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President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that France would convene a G7 meeting dedicated to energy in the weeks to come as fuel prices soar amid the US-Iran war. Speaking to the press after a meeting with party leaders over the energy crisis and international security, Macron also said he had ordered measures to protect France's critical infrastructure from increasing Russian "hybrid attacks".
MPs from the European Solidarity faction have stated that the Government Question Hour scheduled to take place in the Verkhovna Rada on September 18 was canceled and that no one warned them about it, nor about a three-week break in the parliament's plenary work, the political force's website reported on Friday.

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Pepe Escobar said the situation is "complex" and "depends on European political elites, who are full of warmongers"
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Turkey busts Israel-linked 'scam empire' behind alleged $266m fraud Ragip Soylu on Fri, 09/18/2026 - 13:29 Dawn raids coordinated with Turkish intelligence and Interpol targeted an operation accused of defrauding victims across three continents Turkish anti riot police officers in Istanbul during a demonstration on 8 September 2025 (Kemal Aslan/AFP) Off Turkish security forces busted an Israel-linked fraudulent trading network that allegedly defrauded people in Europe, the Far East and Afric
Zelensky: Maybe sometimes we are too direct, but that is because I believe that if you are friends, you have to be open and talk about everything that may be sensitive for both sides. But we need to be mature partners. We focus on the most important thing: We are friends, and Russia is the enemy.
MANILA: The Philippines was rocked on Friday by a deadly school shooting in South Cotabato province, where a student gunman killed at least two of his peers and wounded six others. The incident took place at around 1 p.m. at the Banga National High School in the southern Philippines. All the victims were students aged 14 to 17. It follows a series of violent incidents that have unfolded at Philippine schools since June, including two deadly shootings, which were previously considered rare in th

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Zelensky: Ukraine has unique technologies. This is true. And this is a signal. We are now ready to share them with Donald, with Polish partners — these technologies that we are developing during the war.

Russia and Ukraine traded strikes overnight as Russians prepared to vote in parliamentary elections in which the Kremlin's main party, United Russia, is poised to keep its grip on power, with the only party that criticised the war was removed from the ballot.
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Russia’s hybrid attacks against European countries will not go unanswered; it would be a mistake for Moscow to continue them.

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Singapore Airlines was awarded the title of world’s best airline in the annual rankings by Skytrax, taking the top spot from Qatar Airways in a year that saw Middle Eastern carriers come under significant pressure from the ongoing war in Iran. The award, which is based on a survey of almost 25 million travellers, was announced in London on Friday, with a list dominated by Asian carriers. Only one European airline – Air France-KLM – made the top 10, and not a single US company, despite their...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) has announced a boycott of court proceedings in the federal capital for Saturday (September 19) to protest the rearrest of human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, after the Supreme Court suspended their sentences and ordered their release on bail. Imaan and Hadi were arrested late on Thursday in a second case after the SC ordered their release in a case pertaining to their posts on social media. The couple wa

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has initiated a regular format of meetings with coordinators of families of fallen, missing, and captured service members.
Pakistan has reintroduced austerity measures to conserve fuel amid renewed Middle East tensions. Markets, shops and malls must close by 9pm, while restaurants can operate until 11pm. The government will cut fuel allowances for official vehicles by 50% for three months, reduce non-salary spending by 5%, suspend vehicle and durable goods purchases, and restrict official foreign travel.
"I am an avowed opponent of Bibi Netanyahu and the Likud government, and what they have done in Gaza, what they continue to do in the West Bank, and what they are now doing in Lebanon." Biden said.
The interior ministry said in a post on X/Twitter that there had been a blast near a police facility in Kohat.

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Russia’s Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Germany’s AfD leaders are preparing talks on restoring Russian gas supplies to Germany, including a possible reopening of Nord Stream pipelines. The meeting could take place in 2027 if a Russia-Ukraine peace framework is reached. AfD co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla are expected to attend, while the party has pushed for ending the boycott of Russian oil and gas to reduce energy costs. Source: Reuters

China is pushing patrols into new waters near Taiwan, regularizing its presence, and deploying research vessels that can conduct military reconnaissance.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said his government is considering expanding the operations of a naval unit deployed in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen and Somalia to protect his country’s vessels and oil shipping routes. But he stressed that South Korea would not take action that would draw it into the US-Iran conflict, pushing back against recent pressure from the Trump administration. South Korea has deployed the anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit for years. The growing threat from Iranian-

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said he had ordered measures to shield France's key infrastructure and defence industry sites from increasing Russian hybrid attacks. The announcement came as Macron spoke to the press after meeting in Paris with political party leaders to discuss recent developments in the international situation including the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Watch his press conference in full above.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Friday condemned a suicide attack on a mosque at a police compound in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least 16 people, including five police officers, and wounded dozens. In a statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry reaffirmed the Kingdom’s rejection of attacks on places of worship and civilians and expressed its “full solidarity” with Pakistan against extremism and terrorism. The attack in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, left 57 people wounded after a suicide

French President Emmanuel Macron has said at a press conference following a meeting with leaders of parliamentary parties that Russia's hybrid threat has intensified and ordered a plan to be drawn up to protect critical infrastructure.

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Russians on Friday began three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance. France 24's Douglas Herbert takes a closer look.

Poll reveals 71 percent in US believe Trump's team lacks a clear strategy for resolving the conflict.
The Cabinet of Ministers has terminated the agreement with the government of Belarus on early notification of a nuclear accident.

Emmanuel Macron said Russia's hybrid threat had "intensified" and called for plans to protect critical infrastructure.

Emmanuel Macron said Russia's hybrid threat had "intensified" and called for plans to protect critical infrastructure.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russian forces attacked a shopping centre in the city of #Zaporizhzhia on Thursday, the #Ukrainian regional governor Ivan Fedorov said. No casualties were reported in the attack, which came the night before parliamentary elections in Russia began on Friday. https://t.co/mH0WyjucQF

Philippine Coast Guard accuses China of dangerous military manoeuvres near Palawan province.
French President Macron: The Russian hybrid threat towards Europeans and France has intensified in recent weeks.
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