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Hollywood star Angelina Jolie met with Ukrainian teachers and coaches who continue teaching and training children despite relentless Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: The United States has clearly said that NATO — Ukraine’s membership in NATO — must be forgotten if we want to settle the conflict. And the realities on the ground must be recognized. They call this the territorial issue. Mr. Kushner and Mr. Witkoff have said several times that the territorial issue is the root of the problem. Let them call it a territorial issue. For us, it is a question of people.

Financial markets predict one-in-five chance of quarter-point rise in interest rates when Bank of England decides on Thursday Business live – latest updates UK inflation has returned above 3% as soaring fuel and transport prices triggered by the Iran war heap renewed pressure on British households. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show inflation as measured by the consumer prices index rose from 2.9% in July to 3.1% in August. The increase, which matched City forecasts, was driv

Ukrainian forces have likely advanced beyond the territory publicly disclosed by Kyiv, while Russian sources increasingly acknowledge setbacks around Lyman.

Commission president says partnership will create ‘common prosperity’ based on shared democratic values Europe live – latest updates Canada has been invited to become the first “associate member” of the EU by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. In an unprecedented offer on Wednesday, von der Leyen said the EU and Canada “see the world with the same eyes” through shared democratic values and common approaches to many big issues, from AI to climate breakdown, the Ukraine war

[New Times] The governement is exploring the use of nuclear and isotopic techniques to improve agricultural productivity, food safety and resilience to climate change, Minister of State for Infrastructure Armand Zingiro has said.

[New Times] The governement is exploring the use of nuclear and isotopic techniques to improve agricultural productivity, food safety and resilience to climate change, Minister of State for Infrastructure Armand Zingiro has said.

[New Times] The governement is exploring the use of nuclear and isotopic techniques to improve agricultural productivity, food safety and resilience to climate change, Minister of State for Infrastructure Armand Zingiro has said.
U.S. officials met Houthi representatives in Oman over the weekend after the group seized a strategic stretch of Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Source: Reuters
The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's #Houthis accused them of targeting Islam's holy city #Mecca, sparking outrage and deepening the conflict in the region. The Houthis denied the accusations, calling them a "worn-out lie" - but the incident is raising concerns of maritime travel disruptions ⤵️
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: The International Criminal Court is a structure that probably should not even be criticized in detail. Everyone knows that it is a quasi-judicial body and has little in common with justice. It is completely controlled by Western sponsors — although not by all Western sponsors. Some Western countries, including the United States, do not want this court to continue its activities because, as you can see, it irritates many in the North, the South, the West an

The United Nations can count on China’s support, the UN’s peacekeeping chief said in Beijing as he flagged the body’s financial strains – due in large part to Washington’s funding squeeze. Speaking at the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on Wednesday, UN undersecretary general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said the international system was under severe strain and the UN urgently needed to adapt its tools to modern realities. Lacroix warned that the global body’s financial situation “is...
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: Our Western colleagues — people with colonial genetics — have not lost their colonial and neocolonial instincts. They instinctively, and perhaps consciously — probably many of them consciously — act precisely in line with their colonial habits and tendencies.

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La société civile de Rutshuru alerte sur un risque de crise alimentaire après la destruction de dizaines d’hectares de bananeraies ces deux derniers mois. Elle attribue ces destructions à une opération de dégagement de champs de tir menée par l’AFC/M23. 🔗https://t.co/BZ5mmuk11q https://t.co/7XRSIKTQFf

DUBAI: Hezbollah must prioritize Lebanon’s interests over those of Iran for progress to be made on disarming the group and advancing negotiations with Israel, deputy speaker in the Lebanese Parliament, Elias Bou Saab, said on Wednesday, as negotiations remain frozen amid the wider US war on Iran. Lebanon’s government cannot secure a lasting agreement with Israel without Hezbollah's backing for the transfer of weapons to state control Bou Saab said at the Arab Media Summit in Dubai, in a session
WATCH: Animated map shows the growth of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem from 1967 to present. ~750,000 settlers across 163 settlements plus 400+ outposts, roughly 10% of Israel's Jewish population. Nearly 28,000 housing units were advanced in 2025 alone. Source: Al Jazeera
Jordanian Foreign Ministry: We condemn the Houthis' attempt to target Mecca with drones. This action is a violation of the sovereignty of Saudi Arabia and international laws and an attack on the status and sanctity of Mecca.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince sought backing Tuesday from the president of Egypt, his ally across the Red Sea, as the kingdom faces increased attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saudi shipping and infrastructure that have helped drive a surge in global oil prices. France 24's Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi tells us more.

