Three sons of former Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei (Mostafa, Meysam, and Masoud) were seen praying beside his coffin The new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei did not make an appearance

Houthi representatives arrived in Tehran for Ali Khamenei’s funeral events, chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”

Air Command West showed footage of a Skynex anti-aircraft complex operated by the 223rd anti-aircraft missile regiment shooting down a Russian X-101 cruise missile and Shahed attack drones.

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to travel to Syria, along with a team of investors, and meet with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa soon, according to the Syrian government. After the fall of the Assad regime, French companies and investors were the first to make inroads back into Syria, with French shipping giant CMA CGM being the first company to open offices in a Syrian port at the time.

At Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral in Tehran, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said: "He Was a Great Scholar and Leader Whom Millions of Muslims Will Remember; Pakistan and Iran Will March Together under All Circumstances."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Iran wants to remove us from southern Lebanon, and they are trying to put pressure on the United States. We are handling this pressure well. We have received legitimacy to maintain the security zone from our great achievement against Lebanon, but they will try to undermine it in every way, including putting pressure on the Lebanese government.

Ukraine has struck Russian oil refineries at least 194 times since January 2026, 11 times more than the same period last year, FT reports citing Rochan Consulting. May alone set a monthly record with 16 hits. US intelligence is helping plot drone routes around Russian air defenses, Ukrainian officials told FT. The campaign has grown from targeting oil into a broader strike on Russia's energy, logistics and export systems, Rochan director Muzyka says. Meanwhile a Moscow source tells FT Russia is unlikely to engage in meaningful talks before February 2027.

At least a dozen buildings burned by Chelan Hills Fire in Orondo, Washington state, sheriff tells local media. The wildfire nears 20,000 acres, the sheriff added. Multiple evacuation orders in place.

Great videos of AF1, F-22s, and a B-2 today over D.C. during celebrations for America’s 250th.

Calls to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump rang out before tens of thousands attending funeral events for Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, as one speaker said, “Why should we not kill the man who killed my imam?” before adding, “Trump’s assassination is our duty. Never abandon your revenge.”

Donetsk Oblast, a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker drops a 500/1000 pound JDAM-ER glide bomb on a Russian drone team.

U.S. President Donald Trump: "We are made in the courage, fire, flesh, and blood of the best and the bravest people this world has ever produced. Tonight, we pledge allegiance to the flag they gave us - and we say, "God bless the immortal patriots of 1776, and LONG LIVE THE CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE!""

Mother Ukraine, the most iconic statue in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, bathed in the colors of the American Flag, red, white and blue, in celebration of the Fourth of July and 250th Anniversary of the United States.

According to NBC Bay Area, Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is facing a hit-and-run charge after authorities allege he struck a parked vehicle in Yountville, California, and left the scene. The Napa County Sheriff’s Office said the 86-year-old later told deputies he believed he had hit something but did not realize it was another vehicle. Deputies reported that no alcohol was detected, and the case has been referred to the Napa County District Attorney’s Office for review.

Multiple Ukrainian attack drones just hit Russia's St. Petersburg oil terminal, setting the facility ablaze. Explosions continue as multiple columns of smoke are rising from the port area.

Compilation of Ukrainian attack drones hitting nearly 2 dozen power substations in Russian-occupied Crimea this week. Ukraine's recent strike campaign has sent the Crimean grid into a crisis, with daily power cuts and blackouts.

Ukrainian forces carried out a HIMARS missile strike on Russia’s Belgorod this morning, hitting a power substation and setting it ablaze.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Crypto and AI: "We have to be at the top, otherwise China's going to take it over... it's a big deal, and anything we do, I want to be number one in."

According to the New York Times, citing U.S. officials, the U.S. feared that Israel would continue to target key principal Iranian decision-makers, specifically Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, during the U.S.-Iran negotiations. Per the report, the U.S. went to great lengths to avoid such a scenario, going as far as to urge third party regional nations to warn Iran of potential Israeli threats to both decision-makers. U.S. officials feared that Israel’s potential targeting of Foreign Minister Araghchi and Speaker Ghalibaf would upend any progress in the talks at the time, and serve to plunge the region back into the large-scale conflict that characterized the 40-day war.

According to a 927-page financial disclosure released earlier this week, U.S. President Donald J. Trump reported a personal income of over $2.2 billion in 2025, most from cryptocurrency ventures such as Trump, a meme coin created by the Trump Family only days before last year’s Presidential Inauguration which soared over 300% on release night before falling to less than $2 per coin in 2026. In addition to over $1.4 billion in crypto profits in 2025, investment accounts linked to President Trump carried out multiple high-profile trades last year, including more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day ahead of his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs levied against countries across the World.