articles 17 jul.

  
WORLD  - NATIONAL 1

Iran said to tell Hezbollah, allies to prepare for wider conflict, which could rope in Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-said-to-tell-hezbollah-allies-to-prepare-for-wider-conflict-which-could-rope-in-israel/

Trump has no good escalation options left against Iran
Striking civilian infrastructure, boots on the ground or tactical nukes all carry catastrophic costs with no clear path to victory 
https://asiatimes.com/2026/07/trump-has-no-good-escalation-options-left-against-iran/

US Conducts Major Strikes on Iranian Power Grid, Transport Networks, Bridges, and Chabahar Port 
https://www.thedefensenews.com/US-Conducts-Major-Strikes-on-Iranian-Power-Grid-Transport-Networks-Bridges-and-Chabahar-Port/

VIDEO: US attack on Griveh bridge in Hormozgan
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/246275/VIDEO-US-attack-on-Griveh-bridge-in-Hormozgan

IRGC releases video footage of attack on US base in UAE
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/246274/IRGC-releases-video-footage-of-attack-on-US-base-in-UAE

Iran’s Guards say two oil tankers explode after hitting mines in Hormuz
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2651361/middle-east

US and Iran target infrastructure as strait shipping comes under further attack
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/escalation-fears-mount-as-us-hits-bridges-and-iran-strikes-desalination-plant-150747882.html

Satellite Images Confirm U.S. Strike on Iran's Oghab 44 Underground Air Base on July 16 
https://www.thedefensenews.com/Satellite-Images-Confirm-US-Strike-on-Irans-Oghab-44-Underground-Air-Base-on-July-16/

Kuwait Says Iran Attacked Power and Water Desalination Plant, Causing Damage
https://english.aawsat.com/gulf/5297035-kuwait-says-iran-attacked-power-and-water-desalination-plant-causing-damage

Oil tankers face 'worst case scenario' in Hormuz as Iran steps up attacks on ships
https://www.vespernews.com/en/news/6ec240ec-80af-4c4f-903c-3c3533393239

Iran's oil supply threat extends beyond Strait of Hormuz
https://www.dw.com/en/us-iran-crisis-puts-gulf-oil-and-gas-routes-beyond-the-strait-of-hormuz-at-risk/a-77980704

US CAN'T FORCE HORMUZ OPEN  - Daniel Davis, Fmr CIA Analyst Larry Johnson 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MALxw3Kj2OU

Houthi leader threatens Saudi oil and vital facilities if Riyadh escalates in Yemen
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/houthi-leader-threatens-saudi-oil-and-vital-facilities-if-riyadh-escalates-in-yemen/

10 Jul '26 - Iran lawmaker warns another U.S. strike could push Tehran toward leaving the nuclear treaty
https://techcurrentnow.com/articles/iran-lawmaker-warns-another-u-s-strike-could-push-tehran-toward-leaving-the-nuclear-treaty

US unmanned surface vessel depot in Bahrain destroyed: IRGC
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/246283/US-unmanned-surface-vessel-depot-in-Bahrain-destroyed-IRGC

Americans move closer to “zero hour”: IRGC navy warns
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/246281/Americans-move-closer-to-zero-hour-IRGC-navy-warns

Iranian army targets US base in Bahrain with drones
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/246267/Iranian-army-targets-US-base-in-Bahrain-with-drones

Iranian forces retaliate US attacks on infrastructur in south
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/246272/Iranian-forces-retaliate-US-attacks-on-infrastructur

IRGC says hit US command center in Syria in surprise attack
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/246266/IRGC-says-hit-US-command-center-in-Syria-s-Al-Tanf

New security incident reported for tanker off Oman’s coasts
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/246278/New-security-incident-reported-for-tanker-off-Oman-s-coasts

US Sends Dozens More Refueling Planes To Israel Amid Widening Iran War, Oil Climbs
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-orders-power-conservation-after-us-hits-energy-infrastructure-irgc-claims

