THE PRIVY POST

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Volume 2 • Issue No. 199 • Updated Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:02 AM UTC

US and Iran escalate strikes across Mideast

The United States and Iran have exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies.

Sources: AP News


Trump doubles down on US election attacks in primetime speech

Sources: AP News


Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal face off in World Cup final after photo 17 years ago

Almost two decades ago, photographer Joan Monfort didn’t think much of his photo shoot of a teenage Lionel Messi bathing a cute baby boy in a plastic bathtub.

Sources: AP News


Mexico earthquake: 7.3 magnitude quake hits border with Guatemala

A 7.3 earthquake hits Mexico-Guatemala border with no immediate damage reported.

Sources: AP News


Brenda Fricker, first Irish actress to win Oscar, dies at 81

Sources: AP News


Wildfire smoke engulfs DC and parts of US, causing unhealthy air

Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are muddling through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires in Minnesota and Canada.

Sources: AP News


China's Xi calls for global AI cooperation, criticizes US tech curbs

Sources: AP News


Israel's parliament dissolves ahead of October elections

Sources: AP News


Ukraine's new prime minister takes office amid protests and looming winter

Serhii Koretskyi has been approved as Ukraine’s prime minister. Unlike many officials, the 48-year-old built his career in business, managing fuel and food industries before leading troubled state-owned energy companies.

Sources: AP News


Women in Africa dying as US ramps up global anti-abortion battle

Sources: AP News