Trump: US envoys enroute to Doha for ‘perhaps important’ Iran meeting
NewsFeed President Donald Trump said US negotiators are heading to Qatar for what he called a ‘perhaps important’ meeting. The talks follow recent attacks that strained the Strait of Hormuz ceasefire. The US and Iran have until about mid-August to reach a permanent peace deal. Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Adblock test (Why?)
Mourners light candles after deadly German shelter shooting
NewsFeed Residents lit candles on Monday evening near the site of a shooting that killed six staff members at a women and children’s shelter in Stade, Germany. Police say the shooter’s motive was related to a family dispute. Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Adblock test (Why?)
Police hunt for suspect after three wounded in Monaco blast
Ukrainian oligarch reported to be among injured in explosion at residential building in the Mediterranean principality. By AFP and Reuters Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026 Police in Monaco and neighbouring France are hunting for a man suspected of detonating a makeshift bomb in the centre of the wealthy Mediterranean principality, which seriously injured several people, officials said. Three people, including a teenager, were hurt in the explosion that struck at about 9pm local time (19:00 GMT) on Monday in a residential building in Monaco, according to authorities in the micro-state on the French Riviera, known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list According to the AFP news agency, Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev was one of those wounded. Monaco’s Minister of State Christophe Mirmand initially told AFP that the blast appeared to be “an attack”, but later dropped the term, describing it as a “deliberate explosion”. A couple in their 50s or 60s suffered life-threatening conditions, while a 13-year-old who was “very likely related to the couple” suffered less serious injuries, Mirmand said, without disclosing their identities. The explosive device apparently contained bolts and buckshot, Mirmand said. “This is the first time in history, to my knowledge, that such an act has taken place in the principality,” he said. A source close to the investigation who asked not to be named told AFP that one of those wounded was Yermolaiev. Yermolaiev, a multimillionaire Monaco resident, has been subject to sanctions from Kyiv since December 2023, which Ukrainian security services reportedly said stemmed from his alcohol business activity in Russian-occupied Crimea. Advertisement Monaco’s public prosecutor, Stephane Thibault, said a suspect had left a bag or package in the building’s lobby before leaving. French newspaper Le Figaro said video surveillance images showed a man dropping a backpack at the entrance of a residential building shortly before the explosion. Monaco’s Prince Albert II described the incident as a “heinous crime” and “a shock to the entire Monegasque community”. An aide to French Minister of the Interior Laurent Nunez said police were working “to find the perpetrator, who has fled”. An AFP photographer at the scene saw a heavy police presence with access to the area cordoned off, while a helicopter circled overhead. Adblock test (Why?)
Monsoon Moves: IMD issues alert for heavy rains across Northeast, Northwest, Central India
The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall across several parts of the country on June 30 as monsoon activity strengthens over Northwest, Central, East and Northeast India.
Mathura Bus Accident: 4 killed, over 20 injured after Volvo bus crashes into truck on Yamuna Expressway
A speeding Volvo bus carrying around 65 passengers rammed into a trailer truck on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, leaving four people dead and more than 20 injured.
Texas education board member threatens to sue colleagues over posts calling her “Marxist”
A Democratic board member says colleagues harassed her in social media posts during Texas’ debate over how history is taught. The GOP members deny any bullying.
Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to serve as U.S. labor secretary, sending his pick to the Senate for confirmation. If confirmed, Sonderling would formally assume the Cabinet post after leading the Labor Department on an acting basis since former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s departure in April. He would continue overseeing the department’s efforts to enforce federal labor laws, administer workforce programs and implement the administration’s employment agenda. “It is my Great Honor to announce that I am nominating Keith E. Sonderling, the outstanding Acting United States Secretary of Labor, to be permanent,” Trump announced on Truth Social. “Keith previously served as Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer and, during my First Term, worked at the U.S. Department of Labor as the Acting and Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. “Throughout his career, Keith has proven his dedication to delivering strong results for the Hardworking People of our Country, and I know he will do an incredible job in his new role,” Trump added. ACTING LABOR SECRETARY SONDERLING: A FAST-TRACK WAY TO GET A JOB WITHOUT COLLEGE DEBT Chavez-DeRemer left the Labor Department in April, when the White House announced Sonderling would serve as acting labor secretary. ACTING LABOR SECRETARY SONDERLING: A FAST-TRACK WAY TO GET A JOB WITHOUT COLLEGE DEBT Chavez-DeRemer’s departure came after a whistleblower complaint accused her of having an affair with a member of her security detail, drinking on the job, creating a hostile work environment and directing staff to perform personal errands at taxpayer expense. The Labor Department’s inspector general is investigating the allegations, which also include claims that Chavez-DeRemer’s husband made unwanted advances toward department officials and that family members routinely sent personal requests to young staffers, according to previous Fox News Digital reporting. ACTING LABOR SECRETARY SONDERLING: A FAST-TRACK WAY TO GET A JOB WITHOUT COLLEGE DEBT Reporting on the complaints indicates Chavez-DeRemer requested staff perform private errands for her and her husband, including picking up dry cleaning, purchasing wine and cleaning out the secretary’s closet, while allegedly using threats to ensure compliance. Meanwhile, other complaints alleged drinking on the job and keeping stashes of liquor around the office, according to the New York Post, which first reported the complaints in January. Chavez-DeRemer has denied the allegations. Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