Iran War an 'ABJECT HUMILIATION' for the U.S. Military | Lt. Col. Daniel Davis
https://rachelblevins.substack.com/p/iran-war-humiliation-daniel-davis



ISRAEL  - US - ME 1

Seven Palestinians killed, 20 wounded in Israeli strike on funeral in Nuseirat
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/07/17/366826/

Israeli Forces Trap Civilians in Haris, Drone Strike Injures Worker in South Lebanon
https://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/news/223237/israeli-forces-trap-civilians-in-haris-drone-strike-injures-worker-in-south-lebanon-2

Israel Pushes “Yellow Line” to Gaza’s Main North-South Artery
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2077834195259232641

Israel advances nine settlement plans across West Bank in two weeks
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/07/17/366819/

Israeli Guards Beat Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Again, Keep Him in Solitary Confinement and Deny Him Adequate Medical Care
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2077765567444852864

Gaza Flotilla Activist Files Complaint Accusing Israeli Guards of Rape
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2077787192236130459

Palestinian agency warns about Israeli plans for more than 1,000 new illegal settlement units in West Bank
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestinian-agency-warns-about-israeli-plans-for-more-than-1-000-new-illegal-settlement-units-in-west-bank/4001893

Israel admits it holds Gaza bodies as bargaining chips
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-admits-it-holds-gaza-bodies-as-bargaining-chips/

Amid the ongoing genocide, Gaza’s food crisis worsens with closure of World Central Kitchen centers
https://israelpalestinenews.org/amid-the-ongoing-genocide-gazas-food-crisis-worsens-with-closure-of-world-central-kitchen-centers/

Report documents widespread destruction of Gaza’s agricultural sector
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/07/17/366828/

Occupation issues military seizure order for over 16 dunums (4 acres) of land near Ramallah
https://english-wafa-ps.translate.goog/Pages/Details/172708?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Israeli settlers vandalize electricity poles near Beita, south of Nablus
https://english-wafa-ps.translate.goog/Pages/Details/172692?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp



UKRAINE  - US WAR ON RUSSIA

Seven killed as Russian missiles and drones strike targets across Ukraine
https://www.vespernews.com/en/news/0508c0d9-70d6-449f-be32-b813f082a79f

The moment of the explosion of the Ukrainian oligarch Yermolaev in Monaco was caught on video
https://ria.ru/20260717/vzryv-2105494971.html

Kyiv destroys bomber plane on raid 500 miles past border
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-putin-zelensky-protests-defence-minister-b3016589.html

Ukrainian media defy court injunction to reveal exposé into State Bureau of Investigation chief’s brother and his 143 cut-price apartments
https://rmx.news/article/ukrainian-media-defy-court-injunction-to-reveal-expose-into-state-bureau-of-investigation-chiefs-brother-and-his-143-cut-price-apartments/

Political scientist: strikes on Odessa are turning Ukraine into a third-world country 
https://en.topcor.ru/72852-politolog-udary-po-odesse-prevraschajut-ukrainu-v-stranu-tretego-mira.html

Ukraine's defense minister walked into Zelensky corruption buzzsaw 
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/mykhailo-fedorov-ukraine-zelensky/

FT: Ukraine has begun to have difficulties with grain supplies after Russian strikes
https://www.vesti.ru/ns/ft-u-ukrainy-nachalis-trudnosti-s-postavkami-zerna-posle-rossijskikh-udarov

Analyst Johnson said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will soon not be able to deter the attacks of the RF Armed Forces
https://www.vesti.ru/ns/analitik-dzhonson-zayavil-to-vsu-skoro-ne-smogut-sderzhivat-ataki-vs-rf

Kyiv uses Palantir to strike civilian targets and civilians
https://www.vesti.ru/ns/kiev-primenyaet-palantir-dlya-udarov-po-grazhdanskim-obektam-i-mirnomu-naseleniyu

Russian air defense forces shot down 4,700 Ukrainian drones in a week.
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/8828964?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Air defense forces shot down 243 Ukrainian UAVs overnight.
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/8816844?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp



