Five Things That Mattered This Week | June 26, 2026

Welcome to our Friday headlines!

African teams are performing incredibly well at the World Cup, including Morocco, Coite de Ivoire, and even Democratic Republic of Congo — who’s in an ebola crisis!

Things are one step forward forward, one step back this week between Iran, the U.S., and the IAEA. Turkey heightens security for the upcoming NATO summit, acting ODNI Pulte moves forward with more purges in the U.S. intel community, AI is the topic at Summer Davos 2026, and the U.K. PM resigns.

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