Emotion and feelings: How Democratic Socialists’ congressional insurgency could come back to bite them
It’s a Democratic identity crisis. Democratic Socialists of America are on the charge, running hot off their wins in the New York Democratic primaries last week. Their victories in multiple Congressional seats – felling both Reps. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and Dan Goldman, D-N.Y. – signals that the party is ready to move on from the same old, same old. Espaillat chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Goldman was a key House staffer during the first impeachment of President Donald Trump. “Even Dan Goldman’s not good enough for them,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Fox. “That is how radical it’s become.” MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALISTS LOOK TO TAKE NEW YORK PLAYBOOK NATIONWIDE AFTER PRIMARY VICTORIES Some moderate Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the left. “That’s not the same brand of politics that we have. We’re not those type of Democrats,” said Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., who represents a battleground district. “There’s a new group of Democratic Socialists who are socialists who are not commonsense Democrats. Who are not interested in getting things done. They’re interested in throwing bombs. Not actually solving problems,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J. LURCHING LEFT: MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATES OUST ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS Some Democrats are worried how far left candidates command more attention than those in the middle. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Mich., worries that the outsized attention garnered by the left sends the wrong impression to voters. “What they don’t want is divisiveness. They don’t want screaming and yelling,” said McDonald Rivet. Mainstream Democrats feel trapped in the middle as the left – specifically the New York City left – wields an outsized media and political megaphone. “Those candidates would not have won in Virginia where I live,” said Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va. Republicans believe they are primed to nationalize the midterms. Republicans can do that by highlighting the extreme views of Democratic Socialists who captured primary victories in New York City. The GOP wants to portray their opponents as veering left. “These are board-certified communists, right?” asked Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan. “They want no police. They want no private property.” President Trump capitalized on the Democratic outcomes in his home city. “The Democrat party is in big trouble because this isn’t stopping with New York,” he forecast. VICTORIES BY MAMDANI-BACKED CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES SPOTLIGHTS GROWING RIFT IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY This shakeup has progressive leaders demanding transformation at the top. “You’re going to see, I think, people voting for new leadership and to change their representation,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. The Democratic Party tapped Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., to deliver their official response to President Trump’s 2025 State of the Union speech. Slotkin is a moderate who won in a battleground race in 2024 – even as the President prevailed in the Wolverine State. But during an appearance on SiriusXM, Slotkin insists on a Democratic Party management switch. “If people can’t understand that the game has fundamentally changed and they can’t adapt, then they need to let others,” said Slotkin. “The old models do not work for people.” Republicans believe House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is vulnerable after the DSA elected their candidates over his preferred picks in New York City. “I think Hakeem Jeffries’ friends and neighbors gave him a big middle finger,” said House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. “If you lose three elections in your hometown, that’s a pretty big slap in the face.” He added that Democrats “are going further and further to the left to the point where they are full-blown, card-carrying socialists.” And then there is the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish, and in some cases, antisemitic take by some of these candidates. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, is a moderate Democrat from a swing district. He’s Jewish and one of the most pro-Israel Democrats in the House. “There are some on the left who use Israel the way that some on the right use immigrants or trans kids as a way to divide. And I think it’s terrible. It’s also just not what voters want us talking about,” said Landsman. HOUSE DEMOCRAT LASHES OUT WHEN GRILLED ON WHETHER SOCIALIST VICTORIES WOULD THREATEN DEM UNITY Yours truly tangled with Rep. John Larson, D-Conn. – who once chaired the House Democratic Caucus. I pressed him about what the party would do about some candidates “who are too far to the left.” “What does that mean? That’s your statement. Did the people of New York vote?” queried Larson. I assured him that they did. “Is that democracy?” asked Larson. “But if some of them are antisemitic,” I countered. “Is that a democracy?” continued Larson. “Will you stand by people if they have antisemitic views?” I followed up. Larson finally addressed my inquiry. His answer crystallized the schism the Democratic Party now faces. “I’m against antisemitism, if that’s your