3 as Russia tries to bully the West into backing down. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov threatened the citizens of countries which could end up hosting the American […]

‘Europe’s capitals will be targeted’, vows furious Putin as he warns US deployment of missiles to Germany will spark WW3

- Advertisement - In an exclusive revelation, the government has confirmed that North Korea has deployed over 500 technical and medical support troops to Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine. This deployment occurred even before North Korea and Russia signed a treaty on “automatic military aid” in June, according to TV Chosun....

North Korea deploys 500 technical and medical troops to Russian-occupied Ukraine

Business Insider

Ukraine appears to be scoring successes by shooting down Russian helicopters using drones.

A cheap Ukrainian drone managed to take out an $18 million Russian military helicopter: reports

The Independent

Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst described on Monday as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years. Others were taken captive.Approximately 50 Wagner fighters in a convoy were killed in an al-Qaida ambush, which was joined by rebels who were in pursuit, along the border with Algeria, said Wassim Nasr, a Sahel specialist and senior research fellow at the Soufan Center, a security think tank, who said he counted bodies in a video of the aftermath. The mercenaries had been fighting mostly Tuareg rebels...

Russia’s Wagner group hit by largest battleground loss in years

Stunning new details emerged Friday on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West belonged to its security services — and the children of a Russian couple posing as spies only learned their true nationality on the flight to Moscow.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that a detained couple released in Slovenia —Artem and Anna Dultsev— were undercover intelligence officers commonly known as "illegals." Posing as Argentine expats, they used Ljubljana as their base since 2017 to relay Moscow's orders to other sleeper agents...

Spies' children found out they were Russian on flight to Moscow

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

We commemorate the 79th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, by revisiting a haunting question: Was the U.S. decision to destroy two Japanese cities with atomic weapons really necessary to end World War II? Author Evan Thomas discusses the motivations of key U.S. leaders, and of Japanese commanders and diplomats. His book is The Road to Surrender.

Revisiting The Final Months Of WWII

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Former child star Bobby Buntrock's life ended in tragedy. Best known as Harold “Sport” Baxter on the popular 1960s TV sitcom Hazel, Butrock died at only 21 years old in a car accident in 1974.

The Tragic Death of Child Star Bobby Buntrock, and How TV's 'Hazel' Shirley Booth Protected him

Newly released body camera video reveals the chaotic law enforcement response to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last month. The footage obtained by NPR shows what was seen by the local officer who encountered the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, moments before the shooter opened fire at the July 13 rally in Butler, Penn.

Newly released video shows chaos and confusion after Trump assassination attempt

Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Vice President Harris and Former President Donald Trump have agreed to a debate on Sept. 10...

Harris and Trump will debate in September. And, a COVID mystery unraveled

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The country is learning a lot about Vice President Kamala Harris' choice for running mate this week. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has spent almost two decades in elected office. As Minnesota Public Radio's Clay Masters reports, the governor's record only recently became more progressive. CLAY MASTERS, BYLINE: On the opening...

How Tim Walz went from 'Blue Dog Democrat' to progressive champion

The Forward

As part of a multicountry prisoner swap, Russia has released Evan Gershkovich, the jailed Jewish Wall Street Journal journalist, along with others being held, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian Jewish dissident. While much has been written about Gershkovich since he was arrested in March 2023, Kara-Murza is less well-known. Who is Vladimir Kara-Murza? Kara-Murza, 42,...

Who is Vladimir Kara-Murza, the Russian Jewish dissident released with Evan Gershkovich?

PARIS — The United States came out on top in the Olympic medal count in Paris, with a stunning total of 126 medals, including 40 gold. The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and in the end China and the U.S. tied with forty apiece.

The final Olympic medal tally puts the U.S. on top in Paris

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The role of Islamic State affiliated groups on foiled attacks in Vienna

NPR's Pien Huang speaks to Ashley Jackson, co-director of the Center on Armed Groups, about the role of Islamic State affiliate groups on the recent foiled...

The role of Islamic State affiliated groups on foiled attacks in Vienna

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