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Several oil and fuel depots in southern Russia were hit overnight by Ukrainian attack drones. Footage shows the Edelweiss-95 oil products depot on fire in Krasnodar Krai following the strike. https://t.co/hi8wx4CR7i

NEW DELHI: Brent crude oil rebounded more than 3 percent on Monday after US President Donald Trump rejected a peace deal from Iran to resolve their conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, keeping tensions in the Middle East elevated. Brent crude futures rose $3.43, or 3.29 percent, to $107.75 a barrel at 08:40 a.m. Saudi time, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $94.55 a barrel, up $2.14, or 2.32 percent. Iran announced a peace proposal last week at the UN General Assembly in New

This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast RBA expected to hike cash rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011 Australia’s key interest rate is expected to hit its highest level since 2011, drag down house prices and add more than $100 to typical monthly mortgage repayments. Continue reading...

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Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir posted video of himself confronting handcuffed Hamas prisoner Hassan Salameh in his cell, telling him: I want to kill you. I want to execute you.
The Russian forces took control over 13 settlements last week
In the Kyiv region, three people were killed and eight were injured over the past 24 hours as a result of attacks by Russian strike drones.

Russian occupiers struck a residential area in Novhorod-Siversky with a drone on Sunday evening, September 27, Head of Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Viacheslav Chaus has reported.

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan issued a demarche to the Afghan embassy in Islamabad over what it described as Afghanistan’s violation of Pakistani airspace last week, the Pakistani foreign ministry said on Monday, amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have once again flared up following a militant attack on a police compound in Pakistan’s northwestern Kohat district that killed 23 people, including 17 police personnel and six civilians, on Sept. 18.
Sudan's Army rejects Ethiopia's accusations of backing opposition groups as "baseless", counter-accuses Ethiopia of supporting RSF from its territory with "training, supplies, strategic drones and suicide drones." Sudan said it "will not allow any infringement of its sovereignty" and called on Ethiopia to "exercise accuracy and responsibility and resort to dialogue."

A UN report published on September 24 estimated that around 1.9 million people in Gaza had been displaced, with many forced to move more than once. It also said more than 60 percent of the population had lost their homes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi and met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday, a senior Israeli official told Reuters. There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu's office and the UAE's foreign ministry. The visit comes after Israeli newspaper Haaretz this month reported that Sheikh Mohamed had warned Netanyahu a week and a half before October 7, 2023 that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel. The warning was not passed t
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Trump: Out nation is winning. We had an incredible meeting with Xi. We made tremendous progress.

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The UK Defence Secretary, responding to the arrests over the attempted attack on RAF Fairford, said state-backed actors are seeking to harm Britain and that vigilance is being maintained. He declined to speculate on the detainees' motives.
Since the beginning of the day, Russian troops have attacked the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine 197 times, with Russians being most active in Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported.

Ukraine reports 14 dead and 57 injured after a massive Russian drone barrage hits Kyiv and Odesa on 27 September, damaging schools, hospitals and key infrastructure.

Hong Kong marine authorities have launched an investigation after a yacht sped directly towards a boat rowed by six athletes during a race in Sai Kung over the weekend, with one of the rowers alleging the act was “deliberate”. The incident came to light on Sunday after one of the rowers, Eddie Lam Yat-ming, an assistant professor at Hong Kong Metropolitan University’s Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, shared footage of the encounter on social media. Lam told the South China...

Interior Minister Dobrindt could be in legal trouble after he seemed to accuse the Left's Elif Eralp of antisemitism. Domestic intelligence has warned on research cooperation with China. DW has more.

The presidential administration of South Korea has stated that Ukraine violated a non-disclosure agreement regarding the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul, expressing "strong regret" over the matter.

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After Trump turned down Tehran's proposal, the countries mediating between the two sides are pressuring Iran to accept concessions on its nuclear program as a way to restart negotiations with the United States. As of now Tehran has given no indication it is willing to do so. Wall Street Journal

The Netherlands has expressed regret over Israel’s decision to revoke diplomatic accreditation of Dutch officials in the West Bank, following Dutch sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements. The Dutch Foreign Minister stated the action was not meant against Israel.
Tehran's condition for a nuclear compromise is a written guarantee that Israel will not attack it again after an agreement with the United States is reached. Iran was already close to such a compromise during talks with Vice President JD Vance, a senior official in the government of one of the countries involved in the negotiations said. N12

Two Pakistani pilots are memorising Mandarin, spinning in centrifuge drills and learning to eat, sleep and repair equipment while weightless as a decision nears on which one will become the first foreign astronaut aboard China’s Tiangong space station. The voyage into space would be a first for the South Asian nation. It is part of broader cooperation with Beijing that straddles the Belt and Road Initiative and has produced Chinese-launched Pakistani satellites, a joint satellite-navigation syst

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Three people were killed and eight others injured in Russian attacks on Kyiv Oblast on 27 September. Civilian facilities, including warehouses, homes, businesses and vehicles, were damaged.
Ukrainian forces engaged in 229 combat clashes with Russian invaders on Sunday, September 27.

Israel conquered the territories during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and has occupied them ever since. Settlements built there are illegal under international law.
IDF says it eliminated Hamas sniper Adi Adli Abd Al-Aaser in southern Gaza Strip to remove immediate threat after he advanced attacks against troops and civilians in violation of ceasefire. https://t.co/HMQFCDt1md

On July 27, 2026, a family had gathered to celebrate a birthday when their three-storey home in Lahore’s Harbanspura locality folded in on itself, one storey after another, killing 11 and injuring six. In an instant, the celebrations turned into panic and horror. Less than a month earlier, on June 30, a residential building that also served as a tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna town, had collapsed, killing 14 children. The youngest of them was five years old. The fact that both incidents occurre

The "provisional understanding" between Beijing and Manila over the Philippine resupply of Second Thomas Shoal appears to have broken down.
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Ukraine’s General Staff reports 229 combat clashes on 27 September, with Ukrainian forces repelling 25 Russian attacks on the Kostiantynivka front and 20 on the Pokrovsk front.

The EU is creating step-by-step membership roadmaps for Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro and Albania, outlining reform priorities and negotiation deadlines.

Hamas hits back at Ben Gvir after video shows him threatening Palestinian detainee Hamas slammed Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir after he posted a video of himself threatening to kill Palestinian prisoner Hassan Salameh. The Palestinian movement said that the "provocative video" reflects another crime in the list of Israel's "flagrant violation of all international laws," but added that the intimidation "will not weaken his resolve or that of our prisoners". "We hav

Eighty years ago, former World War II pilots Roy Farrell and Sydney de Kantzow registered Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong. Operations began with a single, converted Douglas DC-3 nicknamed “Betsy” which initially flew much-needed goods between Australia and post-war Shanghai. Today, the airline operates a fleet of 180 aircraft and, together with its budget arm HK Express, transported 37 million passengers in 2025. In this On This Day article, we chart the company’s history through SCMP’s...