question,” Larson declared. The fact that Democrats are now facing this debate robs them of valuable time on economic issues. Landsman argued that voters would prefer candidates to stick to groceries and the price of gas. Gottheimer echoed Landsman on kitchen table subjects. “We should be focused on ways to actually solve problems like that. Not coming in here and using tea party tactics and trying to divide up the country and pray to socialist ideals,” said Gottheimer. So what is the party to do? DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB “They’re our nominees. We’re going to support them. We’re going to welcome them. They’re going to be part of our caucus and we’re going to unite behind Leader Jeffries,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the Oversight panel. But that doesn’t address the fissures. It doesn’t address how voters may perceive the party. And it doesn’t establish if these new Democratic nominees will work on behalf of the party to raise money and advocate for Democrats across the board. Or, will they become professional bomb throwers – ala what the right has endured for a while. “It’s going to be a lot harder to get
Trump unloads after Supreme Court upholds late mail-in ballots in Mississippi
President Donald Trump on Monday blasted a Supreme Court opinion upholding a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots received up to five days after Election Day to be counted. The ruling in Watson v. RNC pitted Trump against some of the justices he appointed and dealt a blow to his push for stricter election rules by upholding Mississippi’s practice of counting late-arriving mail-in ballots. The decision also prompted a rebuke from one of the Republican senators Trump singled out in a scathing response, after the senator noted he already supports legislation requiring ballots to be received by Election Day. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump nominee, rebuked Republicans’ arguments in the case, writing that as long as Election Day is the statutorily required date on which a vote is submitted and that “election-day statutes do not set a deadline for ballot receipt.” Trump fired back hours later on Truth Social, calling the case a “tremendous loss” for voters’ rights and saying the ruling means Congress must moot it immediately by passing the SAVE America Act. SUPREME COURT RULES ON MAIL-IN BALLOTS RECEIVED AFTER ELECTION DAY The bill, led by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, in the House and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in the Senate, would require nationwide voter ID and essentially ban no-excuse mail-in balloting. “It is more important than ever to pass the SAVE America Act,” he said. TRUMP’S SAVE AMERICA ACT SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE SENATE DESPITE REPUBLICAN REVOLT “There is no excuse for a politician, or otherwise, to be against the above three requirements,” he said, citing voter-ID, proof-of-citizenship, and only distributing mail-in ballots to military members, the sick and disabled and those voters traveling away from their home precinct on Election Day. “There is only one reason to oppose — cheating,” he said, adding that the House approved the SAVE Act in three different iterations. “In a time when there is a powerful Communist movement taking place in our country, one more dangerous than World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or Sept. 11, all Dumocrats (sic) and our five Republican Senate Hold Outs, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy, and Mitch McConnell must vote to save our country.” WATCH: HAWLEY FUMES AFTER 4 GOP SENATORS HELP SINK TRUMP-BACKED VOTER ID LAW Fox News Digital reached out to Senate leaders John Thune, R-S.D., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., as well as each of the senators Trump mentioned. Cassidy incredulously replied that the president may need to fact-check his missive, as the Louisiana Republican is a co-sponsor of the SAVE Act. “I don’t know which staffer misled you, but thank you for your attention to this matter,” Cassidy said, mimicking Trump’s signature statement-closer. Trump and Cassidy have sparred in other respects, but the two appear in agreement on the bill’s contents. However, Cassidy added that it is “irresponsible” to postpone a now-paused Housing bill signing until the SAVE Act is passed because people deserve “relief… for the high cost of housing.” SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Thune’s office declined further comment, while McConnell’s acknowledged receipt and said the former majority leader would share any comment if he has one in the interim. While Trump grouped all Democrats in opposition, one maverick member of the minority has signaled he would support a pared-down version that would require voter ID. “If the GOP wants real reform over a show vote––put out a clean, standalone bill and I’m AYE,” Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said in a recent statement. “Keep it basic: PHOTO ID to vote. Stop turning this into a Christmas list and attacking vote-by-mail.” If the Senate were to approve the House-passed version of the SAVE Act, it could upend or at least moot parts of the Supreme Court’s Watson decision. Calls for the SAVE America Act’s passage mounted in the weeks before the decision as critics pointed to California’s ballot tabulation process after actor Spencer Pratt was overtaken by socialist Councilwoman Nithya Raman, D-Los Feliz, and eliminated from the runoff. Critics also cited the slow pace at which Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton were declared general election candidates for governor after a crowded primary.
Ketan Agarwal murder case: Why did police seek extended custody of Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary
As the investigation in Ketan Agarwal murder case goes on, the Vadgaon Maval court extended Siyal Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary’s police custody after investigators requested more days citing pending investigation. While citing pending probe, they revealed conspiracy plan.