September 2026
482 events recorded by the research reviews, newest first. An event that the latest review of its entry no longer lists is marked with the date it was last listed; it is shown as recorded then and was not re-checked. A report cited for several entries appears once, under all of them. The board began on 12 September 2026; events before then are the older ones its reviews cited, not a full record.
21 September 2026 8 events
Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters says the US is preparing to resume strikes; Trump says he is in a deciding mode on Iran, and Qatar says US officials assured it Washington seeks an agreement. aljazeera.com
The RSF-led Tasis coalition accuses the SAF of drone and militia attacks on South Sudan's oil export pipeline north of Al Hamadi in South Kordofan since Sept 11, saying seven of its fighters were killed guarding repair crews (single-sourced). radiotamazuj.org
Four people are reported killed in al-Jawf as fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed forces continues. aljazeera.com
Pakistani airstrikes hit Nurgal in Kunar and Barmal in Paktika; Pakistan claims 28 militants killed, Kabul says three civilians killed and four wounded, and the Taliban spokesman vows retaliation usnews.com
Pakistan says airstrikes on suspected militant hideouts in Kunar and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan, following the Kohat attack, killed 28 militants; Kabul says three civilians were killed bostonglobe.com
Trump administration reportedly readies entity-wide sanctions on the International Criminal Court, according to Wall Street Journal and Reuters reports citing anonymous officials aljazeera.com
Mozambique's Supreme Court reschedules Venancio Mondlane's trial for Nov 17, postponing the Oct 6 hearing at the defence's request. clubofmozambique.com
Powerful explosions at an army weapons depot at al-Eis south of Aleppo injure at least four; no cause is given. aljazeera.com
20 September 2026 19 events
RSF drone strikes on residential neighbourhoods of El Obeid from dawn to midday kill at least two people and injure 20, according to the Sudan Doctors Network. aa.com.tr
ISW reported Russia launched 138 drones overnight Sept 19-20, over 2,000 long-range drones and 1,700 glide bombs in the preceding week, and that observers reported ballot stuffing and draft notices at Duma polling stations understandingwar.org
Preliminary Duma results gave United Russia 57.19 percent with 36.87 percent of precincts counted, with the same five parties set to return; official results are due no earlier than Sept 25 meduza.io
Ukraine conducted what ISW called its largest combined missile and drone strike on Moscow Oblast overnight Sept 19-20, damaging the Gazpromneft Moscow refinery; Moscow's mayor claimed over 1,600 drones were intercepted, a figure other outlets put above 1,000 (contested) understandingwar.org
Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf says the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until Iran's conditions are met. abcnews.com
The DRC rolls out the Ervebo Ebola vaccine to health workers from Sept 19 as the outbreak reaches 7,541 cases and 3,639 deaths; officials say its effect against the Bundibugyo strain is uncertain. aljazeera.com
Al Jazeera reports a Sept 18 Tehran parade for the Janfada mass-mobilisation campaign, with officials claiming more than 600,000 new registrations for active participation in that week. aljazeera.com
Iranian lawmakers submit an NPT-withdrawal bill with triple urgency to parliament's presiding board; it needs the speaker's approval before open debate. presstv.co.uk
North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea within three hours, one flying about 440 km, its second set of launches in roughly a week euronews.com
Pakistani forces kill five militants the government labels Fitna al-Hindustan and free 23 hostages held at an illegal checkpoint near Kalat in Balochistan bostonglobe.com
ISW noted the FSB's Sept 16-26 closure of the Russian side of the Narva border zone with Estonia, restricting small vessels, hunting and nighttime access within five kilometres of the border understandingwar.org
AfD wins 38.2 percent and becomes the largest party in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election en.wikipedia.org
United Russia is reported at about 57 percent with a quarter of Duma ballots processed, amid reports of coercion and fraud (single-sourced) pravda.com.ua
Egypt's Sisi tells CIA director John Ratcliffe that Cairo rejects any action undermining Somalia's sovereignty or territorial integrity, in talks covering Horn of Africa and Red Sea security. somaliguardian.com
Residents of Berezloji and Dereneu reported a drone-like object and an explosion early on Sept 20; police checks found no debris, impact traces or fires united24media.com
North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area about three hours apart, flying roughly 450 km and more than 600 km; Seoul and Washington analysing stripes.com
Israeli forces kill a Palestinian near Jenin they say attempted a vehicular attack; separately a settler is shot dead near Halamish, Netanyahu orders the suspect's home demolished and Ben-Gvir calls for the death penalty. aljazeera.com
Bessent, Greer and He Lifeng meet in New York ahead of the summit to discuss a Board of Trade for non-sensitive goods, an AI incident-notification mechanism, rare-earth compliance, Iran and the Nov 10 truce expiry ntd.com
Xi heads to the summit with China's global trade surplus on pace to exceed 1 trillion dollars for a second year despite US tariffs (snippet only) usnews.com
19 September 2026 20 events
The Houthis fire a ballistic missile and drones at Riyadh, the first attack on the capital since the war escalated in July; the coalition says it intercepted the missile, residents report an explosion and smoke near the airport, and attacks on Bisha, Taif, Farasan and Yanbu are also reported thwarted. aljazeera.com
Mohsen Rezaei tells Al Jazeera that Iran's conditions to re-engage in talks, an end to war on all fronts, release of frozen funds and an end to the naval blockade, were sent to the US via Qatar. aljazeera.com
JNIM claims on its Az-Zallaqa channel that its Sept 10 attack on a Malian army camp in central Mali killed 150 soldiers, including two colonels and a captain, and captured 93; the army reports only that several dozen militants were killed and declines to comment on its own losses (contested). arabnews.com
Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi near Lyman was reported to have cleared about 85 sq km, with the 3rd Army Corps claiming the recapture of Serednie and clearing of several villages euromaidanpress.com
The US State Department tells Americans to seriously reconsider travel to the Middle East after the Houthi attack on Riyadh, warning the conflict could escalate rapidly. abcnews.com
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkey will meet Saudi Arabia's defence needs under the Mecca defence pact, citing very serious attacks on Saudi territorial integrity; no Turkish deployment is confirmed. aljazeera.com
Pakistan warns Afghanistan after the Kohat attack that it can eliminate terror threats wherever they are and demands credible, verifiable Taliban action against militant sanctuaries tribune.com.pk
Burma News International, carrying Development Media Group, reports the Arakan Army seized four junta positions on the Sittwe-Ponnagyun front on Sept 15 and 16, including near the Minchaung Bridge and the Shwe Min Gan naval station, as junta forces retreated with heavy losses including commanding officers and answered with near-daily airstrikes (single-sourced) bnionline.net
The US Treasury lifts Biden-era sanctions on Eritrea's ruling PFDJ and military, citing US regional interests in the Red Sea; Eritrea welcomes the move and the State Department calls Tigray peace implementation 'uneven'. aljazeera.com
Mohsen Rezaei says Iran's future nuclear policy depends on Washington's conduct, including lifting the naval blockade. abcnews.com
PM adviser Qasim al-Araji says there is no specific deadline for the disarmament committee's mission; an official close to PM al-Zaidi reports significant militia resistance and only three groups claim to have placed weapons under state control. thenationalnews.com
A Hezbollah roadside bomb wounds two IDF soldiers in the southern Lebanon buffer zone and the IDF strikes Hezbollah sites in response; UNIFIL's commander warns of challenges ahead of its withdrawal. timesofisrael.com
The clearance operation at Kohat Police Lines ends with eight attackers killed after a roughly 22-hour siege dawn.com
Somali Guardian reports the US agreed to extend UN support to AUSSOM for one more year, deferring the UNSOS drawdown to January 2027, as Somali forces remain dependent on external logistics and air support (single-sourced). somaliguardian.com
Russian election officials claim cyberattacks on Duma voting systems were thwarted; no details or independent confirmation globalsecurity.org
La Paz interprovincial transport unions announce indefinite road blockades from Monday Sept 21 over the rise in unsubsidised diesel prices larazon.bo
The IDF says it killed a Hamas commander involved in the Oct 7 attack, as the school year opens in damaged UN-run schools. timesofisrael.com
Israeli attacks kill four Palestinians across Gaza, including Basir al-Bursh, son of the health ministry's director-general, in a drone strike in Jabalia; Al Jazeera puts the toll since the ceasefire at 1,390. aljazeera.com
SOUTHCOM's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere strikes a go-fast vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people it calls narco-terrorists southcom.mil
Settlers attack Palestinians in several villages, assaulting an elderly man in Burqa and damaging an ambulance near al-Mughayyir. timesofisrael.com
18 September 2026 30 events
Al Jazeera reports that US officials met Houthi representatives in Muscat and were told the group would target only Saudi-linked vessels, and that Trump declined two Saudi requests for US strikes. aljazeera.com
The IRGC says it struck the Togo-flagged tanker Trend in the Strait of Hormuz; UKMTO reports a tanker hit by an unknown projectile and a fire later extinguished, crew safe. thehill.com
Peskov said Russia had no plans for a covert mobilization after the Duma elections, while a European security official said Russia is preparing to draft an additional 300,000 men by year end english.nv.ua
Pakistan's military spokesman pledges to defend Saudi Arabia against aggression to any extent, while the Foreign Office says no military response is under discussion. aljazeera.com
The Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of 26 air attacks in 24 hours, and the Saudi-backed government says it killed 30 Houthi fighters in al-Waziiyah district of Taiz. aljazeera.com
UN agencies report more than 112,000 people displaced by the fighting and nearly 3,000 Yemenis reaching Djibouti by boat, over 2,400 of them in the preceding week. aljazeera.com
Ethiopia's federal army says nearly 300 TPLF fighters surrendered on the Tekeze corridor with more than 280 weapons; the TPLF declines to comment, and both sides have massed troops on Tigray's borders. arabnews.com
Fighting between federal forces and TPLF troops reportedly intensifies over two days in western Tigray and along the Tekeze, with TPLF-aligned media claiming a federal drone downed (single-sourced). wardheernews.com
Germany's closure of the Russian consulate in Bonn takes effect, in retaliation for the August explosive-drone attack on Leipzig/Halle airport that Berlin attributed to Russia france24.com
Israeli forces advance from al-Tiri toward Hadatha, shell Chaqra, Wadi Nahla, al-Mansouri and Majdal Zoun, and tanks approach a Lebanese army post at Deir Mimas before withdrawing. aljazeera.com
