 | Veteran US Senator Dianne Feinstein dead at 90Her achievements include writing the 1994 assault rifle ban and producing a 6,700-page report on the CIA torture program during the US "war on terror." |
 | Shoranur’s Harith prepares for his fifth Dakar with TransAnatolia winA five-time national supercross champion, Harith will compete in the Rally du Maroc in Morocco before leaving for the United States for training. |
 | UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfallThe action means that 10 million people will be cut off from the agency’s support this year in the country, the World Food Programme said in a statement. |
 | Europe moving east, new alignments and priorities possibleAs the face-off with Russia over Ukraine dominated NATO’s plans, its eastern border (the Baltic states and Poland) acquired added military importance |
 | The life and death of a 'brave, but mad' Russian activist Anatoly BerezikovA rights activist and a lawyer, who have been looking into Berezikov's alleged suicide in custody, have left Russia in the wake of threats they received from security services. |
 | UGC sets up expert panel to ensure non-discriminatory environment for SC, ST students in universitiesThe move comes after the Supreme Court called the deaths of students from marginalised communities in institutions of higher learning a "sensitive matter" that requires "out of the box thinking". |
 | Cold War’s revived axis: Russia, China and North KoreaThe rise of China and other regional powers has caused the world to shift back to a fuzzy world order, often referred to as multipolar, which it certainly is not. |
 | Cyber security firm detects NATO data breach in BengaluruAccording to NATO, unclassified information should only be used for official purposes. The cyber security firm has its headquarters in Singapore. |
 | Zelenskyy praises NATO summit results despite allies' lack of invitation to UkraineA day earlier, he tweeted that it was "absurd" that NATO hadn't set a timetable for Ukrainian membership. |
 | West offers frustrated Ukraine security commitments outside NATOThe Ukrainian leader was to hold talks with NATO's 31 leaders at their summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, a day after blasting them for not moving faster to bring Ukraine into the fold. |
| NATO chief says no timetable set for Ukraine’s membership; Zelenskyy calls that ‘absurd’Although many NATO members have funneled arms and ammunition to Zelenskyy’s forces, there is no consensus among the 31 allies for admitting Ukraine into NATO’s ranks. |
 | In boost to NATO, Turkey ends opposition to Sweden's bid to join alliance“Rumors of the death of NATO’s unity were greatly exaggerated," Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security adviser, told reporters triumphantly on Tuesday. |
 | Xi says Russia and China should 'lead global governance reform'Beijing and Moscow have ramped up economic cooperation and diplomatic contacts in recent years, with exchanges only growing closer since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. |
| Ukraine tops NATO summit agenda along with defence plans, Sweden's membership and Belarus fearsThe leaders are set to endorse new defence plans should Russian President Vladimir Putin try to broaden Moscow's war beyond Ukraine and westward into allied territory. |
 | Ukraine, Sweden and spending: What's coming up at NATO summitUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to come to Vilnius to make the case to NATO's 31 leaders that Kyiv deserves to join the alliance once Russia's war ends. |
 | Biden visits Britain ahead of NATO summitAhead of the visit, the White House said Biden would seek to "further strengthen the close relationship" with Britain. |
 | The US will provide cluster bombs to Ukraine, defends delivery of controversial weaponJoe Biden said "The Ukrainians are running out of ammunition” and the cluster bombs will provide a temporary fix to help stop Russian tanks. |
 | Zelensky wins Erdogan's NATO backing after securing US cluster bombsWhile Zelensky is pressing for NATO membership "now", the White House has urged restraint and said plainly it would not happen at next week's summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. |
 | Joe Biden plans to host Swedish PM; show of solidarity in support for NATO bidBiden and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will “review our growing security cooperation and reaffirm their view that Sweden should join NATO as soon as possible,” the White House said. |
 | NATO chief convenes July 6 talks hoping to convince Turkey to let Sweden joinThe meeting is a last-ditch effort by Stoltenberg to have the Nordic country standing among NATO's ranks as a member at a major summit next month. |
