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Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome Dr Filippo Dionigi, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Bristol. According to Dr. Dionigi, the central obstacle to Hezbollah’s disarmament is not simply the military capacity of the Lebanese state, but the absence of a political settlement capable of making disarmament both legitimate and sustainable. While additional funding and weapons would strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces, they will not resolve the fundamental

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ISLAMABAD: The much-touted fuel subsidy scheme launched by the prime minister faced snags on Thursday, the first day of its nationwide rollout, as many petrol pumps declined to honour the digital app, claiming they lacked the system needed to provide petrol at Rs100 per litre less. After receiving several complaints in this regard, Information Technology Minister Shaza Fatima visited various fuel stations in Rawalpindi to ensure that subsidised petrol was available to registered consumers. A day

Réunis à Kinshasa par la CENCO mercredi, des représentants du gouvernement, de l’opposition et de la société civile ont échangé sur les conditions nécessaires à un dialogue national inclusif et à une paix durable. L’Église poursuit ses efforts en faveur d’un consensus. ➡️ https://t.co/eF8dmnqxmD
According to the report, the US president previously ordered the army to maintain the current troop levels in the Middle East until the end of the year to remain prepared for a possible resumption of full·scale combat operations against Iran
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said U.S. troops must prepare for future warfare beyond Earth — including around the moon. Speaking at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Caine said the military must be ready to “fight, endure and win ... from the seabed to cislunar space.”

President Trump announced significant strides towards establishing a US military base in Poland, in collaboration with Polish leadership. The potential base’s location will be disclosed soon.

Schroyer is close to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, a former US senator from Oklahoma. He has little experience with immigration.
Germany’s Chancellor Merz: The most perfidious form of xenophobia for Germany and our history is antisemitism. I would not have thought it possible that something like this could happen in Germany: That German citizens, that Jews, Israeli citizens, people from all over the world of Jewish faith suddenly become targets of attacks from parts of our society. We must not tolerate foreign criminality and antisemitic hatred in Germany or Berlin.

The inaugural meeting of the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission (BJC) concluded in Islamabad on Thursday, with both sides reaffirming their consensus and agreeing on a framework for future cooperation under the commission. According to the Foreign Office (FO), the meeting was held in Islamabad on Sept 16 and 17, marking the formal launch of the commission. The BJC was envisaged under the 2013 China-Pakistan Agreement on the Boundary Management System. “Both sides described the establishme

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Germany’s Chancellor Merz: We are on the way out of the crisis. We are out of this economic crisis. We are out of this valley of a shrinking or stagnating economy. The first signs indicate that we are on the right path.
Germany’s Chancellor Merz: Anyone who today believes we should give up Ukraine in its fight for freedom has given up freedom throughout Europe tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen. And this path — this path — I will not take under any circumstances. Whoever wants to take it may do so, but I will not.

The US government says the exchange was used to channel payments from an Iranian maritime-insurance scheme to the regime.
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Iranian digital asset venture BitBank, its developer Pishtaz Simorgh Electronic Trade Company, and three associates of financier Babak Zanjani over alleged sanctions evasion and illicit financial activity.

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Notably, the Kremlin said that if Trump signed the sanctions into law, it would make it harder to reach a peace deal in Ukraine.

63 killed in latest clashes between Yemen government, Houthis Fighting between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces and their Saudi backers has killed 63 people in the last 24 hours, AFP reported on Thursday, citing military sources from both sides. At least 23 government soldiers were killed in missile and drone attacks by the Houthis in two southwestern provinces, a government official said, while Houthi military sources reported 40 fighters killed in Saudi Arabian air strikes and fightin

At 63 killed in latest fighting between Yemen government, Houthis Fighting between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces and their Saudi backers has killed 63 people in the last 24 hours, AFP reported on Thursday, citing military sources from both sides. At least 23 government soldiers were killed in missile and drone attacks by the Houthis in two southwestern provinces, a government official said, while Houthi military sources reported 40 fighters killed in Saudi air strikes and fighting on

The year 2026 has brought sweeping change to Latin America’s relationship with the United States. Following a major military buildup in the Caribbean and strikes against vessels suspected of drug trafficking, U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3 — unilaterally deposing the country’s leader and making new oil deals with the post-Maduro government. Washington has also intensified economic and political pressure against Cuba, imposed more tariffs across the region, and

Donald Trump has announced that "major progress" has been made towards establishing a permanent US military base in Poland, with its location to be revealed soon.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has repeatedly stated that Moscow has no intention of attacking Western countries and no reason to do so

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One person was killed and two others were injured as a result of a Russian strike on an industrial park in Korosten district of Zhytomyr region, according to Head of Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Bunechko said.
Germany’s Chancellor Merz: We agreed at the NATO summit last year on 3.5% of GDP for our defense. We will achieve this goal. The German federal government will achieve this goal earlier than many other countries in Europe. We show that we are ready to defend our freedom.

The carrier, Mahan Air, said it would stop flying to neighboring countries just over a week after the United States imposed sweeping sanctions on Iran’s aviation industry.
Germany’s Chancellor Merz: It was overdue that we now take more responsibility for ourselves. Let’s be honest with each other. We felt comfortable with this division of labor. Cheap products from China, highly developed products to the whole world, cheap oil from Russia and gas, and security through the United States of America. This time, this business model of the Federal Republic of Germany is over and it will not come back.

The US president said the United States "is approaching a critical juncture in the Iran war over whether to restart massive attacks in an effort to bring the conflict to a close"
Poland has deployed military aircraft in its airspace in response to Russian strikes on targets in central Ukraine.

The French presidency said the aim of the Paris talks was to review a Lebanese armed forces deployment plan.

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Speaking at a meeting on economic issues, the head of state noted that consumer price growth has been on a downward trend since the second quarter of last year
Serbian President Vučić inaugurated a new Israeli-designed combat drone assembly factory today, a partnership between Israel's Elbit Systems and Serbia's Yugoimport SDPR. The plant employs ~100 people and will produce drones for Serbia's army plus export. Vučić said the drones "go through windows and chase the opponent" and announced plans for at least three more factories.
#EyeOnAfrica - #Ethiopia's education ministry is relocating university students from #Tigray to campuses elsewhere in the country, saying the TPLF was using educational facilities for military purposes. Fighting between the #TPLF and federal forces broke out in early August, including drone strikes in the region. Tigrayan students have asked the ministry for protection, still shaken by the 2020–2022 Tigray war. Based on last year's enrollment data, about 20,000 students will be affected. #FRA

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Sanctioned Chinese companies are increasingly turning to open-source research to innovate and reverse-engineer restricted foreign technology, with a 72 per cent surge in scientific literature citations in their patent applications, according to a new study. While the United States said it expanded its Entity List to safeguard national security and preserve its technological edge, an analysis of Chinese patent filings over the 12 years until 2022 showed that US restrictions on access to...
Patrick Bolder, a Dutch analyst and defense expert at the Hague Center for Strategic Studies (HCSS), stated that Operation “Vivaldi” did not allow Russian troops to close the “pincer movement” around the fortified cities of Donbas.