Greek Patriot battery downs missiles, drone over Saudi city
The Greek air defense battery stationed in Saudi Arabia has taken down two ballistic missiles and a drone near the city of Yanbu, Greece’s Ministry of Defense announced Saturday.
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HISTORY 
July 25, 2026 25 July 2026: This day in history
306: Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops 1814: English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a traveling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway, named Blücher 1943: Benito Mussolini is dismissed as Italian Prime Minister and arrested on the authority of King Victor Emmanuel III 1944: World War […]
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EUROPE
July 24, 2026 EU moves to close a legal gap in the fight against online abuse
Βy Martin Banks New action has been taken by the EU to help protect children from online abuse.
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CYPRUS
July 24, 2026 AKEL on the Findings of the “Videogate” Investigation
The findings of the criminal investigator regarding the scandalous video, known as “Videogate,” do not provide answers to what Cypriot society witnessed in audio and video form—statements made by a former Minister in the Anastasiades government and associate of President Christodoulides, as well as by the former Director of the President’s Office and Mr. Christodoulides’s […]
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WORLD
July 24, 2026 Google releases three new AI models
SAN FRANCISCO – Google on Tuesday released three new artificial intelligence models, including Gemini 3.6 Flash, its most powerful, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, which is fine-tuned for cybersecurity.
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HISTORY
July 24, 2026 24 July 2026: This day in history
1534: French explorer Jacques Cartier claims for France the lands around Gaspé by erecting a 30-foot cross at Pointe-Penouille [1] 1567: Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate, and her one-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scotland 1832: Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains through Wyoming’s South Pass […]
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EUROPE
July 23, 2026 Geo-political tensions are “reshaping” Europe’s territories
By Martin Banks Regional “perspectives” must remain at the heart of European policymaking.
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WORLD
July 23, 2026 Saudis must recognise Israel for nuclear deal, says Trump
The deal between the US and Saudi Arabia to help the Gulf kingdom develop nuclear energy is dependent on Riyadh recognising the State of Israel, President Donald Trump has said. “The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!)… which pertains only to non-military use… will be approved, but is totally subject to […]
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ECONOMY
July 23, 2026 Greece opens final section of E65 motorway after 18-year construction delay
Greece has completed a long-delayed motorway linking central Greece with the country’s northwestern regions, cutting travel times between Lamia and the Egnatia Odos highway near Grevena to about 1 hour and 45 minutes.
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HISTORY
July 23, 2026 23 July 2026: This day in history
1777: King Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply the United States with munitions during the American Revolution 1829: William Austin Burt patents America’s first typewriter, the typographer 1840: Union Act passed by the British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada 1944: Bretton Woods Conference ends, establishes the International Bank […]
