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NATO leaders came to Turkey to discuss security, Erdogan gave them each an engraved revolver

ANKARA, Turkey, July 10, 2026 (AP) — Western leaders came to Turkey to discuss security in an increasingly perilous world. They each left with a revolver and six rounds. The unconventional gift from the host of this week’s NATO summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was meant to showcase his country’s growing defense industry. But it left officials across the alliance scratching their heads. Some were forced to leave their gifts behind due to gun laws in their countries, while others donated theirs to museums. “It struck me that ⁠my gift of maple syrup kind of undermatched,” Canadian Prime Minister

Indian police arrest dozens after violent protests over rape, murder of 11-year-old girl

July 10 (Reuters) – Indian police said on Friday they ​had arrested dozens of people for violence and vandalism during protests this week over ‌the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in an eastern state. Police said one innocent person had been lynched by angry crowds. Protesters had blocked roads and torched vehicles since the girl’s body was found in a pond on Sunday, ​a day after she went missing, in Baruipur city of West Bengal state about 30 ​km (20 miles) from Kolkata. “We have arrested 35 people for violence and vandalism so ⁠far … others involved are

Gold rebounds Rs 400 per 10gm in Delhi on value buying

New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Gold prices edged up by Rs 400 to Rs 1,48,500 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday, while silver jumped Rs 5,000, as value buying by traders and a weak US dollar revived demand for precious metals. The yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity closed at Rs 1,48,100 per 10 grams in the preceding session. Silver also snapped its three-session losing streak, surging Rs 5,000 to Rs 2,37,000 per kilogram (inclusive of all taxes) from Thursday’s closing level of Rs 2,32,000 per kg. Traders said the recovery came as the dollar index

At least 1 million women have lost access to aid after funding cuts, UN says

GENEVA, July 10, 2026 (AP) — At least 1 million women have lost access to humanitarian and other critical support as a result of budget cuts over the last 18 months, the U.N. agency focusing on women said Friday. UN Women says 84% of women’s organizations surveyed had reported increased needs since January 2025, when the Trump administration in the United States — the biggest U.N. donor — took office and began cutbacks in foreign aid. “Every dollar withdrawn from women’s organizations is a dollar withdrawn from survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, displaced mothers, girls forced from school and communities

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