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Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. Here’s what’s on tap for the day: The U.S.-Iran war goes (even more) regional, Trump gets his new director of national intelligence, and the AI industry asks to be reined in. After a brief lull in fighting, the U.S.-Iran war is heating up again this week—and it appears to be pulling in more countries. Iran launched a surprise missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan on Tuesday. Egypt was hit by a drone attack on Wednesday, seemingly drawing the country into the Iran war for the first time. No country or group has…

Home Middle East Live Issued on: 31/07/2026 – 01:04Modified: 31/07/2026 – 01:10 Palestinians make their way past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive as displaced people shelter in tents, in Gaza City, July 4, 2026. © Mahmoud Issa, Reuters US President Donald Trump has said that his ‘Board of Peace’ has reached an agreement to disarm Palestinian group Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza. Meanwhile, mediator Pakistan insists that negotiations between Iran and the United States are ongoing, even as Washington carried out a ‘heavy wave of strikes’ on its foe in retaliation for fresh attacks targeting Jordan. Follow our liveblog…

Two federal appeals courts issued rulings on Thursday against the Trump administration’s policy of detaining immigrants who crossed the border illegally years ago and then holding them indefinitely, without a bond hearing.The legality of the policy depends on treating undocumented immigrants as still “seeking admission” no matter when they came to the country. The policy has also been challenged on constitutional grounds as potentially violating the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee to due process.The U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit and Seventh Circuit ruled against the administration’s interpretation of the law. The Ninth Circuit hears appeals from California and other…

President Trump’s nominee to oversee the parent agency of Voice of America, a government-funded news group that operates in countries with limited press freedoms, said on Thursday that if the Senate confirmed her, she would bring back many of the journalists who had been placed on paid leave since the early weeks of Mr. Trump’s second term.The statement by the nominee, Sarah B. Rogers, during her confirmation hearing signaled a stark reversal of Mr. Trump’s earlier efforts to shutter Voice of America and other federally funded news groups. The turnaround came after lawmakers voiced for months a rare bipartisan opposition…

Kerry Wan/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysYou can still use Android Auto, even when there’s no mobile data. Using pre-downloaded maps and playlists greatly reduces latency issues.You’ll lose access to web-based functions like traffic and assistant responses, though.Last weekend, my wife and I decided to visit the cozy upstate town of Catskill, just off the Hudson River in New York. But instead of doing the usual and letting Android Auto and all its Gemini wisdom guide us, we agreed to become minimalists for a day. Not to the extremes of using a physical map to navigate the two-and-a-half-hour…

A coordinated cyberattack targeting more than 30 community water systems in Minnesota this week underscored the growing threat to often poorly protected operational technology (OT) from adversaries seeking to disrupt critical infrastructure services across the US.The attacks, which US government officials have reportedly attributed to Iran, disrupted automated systems in some Minnesota communities, forcing them to switch to manual operations for brief periods. However, the attacks don’t appear to have affected water supply, water safety, or wastewater services in a major way, based on public statements by community officials and Minnesota’s IT Services (MNIT) unit.Attacks Follow Recent US Government WarningThe…

SoFi Technologies, the digital financial services company, reported 388,336 cumulative Crypto products as of June 30. Meanwhile, the company’s Q2 filing reported just $1.183 million of net crypto transaction revenue.The filed earnings release lists $134 million of crypto transaction revenue and $133 million of cost of crypto transaction revenue for the quarter. Their difference left about 0.88% of the gross revenue line as net transaction revenue.That percentage is not even a profit margin. The $1.183 million is simply the revenue line before broader operating expenses and other costs, and SoFi does not disclose a standalone crypto profit figure. Related ReadingMastercard…

Large farms with more resources are investing in new technology.Ketan Yashwant Sodha, is the founder and CEO of Berry Fresh Agrotech. He started with traditional open-field farming, but was frustrated by losses caused by the weather.”For the past 10 years, it has consistently rained in India during our peak season – November, December, and the first week of January. When you are in an open field and your plantation is at its absolute peak, a single rain will ruin your entire crop,” he says.So in 2022, he started to experiment with hydroponics, a type of covered cultivation that does not…

I read your article (‘Forever chemicals’ linked to gut inflammation in children after early exposure, 24 July) on prenatal and early-life exposure to Pfas leading to higher levels of intestinal inflammation in children – and by extension colorectal cancer – with interest.I’m a mum of two. Since my first pregnancy, I have grappled with the endless advice and contradictions on health. Should I use glass bottles of non-organic milk, or plastic bottles of organic milk. Organic broccoli wrapped in plastic, or plastic-free non-organic broccoli.As I read the article, I also processed the solution: “Mothers can take some steps to protect…

United States economic growth slowed in the second quarter of 2026 amid a growing deficit and increasing inflationary pressures.US gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.5 percent between April and June. That is a sharp decline from 2.1 percent growth in the first quarter of the year, according to a Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) report released on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listA widening trade deficit is a key reason why GDP is slowing, as is a jump in petrol prices, experts say.“It’s a classic supply shock. The combination of tariffs and oil price spikes is exactly…