Thursday, July 16, 2026
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Strikes across Ukraine on May 5 left dozens dead amid competing ceasefire claims from Moscow and Kyiv; here’s what different outlets are emphasizing.
Read the storyAs Moscow announces a pause for Victory Day and Kyiv offers its own open-ended truce, civilian deaths from overnight strikes expose how unilateral pauses are as much about optics as they are about stopping the bloodshed.
Read the storyIran says it has received a U.S. response to a 14‑point plan to end the war — a procedural step that could be meaningful only if mediators and operational guarantees translate public rhetoric into enforceable terms.
Read the storyIn a move that has raised eyebrows across Washington and beyond, US Defense Secretary Eric Hegseth announced that the statutory clock for the president to report to Congress about military operations in Iran has been “paused or stopped” in the context of a ceasefire.
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