The US sent an armed submarine to the Middle Eastand approved $20B worth of arms sales to Israel,Gaza cease-fire talks resumed in Doha,with mediators presenting a "bridging proposal" to Israel and Hamas,and one Israeli hostage was reportedly killed and two were injured in Gaza.Meanwhile, Germany issued an arrest warrant over the Nord Stream sabotage,as a report claimed that Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved the alleged plot to blow up the pipelines,and Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin vowed a "worthy response" to Ukraine's Kursk offensive,as Moscow reportedly sent reinforcements to the region,which faced attacks on several local bridges.In other news, a US Army sergeant pleaded guilty to selling military secrets to China,a senior US investigator on the GOP's Afghanistan probe resigned,the UN warned that Sudan's conflict has reached a "catastrophic breaking point,"and dozens of ethnic minority Rohingya were killed in Myanmar.

Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity,Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced his resignation,and Paetongtarn Shinawatra became Thailand's youngest-ever leaderafter Srettha Thavisin was ousted over ethics violations.Meanwhile, Venezuela's ruling and opposition parties rejected international calls for new elections,and South Korea sought dialogue with the North.

Kamala Harris released her economic agenda,as her campaign announced it had been targeted by foreign hackersand was accused of editing news headlines in Google ads,and Donald Trump hired five new campaign advisers.Meanwhile, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was disqualified from New York's presidential ballot,Ilhan Omar won Minnesota's primary,and a Secret Service agent allegedly left her post at a Trump event to breastfeed.In other news, Elon Musk interviewed Trump,the former president prepared a $100M lawsuit over the FBI's raid of his Mar-a-Lago residence,Hunter Biden reportedly sought government help to secure a lucrative contract on behalf of a Ukrainian energy company,and the White House announced 10 new drug prices negotiated by Medicare.

Arizona and Missouri added abortion amendments to November's ballot,Columbia University's president resigned following controversy over her handling of Gaza campus protests,multiple people were jailed in the UK over their social media posts regarding the recent immigration riots,and the UN warned that 1.4M Afghan girls have been barred from attending school under the Taliban.

Doctors across India went on strike to protest the rape and murder of a female medic,five people were arrested in connection to the death of actor Matthew Perry,New Zealand agreed to extradite internet mogul Kim Dotcom to the US,and a reputed Peruvian gang leader was arrested in New York.

A contentious bill seeking to regulate AI passed California's Appropriations Committee,X faced nine EU privacy complaints over its AI training,and Google launched its AI chatbot Gemini Live.

Chinese automaker Zeekr launched the world's fastest-charging electric vehicle battery.

US inflation slowed to 2.9%.

The World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency,as the first case of the new mpox strain was confirmed outside of Africa.

Wildfires in Greece saw thousands evacuated.

NASA considered two stranded astronauts' return to Earth,liquid water was found on Mars,and scientists linked the dinosaurs' extinction to a carbon-rich asteroid.

Stonehenge's central Altar Stone was found to have come from Scotland instead of Wales.