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Oil prices dropped to their lowest in 11 days on Monday, as investors hoped to see diplomatic progress on the Iran war with the UN meeting this week, as well as a partial recovery from shipments in Saudi Arabia.
NEW YORK: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Monday that Iranian airlines will have trouble functioning globally in two days under the weight of American sanctions — as the Trump administration seeks to keep pressure on Tehran. On September 23, “all the Iranian airlines will be shut down around the world,” Bessent told CNBC in an interview. “If they land, you cannot provide them with fuel, you cannot provide them with landing services, you cannot sell them tickets, or you will be knocked
Bessent on Iran: On September 23, all Iranian airlines will be shut down around the world. How do we do that? If they land, you cannot provide them with fuel, you cannot provide them with landing services, you cannot sell them tickets, or you will be knocked out of the dollar system.

Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen’s Taiz as Houthi forces advance Saudi-led coalition aircraft carried out an air strike on the Hayfan district in Yemen’s Taiz province, Houthi-run al-Masirah television reported. The report did not provide details on casualties or damage from the strike. The air attack comes as Houthi forces have rapidly advanced across western Yemen, with the group claiming control of large parts of the country’s Red Sea coast and advancing towards areas near the Bab al-Mande

Trump banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House after aide Natalie Harp showed him clips and articles about recent negative coverage. The decision reportedly surprised some advisers. Trump later said there was “no reason” beyond not wanting the outlets there and suggested access could return if they “straighten themselves out.” Source: CNN
The entire White House TV pool — including Fox, NBC, CBS and ABC — is backing CNN after the White House prevented it from carrying out its assigned pool duties. The networks will stop covering events designated as presidential pool coverage, including Trump’s trip to New York, limiting live coverage of several events.
Bessent on China: Trump and Xi Jinping both have great respect for each other. In Xi Jinping’s eyes, Donald Trump is a different kind of leader than he has seen in the past.

The Communist Party accused former military leaders Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli of factionalism and disloyalty, expelling them from the party and the armed forces following a Politburo meeting on Monday, state media reported. Zhang was once a vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the highest-ranking uniformed member of the Chinese military, second only to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The CMC is China’s top military decision-making body. Zhang was also a member of the Communist
Ukrainian Defense Forces, following the strike on the Moscow Oil Refinery, have disabled more than 45% of the design capacity of Russia's oil refining industry as of September 21, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a weekly summary covering strikes on key enemy facilities in Russia and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine from September 14 to 20.
U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that Russia has lost control over its oil refining industry due to the war with Ukraine, noting that some refineries have been put out of commission, at least temporarily.

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who was careful not to criticize Trump directly, said Russia’s trading partners “unanimously reject” the punitive tariffs.

Zhang Youxia, once the People’s Liberation Army’s top uniformed commander, and another general had taken “exceptionally large” bribes, investigators said.

Trump has said Russia's diesel oil industry has been crippled by Ukrainian attacks, calling for an end to the "never-ending war".

The United States and China’s agreement to establish an official AI dialogue, including a proposed threat-notification system, marks a pragmatic step towards crisis prevention in their tech war, even as deep-seated divisions over chip access, model distillation and market dominance threaten to limit its impact, analysts said. Announced following high-level talks in New York on Sunday between US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Vice-Premier He Lifeng,..

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU representatives held a press conference on Monday, September 21, after the party suffered its worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany. Merz called the result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a “disaster”, as the CDU fell below the 5% threshold for entering the state parliament. According to FRANCE 24 Europe editor Armen Georgian, Merz and his party’s Berlin candidate, Stefan Evers, offered no concrete solutions to address the historic defeat, d
IRGC Spokesperson: Geographically, there is still room for this war to expand.
IRGC Spokesperson: Our targets will no longer necessarily be the previous targets; we actually have new targets that have not yet been attacked, and in the event of an aggression, we will indeed strike these new targets.