NATIONAL  2

Congressman screws over America to fight for Israel…
https://revolver.news/2026/07/congressman-screws-over-america-to-fight-for-israel/

How Trump’s ‘original oil guy’ boosted US-Israel ties and played down risks of Iran war
Fracking billionaire Harold Hamm is co-chair of a non-profit that has aggressively pushed for US energy dominance
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/harold-hamm-trump-oil-israel-iran

Francesca Hong, running for governor of Wisconsin, focuses campaign on affordability — and Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-18-2026/

The Documents Washington Never Wanted Released 
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/the-documents-washington-never-wanted-released/

Recording Shows UAW Federal Monitor Pressured Union President Over Israel
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/uaw-shawn-fain-neil-barofsky-recording-israel-gaza

Epstein survivors pan Blanche meeting as dismissive, "demoralizing"
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/17/epstein-survivors-blanche-meeting-reaction

Mahmoud Khalil files lawsuit accusing Trump officials, pro-Israel groups of conspiracy
https://israelpalestinenews.org/mahmoud-khalil-files-lawsuit-accusing-trump-officials-pro-israel-groups-of-conspiracy/

Democrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn’t Stop Them
https://israelpalestinenews.org/democrats-rejected-u-s-aid-to-israel-and-aipac-couldnt-stop-them/

Mamdani launches taxpayer-funded 'Parents' Night Out' babysitting program 
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-launches-taxpayer-funded-parents-night-out-babysitting-program

Americans more likely to vote socialist than MAGA as midterms approach: CNBC poll
https://thepostmillennial.com/americans-more-likely-to-vote-socialist-than-maga-as-midterms-approach-cnbc-poll

75 trucker schools under investigation for CDL fraud 
https://thepostmillennial.com/75-trucker-schools-under-investigation-for-cdl-fraud



COVID BIOWEAPONS  - HEALTH

Wastewater Data Warns of Rising COVID Across California - Thailand Medical News
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/wastewater-data-warns-of-rising-covid-across-california

One person dies amid legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/one-person-dies-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-new-york-city

Cyclospora: Outbreak linked to lettuce served at Taco Bell in several states
https://outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/cyclospora-outbreak-linked-to-lettuce

CDC issues travel notice for Costa Rica due to chikungunya outbreak
https://outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/cdc-issues-travel-notice-for-costa

Six Children in One Small Town Developed the Same Rare Cancer
https://www.vigilantfox.com/p/six-children-in-one-small-town-developed

Hidden Baroreflex Damage May Hold the Diagnostic Key to Long-COVID - Thailand Medical News
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/hidden-baroreflex-damage-may-hold-the-diagnostic-key-to-long-covid

SARS-CoV-2 Causes Bacterial Changes in Immune Cells That May Fuel Long COVID - Thailand Medical News
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/sars-cov-2-causes-bacterial-changes-in-immune-cells-that-may-fuel-long-covid

Long COVID Linked to Persistent Endothelial Activation After SARS-CoV-2 Infection - Thailand Medical News
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/long-covid-linked-to-persistent-endothelial-activation-after-sars-cov-2-infection-



AI - BIG TECH - INTERNET - MEDIA

FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims’ crypto wallets
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/fbi-arrests-man-accused-of-using-steam-games-to-drain-victims-crypto-wallets/

Trump has spent billions on energy. An electricity boom has yet to materialize.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/07/17/trump-has-spent-billions-energy-an-electricity-boom-has-yet-materialize/

Humanoid Loses Its Head In World's First Full-Size Robot Combat Tournament... And Keeps Fighting
https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/humanoid-robot-loses-its-head-worlds-first-full-size-robot-combat-tournament-and-keeps-fighting

Microsoft Word’s Woke New Feature Will Help You Always Be Inclusive of ‘Every Gender’
https://www.vigilantfox.com/p/microsoft-words-woke-new-feature

Nebraska wants data centers to come clean about water usage
https://grist.org/climate-energy/nebraska-wants-data-centers-to-come-clean-about-water-usage/



