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Iran suspends interim deal commitments as it trades strikes with US over Strait of Hormuz

The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as an Iranian negotiator said Tehran had suspended its commitments under the interim deal with the US — snapping another fragile thread as the war shows no end in sight. The battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the essential waterway that previously carried a fifth of the world’s crude oil. The widening strikes threatened civilians and services to them, while the global economy again was on alert. Pro-government demonstrators gather at a square in Tehran, Friday, July 17, 2026. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi The US Central Command said early on Saturday that its seventh straight night of strikes hit “surveillance si...

Prince Harry shows no sign of defeat as he carries on with UK visit after court case loss

If Prince Harry was feeling defeated after his High Court loss earlier this week, he showed no signs of it as he stepped out in Birmingham on Thursday (Friday morning AEST). The Duke of Sussex was at his royal best as he met with sick children, their families and nurses at Birmingham Children’s Hospital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of WellChild’s specialist nurse program. Prince Harry - pictured here meeting Wyatt Makwana, 12, who was born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and his father Brian Makwana - visited Birmingham Children’s Hospital on Thursday. Getty Images Harry, a patron for the charity, partly funds the program, which is designed to support children with complex medical needs and their families. The father-of-two emulated his late mother, Princes...

Trump confuses Iran and Japan in day of bizarre mix-ups

Donald Trump confused Iran with Japan in a gaffe-loaded press conference overnight. It was one of a series of bizarre comments from the president while he sat at an event in Ankara alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Donald Trump made a series of gaffes at a press conference in Ankara. AP Photo/Alex Brandon “We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan,” Trump said. He also confused Zelensky for his biggest antagonist. “Do you have a question for President Putin?” Trump said to reporters, gesturing to the Ukrainian leader. Trump also described social media app TikTok as Tic-Tac and Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran as the JCPOC instead of the JCPOA. “This blunder is not an isolated incident – it’s just th...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage quits as MP over financial allegations

UK right-wing populist leader Nigel Farage has announced he will quit as an MP before standing in a byelection, in an attempt to fight off criticism over financial donations from a cryptocurrency billionaire and a convicted fraudster. The Reform UK leader made the announcement at the very end of a 15-minute live broadcast on Tuesday (Wednesday morning AEST) that didn’t have journalists present or allow questions from the media. Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage delivers a statement on his “future in public life” at Millbank Tower on July 7, 2026 in London. Getty Images He repeatedly declared that he’d done nothing wrong, claiming he was “the most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician of modern times”. Farage claimed the voters of his elector...

Trump administration hindering investigation into Epstein’s ranch

The Trump administration is not co-operating with an investigation into crimes committed at Jeffrey Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico, the state’s attorney-general said. Raul Torrez has written to acting federal attorney-general Todd Blanche demanding unredacted documents from the Epstein files in relation to their investigation. Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. AP Torrez said he had waited 130 days for the files. “Without complete and prompt access to relevant unredacted records held by the United States Department of Justice, survivors of serious criminal conduct at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico are being denied justice,” Torrez said in his letter. “That harm is a direct consequence of the (US Department of Justice)‘s continued failure to comp...

US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in female school and college sports

Reuters Women hold placards as they celebrate the US Supreme Court's ruling The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can ban transgender women from competing in female school and college sports. The court considered cases from students in two different states who had challenged bans on participation. The two states, Idaho and West Virginia, enacted laws that required public school and college sports teams to compete in accordance with their sex recorded at birth. One of the two challenges said the ban violates equal rights protections in the US Constitution. The other said it contradicts civil rights laws. More than two dozen states have enacted bans since Idaho did so in 2020. President Donald Trump celebrated the decision in a social media post as a...
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