U.S. intelligence officials are investigating whether Russia helped Iran target CIA facilities in the Gulf by providing intelligence, targeting data or improved drone technology, Reuters reports.

At least two CIA sites were struck in March, including the CIA station inside the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and another facility in eastern Iraq. A Western intelligence assessment concluded Russia likely played a role, though U.S. officials have not reached a firm conclusion.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any attack on Iran or its infrastructure would trigger a “powerful and decisive” response, adding that countries providing support for such an attack would also be considered legitimate targets.

Separately, IRGC Aerospace Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh’s successor, Mahmoud Mousavi, threatened to target electricity infrastructure in regional countries hosting U.S. forces if Iranian bridges or power plants are struck. Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters also warned it could halt regional oil exports and target oil, gas, electricity and other economic infrastructure, saying an attack on Iran’s infrastructure would expand the conflict across the region and beyond.

Meanwhile, the United Kingdom has temporarily withdrawn its embassy staff from Iran due to the security situation.

Additional footage from the Kosel on Tisha B’Av night shows thousands singing in achdus.

ַל אֵלֶּה אֲנִי בוֹכִיָּה

Thousands are currently gathered at the Kosel on Tisha B’Av night to recite Eicha and mourn the Churban Beis Hamikdash.

Thousands are currently reading Megillas Eichah at the Kosel.

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Samsung has unveiled a revamped foldable phone lineup ahead of Apple’s expected entry into the category, including the $1,200 Galaxy Z Flip 8, $1,900 Galaxy Z Fold 8 and $2,100 Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra.

The standard Fold 8 features a shorter, wider design aimed at video, reading and gaming, while Samsung also introduced hardware changes intended to make the screen crease less noticeable. Preorders begin today, with shipments starting Aug. 7.

Austria has opened a police station in the house where Adolf Hitler ym”s was born, following years of debate over how to prevent the site from becoming a gathering place for neo-Nazis.

The building underwent a 20 million renovation, while a memorial stone outside remains in place.

Netanyahu in a statement ahead of Tisha B’Av: “I will work to deepen unity among us and establish a broad national government after the elections.”

Lakewood Police and officials at BMG confirmed to Lakewood Alerts that the sounds of “gunshots” were just an HVAC company working on the roof.

The buildings were swept by dozens of armed police as a precaution.

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A massive Police response at BMG after callers reported hearing what sounded like gun shots. It is possibly construction related. A large police response is on the scene with drones and K9, with officers seen sweeping the building armed with firearms.

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Secretary of State Rubio on Cuban economy and regime change: The biggest problem Cuba has is that their regime is a disaster, their economic model doesn’t work and the people who run the country don’t know what the hell they’re doing.

The Justice Department has launched an investigation after New Jersey’s governor disclosed that more than 6,000 people who said they were not U.S. citizens were mistakenly registered to vote.

Sec. RUBIO: The United States doesn’t want to be a communist country. We’re never going to be a communist country. We’re not going to allow communist influences to undermine our politics or our society.

Sec. Rubio: Cuba matters to us because it’s 90 miles from our shores and has a direct impact on our national security.

Sec. Rubio on Iran: If you sign onto an agreement, and then you violate the agreement, the agreement’s no longer valid. That doesn’t mean you can’t have a future agreement, but ultimately, that future agreement will have to be judged on whether or not you’re complying with the conditions…

Footage reportedly recorded by a U.S. soldier using Meta glasses shows troops evacuating into bunkers during an Iranian missile attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

Reporter: So my question is: If circumstances were different, would you have vowed to arrest the leaders of Hamas who perpetrated the October 7 attack if they were visiting New York? And if so, why not include something about that to show New Yorkers that, you know, you’re presenting a more balanced approach?

Mamdani: And in the video, I made very clear, as I have before, that my interest in executing that warrant is not specific to Benjamin Netanyahu, but to anyone who they put a warrant toward for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

“And part of that is a reflection of a universal politics. And it is from a universal politics that I can look at October 7 and describe it for what it is, which is a horrific war crime. And I can also look at Benjamin Netanyahu and see the way that he has orchestrated this genocide, and also deem him to similarly be a war criminal.”

President Trump departs Joint Base Andrews en route to Dover Air Force Base, where he will attend the dignified transfer honoring four recently fallen U.S. soldiers.

President Trump on Iran: “They’re going to pay a big price. They’re getting decimated.”