Development Media Group reports three junta fighter jets dropped 500-pound bombs on former military installations in Mrauk-U Township (snippet only) bnionline.net
Sahara Reporters says ISWAP fighters who attacked the forward operating base at Gajiram, Nganzai LGA, on the evening of Sept 17 briefly overran it and killed seven soldiers before air support repelled them, citing military sources; the army's own account reports four insurgents killed (contested). saharareporters.com
Security forces fire on protesters in Minna over the deaths of 37 detained miners in NSCDC custody; Niger State imposes a 24-hour curfew and the NSCDC state commandant is suspended. aljazeera.com
A suicide car bomb and gun assault on the Old Police Lines mosque in Kohat, claimed by the TTP-linked Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, kills at least 31 people including 15 police and wounds 103 en.wikipedia.org
Polish Prime Minister Tusk told parliament there is a real risk Russian drones or missiles will fly into eastern-flank NATO states and cause destruction, in strikes disguised as accidents meduza.io
FBI, Japan's NPA and Australian and German agencies publish a joint advisory attributing the WaterPlum fake-job-interview campaign (30,000 devices, over 10.7 million dollars stolen) to North Korea bleepingcomputer.com
China Coast Guard cutter 21585 rams Philippine fisheries vessel BRP Datu Magat Salamat 54 nautical miles off Palawan during a refuelling mission for Filipino fishermen; damage but no injuries, and China blames the Philippine vessel aljazeera.com
Cuba's national electricity system collapses island-wide, leaving more than 9 million people without power, at least the sixth partial or total grid collapse of 2026 abcnews.com
Security Council holds third Secretary-General straw poll; Grynspan leads with nine encourage votes, Rodrigues Birkett eight, no consensus passblue.com
Italy says it will deploy warships to protect shipping through Bab al-Mandeb after the Houthis captured Mayyun island on Sept 11. aljazeera.com
Islamic State Iraq Province claims three attacks on the Iraqi army and tribal mobilisation units in Anbar and Kirkuk, reportedly its first Iraqi claims since May (snippet only) memri.org
The US drug-transit determination listing Mexico, without the failed-demonstrably finding, is entered in the Federal Register; Sheinbaum replies that Mexico does not need to be judged from outside latintimes.com
Kim Yo Jong, via KCNA, threatens 'more offensive' responses to the US-led multinational Pacific Vanguard drills and vows no change in strengthening nuclear deterrence nknews.org
OFAC ends the Ethiopia emergency with related delistings and issues an amended Russia-related general licence and FAQs ofac.treasury.gov
A blast at an army weapons cache in Ayyash, western Deir ez-Zor, kills 11 soldiers and wounds nine; the cause is under investigation. aljazeera.com
AEI's China and Taiwan Update records Taiwan's Sept 16 to 18 joint live-fire exercises integrating the Altius-600M loitering munition and land-based anti-ship missile sinking drills, and reports China building an unmanned-submarine mothership at Hudong-Zhonghua aei.org
The US, Denmark and Greenland reach a security agreement granting the US permanent basing, access and overflight rights in Greenland without any transfer of sovereignty npr.org
Nippon.com reports Takaichi's revamped cabinet faces a year-end revision of the three security documents and pressure over Trump's 3.5 percent of GDP defence-spending call nippon.com
Ruto tells 1,273 newly trained GSU officers to stay out of partisan politics before the 2027 election and warns that protests cannot justify violence, looting or destruction. allafrica.com
Turkish Minute reports PKK co-chair Cemil Bayik saying the group will not disarm or return to Turkey unless Ocalan is freed. turkishminute.com
17 September 2026 25 events
ISW reported Ukrainian strikes on the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in Yaroslavl and on transport aircraft and helicopters at a Rostov Oblast airfield, and Russia launching 157 Shahed drones overnight Sept 16-17 understandingwar.org
The US Development Finance Corporation approves 414 million dollars for Global Atomic's uranium project in Niger, two years after US troops left the country. aljazeera.com
Al Jazeera reports the East-West pipeline still offline, with Rystad Energy expecting a restart within a couple of weeks at 40 to 60 percent capacity. aljazeera.com
The SAF announces control of more than 11 villages and military positions in North and West Kordofan, advancing toward Sodari and the Route 40 supply line into Darfur. radiotamazuj.org
De la Espriella rejects the ELN's proposal to exchange four hostages (three police officers and a civilian) kidnapped on Aug 17, saying there will be no swap and ordering reinforced deployments to find them eluniversal.com.co
The ELN proposes swapping four hostages (three police officers and a civilian); the president rejects any exchange colombiaone.com
The seventh DRC-Rwanda JSCM meeting in Geneva (Sept 16-17) ends without a public communique or new implementation deadlines; FDLR neutralisation and Rwandan defensive measures remain unresolved and an October trilateral planning conference is set. trendsnafrica.com
The Trump administration approves a potential sale of 48 F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia. aljazeera.com
Macron, Aoun and Jordan's King Abdullah meet in Paris on alternatives to UNIFIL and backing for the Lebanese army. aljazeera.com
Troops report foiling attacks on FOBs at Gajiram and Mairari in Borno and killing four insurgents. vanguardngr.com
AFRICOM strikes an al-Shabaab conventional weapons storage warehouse in Sanaag, about 80 km southwest of Bosaso, in coordination with the federal government. globalsecurity.org
An election law amendments bill is tabled before parliament in Juba. radiotamazuj.org
Clashes between Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities around Amiet market in the disputed Abyei area kill at least 26 people and injure 82, according to UNISFA. aljazeera.com
RBC-Ukraine, citing The Moscow Times, reported the Sept 15-18 exercise involved mechanized and tank battalions near the Suwalki corridor, with Minsk saying troop numbers stayed below Vienna Document notification thresholds newsukraine.rbc.ua
Peru's interior minister Cesar Astudillo faces interpellation over the crime wave; the Chamber of Deputies grants his request to hold it in secret, and Juntos por el Peru does not rule out censure larepublica.pe
US sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye take effect aljazeera.com
Al Jazeera analysis: Egypt, which joined a Saudi-led Red Sea maritime security coalition in August, weighs how far to go in securing the southern Red Sea, straining ties with the UAE. aljazeera.com
India summons Pakistan's charge d'affaires and Pakistan summons India's top diplomat over the Sept 15 collision, each accusing the other of violating the 1991 agreement; analysts warn of the lack of an incidents-at-sea mechanism aljazeera.com
An unidentified drone entered Moldovan airspace at 08:56 toward Tudora and left near Palanca at 08:58 during a Russian attack on Odesa Oblast army.md
OFAC posts Iran-related and Cuba designations together with Belarus-related designation removals ofac.treasury.gov
Conatel orders providers to restore access to about ten blocked news portals as transition talks resume; about 200 domains remain blocked latintimes.com
Settlers raid areas near al-Taybeh and al-Mughayyir in the Ramallah district and graze sheep on Palestinian land (single-sourced). english.palinfo.com
Datafolha puts Lula at 46 percent and Flavio Bolsonaro at 44 in a run-off, a technical tie unchanged from Sept 11, and 39-36 in the first round usnews.com
Escudero rebukes House prosecutors for violating the sub judice rule after issuing show-cause orders on the 26th trial day of Sara Duterte's impeachment philstar.com
Erdogan adviser Mehmet Ucum says Ocalan will join the disarmament and strategic coordination subcommittee, stressing it does not mean his release. turkishminute.com
16 September 2026 20 events
The US House passed the Graham sanctions bill 262-159, sending Trump authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on the top buyers of Russian oil and gas npr.org
The US presidential determination lists Colombia, Bolivia and Venezuela as having failed demonstrably in counternarcotics, but waives the assistance cut-off as vital to US national interests upi.com
WHO chief warns the Ebola fight in the DRC is 'far from over'. aljazeera.com
RNDDH attributes the Kenscoff attacks, with at least 164 killed and 71 kidnapped, to groups affiliated with Viv Ansanm and warns of its persistent capacity for repeated offensives haitiantimes.com
Iran HRM reports at least 61 executions between Aug 23 and Sept 15 and new death sentences for protest detainees Mohammadreza Majidi-Asl and Omidreza Heidari (single-sourced). iran-hrm.com
A drone launched from the direction of Kermanshah hits a Komala camp in the Zargwezla area of Iraqi Kurdistan, two days after missile fire on the same site (single-sourced). voiceofemirates.com
Malaysia offers to invite Myanmar's leader as part of a push for Rohingya repatriation aljazeera.com
The Sentry reports that Russian Africa Corps commanders hold approval authority over air and drone strikes in Mali, even when Malian pilots fly them (single-sourced) riotimesonline.com
The US Justice Department charged five people, including FSB colonel Kirill Khrameyev, over FSB-run surveillance and assassination plots that included a murder-for-hire offer against a target in Vilnius and a plot to set fire to buses in the Czech Republic rferl.org
Nauseda said the drone downed over Lithuania on Sept 15 was a Russian Gerbera most likely headed for Ukraine and diverted by Ukrainian electronic warfare, and that the army was analysing its electronics themoscowtimes.com
Belarus freed 25 prisoners in exchange for the US lifting sanctions on Lakokraska and Bellesbumprom, a day after Lukashenko met US envoy John Coale themoscowtimes.com
AEI reports Wang Yi met his Iranian counterpart and used unusually forceful language urging restraint on Houthi attacks (single-sourced) aei.org
Sweden's centre-left opposition wins the Sept 13 election by 175 seats to 174, SVT reports (snippet only) cnn.com
SOUTHCOM reportedly sinks a floating refuelling station supporting drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific in an operation with Ecuadorian partners (snippet only) riotimesonline.com
Sheinbaum uses the Independence Day military parade to stress sovereignty, saying the nation does not bow or kneel latintimes.com
Belarus frees 25 political prisoners in return for the US lifting sanctions on Lakokraska and Bellesbumprom, the fifth such release aljazeera.com
OFAC posts Russia-related designation removals and an amended Venezuela general licence ofac.treasury.gov
Syria's parliament abolishes the Assad-era Counter-Terrorism Court as Kurdish protests over fuel prices and Kurdish-language teaching flare in the northeast. aljazeera.com
Bloomberg reported that Georgia's ruling party is moving to ban all parliamentary opposition parties (snippet only) bloomberg.com
Thailand and Cambodia conclude their first UNCLOS maritime-boundary conciliation meeting in Singapore; Thailand expects the process to take about 12 months and yield a non-binding report thestar.com.my
15 September 2026 53 events
Saudi Arabia activates Mecca's emergency warning system for the first time in the war, with alerts also issued for Jeddah and Taif governorates, before announcing the danger has passed. al-monitor.com
The Saudi-led coalition says Houthi missile and drone attacks on Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif wounded 13 civilians and damaged seven homes and two vehicles; spokesman Turki al-Maliki vows a firm response. aljazeera.com
Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei rejects negotiations with Washington unless Tehran's conditions are met, after the Trump administration signals it is seeking a way to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz (single-sourced). timesofisrael.com
The RSF is reported to have accepted a proposed 90-day humanitarian truce while rejecting parts of the withdrawal arrangements (single-sourced). thenationalnews.com
Ukrainian drones hit Rosneft's Syzran refinery in Samara Oblast overnight, with Ukraine's General Staff confirming a direct hit and fire and damage to the AVT-6 unit and tank farm; Ukrainian forces also struck the Atlant Aero drone manufacturer in Taganrog. kyivindependent.com
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the Saudi East-West pipeline, shut after drones launched from Iraq struck it, will resume exports within days. aljazeera.com
US envoy Massad Boulos says there is 'no future' for Sudan's two rival military leaders as Washington pushes for a nationwide UN arms embargo; the RSF reportedly accepts a 90-day humanitarian truce while Burhan rejects a ceasefire. thenationalnews.com
Brent rises 1.77 percent to about 107.55 dollars a barrel on the Saudi pipeline outage and fresh Houthi attacks; Goldman Sachs says the attacks raise the probability of Brent above 120 dollars. rte.ie
The UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting on Yemen over the Houthi advance along the Red Sea coast and their control near Bab el-Mandeb (single-sourced). rte.ie
The UN reports more than 125,000 people from over 18,000 households displaced in Yemen since the start of September. aljazeera.com
Yemen's internationally recognised prime minister accuses the Houthis of killing and displacing civilians during their territorial advance. aljazeera.com
Pakistan's state broadcaster reports Afghanistan Freedom Front leader and former Afghan army chief Yasin Zia claiming that armed resistance to the Taliban is gaining momentum and beyond Taliban control, an interested-party claim with no independent corroboration found. (single-sourced) (snippet only) radio.gov.pk
Armed men believed to be ELN use machinery to destroy what remained of the Betoyes police station in rural Tame, Arauca (single-sourced) infobae.com
Colombia awaits the US anti-drug certification determination due that day; Rubio said in Barranquilla on Sept 8 that the new government's cooperation is different from the past but that the assessment covers the previous twelve months under Petro. (snippet only) elheraldo.co
De la Espriella announces the capture of seven alleged members of the 'Cordillera' drug-trafficking organisation in Dosquebradas, Risaralda under Operation Mars. (single-sourced) eluniversal.com.co
De la Espriella confirms that army Gaula units freed eight people held hostage by the ELN in rural Convencion, Norte de Santander, in an operation he says was carried out with US assistance. infobae.com
DRC and Rwanda set to meet in Geneva on Sept 16-17 under the Joint Security Coordination Mechanism with US, Qatari, Togolese and AU mediators; FDLR neutralisation and Rwanda's lifting of defensive measures both remain undeclared. aljazeera.com
Police use tear gas against C64 opposition protests in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Uvira against the proposed constitutional amendment. aljazeera.com
UN says Ebola responders are grappling with a still-widening outbreak in DR Congo and appeals for renewed international support. news.un.org
Denmark summons Russia's ambassador after a Russian frigate fired flares toward a Danish Fennec helicopter in international waters on Sept 14; the foreign minister calls it unacceptable and the prime minister calls it reckless. themoscowtimes.com
NATO jets on Baltic Air Policing shoot down a drone over Lithuania's Kaisiadorys district, the first such shoot-down in Lithuanian airspace; the drone most likely entered from Belarus and flew for about 30 minutes. npr.org
NATO jets on Baltic Air Policing shoot down a drone over Lithuania, the first drone downed in Lithuanian airspace; EU calls Russian actions reckless and dangerous irishtimes.com
Saudi East-West pipeline, struck by drones launched from Iraq, is reported to need three to five weeks of repairs, keeping the main Hormuz bypass out of service dtnpf.com
The opposition NCRI cites state media putting Iran's poverty line above 70 million tomans a month against a minimum worker income below 25 million tomans, and reports a death sentence against Marziyeh Ebrahimi for photographing a missile strike site in Bandar Abbas (single-sourced). ncr-iran.org
130 Iranian lawmakers sign a statement calling on parliament to start the legal process for NPT withdrawal under Article X. tehrantimes.com
US Ambassador Michel Issa visits southern Lebanese villages under Lebanese army control while an Israeli drone surveys the area; the IDF says troops located Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon (single-sourced). timesofisrael.com
Belarus's Defence Ministry opened a Sept 15-18 Western Operational Command exercise under Chief of the General Staff Pavel Muraveiko at the Gozhsky, Brestsky and Ruzhansky ranges in the Grodno and Brest regions, rehearsing border cover, martial-law enforcement and counter-drone tasks. tass.com
Denmark's foreign ministry summoned Russian ambassador Vladimir Barbin after a Russian frigate fired two flares at a Danish Fennec helicopter off Gedser on Sept 14; Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen called it completely unacceptable and Copenhagen said it would not activate NATO Article 4 or 5. cphpost.dk
Italian jets flying NATO's Baltic air-policing mission shot down a drone that had entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus, between Vilnius and Kaunas, the first such shootdown over Lithuania; Lithuania notified NATO and requested reinforced air defences along the Belarusian border. stripes.com
Kiir removes National Elections Commission chair Abednego Akok Kacuol and appoints NEC secretary-general Gabriel Bol Deng Majok, three months before the Dec 22 elections. radiotamazuj.org
WFP warns that a 'super El Nino', continuing violence and reduced aid are deepening South Sudan's food crisis. news.un.org
Belarus's Defence Ministry opened a Sept 15-18 Western Operational Command command-and-staff exercise led by Chief of the General Staff Pavel Muraveiko at the Gozhsky, Brestsky and Ruzhansky ranges near the Polish and Lithuanian borders, practising border security, martial law, counter-sabotage and counter-drone operations. charter97.org
NATO fighter jets destroyed a drone over central Lithuania that Lithuanian officials said had entered from Belarusian territory. france24.com
Sweden's election stays too close to call with about 95 percent of districts counted, 176 seats to 173 for the centre-left bloc, and close to 300,000 advance and overseas ballots still to be counted; the final result is reportedly delayed by a day to Sept 17 (single-sourced on the delay). aljazeera.com
Ecuador's Executive Decree 498 takes effect: a 60-day state of exception in eight provinces and three cantons, suspending three rights, with a curfew in four provinces from Sept 17 to 30 riotimesonline.com
France, as Security Council president for September, requests an emergency Council meeting on the Bab al-Mandab Strait after Houthi forces seize Yemen's Red Sea coast and strike commercial shipping. arabnews.com
Security Council emergency session on Houthi advances toward Bab al-Mandab, the second Yemen emergency meeting in under a week press.un.org
Israeli strikes kill at least five Palestinians in Gaza, including an eight-year-old girl in Khan Younis; the IDF says it killed Hamas commanders Nael Abu Obeid and Ahmad al-Batash (contested). timesofisrael.com
Indian destroyer INS Kolkata and Pakistani patrol vessel PNS Hunain collide in the North Arabian Sea, the first direct military contact since May 2025 thediplomat.com
AP reports the last coalition troops packing up as Iran-aligned factions signal their weapons will stay; an official from one faction says there is "absolutely no decision among the factions to surrender weapons", and only a handful of less-influential militias have agreed to hand anything over. The government's formula is that factions surrender "dynamic weapons" (missiles and long-range aircraft) to the PMF central command and dissolve into PMF and army structures. abcnews.com
Asharq Al-Awsat reports a phased formula under negotiation: fighters integrated into the PMF as brigades from Sept 30 to Dec 31, 2026 while keeping their weapons, Turkish withdrawal by July 1, 2027, and faction arsenals left outside state control into early 2028 under a monitoring committee of the PMF, the Coordination Framework, the factions and the government, with a clause voiding the terms if war against Iran resumes or a Coordination Framework party or faction faces an existential threat (single-sourced). english.aawsat.com
The US Justice Department charges a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man, arrested Sept 12, with receiving a firearm and ammunition in support of the Islamic State; the FBI says he was building attack concepts while acquiring weapons. abc7news.com
Palestinian media report a drone strike on passers-by in Sheikh Ajleen southwest of Gaza City and a strike on a vehicle in al-Saftawi in northern Gaza City (single-sourced). english.palinfo.com
The UN says Israel is failing to show respect for the dead buried under Gaza's rubble. aljazeera.com
Roundup reporting describes M23 running parallel governance in Goma and Bukavu and extracting revenue from taxation, coltan and cross-border trade. (single-sourced) allafrica.com
Culiacan and other Sinaloa municipalities hold the Independence Day Grito after two years of cancellations caused by the Chapitos-Mayiza war infobae.com
Al Jazeera reports the first Russian resupply of Tartous under an early-August memorandum turning Tartous and Hmeimim into joint training and capacity-building centres, by a four-vessel convoy that arrived on Sept 7. aljazeera.com
A second round of US-backed government-opposition talks opens in Caracas, with Jorge Rodriguez and Dinorah Figuera leading the delegations and church mediators present ewtnnews.com
President Ruto, touring Nyanza, warns political leaders against violence, tribalism and division ahead of the 2027 general election and says Kenya has no room for leaders promoting chaos. allafrica.com
Armenian FM Mirzoyan said he plans to meet Azerbaijani FM Bayramov in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, with no final agreement yet panorama.am
Gazprom suspended Russian gas supplies to Armenia from Sept 15 to Sept 25 for pipeline maintenance, with Armenian officials signalling the country could raise rent for Russia's military base if gas prices rise; Gazprom Armenia said domestic reserves and Iranian volumes would cover demand. jam-news.net
Day 25 of Vice-President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial hears an Office of the Ombudsman records official on the unexplained-wealth article, covering the rise in her declared net worth from P7.25 million in 2007 to P98.656 million in 2025. (snippet only) newsinfo.inquirer.net
Thailand and Cambodia open a compulsory conciliation process under UNCLOS in Singapore over their disputed maritime boundary, with foreign ministers Sihasak Phuangketkeow and Prak Sokhonn exchanging opening statements before a five-member commission; the process runs to Sept 17 and any outcome is non-binding. abcnews.com
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Houthis claim dozens of ballistic missiles and drones against the King Khalid airbase at Khamis Mushait as Saudi civil defence issues and lifts alerts for Abha and Khamis Mushait twice within an hour; two people reported injured along the Saudi border. aljazeera.com
Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami and his delegation cancel their trip to the IAEA General Conference after Austria denies entry under the snapback travel ban; Iran's IAEA ambassador calls it a politicisation of the agency. aljazeera.com
Iranian missiles hit three camps of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq's Kurdistan Region; Tehran summons Austria's charge d'affaires over Eslami's exclusion from the IAEA conference. timesofisrael.com
ISW reported Russia launched 102-108 drones overnight with 85 downed by Ukrainian air defences, and assessed Russia fielded about 2,800 jet-powered Geran-4 drones in August against 350 in June while possibly producing at least 100 ballistic missiles in September. understandingwar.org
Zelensky repeated an offer to halt Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy and critical infrastructure if Russia reciprocated; Peskov welcomed Trump's call for Ukrainian restraint but refused to commit Russia to a reciprocal halt. understandingwar.org
Al Jazeera analysis says about 200 Russian Africa Corps troops, reinforced from Mali and Libya, helped retake Air Base 101 during the Niamey mutiny, which killed at least 27 and led to about 100 arrests, while Mali and Burkina Faso stayed inactive. aljazeera.com
The Houthis say Saudi F-15 and Typhoon jets flew 54 air raids over Lahj, Taiz, al-Jawf, Marib and Hajjah in 24 hours, with Houthi-aligned media reporting three civilians killed in Taiz (single-sourced). aljazeera.com
UN agencies warn Sudan's humanitarian system could collapse within weeks for lack of funding; the IOM-run Common Humanitarian Pipeline may exhaust shelter, sanitation and relief stocks by end-September, with 8.6 million internally displaced and about 19.5 million facing crisis-level hunger. aljazeera.com
Al Jazeera reports that a temporary Hormuz solution is deferred after the Iran-Arab meeting in Salalah falls through, with Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi saying the postponement was in the interests of consensus. aljazeera.com
Brent trades near 107 dollars a barrel after the postponement of the Salalah talks on the Strait of Hormuz (single-sourced). financefeeds.com
Burma News International reports Arakan Army units repelling renewed junta advances across Kyaukphyu Township, intercepting a column from Awa Taung village near the Taung Maw Oo naval station on Sept 9 and 10 and seizing weapons and ammunition, with more than 60,000 displaced in the township since February 2024. bnionline.net
Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh accuses the UAE of 'port-based colonialism' in the Horn, citing DP World at Berbera and Bosaso and saying Asmara rejected a reported UAE military facility on the Dahlak Islands. (snippet only) allafrica.com
Gangs mount a further assault on the Viard 1 and Viard 2 areas of Kenscoff on Sept 13-14 (single-sourced) haitiantimes.com
NATO Secretary-General Rutte says at Brussels headquarters that strikes close to alliance territory will drive NATO to increase support for Kyiv and pledges to bolster defences along the eastern border. washingtontimes.com
Grossi tells the opening of the 70th IAEA General Conference that there has been no in-field verification in Iran for more than six months, a matter of serious proliferation concern. iaea.org
Iran says Eslami and his delegation were blocked en route to Vienna and summons Austria's charge d'affaires, calling the entry denial unjustified and made under US pressure. timesofisrael.com
IAEA 70th General Conference opens in Vienna; Grossi says the Agency is 'stubbornly optimistic' on Iran verification and reports a seventh local ceasefire enabling repairs at Zaporizhzhia news.un.org
Police, the Anti-Terrorist Force and the Counter Terrorism Department report killing six suspected militants linked to the banned BLA and BLF and detaining five others in Qilla Abdullah district and adjoining areas of Balochistan, with one ATF officer wounded. (single-sourced) dailyittehad.com.pk
Security forces and the Counter Terrorism Department report killing nine militants in two Balochistan operations: three including a commander named Naqeeb in a quadcopter strike on a vehicle in Mastung, and six in a raid at Saranan in Pishin that wounded four security personnel (single-sourced). en.dailypakistan.com.pk
Africanews reports that five Russian Africa Corps personnel were killed with more than 50 Malian soldiers in JNIM's Sept 11 assault on the Dioura camp in Mopti; dozens more soldiers were taken prisoner. africanews.com
Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said a Russian military drone had been recovered from the Baltic Sea near Rusinowo, while Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command said it had detected no national airspace violation since July 31 and could not link the find to a Russian attack. eurointegration.com.ua
UNICEF reaches Jonglei communities that had been cut off from humanitarian support for months by the fighting. news.un.org
AEI's China and Taiwan Update records PLA Daily articles published on Sept 13 and 14 stressing the mobilisation of civilian resources for military use and the role of civilian entities in future information and cognitive 'control warfare', alongside a Sept 13 CCTV video of an amphibious combined-arms exercise using vehicle-launched drones and unmanned ground vehicles. aei.org
Cuba's Union Electrica bulletin published by Granma forecasts a 1,945 MW peak shortfall for Sept 14, with units at the Maximo Gomez plant in Mariel, the Lidio Ramon Perez plant in Felton and the Antonio Maceo plant in Rente out of service on breakdowns. granma.cu
Kurdistan24 reports that the Trump administration warned PM Ali al-Zaidi during his Washington visit that monthly dollar transfers to the Iraqi federal government could be suspended unless Iran-aligned factions surrender weapons by Sept 30; the outlet states it obtained no US government document and that no public US statement confirms the ultimatum, and cites two anonymous Iraqi government sources (single-sourced). kurdistan24.net
Thousands march in white through Culiacan chanting 'we want peace' against the Sinaloa Cartel's two-year internal war, whose death toll is put above 3,000. france24.com
A drone entered Moldovan airspace near Palanca at 10:33 from Ukrainian territory near Maiaky, penetrating about 500 metres before returning to Ukrainian airspace at 10:34; the crossing was confirmed by Moldova's Border Police and Ukraine's State Border Guard Service. moldovalive.md
KCNA reports that the Sept 12 launch was a joint firepower attack drill involving subunits of five artillery and missile units, with attack drones, a tactical cruise missile, a large-calibre thermobaric multiple rocket launcher and a tactical ballistic missile fired at an island target. koreaherald.com
OFAC posts an Iran-related designation together with an amended Venezuela-related general licence and an updated FAQ. ofac.treasury.gov
Protests over a 25 to 40 percent rise in fuel prices spread across Idlib, Hama and the Aleppo countryside, with the M5 highway blocked near Maarat al-Numan. aljazeera.com
B'Tselem publishes The Elimination Project, accusing Israel of a coordinated system to dismantle Palestinian society in the West Bank, citing 1,107 Palestinians killed since Oct 7, 2023 and 75 communities displaced. aljazeera.com
A BTG/Nexus poll puts Lula ahead of Flavio Bolsonaro 47-46 in a run-off, a two-point gain within the margin of error, as the Supreme Court crisis renews scrutiny of Flavio's ties to a banker in a fraud case (snippet only). bloomberg.com
An Armenian delegation led by Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan visited Tbilisi and met Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, with both sides stressing law-enforcement cooperation and lasting peace in the South Caucasus. 1lurer.am
Georgia's State Security Service chief Geka Geladze resigned after about five months in post, the third head of the service to leave in 13 months, saying he would move to another government agency. civil.ge
Serbia's student protest movement marched through central Belgrade and formally submitted its election list for the Oct 25 vote; Vucic said he would resign the presidency on Sept 27 to lead his party's campaign and become prime minister if it wins. ksat.com
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A commercial vessel is attacked near Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, reportedly killing one person (single-sourced). profilenews.com
A Russian drone struck a Warsaw-bound train at Yahodyn station on the Ukrainian-Polish border shortly after a diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and EU security advisers left ahead of schedule; Ukraine's rail operator said the diplomatic train was probably the intended target and no one was hurt. npr.org
Kremlin aide Ushakov pushed back on Kushner's claim of a near-complete deal, saying many issues beyond the territorial question remain unresolved, while the Kremlin signalled openness to trilateral talks in the UAE. understandingwar.org
Ukrainian drones destroyed the TANECO refinery at Nizhnekamsk and the Slavyansky refinery at Slavyansk-on-Kuban and hit a drone storage site at Millerovo, while Russia launched 453 drones and loitering munitions overnight and 323 more during the day. understandingwar.org
Niger's military government reshuffles the army command by decree: Mamane Sani Kiaou replaces Moussa Salaou Barmou as head of the armed forces and Abdourahmane Abou Zataka becomes army chief of staff. aljazeera.com
Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claims a missile and drone strike on the Sharurah base in Najran province without saying when it occurred; Saudi civil defence reports sirens in Abha and Khamis Mushait, with alerts raised then lifted, and has not reported casualties or damage from it. Houthi media report two Saudi strikes on Saada and artillery fire in Monabbih (single-sourced). Yemen's government vows to send more forces to the Red Sea coast; more than 82,000 displaced since Sept 1 (contested). aljazeera.com
Oman postpones the Sept 14 Salalah meeting of Iranian, Iraqi and Gulf foreign ministers with no new date; Bahrain had ruled out attending and Iran says Saudi Arabia requested the delay. arabnews.com
Al Jazeera reports the Houthis hold the Yemeni side of Bab el-Mandeb, about 20 km from the African coast, with Djibouti receiving more than 2,000 Yemeni refugees in 24 hours and Egypt maintaining strategic restraint. aljazeera.com
De la Espriella delivers a televised first-month address setting out nine points on the fiscal crisis, security, university public order, agreements with the United States and anti-corruption. eltiempo.com
Lithuania closes Vilnius airport and NATO summons at least one fighter jet after a reported drone sighting that authorities later attribute to a flock of birds (snippet only) cbc.ca
Social Security pensioners reported to protest in Ahvaz, Shush and Rasht over arrears and pension levels, part of a wider wave of wage and pension demonstrations (single-sourced, opposition outlet). ncr-iran.org
Austria's request for a UN sanctions-committee waiver of Eslami's travel ban is not granted after US urging, leaving Iran's nuclear chief out of the IAEA General Conference for the first time in years. washingtonpost.com
Rudaw's tally puts attacks on the Kurdistan Region since February at more than 1,000 drones and missiles with 32 killed, as Iraq compresses a six-year national air-defence plan into three years (snippet only). globalsecurity.org
Israeli air strikes and artillery hit Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Tibnit, Ali al-Taher and other southern Lebanese locations; Katz says Israel will not withdraw before Hezbollah disarms (single-sourced). profilenews.com
