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In an unprecedented expansion of its long-range strike capabilities, Ukraine's Armed Forces have successfully targeted and struck a Russian warship and logistics vessels deep within the Caspian Sea. The high-precision operation also hit vessels heavily involved in transporting Iran-linked military cargo across the inland basin.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has officially stepped down from his post, stating that his resignation is driven by the need to protect the future of India's youth and prevent the escalation of nationwide student agitations.

St. Petersburg, Russia's critical economic hub and second-largest city, has suffered a massive wave of long-range Ukrainian drone strikes targeting key energy, logistics, and port infrastructure. The sweeping attacks hit major regional economic lifelines—including Baltic Sea oil export facilities and massive distribution centers belonging to Russia's largest e-commerce giant, Wildberries—triggering massive fires, flight disruptions at Pulkovo Airport, and piercing the illusion of safety far from the frontline.

US President Donald Trump has pledged robust security, economic, and political support for Lebanon following a high-level meeting at the White House with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. The discussions centered on securing lasting peace following months of conflict, strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces, implementing a US-sponsored framework agreement with Israel, and coordinating the phased withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Yemen's Houthi movement has launched a major wave of missile and drone attacks targeting critical oil and energy facilities in Jizan and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The coordinated strikes have raised immediate alarms over regional security, maritime trade routes, and potential disruptions to global energy supplies.

Katy Perry has publicly called out the White House for using her song Firework in a TikTok video showing U.S. military strikes on Iran. The singer responded to the video on her social media. Read on to know more.

CJP calls off its 5-week protest. The move came hours after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Education Minister. The party is calling it a "win for democracy" as thousands of supporters celebrate at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.

A Ghaziabad man volunteering at the CJP-led Jantar Mantar protest alleged that UP Police detained his father, seized family documents and harassed relatives over his role in the agitation. While CJP condemned the alleged crackdown, Meerut Police denied detaining any family member.

ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry resigned after an Integrity Commission found serious corrupt conduct by two senior public servants in her portfolio, despite clearing her of wrongdoing. Her resignation contrasts with India, where students demanded Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.

A van drove into people gathered for Berlin’s LGBTQ+ Christopher Street Day celebrations on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least 16 others. The Pride event was cancelled as police launched a search for suspects and investigated the motive behind the fatal incident.

Meta's Business AI Terms of Service require businesses to indemnify Meta against legal claims from the AI's use. Compare that to two live 2026 lawsuits over Meta's own internal AI use — mass layoffs and teen chatbot safety — where Zuckerberg himself is named directly.

Meta's former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun confirmed Llama 4's benchmark results were manufactured through checkpoint cherry-picking. Meta's real-world AI deployment on Instagram — wrongful business account bans and a hack triggered by simply asking — shows what that gap between claimed and actual capability looks like.

Two leaked recordings of internal Meta town halls show Mark Zuckerberg defending a secret employee-tracking programme built to train Meta's AI, then months later admitting the AI push 'hasn't really accelerated' as expected.

Meta paid $14.3 billion to bring in Alexandr Wang to lead its AI push. A year on, former chief scientist Yann LeCun calls him inexperienced, senior researchers have exited in waves, and leaked audio has Zuckerberg admitting the AI push hasn't accelerated as expected.

Meta's AI Business Agent bills businesses by the token from August 1. But legal precedent puts liability for its mistakes on the business, not Meta, its business infrastructure already failed for four hours after launch, and Meta's own Oversight Board says the company isn't transparent about AI's role in its decisions.

Meta's AI Business Agent launches globally on WhatsApp and Instagram to run customer service and sales for small businesses. But Meta's own platform shows its AI wrongly banning businesses, a security flaw hackers exploited by just asking, and ad tools generating basic errors.

Wildfires raging across France and Spain have forced 267,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle massive blazes and authorities work to contain the destruction.

President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan from the Union Council of Ministers, while Cabinet Minister Pralhad Joshi was given additional charge of the ministry.

Lando Norris clinched a dramatic Hungarian Grand Prix pole position, beating Lewis Hamilton by 0.012 seconds as Ferrari narrowly missed a record 10th Budapest pole. Read the full qualifying report