US forces intercepted multiple Iranian one-way attack drones that were heading toward the Strait of Hormuz and posed a threat to commercial traffic

President says US Southern Command carried out a 'swift and lethal kinetic strike' against Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as Niño Guerrero; Trump says operation was coordinated with Venezuela and vows to pursue 'murderers and drug lords' anywhere

In Russia’s tightening internet controls, users juggle VPNs, multiple phones and state apps to reach blocked services like WhatsApp and Telegram as outages, restrictions and surveillance grow, pushing adoption of government app MAX 

Funeral rites for Iran’s Ali Khamenei will begin July 4 in Tehran and conclude July 9 with burial in Mashhad, with a July 7 ceremony in Qom, state media said

Record oil revenues, a $20B foreign investment deal, a warlord's son skimming $3B dollars off the state, and Western energy companies looking the other way; The boom making everyone celebrate is the boom making Libya impossible to fix 

Despite reports of a near US-Iran agreement, fighting continues: sirens sounded in northern Israel as drones were intercepted, and the US said it downed Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz; Tehran keeps up attacks amid conflicting deal terms