A junta airstrike dropped two bombs near the Uri Taung Pagoda in Ponnagyun town at about noon, killing two civilians and wounding three including a nine-year-old; more strikes followed that night along the Ponnagyun-Kyauktaw border (single-sourced). globalarakannetwork.com
TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani claims 19 soldiers killed in attacks on Sept 12-13: seven SSG troops ambushed at Dogar in Kurram, seven in a raid at Akakhel, Bara (Khyber), three FC at Tui Khula in South Waziristan and two at Garyoum in North Waziristan; relayed by an Indian outlet, with no ISPR confirmation found. (single-sourced) newsvibesofindia.com
Houthi forces attack the Sharurah base in southern Saudi Arabia with drones and missiles as fighting in Yemen intensifies; the Houthis say Saudi warplanes flew 129 strikes across seven governorates in 48 hours (contested) pbs.org
Iraq says it has seized the drone-launching platform used against the Saudi pipeline, traces the launch site to Maysan province near the Iranian border and dismisses several local commanders; Saudi Arabia holds off immediate retaliation at Baghdad's request and Iran asks to join the investigation aljazeera.com
A Russian drone struck a train and a fuel station at Yahodyn on the Ukrainian-Polish border; Polish officials confirmed the strikes and NATO described the threat to the border as real and imminent. understandingwar.org
An unidentified object, initially feared to be a Shahed-type drone, entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus near Varena at 04:05 and fell roughly 1 km from the border; NATO Baltic Air Policing jets already airborne were directed to respond (single-sourced). charter97.org
Houthi spokesman Saree claims 58 Saudi airstrikes in 24 hours, with al-Masirah reporting two strikes on Saada, artillery fire in Monabbih and two strikes on a market in al-Jawf; the Houthis put the total since Sept 8 above 100 and Riyadh has confirmed none. Saudi civil defence raised and then lifted alerts in Abha and Khamis Mushait. freemalaysiatoday.com
A CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative study reported this day finds the China Coast Guard questioned operators of nearly 200 commercial ships transiting the Philippine Sea about port calls and crews, activity that intensified after the May 2026 Japan-Philippines maritime and defence announcements (snippet only). eurasiareview.com
Sweden's general election produces a near-tie between the two blocs, with the centre-left narrowly ahead and final official results not expected until Sept 19-20 irishtimes.com
Two men the Israeli military identifies as Hamas weapons engineers are killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in Gaza City's Tal al-Hawa, which also wounded 13. aljazeera.com
Bloomberg reports that the Xi-Modi thaw on display at the BRICS summit masks deep divisions between the two rivals over the boundary, trade imbalance and rare earths (snippet only). bloomberg.com
Gaza hospital generators are reported to be failing because of fuel shortages (single-sourced). profilenews.com
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Syrian officials in Damascus on SDF integration and southern Syria and says Erdogan will visit soon (single-sourced). profilenews.com
Settler attacks escalate across the West Bank and Jerusalem over 24 hours, including assaults on Palestinian homes, incursions into farmland and livestock released onto Palestinian-owned land (single-sourced). english.palinfo.com
Uganda's Buganda king is buried amid a disputed succession, with a claimed son contesting the recognised heir. aljazeera.com
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HUR director Oleh Ivashchenko said Russian generals have requested mobilization of 800,000 additional troops after the legislative elections, citing killed-in-action running at about 60 percent of casualties (single-sourced). en.wikipedia.org
Jared Kushner said at the YES conference in Kyiv that Russia, Ukraine and the United States have a drafted and agreed settlement on every issue except the territorial line, and that Washington hopes for trilateral talks within weeks. pravda.com.ua
Ukrainian drones struck a chemical plant at Tolyatti and an airfield and automobile plant at Taganrog, with fires reported at both. en.wikipedia.org
A Houthi projectile wounds two and damages a mosque and buildings in al-Tuwal, Jazan, on Sept 12 per Saudi Civil Defence; Saree says on Sept 12 that Saudi aircraft carried out 129 airstrikes in 48 hours (Houthi claim, unconfirmed by Riyadh). Trump, in Dublin, says the Houthis called Washington and do not want to fight the US. aljazeera.com
Al Jazeera reports more than 900 casualties and 5,000 displaced families in under a week as government forces counterattack (single-sourced). aljazeera.com
DMG reports Arakan Army counterattacks on the Rakhine-Ayeyarwady border captured three junta outposts in Laymyethna Township after columns advanced from Thabaung Kalay and Artillery Battalion 344 as part of Operation 4926; anonymous military source, no casualty figures (single-sourced). bnionline.net
DR Congo's worst recorded Ebola epidemic passes 7,022 cases and 3,398 deaths, with 837 people in isolation or treatment. aljazeera.com
The East-West pipeline stays shut after the drone strikes, removing 4 to 5 percent of global oil supply from the market and pushing Brent above 104 dollars; an analyst attributes the order to Tehran acting through Iraqi militias (single-sourced) aljazeera.com
Iraq's prime minister dismisses the Maysan operations commander and provincial police chief and opens an investigation after the drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline (snippet only). washingtontimes.com
A US official says the next Rome round is delayed to October, citing UNGA preparations, Jewish holidays and a Paris conference for the Lebanese army; ambassadors will meet in Washington instead. rte.ie
Israel says it is ready for further strikes on Hezbollah after the tunnel demolition (snippet only). manilatimes.net
Israel-Lebanon talks are postponed as explosions hit southern Lebanon. aljazeera.com
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area. nknews.org
Mexican forces free eight forcibly recruited people from a clandestine CJNG clinic on a farm in Tecalitlan, Jalisco, and arrest six suspected guards. aljazeera.com
Xi Jinping joins BRICS leaders in New Delhi for the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration and holds a bilateral with Modi, his first visit to India since 2019. pmindia.gov.in
18th BRICS summit opens in New Delhi with Xi, Putin and Pezeshkian attending. en.wikipedia.org
BRICS leaders adopt the 140-paragraph New Delhi Declaration by consensus, backing UN reform and local-currency settlement, urging maximum restraint in the Middle East and criticising unilateral tariffs without naming the United States en.wikipedia.org
Consensus on the declaration is reached only after diplomats bridge Iran-UAE differences over the West Asia language among the expanded bloc businesstoday.in
The 18th BRICS summit opens in New Delhi with Xi, Putin and Pezeshkian attending; a consensus declaration is expected at the close of sessions on Sept 13. (snippet only) bloomberg.com
Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh accuses the UAE of 'port imperialism' across Africa, naming the DP World-run Berbera and Bosaso ports, and says Eritrea wants no foreign hub on its soil. riotimesonline.com
BRICS leaders in New Delhi adopt the New Delhi Declaration by consensus, covering global governance reform, local-currency trade, payment systems, AI cooperation and energy security. pmindia.gov.in
Xi in New Delhi for BRICS, his first India visit since 2019; Modi-Xi bilateral held on the evening of Sept 12. cnbc.com
Moldova temporarily restricted part of its airspace after an unidentified drone entered without authorisation from the direction of Ukraine (single-sourced). ua.news
Several SRBMs launched from Wonsan a day after Freedom Edge ended. aljazeera.com
Several short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Wonsan area at about 5:20 am, flying roughly 250 km; assessed as Hwasong-11 series and 600mm multiple rocket launchers. japantimes.co.jp
Reporting describes a late surge by Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of the Oct 4 first round (snippet only). washingtonpost.com
Thailand's Joint Information Centre calls for an independent probe into evidence it says shows Cambodian troops using the Preah Vihear temple area as a military position, arguing World Heritage status should not shield military operations (snippet only). khaosodenglish.com
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Houthis seize Perim island and the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands and state that Saudi vessels are banned from transiting Bab el-Mandeb; ISW notes the 29-km strait precludes a secure alternate route. understandingwar.org
ISW: Iran's crude exports fell 74 percent in August to about 247,000 barrels a day under the US naval blockade; Pezeshkian attended the BRICS summit in New Delhi. understandingwar.org
Peskov: Lithuania would come 'under the scope' of Russian nuclear weapons if it hosts nuclear arms aimed at Russia; the Seimas is moving to lift its constitutional ban by year end. spotmedia.ro
The Russian Central Bank held its key rate at 14% with inflation at 6-7%, Nabiullina acknowledging Ukrainian strikes on supply chains while downplaying their effect. understandingwar.org
ISW: no confirmed gains by either side; Ukraine hit the Saratov refinery for the sixth time since January, the Uralchem Azot plant in Perm Krai 1,530 km from the front, and the Volgogradpromproekt chemical plant with Flamingo missiles. understandingwar.org
Houthis take Perim island and state navigation is safe for all companies except Saudi vessels; Saudi Arabia shuts the East-West pipeline after the Sept 10 Iraqi-launched drone strike; the IEA, per Reuters, says Saudi crude supply fell 2.3 mb/d to 6 mb/d in August, a three-decade low, citing Houthi-linked attacks on Bab el-Mandeb shipping, the Jazan refinery and shipping near Yanbu plus Iraqi-militia drone strikes on Abqaiq (Saudi Arabia reported a higher figure to OPEC); two US officials tell ABC there are no plans to strike the Houthis for now but thinking could change if the Red Sea threat escalates. nbcnews.com
UN Security Council extends the partial, Darfur-only Sudan arms embargo for one month; Sudan's envoy argues a comprehensive embargo would contradict the UN Charter's self-defence provision. aljazeera.com
UNSC Resolution 2828: one-month rollover of the Darfur embargo; the US wants a nationwide embargo, Russia refuses, China urges delay. press.un.org
Brent ends the week above 100 dollars for a second weekly gain as the Houthis seize Mocha (contested: outlets quote figures from about 100 to 108 dollars). thenationalnews.com
IRGC says it struck a Saildrone Explorer-type unmanned surface vessel at the Hormuz entrance; UKMTO reports four projectiles hitting two vessels west of Khasab, Oman (snippet only). globalsecurity.org
Oman convenes GCC and Iraqi foreign ministers with Iran in Salalah on Sept 14 to discuss a temporary Hormuz management arrangement, the first such meeting since the war began. aljazeera.com
Brent trades near 108 dollars as Houthi-Saudi fighting escalates (contested: other outlets quote about 100 to 104 dollars). energyconnects.com
De la Espriella revokes the government's delegations to the ELN and other armed-group dialogue tables via Resolucion Ejecutiva 391, formally ending what remained of 'paz total' (snippet only). colombiaone.com
An Ebola case is detected in a seventh DR Congo province, South-Ubangi, on the border with the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville. aljazeera.com
Saudi Arabia's energy ministry shuts the East-West pipeline for repairs and damage assessment; ISW notes defending the 1,200-km line would require a large air-defence deployment. understandingwar.org