"The Black Sea blockade is part of his plan," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, as Russian strikes against ports and vessels in Ukrainian waters are choking off Ukraine's agricultural exports.

ICJP urges investigation into UK charity over support for illegal Israeli settlement MEE staff on Wed, 09/16/2026 - 09:34 A probe reveals the Gainsborough Trust is among six charities that have sent £2m to settlements in the last three years The new Israeli settlement of Maale Arugot on the day of its inauguration ceremony in Gush Etzion, in the occupied West Bank, on 2 September 2026 (Dedi Hayun/Reuters) Off The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) has urged the British C

Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudhry said authorities had traced a “network” allegedly linked to the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), including a weapons dealer. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the minister recalled the government’s move to proscribe the JAAC in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in June. He observed that many questions were raised, including whether the ban was a political decision. “At that time too, you were told that they were proscribed with great r
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett: My approach regarding the West Bank is this: I support settlement in the West Bank. I oppose a Palestinian state. Period. A Palestinian state must not be established. I will not give Arabs a centimeter more of the Land of Israel. This has always been my position, and it strengthened after October 7.
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett on Iran: There are opposition groups in Iran. Empower them, give them strength, give them tools. Iran has enemies around it. Empower them so they fight Iran. How do you empower them? You train them.
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Following yet another series of strikes on civilian targets in various regions of the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky called on partners to increase pressure on Russia—to support Lindsey Graham’s bill and to strengthen European sanctions.
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett: I’m removing Qatar and Türkiye from Gaza. Today Qatar and Türkiye are on the board that leads Gaza’s future — called the Board of Peace. Now this is something crazy, because Türkiye and Qatar are members of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is also Hamas.

A child has been killed in an Israeli double-tap strike as he rushed to help a paramedic wounded in an earlier attack.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia condemned on Wednesday the launch of a Houthi drone toward the holy city of Makkah on Tuesday.The Kingdom affirmed that the “cowardly” and “terrorist attack” against the holy city constitutes a repetition of the Houthi militia’s practices of targeting and violating holy sites.It is also a provocation to the sentiments of Muslims worldwide, particularly as this marks the second attempt to target Makkah, following an initial attempt on July 27, 2017, the Foreign Ministry said.
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett: We have no interest in settling Gaza or managing the lives of two million Arabs in Gaza. We are not interested in that. We want Gaza 2.0 that is not controlled by a terrorist organization and does not serve as a base for terrorism.

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A drone was spotted near Danish Defense Minister Jeppe Bruus’ home in Gladsaxe, prompting a major police operation, TV 2 reported. The drone’s origin is unknown. Police sealed off the area, while military bomb disposal personnel were also deployed.

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. Thaci, 58, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the territory’s violent break from Serbia in the 1990s. The tribunal said he was guilty of the murder of 96 political opponents and perceived collaborators with Serbian security forces by..
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli: I am very, very happy that people like Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene have been pushed to the margins, and Marjorie Taylor Greene is today outside. And people like Tucker Carlson today are facing increasingly harsh criticism, both from the president and from the field.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen states that the war Russia is waging against Ukraine is a "deliberate strategy of terror."

Rescue workers say search for about 100 people, including 50 children, hampered by lack of heavy machinery A building housing displaced Palestinian families collapsed on Wednesday in Gaza City, killing at least 12 people, as rescuers searched the rubble for about 100 people including 50 children believed to be trapped. A rescue team from Gaza’s civil defence said they had recovered the bodies of five children among the victims, while 14 injured people were taken to hospital. Medical sources said
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi in Beijing and called for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen at an early date. Wang urged Washington and Tehran to act rationally and return to the Islamabad MoU brokered by Pakistan in June. Beijing also cautioned against the conflict spreading into Yemen and the Red Sea.

Polish prosecutors say a Russian Gerbera-2 drone found on a beach carried an explosive warhead, which was safely neutralised.
NEW: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Iran's Araghchi in Beijing and called for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened "at an early date," urging both the US and Iran to stay rational and return to the Pakistan-brokered Islamabad MoU from June. China also warned against the conflict spilling into Yemen/Red Sea.