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Trump on Iran: Look anywhere in the world, Iran is considered the most evil country in the world, and they’ve been that for a long time.

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Major General Viktor Nikoliuk announced on Sept. 17 that he is leaving his post as commander of Ukraine's Eastern Operational Command.
Trump on Iran: Iran wants to make a deal. They’re not ready, in my opinion. We’re going to either make a deal that’s good, or we’re not going to make a deal at all.
Jake Sullivan on Iran: Trump keeps talking about how he’s getting the Strait at least partially open. But just in the last 24 hours, we heard that something like four ships got through. And that’s at the cost of billions of dollars and nearly half the U.S. Navy, and most of our special forces being devoted to try to pry the Strait open a little bit. We’re stuck and there’s no good way out.
Trump jokes: The power of this office is crazy. I could have banned fishing. I think I am going to do that just for a day or two.
Joe Rogan: Trump supporters are fucking nuts, man; they’re rabid.
The ships, an oil tanker and a liquefied petroleum gas carrier, were traveling toward ports in Texas when they were targeted in early August, according to vessel-tracking data.

Britain is working with NATO allies and other partners on future sensing capabilities for missile defence, including space-based systems intended to help detect, assess and track threats across the Euro-Atlantic. UK seeks allies for space-based missile warning network first appeared on UK Defence Journal.

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Taiwan’s military conducted additional live-fire precision-munitions testing at Jiupeng on Sept. 17, launching the domestically developed land-based Sky Sword II air-defense missile alongside the Hsiung Sheng cruise missile and Chien Hsiang loitering munition. The drills tested long-range strike, counter-radiation, and mobile air-defense capabilities. President Lai Ching-te is expected to inspect the exercise on Sept. 18, when Sky Bow III, Hsiung Feng II/III, HIMARS, AGM-65 Mavericks, ALTIUS-60

House Democrats seek to stop US-Saudi nuclear agreement Four Democratic lawmakers said on Thursday that they introduced a resolution to stop the US-Saudi Arabia nuclear agreement. US House representatives Gregory Meeks, Brad Sherman, John Garamendi and Don Beyer said the agreement does not align with nonproliferation standards and presents substantial risks. “A region already gripped by conflict and escalation does not need another nuclear power. Saudi Arabia’s own statements make that risk exp
Perhaps, in time, more newly disabled Israelis will discover wheelchair sports. Some may go on to attain great heights in the competitive sports world.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said Israel wants “substantive, open and candid dialogue” to establish ties with Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ), a party founded by former Nazis and historically associated with antisemitic figures. The move followed FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl’s speech in Strasbourg, where he condemned Hamas’ October 7 attack and adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Likud ministers welcomed the development. Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli called it a “histor

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on NATO: I do not want Slovakia to become part of some military conflict because of Article 5. Yes, we are in NATO, we respect that, we care about cooperation and fulfilling our commitments, but as prime minister I will do everything to ensure that Slovakia is never dragged into a military conflict.
The United States, while supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia, has never been prepared to go all-in and provide everything needed for victory.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico: The situation has never been as serious and tense regarding the possibility of a pan-European military conflict as it is now.

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French President Macron will host leaders of parliamentary parties at the Élysée Palace on September 18 to discuss international conflicts and their domestic consequences. Party leaders or presidential candidates attending include Jordan Bardella, Bruno Retailleau, Gabriel Attal, François Bayrou, Marine Tondelier, Fabien Roussel, Olivier Faure, Raphaël Glucksmann and Manuel Bompard. Military and intelligence officials will also brief Macron and the participants on security developments.
Macron has called political opposition leaders for an emergency meeting on the deteriorating security situation in Europe…
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Brussels pledged a further €3.3 bn with von der Leyen promising more is coming, even as Russia struck Kyiv's water system without a single missile intercepted and Ukraine hit back at two S-400 launchers in Bryansk that had bombed the capital hours earlier.

NOW: Al Maydeen is reporting several explosions in Masif Selahaddin, 36km northeast of Erbil, Iraq. USAF aerial activity is also being recorded above northeastern Iraq. Contributed by: @BeamTracker_ https://t.co/W9NMx8HVV8

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More than 6,000 people, including around 200 children, may remain trapped in the Russian-occupied city, where civilians lack food, water and medicine and some are risking mined fields to escape.
Germany’s Consulate General in St. Petersburg closed on September 17 after Russia revoked its operating permission in response to Berlin’s decision to shut the Russian consulate in Bonn.

TEHRN: : Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday they struck an oil tanker sailing under the Togolese flag in the Strait of Hormuz, state news agency IRNA reported. Tehran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait since the United States and Israel struck Iran in late February. Irn wants to charge tolls for passage, attacking ships it accuses of attempting to circumvent its preferred route. “The Togo-flagged oil tanker ‘Trend’ had been targeted and detained after a fire broke out on board,

The USMC set up remote forward refueling and rearming points for F-35Bs and other aircraft, as well as sensing locations during the war with Iran. The post USMC Used Its Expeditionary Operations Playbook In Combat For First Time During Epic Fury appeared first on TWZ.
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - China has made upgrades to its military base at Djibouti that should significantly enhance its ability to monitor military activity across the Middle East and Africa, a report by a US think tank released on Thursday said. Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank said commercial satellite imagery showed that China's military had installed new antennas, satellite communications equipment and other assets at its only formally acknowledge

SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean lea...

Germany will soon transfer 10 MIM–104E GEM–T Patriot interceptor missiles, valued at $29.6 million, to Ukraine, the U.S. State Department said in a notification to Congress.
Terrorist kingpin releases 18 rustled cattle following OPEP pressure in Plateau @DHQNigeria @HQNigerianArmy https://t.co/BlNIWH2AaK

Iran’s IRGC Navy said a Togo-flagged tanker, Trend, was hit and stopped after catching fire while attempting to illegally cross the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC warned that any unauthorized vessel passage through the strategic waterway would result in the “destruction” of the vessel.

Terrorist kingpin releases 18 rustled cattle following OPEP pressure in Plateau By Zagazola Makama A suspected terrorist kingpin operating along the Plateau-Bauchi border has voluntarily released 18 cattle reportedly rustled from residents of Kukawa in Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State. The development occurred at about 12:00 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2026, following sustained pressure from troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP) against terrorist activities in the area. According to se
Suspected Fulani Bandits attack illegal miners, injure two in Barkin Ladi https://t.co/gq1EbvYzm0
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IRGC Navy claims the Togo flagged tanker TREND caught fire after attempting an ‘unauthorized passage’ through the Strait of Hormuz, warning other vessels against similar moves. https://t.co/zuTgEQgRmv
Word of the potential deal first spread in late 2025, leading many to question whether Saudi Arabia obtaining F-35’s would pose a challenge to Israel’s military advantage in the region.