Coordination Framework debates weapons 'regulation' or transfer to Iran for storage rather than surrender. understandingwar.org
Senior Lebanese official: indiscriminate strikes (Kfar Rumman, 11 dead) undermine disarmament; Rome talks next week. timesofisrael.com
Operation 4926 has taken no Arakan Army territory or outposts; AA resistance halts junta columns across the Rakhine, Magway, Bago and Ayeyarwady fronts amid rising conscript casualties and desertions. bnionline.net
Pakistan's UN envoy Asim Iftikhar Ahmad tells the Security Council that attacks from Afghan territory have killed more than 4,700 Pakistanis in three years, names the TTP, BLA and its Majeed Brigade as operating from Afghan sanctuaries with external support, and says Pakistan's push to add the BLA to the UN sanctions list has so far failed. afintl.com
Anthropic threat report: the SVR's Midnight Blizzard used AI to reverse-engineer drone vision systems and adapt malware against more than 20 government and defence targets, including Ukrainian drone makers. therecord.media
Europe's defence industry association ASD urged companies, governments and security agencies to work closely together after a string of fires and explosions at defence-linked sites; Estonia's PM Michal called the Milrem Robotics fire arson with possible Russian involvement. breakingdefense.com
Anthropic threat intelligence report: GTG-20006, attribution consistent with Midnight Blizzard, used AI-driven workflows to rebuild its toolkit whenever detected, targeting 20-plus mostly Ukrainian government, military and diplomatic organisations and hijacking DNS at three hotel Wi-Fi providers. anthropic.com
The energy ministry stops the East-West pipeline "as a precaution" after drones launched from Iraq hit it in the Riyadh and Madinah regions on Sept 10; the foreign ministry says the kingdom will not respond "at this stage" at the Iraqi prime minister's request but reserves the right to "take all necessary measures" to protect its sovereignty and critical facilities. aljazeera.com
Burhan: US embargo text 'will not pass'; 'no militia until the war ends'. dabangasudan.org
Lukashenko said readiness checks would go 'up to mobilization' and that Belarus is preparing for war so there will not be one, while ruling out attacking neighbours; no call-up numbers or dates were announced. meduza.io
Lukashenko: 'We'll check everyone. Up to mobilization'; artillery and signals units under inspection after tank and motor-rifle units. kyivindependent.com
Lukashenko orders army-wide readiness checks. kyivindependent.com
Lukashenko said 'the army needs shaking up' and readiness checks would go up to mobilization, adding that attacking a neighbour would be tantamount to death. kyivpost.com
AEI records a Sept 2 PLA Southern Theater Command live-fire air-naval drill at Scarborough Shoal in which JL-10 trainers carrying live missiles intercepted a Philippine turboprop aircraft. aei.org
Cuba's Union Electrica forecasts the national grid will be unable to meet 2,000 MW of demand at the evening peak (single-sourced). riotimesonline.com
Ecuadorian fishermen say US forces handcuffed and blindfolded them; families deny trafficking. aljazeera.com
Xi Jinping due in New Delhi on Sept 12-13 for the BRICS summit and a bilateral with Modi, his first India visit since 2019, with the boundary, the trade deficit and China's ties to Pakistan named as the main hurdles. businesstoday.in
Asharq Al-Awsat reports Sabah al-Numan, spokesman for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, saying Sept 30 is the final deadline for the end of the anti-ISIS coalition's mission and that dialogue with the factions over laying down weapons continues, with "implementation ... after the coalition ends its mission in Iraq" — cutting against the reading of Sept 30 as a disarmament deadline (contested). english.aawsat.com
House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh and High Council of State President Mohamed Takala agree to revive the joint 6+6 committee on electoral laws, with Turkiye set to host its next meeting (snippet only). barlamantoday.com
The US, South Korea and Japan conclude the five-day trilateral Freedom Edge exercise that Pyongyang treats as a provocation. news.sbs.co.kr
The UN Security Council adopts its first presidential statement on terrorism in five years, at a briefing marking 25 years since 9/11 that focused on militant use of AI, drones and encrypted platforms. news.un.org
Settlers beat five Palestinians with metal pipes on the Ramallah-Jericho road, fracturing one man's knee (single-sourced). aljazeera.com
UN warns of fresh displacement in Masafer Yatta as schools and homes face demolition orders. english.news.cn
Supreme Court unseals Banco Master fraud files implicating Flavio Bolsonaro weeks before the vote. aljazeera.com
In the week to Sept 11 Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to begin border delimitation from north to south and to hold a Mirzoyan-Bayramov meeting; Baku restated the Armenian constitutional precondition, and TRIPP implementation slipped to 2027. jam-news.net
Tbilisi's Saturday pro-EU marches reached a 38th consecutive week, demanding the release of political prisoners and new elections, amid fresh administrative charges against a blogger who criticised the prime minister. jam-news.net
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Mocha port taken, completing Houthi control of Yemen's Red Sea coastline. npr.org
A Russian strike on a shopping mall in Pavlohrad killed five; Ukraine and Canada signed a 100-year partnership with over $2bn in Canadian military aid. understandingwar.org
Houthis take Mocha; Mohammed bin Salman calls Trump twice asking for US strikes and is declined (ABC, Axios) while CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper visits Saudi Arabia and US officials say Washington is providing intelligence and targeting assistance. Reuters reports Pakistan relayed a Saudi warning to Iran and that two Iranian sources say Tehran instructed the Houthis to attack Saudi Arabia, promising funds and weapons, with IRGC commanders in Yemen, which Tehran denies (single-sourced); Saree claimed on Sept 9 that Saudi aircraft carried out 54 airstrikes in 12 hours. The UN Security Council holds an emergency Yemen briefing at Bahrain's and the UK's request. arabnews.pk
Houthis take Mocha port; drones from Iraq hit the Saudi East-West pipeline south of Medina, shutting it. understandingwar.org
Houthis take Mocha, completing control of Yemen's Red Sea coastline; Saudi Arabia fires dozens of missiles in response and MBS reportedly asks Trump twice for US air strikes, which he declines. aljazeera.com
Drones launched from Iraq strike the Saudi East-West pipeline and pumping stations south of Medina, threatening 3 to 4 million barrels a day of bypass capacity (snippet only). finance.yahoo.com
Saudi East-West pipeline shut after a drone attack; UAE deploying Chinese FK-2000 SAMs. understandingwar.org
Defense News details the spring 2026 Svalbard episode: GUGI submersibles rehearsed a traceless cable cut in the Bear Gap and were confronted by UK, Norwegian and US forces; British and Norwegian officials then travelled to Moscow to signal awareness of the technology. defensenews.com
CNN reports cameras disabled and inspectors blocked as the IAEA seeks outside help with Iran (snippet only). cnn.com
Iran resumes underground missile production at Khojir. timesofisrael.com
ISW: the Coordination Framework is divided over transferring militia weapons to PMF brigades or storing them in Iran; Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba reject both options. understandingwar.org
IDF demolishes eight Ali al-Taher tunnels with 1,100 tonnes of explosives; Lebanese army deploying to Nabatieh. timesofisrael.com
IDF destroys the Ali al-Taher tunnel network with more than 1,100 tonnes of explosives, triggering a 4.1-magnitude tremor; the compound held Iranian-made rockets, UAVs and a Hezbollah Badr unit command centre. france24.com
Analysis of the Ponnagyun front reports that as of Sept 8 the military had achieved no major breakthrough while fighting remained intense. moemaka.net
The UK, US, France and Germany issue a joint statement to the IAEA Board saying the Agency has lost continuity of knowledge over Iran's declared low-enriched and 60 percent stockpiles and cannot verify non-diversion. globalsecurity.org
Reuters: UK, Norwegian and US forces confronted Russian GUGI submersibles near Svalbard in spring 2026 rehearsing a traceless cable-cutting system. usnews.com
Mohammed bin Salman calls Trump at least twice seeking US military action against the Houthis; Washington says it is not willing to take direct military action for now but offers intelligence sharing and targeting help, with a senior official saying the US is "empowering our regional partners to take the lead"; the Saudi government media office does not immediately respond to a request for comment and CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper travels to Saudi Arabia the same day for talks. defensenews.com
UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan says the human cost of violence 'continues to grow' and warns over the political transition after its 14th fact-finding mission. news.un.org
UN Commission: renewed violence in northern Jonglei and Upper Nile; elections without safeguards 'could spark renewed conflict'. news.un.org
Peru joins the US-led Shield of the Americas; 60-day emergency at five prisons. aljazeera.com
OFAC designates four Kataib Hezbollah members including senior commander Ali Hasan Farhan Al-Lami, three individuals tied to the Popular Mobilization Forces and two PMF-linked businesses under Operation Economic Outcast, alongside a parallel set of Hezbollah cash-smuggling designations. jns.org
At least four Palestinians killed by Israeli fire at shelters and tents in Jabalia refugee camp; warplanes strike near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya. aljazeera.com
IDF kills Hamas commander Farah Hamed in Gaza City; Sisi to meet Abbas on Fatah-Dahlan reconciliation ahead of legislative elections. timesofisrael.com
Sheinbaum rebuts Rubio at her morning press conference: 'Mexico is nobody's pinata', calling the remarks US midterm campaigning. mexiconewsdaily.com
'Operation Economic Outcast': about 16 Kata'ib Hizballah, Hizballah and IRGC-QF facilitators designated; OFAC adopts a presumption of denial for Iran licences. home.treasury.gov
OFAC announces Iran-related and counter-terrorism designations plus a licensing-policy update under Operation Economic Outcast. ofac.treasury.gov
Kurdish YPJ women fighters reported to face exclusion from Syria's restructured national army as Kurds weigh how to secure their rights (single-sourced). aljazeera.com
Taiwan's Executive Yuan approves a supplementary defence budget of about 4.6 billion dollars, including 1.77 billion for unmanned systems and 411 million for seven programmes excluded from the May 2026 special budget. aei.org
Israel arrests about 100 Palestinians in a week as West Bank settler attacks continue. aljazeera.com
A poll gives Flavio Bolsonaro 47 percent to Lula's 45 in a run-off, widening his lead (single-sourced). riotimesonline.com
Bangladesh declines BRICS after its PM was invited only as BIMSTEC chair. news24online.com
Bangladesh says it will send no representative to the BRICS summit after PM Tarique Rahman was invited only in his capacity as BIMSTEC chair. theweek.in
Senators Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano leave the Philippines during the Duterte impeachment trial. en.wikipedia.org
Analysis ahead of the Sept 24 summit frames critical minerals and energy, including unresolved rare-earth shipment and export-licensing problems, as central to US preparations. forbes.com