SPACE - UFOs - SCIENCE - PARANORMAL - HISTORY

What people look at most reflects their brains' specialization
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-people-brains-specialization.html

Fatal car crashes in the US rise the day after a major mass shooting incident, finds new study
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-fatal-car-day-major-mass.html

AI‑designed gene‑editing enzymes expand the CRISPR toolbox
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-aidesigned-geneediting-enzymes-crispr-toolbox.html

Researchers identify class of 'oddball' meteorite that killed the dinosaurs
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-class-oddball-meteorite-dinosaurs.html

Aboriginal people harvested this native grass for millennia: Scientists find an odd trait in its DNA
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-aboriginal-people-harvested-native-grass.html



MILITARY - AVIATION

Southwest Airlines Sued After Allegedly Unprotecting Woman From Unruly Passenger Inflight
https://simpleflying.com/southwest-airlines-sued-allegedly-unprotecting-woman-unruly-passenger-inflight/

Why tiny Finland is a problem for Russia's nuclear fleet
https://www.dw.com/en/why-tiny-finland-is-a-problem-for-russias-nuclear-fleet/video-77970555

US Army and Auriga Space to develop low-cost electromagnetic weapons against drone swarms.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2026/auriga-space-us-army-electromagnetic-launcher-counter-drone

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighter Flies Under AI Control as DARPA Expands VENOM Combat Tests.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2026/u-s-air-force-f-16-fighter-flies-under-ai-control-as-darpa-expands-venom-combat-tests

UK Confirms Plan to Double Sky Sabre Air Defence Systems Deliveries Begin by 2027 
https://www.thedefensenews.com/UK-Confirms-Plan-to-Double-Sky-Sabre-Air-Defence-Systems-Deliveries-Begin-by-2027/

Canada Approves $2 Billion Purchase of 190 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles 
https://www.thedefensenews.com/Canada-Approves-2-Billion-Purchase-of-190-Armoured-Combat-Support-Vehicles/

Israel's IAI Introduces HYPNOSIS Electronic Warfare System to Counter Large-Scale Drone Swarm Attacks 
https://www.thedefensenews.com/Israels-IAI-Introduces-HYPNOSIS-Electronic-Warfare-System-to-Counter-Large-Scale-Drone-Swarm-Attacks/

USS Zumwalt Set To Return To Fleet After Long Anticipated Hypersonic Missile Upgrade
https://www.twz.com/sea/uss-zumwalt-set-to-return-to-fleet-after-long-anticipated-hypersonic-missile-upgrade

Why can an American aircraft carrier be sunk only by an underwater ambush? 
https://en.topcor.ru/72845-pochemu-potopit-amerikanskij-avianosec-mozhno-tolko-iz-podvodnoj-zasady.html?utm_referrer=topcor.ru



ENVIRONMENT - WEATHER - FOOD

Fears that low levels in Colorado’s Lake Powell could threaten power supply for up to 6 million people
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/colorado-lake-powell-power-supply-electricity-b3017190.html

Trieste, sightings of bull rays: unique case in Mediterranean, but they threaten mussel farms
https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/17/trieste-sightings-of-bull-rays-unique-case-in-mediterranean-but-they-threaten-mussel-farms

EU loosens carbon market rules to let industry pollute for longer 
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-loosens-carbon-market-rules-to-allow-industry-to-pollute-for-longer/

Paris region's record June heatwave more 
than doubled normal mortality rate to reach 3,000
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260717-deaths-paris-region-more-than-doubled-during-june-heatwave-report-france

Germany’s 5,000 heat deaths: What the numbers reveal
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-5000-heat-deaths-what-the-numbers-reveal/a-78010353

Amazon soy pact collapse could add 1.4 million hectares of deforestation by 2036
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-amazon-soy-pact-collapse-million.html

Two dead as Texas braces for more ‘record-shattering’ rain after days of ‘catastrophic’ flooding
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/texas-flooding-hill-country-death-toll-weather-forecast-b3016947.html

