Headlines- While Iran's economy, military, and leadership have all significantly deteriorated, US President Donald Trump claims that the Strait of Hormuz is in "extremely good shape," adding that "it doesn't mean we won't smack them to see what happens."
- An apparent mentally unstable woman was shot and killed by New York City police after allegedly stabbing two people in Times Square.
- Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, and Russia's Vladimir Putin, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
- On Monday, Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, accused Russian and Israeli-linked social media platforms of spreading disinformation regarding the July refugee crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump's administration was given permission by the US Supreme Court to proceed with the $400 million White House ballroom construction project.
- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
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