MOFCOM: reciprocal cuts on 30 billion dollars of goods each side 'at an early date'; summit confirmed for Sept 24. fortune.com
9 September 2026 34 events
Cluster-warhead missiles at Jordan; tankers hit off Dubai. understandingwar.org
Iran attacks ten ships and Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti air base after the US destroys five Iranian tankers. aljazeera.com
JNIM steps up incursions into northern Benin. france24.com
Footage published of an RSF drone strike on a Sudanese courthouse that killed at least 13 people. aljazeera.com
Deepest Ukrainian strikes of the war on the Novy Urengoy and Purovsky gas plants in Yamalo-Nenets, about 2,800 km from the border. understandingwar.org
Ukrainian strikes on Novorossiysk destroyed nine oil storage tanks and an S-300 system and hit the frigate Admiral Essen with a Neptune missile; FP-1 drones reached the Purovsky gas plant 3,200 km from the border, a record range. en.wikipedia.org
Iran fires about 20 cluster-warhead ballistic missiles at Muwaffaq Salti air base in Jordan (18 intercepted) and hits the tankers Hercules Star and New Andros; Brent closes at 101.21. al-monitor.com
Al Jazeera documents the insurgency's spread into Balochistan's Pashtun-majority belt: 11 districts with zero attacks from January to May saw at least 13 from June; a BLA-claimed ambush on a Frontier Corps convoy at Ziarat Cross on Sept 3 killed 'more than a dozen' per a police officer (8 per Pakistan Observer, 18 per the BLA's Fateh Squad claim; not acknowledged by ISPR) (contested); PICSS data show 115 fighters killed in Balochistan in August against 56 in KP. aljazeera.com
Proofpoint: TA412 (APT31) and three Chinese clusters chained three zero-days against US NGOs, mining, commodity-trading and aerospace firms. cyberscoop.com
Rubio in Barranquilla: 'more concrete action in one month than in four years'; certification 'will change'; bases 'possible' if invited. breitbart.com
Human Rights Watch says rising Tigray tensions are testing the African Union and urges it to intensify engagement with the federal government and the TPLF over the Pretoria agreement. hrw.org
Jordan intercepts 18 of 20 Iranian missiles aimed at Muwaffaq Salti air base. usnews.com
Electoral council reshuffled amid complaints; a journalist, a lawyer and an official kidnapped within 24 hours. haitiantimes.com
IAEA Board of Governors votes 23-3 with eight abstentions to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over nuclear non-compliance, the first referral in 20 years; Russia, China and Niger oppose. aljazeera.com
Operation 4926 reported stalled; the Arakan Army repelled columns on multiple fronts. english.shannews.org
The New Humanitarian reports a secret JAS truce since June and 360 Ngoshe captives freed; government silent (unverified). aljazeera.com
Houthi wave on southern Saudi facilities wounds more than 70; officials describe a Houthi-Iraqi 'joint operations room'. fortune.com
OFAC designates Xinbi Guarantee, which laundered DPRK proceeds from the Bybit and WazirX hacks; DOJ restrains 47 wallets. chainalysis.com
OFAC issues transnational criminal organization designations and a counter-terrorism designation, with new and amended FAQs. ofac.treasury.gov
Rubio says cartels control 'vast territories' of Mexico and hints at unilateral US action against them. mexiconewsdaily.com
Euronews reports Sweden's pre-election influence-detection effort and the Psychological Defence Agency's findings on a partly AI-powered network of about 1,200 fake X accounts behind more than 50,000 posts in 2025-2026. euronews.com
Rubio in Quito announces 45 million dollars in security funding and additional naval vessels for Ecuador. aljazeera.com
Israeli strike targets a home in Gaza's al-Shati refugee camp; Gaza has only 12 of 34 medical oxygen stations operational (single-sourced). aljazeera.com
UN Security Council hails the Libya election deal and urges Libyans to seize the moment; UNSMIL says it cleared issues that had blocked progress for years. news.un.org
Norwegian PM Store said Zelensky's aircraft was nearly hit by a drone leaving Moldova on Sept 8; Moldovan officials and Kyiv describe a precautionary airspace closure and say the drone fell about 160 km from the airport (contested). cnn.com
Gunmen storm a teacher-training centre in Wum, Cameroon: one police officer killed, five teachers kidnapped. aljazeera.com
China's foreign ministry tells Teodoro to 'cut the provocations and theatrics'. philstar.com
At least 14 killed in a weapons depot blast in Idlib, according to state television (single-sourced). aljazeera.com
Soufan Center intelbrief describes Europe's convergent terrorist threat matrix 25 years after 9/11. thesoufancenter.org
SOUTHCOM's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere strikes a go-fast vessel in the Caribbean, killing three. stripes.com
European sanctions imposed on illegal Israeli settlements (single-sourced). aljazeera.com
Australia and Solomon Islands reach an in-principle treaty with about A$980 million (US$706 million) in extra Australian funding, expected to be signed within weeks. taipeitimes.com
Bosnia campaign opens with 75 parties and 29 coalitions; a Presidency pardon for Dodik is floated. eurasiareview.com
Vucic signed a decree dissolving the National Assembly and called an early parliamentary election for Oct 25, saying Serbia needs an end to eighteen months of turbulence from student-led protests. balkaninsight.com
8 September 2026 33 events
RSF drone strike on a North Kordofan courthouse kills at least 13; MSF says the health system is near collapse. aljazeera.com
Putin and Trump held a phone call described as frank, exchanging views on the envoys' Moscow and Kyiv visits; Ushakov said worthwhile ideas were presented but no ceasefire was agreed. aljazeera.com
Novorossiysk naval base hit: Neptune strike on the frigate Admiral Essen, Kalibr carriers and the oil terminal. understandingwar.org
Dozens of Houthi ballistic missiles and drones hit Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, wounding 73 and igniting fires that temporarily halt some energy operations, reportedly including the Jazan refinery, with an air base at Khamis Mushait among the targets; coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki calls it a dangerous escalation and pledges all necessary operational measures; a second day of attacks on Abha, Khamis Mushait and Jazan follows on Sept 9. aljazeera.com
MSF warns Sudan's healthcare system is on the brink of collapse. aljazeera.com
CENTCOM destroys five more Iranian crude tankers (ten since Sept 5) after IRGC ballistic-missile attacks on a US warship; Qassem Basir missiles were fired at USS George Washington on Sept 6. understandingwar.org
Houthi missiles and drones hit Abha, Jizan, Najran and Khamis Mushait; government forces take Hays district. understandingwar.org
Yemeni government forces launch a counteroffensive and vow to retake Sanaa. aljazeera.com
DVB: the junta's 200-troop push since Sept 4 along the 14-mile Awataung-Sa Ne road in Kyaukphyu Township, whose villages lie near the China-backed deep-sea port, is 'on the retreat' per residents; an anonymous AA source says the Ponnagyun attackers took heavy casualties; retaliatory airstrikes hit AA-held Sittwe, Kyaukphyu, Thandwe and Ponnagyun townships, with two strikes in Thandwe on Sept 7 killing a woman and injuring three. english.dvb.no
WFP says the Ebola response in eastern DR Congo must include food assistance as the outbreak spreads through the conflict zone. news.un.org
Ocalan: the PKK dissolution law is 'the first step of a 1000 km journey'. time.com
Above-quota gasoline doubles to 10,000 tomans a litre as the government urges Iranians to cut consumption. aljazeera.com
Baghdad memo restricts IRGC-linked visits; PMF law revived. understandingwar.org
The anti-junta Strategic Coordination Committee Federal Consultative Council admits three new members at its second 2026 meeting, reaching nine organisations (snippet only). english.shannews.org
Lithuania's defence ministry reported NATO jets scrambled three times between Aug 31 and Sept 6, including twelve fighters on Sept 5 to intercept a Russian Il-20 flying to Kaliningrad without a transponder or flight plan. kyivindependent.com
NSA, CISA and FBI advisory names six Chinese AI firms for 'industrial-scale' distillation of US models. cyberscoop.com
Lavrov claims the EU is training 'secret' monitors to watch the Duma vote, following an Aug 31 SVR allegation that the EU and Ukraine plan provocations and cyberattacks against Russian election infrastructure. kyivindependent.com
The 81st session of the UN General Assembly opens under President Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh, with high-level week scheduled for Sept 22-29. un.org
UNGA81 opens; the new president says 'This is not 1945'. news.un.org
FDD's Long War Journal reports Islamic State plots disrupted and operatives arrested or indicted in Kuwait, Israel, Turkey and France during August and early September, including three men detained in France over an alleged plot against the Jewish community. longwarjournal.org
Government: August daily homicides 40.8, down 53 percent from Sept 2024. mexiconewsdaily.com
Geran-type drone explodes near Stari Mihaileni; airspace closed, Zelensky's flight delayed; Moldova's US ambassador calls it deliberate. meduza.io
Moldova's National Army logged a Shahed-type UAV entering national airspace at 16:20 toward Bender via the Transnistrian sector; at 17:26 a drone-like object fell near Mihaileni Vechi and started a vegetation fire (snippet only). army.md
Al Jazeera sets out the five charges against Mondlane, including instigation and incitement to terrorism, and what the trial means for Mozambique's post-election settlement. aljazeera.com
27 Iranian airlines including Mahan designated (36 targets). home.treasury.gov
OFAC announces further Iran-related and counter-terrorism designations and updates Iran-related general licences. ofac.treasury.gov
At the Seoul Defense Dialogue Teodoro reads aloud a Chinese note rejecting the 2016 award and accuses Beijing of 'coercion, bullying and aggression'. koreajoongangdaily.com
Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US steel, dairy, electronics, agricultural equipment and pulp and paper take effect after trade talks collapsed. cnbc.com
Canadian retaliatory tariffs of 15 to 50 percent on about 20 billion dollars of US goods take effect; US bans on Canadian dairy, motorcycles and alcohol from Sept 29. aljazeera.com
Demolitions in two Masafer Yatta communities destroy 20 homes, a water cistern and solar panels, displacing about 60 people (snippet only). arabnews.com
Twelve countries including the UK, France and Canada announce restrictions on Israeli settlement goods; Israel responds within 24 hours by ordering the UK consulate closed within 30 days and barring 12 British public figures. aljazeera.com
Australia-Solomon Islands treaty reported, about 700 million dollars. semafor.com
Kenya offers a 90-day amnesty to undocumented East Africans after hundreds of Burundians crowded their embassy in Nairobi fearing Ruto's crackdown on foreign traders. aljazeera.com
7 September 2026 26 events
Lavrov denied Russian involvement in the Leipzig drone plot and said Germany planted the evidence; Western defence officials told the FT the attacks are calibrated to stay below NATO's response threshold. semafor.com
Houthis say a Saudi air strike on the Central Corrective Facility in al-Hazm, al-Jawf, killed seven including a child and wounded seven; Saudi Arabia did not comment (Houthi claim, contested); UN envoy Grundberg calls on the warring parties to halt hostilities and exercise maximum restraint, warning the escalation could spiral into full-scale war. aljazeera.com
UN human rights chief Volker Turk renews his call for an end to the spiralling Sudan war, citing attacks on civilians in markets, hospitals and fuel stations. news.un.org