Key findings: * Leaked documents reveal over 50 Russian defense companies operating Western industrial high-precision machinery — produced by Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden — to manufacture weapons used against Ukraine. * Their machinery serving arms production was maintained by the Russian firm Galika-Service over the years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. * Russia-based Galika-Service is part of the larger Galika group, built around the Swiss company Galika AG. The group’s cen

With the US midterm elections now just six weeks away, we’ll speak to our Washington correspondent Fraser Jackson about whether President Donald Trump could help or hurt his party’s chances. Polls have pointed to what some are calling a “blue wave”, with Democrats potentially regaining control of the House, while the Senate race remains more uncertain. Trump has ramped up campaigning, including spending heavily on advertising and proposing $5,000 payments to voters who support Republicans. But w
IRGC published a video of what it claims is the moment an MQ-1 U.S. military drone was intercepted and destroyed this morning.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union (EU) on Monday signed €65 million (about $75m) in financing agreements to support global gateway investments, strengthen the rule of law and business environment and enhance energy and environmental resilience. The agreements were signed by the EU Ambassador to Pakistan Raimundas Karoblis and the secretary of the Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Muhammad Humair Karim, on behalf of their respective sides, the division said in a statement. Under the agree

David Milstein, a senior adviser to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee who holds a top-secret security clearance, solicited cash wedding gifts from Israeli citizens, asking for payments in U.S. dollars or Israeli shekels. After being questioned, Milstein said the message had been sent to the broader guest list by mistake and told invitees: “Please know we cannot accept gifts of any kind.” The episode raised counterintelligence concerns. One intelligence official called Milstein “a giant w

Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday said it was time Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif put his foot down and withdrew the petroleum levy to provide “much-needed relief” to people, while questioning the delay in the train scheduled to take the march towards Multan. The JI launched a protest “march” towards Islamabad on Sunday, departing Karachi by train and reaching Sukkur at night. Rehman had warned that if the government failed to abolish the petroleum levy, the protest could turn

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Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday said it was time Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif put his foot down and withdrew the petroleum levy to provide “much-needed relief” to people, while questioning the delay in the train scheduled to take the march towards Multan. The JI launched a protest “march” towards Islamabad on Sunday, departing Karachi by train and reaching Sukkur at night. Rehman had warned that if the government failed to abolish the petroleum levy, the protest could turn

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A large number of Russian "refineries have been blown up and are, at least temporarily, out of commission," Trump said, urging an end to the fighting.
Germany's Chancellor Merz: The election results and the reasons for these results go far beyond my own person. We are experiencing a profound transformation of the political party system in Germany, as we are in many other countries around the world. In yesterday’s election here in Berlin, for example, more than 40% voted for forces that are destructive, that call our political and parliamentary system into question, and that try to inspire people with radical and simple solutions.
The international community must make Russia realize the need to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

Israeli attacks on Palestinians continue in Gaza despite a 'ceasefire' signed in October.

A major Chinese tech hub is moving to pull the plug on dedicated funding for its low-altitude economy, making it the first city in the country to propose repealing a full financial support package for the sector. The proposal in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, comes after the deadly crash of a small aircraft into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper in June. Still, some analysts contend that the reversal does not signal broader policy tightening for the low-altitude economy, but rather a...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington this week, after the May talks in Beijing and before the November Apec summit in Shenzhen. This sequence of diplomacy will test if the commitment to building a “constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability” translates into practical arrangements. The Washington meeting faces clear limits. Differences over trade, technology, industrial policy, Taiwan and regional security are deeply embedded in..

EU diplomats are considering extending Russia sanctions for 36 months in exchange for the removal of Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the list.

It is no longer a secret that the world is experiencing what might be called a political earthquake. Political parties, particularly those in Europe that analysts regarded as the “parties of government” throughout the Cold War era, are now struggling for survival. Assumptions of political identity, some of which predate the very concept of the nation state, which emerged in the 19th century, can no longer be taken for granted. Before our eyes, they are faltering under the pressure of populist mo
Ukraine has increased the number of state-funded places for training in healthcare specialties by more than 37% since the start of the full-scale invasion, to 5,710 in 2026.

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Trump: Russia has unfortunately lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry due to its War with Ukraine. A large number of their Diesel refineries have been blown up and are, at least temporarily, out of commission. This ridiculous and never ending War with Ukraine must be ended. The whole World suffers as 25,000 people, mostly soldiers, are being killed each month. What a shame!
An aid point of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) is operating in Zaporizhia at the site of a nighttime Russian drone attack.
Elena Perminova noted that an earlier meeting of the bilateral intergovernmental commission discussed moving toward the joint implementation of specific projects in a number of areas of mutual interest