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Mexico and Guatemala coasts, triggers tsunami alert
https://www.vespernews.com/en/news/aa79ac46-db74-4bb7-8fbc-33ebe8e72a17

Real-time coverage of earthquake event — 58 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico — Pandita Data.
https://panditadata.com/learn/earthquake-58-km-wsw-of-puerto-madero-mexico-20260718

6.0 Magnitude Earthquake 0.0 km from Puerto Madero, Chiapas, MexicoFriday, July 17, 2026 15:20 PM, Depth 10.0 km
https://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2026-07-17-15-20-06-utc-6-0-10



ECONOMY

Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada as wildfire smoke blankets US cities
https://www.vespernews.com/en/news/23e7fe6c-0def-4bf2-9624-02669a7399f3

More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/canada-wildfire-smoke-midwest-mid-atlantic-north-east

Brazil vows to retaliate if US imposes 25% tariffs on some of its products
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/brazil-us-tariffs

The Oil Market Is Burning Through the Buffers That Prevented a Larger Hormuz Shock
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2077783007382172002

Oil prices rise as U.S.-Iran hostilities threaten Strait of Hormuz supply
https://www.vespernews.com/en/news/9d75f24a-0e78-40e1-ad22-228f30d67f75

US Strategic Oil Reserve Nears 40-Year Low | Presented by CME Group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTJd30zueyw

All the trade promises the EU and the US never meant to keep
A year after Donald Trump shook hands with Ursula von der Leyen on a trade deal, POLITICO assesses how their commitments have held up.
https://www.politico.eu/article/trade-promises-ursula-von-der-leyen-donald-trump-eu-us-never-meant-to-keep/

CNBC survey: Americans' economic outlook worsens, Trump blamed
https://www.vespernews.com/en/news/87c5e89f-f736-4797-bc3b-238d2752d45d

Major Blockchain Firm Consensys Accidentally Hired a North Korean Hacker
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/consensys-metamask-crypto-wallet-hired-north-korean-hacker

$100 Billion & Climbing: Iran War Price Tag Believed Far Higher Than WH Estimates
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/100-billion-climbing-iran-war-price-tag-believed-far-higher-wh-estimates



EU - UK - CANADA

Trio arrested for allegedly beating and dragging woman onto Mallorca beach in attempted rape are Moroccan brothers
https://rmx.news/article/three-moroccan-brothers-arrested-for-allegedly-beating-and-dragging-woman-onto-mallorca-beach-in-attempted-rape/

Half of women report harassment or assault at beaches as Marseille expands safety app scheme
https://rmx.news/france/half-of-women-report-harassment-or-assault-at-beaches-as-marseille-expands-safety-app-scheme/

Illegal Moroccan migrant shoots lawyer after failed lawsuit in Spain
https://rmx.news/article/illegal-moroccan-migrant-shoots-lawyer-after-failed-lawsuit-in-spain/

Canadian Attorney General wants to make 'residential school denialism' illegal despite mass graves hoax
https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-attorney-general-wants-to-make-residential-school-denialism-illegal-despite-mass-graves-hoax

The EU has already begun deporting Ukrainian men, the source said
https://ria.ru/20260718/vsu-2105533669.html



MEXICO - LATIN AMERICA

Argentina reignites Falklands tension with protest over Royal Navy vessel HMS Medway
https://www.vespernews.com/en/news/5af74b06-8f3c-46f6-b268-fe678e4c15f5

Trump Misrepresents CIA Report to Claim Venezuela Manipulated Electronic Elections
https://www.telesurenglish.net/trump-misrepresents-cia-report-to-claim-venezuela-manipulated-electronic-elections/



AFRICA - HAITI - DR

DRC reports more than 800 deaths in Ebola outbreak 
https://outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/drc-reports-more-than-800-deaths

How conflict in Congo, Sudan and Yemen is fueling disease
https://www.dw.com/en/how-conflict-in-congo-sudan-and-yemen-is-fueling-the-spread-of-disease/a-77966475