UN rights chief: RSF drones on a Kalogie kindergarten and hospital killed 114 including 60 children; a SAF strike on Ad-Da'ein hospital killed at least 70; El Obeid under partial siege. news.un.org
Narinjara: the junta's multi-pronged assault in southern Ponnagyun halted after severe losses; the AA fought at close range near Shwe Min Gan and retook the Kwan Taung outpost after withdrawing; most junta dead were newly conscripted militiamen; the AA issued no casualty statement (single-sourced). bnionline.net
A first-month tally of the De la Espriella government's security figures is published as the hard-line offensive takes shape (snippet only). colombiaone.com
Tsimdo coalition (TPLF, Fano, OLA) publicly formalized (single-sourced). aljazeera.com
Basij and police special units deployed in Tehran, Tabriz, Esfahan, Shiraz, Abadan and Khorramabad as gasoline prices rose. understandingwar.org
Iran raises the gasoline price for its heaviest consumers to 100,000 rials a litre as the economy struggles. washingtonpost.com
Three Iranian drones strike a Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan camp at Surdash in Sulaymaniyah governorate, causing fire damage but no casualties; more than 30 people have been killed in such strikes since February. longwarjournal.org
Twelve killed including two infants in southern strikes; Hezbollah explosive-drone attacks on the IDF continue. cfr.org
ISWAP fighters attack a military position at Pulka, Gwoza LGA, Borno State; troops repel the assault with air support and one soldier is wounded (single-sourced). vanguardngr.com
First Russia-DPRK road bridge opens; Russia attacks IAEA reporting on a DPRK nuclear facility; US-ROK expand WMD intelligence sharing. nknews.org
Ukrainian HUR: the 101st Missile Brigade armed with Oreshnik is deployed in Belarus. kyivindependent.com
Havana rules out negotiations despite the 'genocidal blockade'. aljazeera.com
Pakistan's foreign office 'categorically rejects' India's Jammu and Kashmir assertions. cfr.org
Kosovo signs an ISF participation agreement; Israel has approved only about 200 ISF troops. longwarjournal.org
Ambazonian separatists begin enforcing a week-long lockdown to disrupt the new school year in Cameroon's Anglophone regions, with armed clashes reported in several towns. en.wikipedia.org
US-ROK-Japan Freedom Edge exercise off Jeju; DPRK defence minister threatens countermeasures. upi.com
Manila accuses China of 'repeated aggressive, unprofessional and illegal' actions after a run of air and sea incidents including unsafe manoeuvres against a civilian aircraft and vessels blocking, ramming and water-cannoning a government fisheries vessel (snippet only). cnbc.com
IAEA says the Assad-era reactor was configured for nuclear weapons and is now under Agency oversight; Syria detains Assad-era Major-General Mohammed Ali Durgham (single-sourced). aljazeera.com
Japan protests PRC anti-dumping duties of 80 to 99 percent on semiconductor-grade dichlorosilane, read as economic coercion following Takaichi's Taiwan remarks. aei.org
Taiwan MND: 13 PLAN vessels, four official ships and two aircraft crossing the median line in 24 hours. taiwannews.com.tw
Trump threatens to block Bombardier sales unless planes are made in the US. aljazeera.com
650th consecutive day of pro-EU protests in Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi demanding release of political prisoners. eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu
Ratko Mladic was buried in Belgrade with full military honours before thousands of mourners, with Dodik and Russia's ambassador attending; the EU and the Croatian and Bosnian foreign ministers condemned the commemoration. aljazeera.com
6 September 2026 7 events
Niger's junta accuses France, Benin and Chad of involvement in the Aug 28-29 Niamey mutiny (single-sourced). en.wikipedia.org
Rial about 2.2 million per dollar, inflation above 80 percent; Mojtaba Khamenei's written order bans acts 'harming social cohesion'. fortune.com
ISPR says over 20 TTP militants were killed in KP between Sept 3 and 5 (seven in North Waziristan, four in Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan) after 25 were killed trying to infiltrate from Afghanistan into North Waziristan on Aug 31-Sept 1; on Sept 4 it had reported 48 militants killed in Balochistan over 48-72 hours, including 26 at four hideouts in Shaban near Quetta. dawn.com
Peru publishes Supreme Decree 128-2026 declaring a 60-day state of emergency in five maximum-security prisons to break phone-run extortion networks (single-sourced). riotimesonline.com
Asharq Al-Awsat reports the Coordination Framework's three-member committee (Maliki, Sudani, Amiri) deadlocked with the factions, with Nouri al-Maliki saying there will be "no disarmament of the factions", only regulation of weapons with no timeframe; Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba named as the refusers (single-sourced). english.aawsat.com
Armenia courts Central Asia as TRIPP takes shape; a Constitutional Court ruling is expected Sept 15 ahead of a parliamentary vote (single-sourced). globalsecurity.org
Bayik warns the process could halt if democratic steps are absent; Asharq Al-Awsat reports Qandil camps are expected to be evacuated by Oct 1. english.aawsat.com
5 September 2026 7 events
Putin met Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow for three hours on a Trump proposal to end the war; both sides paused strikes on each other's capitals for the duration of the shuttle. aljazeera.com
Niamey accuses France of 'instigating' the mutiny; Paris calls it 'pure fantasy'. aljazeera.com
At least five killed in South Kordofan in an attack by a rebel group. aljazeera.com
Al Jazeera reports that former enemies in Tigray are finding common ground against the federal government after the Pretoria deal, as recruitment and mobilisation resume. aljazeera.com
Ecuador's interior minister defends the US sinking of three vessels as joint international cooperation; 28 crew recovered from two boats are handed over in Manta, and relatives say the men were fishermen. aljazeera.com
The Pacific Islands Forum in Koror closes with a 76-paragraph communique creating two partnership tiers; leaders of Fiji, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Samoa and Vanuatu were absent and Solomon Islands PM Wale left early over a no-confidence motion. devpolicy.org
Vice-President Sara Duterte posts P360,000 bail and a Quezon City court lifts the arrest warrant issued on Sept 4 over three counts of grave threats against President Marcos and others. npr.org
4 September 2026 9 events
ELN attacks the El Trapiche military cantonment in Ocana, killing two soldiers and wounding five; De la Espriella vows to combat the group 'without rest' (contested: earlier reporting put the Ocana toll at three soldiers killed in a drone attack). infobae.com
Haiti's foreign minister Raina Forbin formally calls on the Security Council to renew the Gang Suppression Force and demands its full deployment. aljazeera.com
Junta launches a five-front offensive with heavy artillery, drones and naval assets at Sittwe. bnionline.net
State Department posts a 10 million dollar reward for Amir Yaryab, alleged head of IRGC Cyber-Electronic Command overseeing CyberAv3ngers. therecord.media
US sanctions Banco Exterior de Cuba, oil importer Abapet, nickel and energy firms and Raul Castro's grandson. aljazeera.com
Turkey's Golden Global Bank designated for moving IRGC-QF oil proceeds from China. home.treasury.gov
Analysis: Turkey insisted on dissolution and the US shifted support to Damascus; Kurdish recognised as a national language, 1962 citizenship restored. responsiblestatecraft.org
FMEP: three settlements inaugurated (Noa, Maqada, Ma'ale Arugot); Khirbet al-Taban demolished; Bizzariya mosque arson; two teens killed in al-Mughayyir. fmep.org
Milei threatens sanctions and charges over the Falklands' Sea Lion project; UK rebuffs; Trump declines to back Britain. aljazeera.com
3 September 2026 9 events
UN fact-finding mission: up to 2,000 ex-Colombian soldiers run RSF drones and artillery; UAE-based facilitators; 'hallmarks of genocide' at Zamzam and El Fasher. news.un.org
Israeli Defence Minister Katz: Israel will hit Iranian energy infrastructure if Iran attacks Israel; ISW assesses Iran unlikely to strike Israel in the near term. understandingwar.org
ELN drone attack kills three soldiers in Ocana; a judge suspends airstrikes on camps with minors. aljazeera.com
Government repels a third Laftagareen assault on Baidoa and says the attackers fight alongside al-Shabaab. aljazeera.com
A human rights group calls Nicaragua's constitutional reforms a 'usurpation of power' after the assembly's Sept 1 vote extending terms to seven years and excluding opposition parties (snippet only). catholicworldreport.com
Nicaragua's assembly extends terms to seven years, bars 'traitors' and empowers party dissolution. ticotimes.net
State Department announces further sanctions on Cuban elites, financial channels and resource enterprises, including a state bank, four oil and mining firms and Raul Castro's grandson. state.gov
BLA ambush in Ziarat kills more than a dozen paramilitaries; TTP attack at Ziarat Cross customs post on Sept 1 killed six. aljazeera.com
Maduro asserts head-of-state immunity in a US court. aljazeera.com
2 September 2026 7 events
Erdogan says Turkey could take SCO ties 'to a higher level' after meeting Putin in Bishkek. jpost.com
Trump: will meet Putin only 'when we're ready to do a peace deal'. townhall.com
Senators demand DHS release 39.6 million dollars in withheld election-security funds amid CISA cuts. opb.org
Delcy Rodriguez says an election will happen when Venezuela 'is ready' and that she does not set the date (snippet only). bloomberg.com
A new poll finds Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro deadlocked in a virtual tie (snippet only). bloomberg.com
Australia and the US announce 580 million dollars for Pacific Island states. usnews.com
UN rapporteur calls Zambia's treason charges 'concocted'; Hichilema sworn in for a second term. news.un.org
1 September 2026 8 events
Car bomb at a Los Patios police station: one dead, 11 hurt. aljazeera.com
Militants ISPR attributes to the TTP (Fitna al-Khawarij) storm the Customs House at Ziarat Cross, Pishin district, overnight Aug 31-Sept 1; ISPR says six personnel including two officers and a customs official were killed and 10 attackers died, while 11 Baloch militants were killed at an extortion checkpoint on the N-40 in Chagai on Aug 31. Baloch Warna reports the BLA claims 20 soldiers died at Dasht Goran in Chagai and that Pakistan confirmed one captain killed and four wounded (contested). thenews.pk
PICSS August assessment: 199 militant attacks (up 38 percent from 144 in July), 158 killed and 181 injured in attacks (deaths down 41 percent), 211 killed in CT operations including 203 militants, 54 security personnel killed (112 in July); Balochistan 89 attacks, mainland KP 54 (up 50 percent), merged districts 52 (up 126 percent), Punjab and Sindh two each; suicide attacks fell from eight to three. dawn.com
Germany closes the Russian consulate and Russian House in Berlin after attributing the Aug 4 Leipzig/Halle drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane to the Russian state. aljazeera.com
Nicaragua's Congress passes the Ortega-backed reform barring opposition parties from elections and extending the presidential term from six to seven years. usnews.com
Kremlin floats a Putin-Xi-Trump trilateral at APEC Shenzhen; White House makes no announcement. usnews.com
White House details the oil deal: 100-year rights to 17 fields, a 35 percent Pentagon stake, 20 percent of output at cost; signed in Caracas by Hegseth and Rubio. aljazeera.com
NGOs demand a probe into six bodies found in a Guinea mass grave; Madagascar jails former Senate president Ravalomanana. aljazeera.com