Monday, July 27th

German police fatally shot Abdul Ballout in Berlin’s Spandau district after officers said he rushed them with a bladed weapon during an operation that ended a nearly 24-hour manhunt. Authorities say the 21-year-old German citizen with Lebanese roots drove a rented van into crowds near Berlin’s Christopher Street Day/Pride celebrations, killing one woman and injuring 29 people, before attacking others with a blade. Germany’s interior minister said investigators believe the attack was Islamist terrorism. Prosecutors said Ballout was convicted in 2025 of trying to join ISIS and served less than two years in prison.

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The United States and Iran went a second straight day Sunday without new attacks after 13 consecutive nights of U.S. bombing, with a Pentagon official saying U.S. operations were “on hold.” U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz said President Donald Trump paused strikes to give negotiations “some space,” while saying military action remains an option. Iran’s army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said Tehran had halted its retaliatory attacks during the pause. Diplomats were trying to revive talks on an interim ceasefire, and oil prices fell as supply concerns eased.

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President Donald Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on July 24, 2026, delivering an hour-long address months after a gunman disrupted the original April event. He opened by praising Secret Service and law enforcement, then mixed praise for some journalists with attacks on reporters, political rivals and public figures. Trump also joked about a possible third term and said his staff had removed harsher material from the speech. Commentators across party lines criticized the performance afterward, saying several jokes missed the mark.

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