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#NordKivu: Une accalmie observée depuis hier mardi sur le tronçon routier Kashebere-Mungazi, dans le territoire de Walikale. Cette situation intervient après quatre jours d’affrontements entre les rebelles de l’AFC/M23 et les FARDC, appuyées par les Wazalendo. https://t.co/s3zL86czqi
A Kurdish Iranian opposition group said Iran targeted its headquarters in northern Iraq, the latest in a series of attacks on anti-Tehran factions.

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Ukrainska Pravda sources in political circles say Davyd Arakhamiia warned the heads of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies about an attack on them a week before Ruslan Kravchenko announced he had signed a notice of suspicion against NABU Director Semen Kryvonos.

[UN News] The already dire hunger crisis in South Sudan is becoming increasingly critical as violence, extreme weather and dwindling aid leave millions without enough food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.

[UN News] The already dire hunger crisis in South Sudan is becoming increasingly critical as violence, extreme weather and dwindling aid leave millions without enough food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.

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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie launched an impeachment effort against Pete Hegseth over the Iran war, while polls show voters remain uneasy about the conflict ahead of midterm elections.
An article in The Washington Post explained that the deal was planned to be implemented through the Foreign Military Financing mechanism, which provides grants and loans to help other countries buy American weapons

The Houthis have rejected Riyadh's report as a "lie" that it shot down a drone from the rebels heading towards the Saudi city of Mecca.

The unprecedented alert was triggered after the kingdom was repeatedly targeted by the Iran-backed Houthis in recent days.

Rescue crews in Gaza pull survivors from a collapsed building as cries for help echo beneath the rubble, witnesses say.

NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Lee Hyun-jung was the offensive star for Sou...

All supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran tour in protest of Macklemore’s removal The artist Finneas and three other supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran's tour on Tuesday, after the US rapper Macklemore was removed for his pro-Palestine comments on stage. Finneas, Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, and Lukas Graham of Denmark all posted statements announcing they were quitting Sheeran's "Loop Tour" in solidarity with the rapper and Palestinian people. "Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for th

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US Vice President JD Vance says the Iran war will enter a 'different phase' after the midterms in an interview on Air Force Two.
Security expert Choe Ju Hyun wrote in an op-ed for the Korean Central News Agency that US actions are accelerating "the corrosion of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime"

Belgian government unable to agree on evacuation of 13 students to take up scholarships at universities Students who are unable to leave Gaza and take up scholarships at Belgian universities have said they are devastated after Belgium’s government hit deadlock on a plan enabling them to leave the war-torn territory. Ahmed Abujami, a 28-year-old doctor in Gaza, said he was “deeply disappointed” after Belgium’s five-party coalition government last Friday failed to agree on an evacuation plan for 1

Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,530 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.

Russian forces attacked Kyiv with jet-powered drones overnight, causing a fire at a warehouse in the Sviatoshynskyi district and injuring one person.

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Dong Jun pitches shared security governance and military cooperation while warning against coercion.

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The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthis accused them on Wednesday of targeting Islam's holy city Mecca, sparking outrage across the Muslim world. The Houthis swiftly rejected as a "lie" Riyadh's statement that it had shot down a drone heading towards Mecca, which attracts millions of pilgrims each year. Fresh fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen's Saudi-backed internationally recognised government has dragged in the kingdom, with the Houthis declaring a maritime blockade

IT is the same tired play. As soon as the opposition announces a protest, the government reflexively cracks down. Citizens are roughed up and arrested, and the security officials who round them up later collect medals for their services. There are no consequences for this abuse of state power. Indeed, it increasingly appears that the lead-up to a protest, and not the protest itself, is where the real political battle is fought. And all this is playing out at the moment on television screens and

KARACHI: An employee of businessman Mir Raza Ali told a judicial commission on Tuesday that he faced investigators’ anger after saying the deceased did not use drugs. The Judicial Commission in the Mir Raza murder case continued its proceedings on Tuesday and recorded statements of a police officer, an employee of the deceased and his two investors. The one-member commission headed by Justice Omar Sial of the Sindh High Court also expressed displeasure over a focal person of the provincial gover

• PTI resolution states daily fluctuations in global oil prices should not be passed on to consumers as Pakistan does not import petrol every day • Sharjeel urges MQM-P to press federal govt for withdrawal of Rs100-plus petroleum levy KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly, otherwise divided along bitter party lines, on Tuesday unanimously demanded through a resolution that the federal government immediately stop the practice of increasing petroleum prices on a daily basis, saying that no new shipment or i
The resolution is not legally binding and serves as a recommendation

The leadership change in Okinawa could deal a quiet blow to Beijing’s attempts to leverage local opposition to remilitarisation and the US-Japan military alliance, according to analysts. They added that the shift would compel Chinese academics and state media to recalibrate their messaging and approach towards the strategically vital Japanese prefecture. Genta Koja, the 42-year-old backed by Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party to become Okinawa’s new governor, defeated incumbent Denny Tamaki

India and Russia are seeking to push one of Asia’s oldest defence relationships beyond arms sales and into a more technology-driven industrial partnership, analysts have said, with missile exports and fighter-jet offers emerging as early tests. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands and embraced on Friday ahead of last weekend’s Brics summit in New Delhi, prompting Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to post on social media: “A bond that keeps...
By Ahmed Tolba and Enas Alashray Sept 16 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's air defences destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city, a spokesperson for the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said on Wednesday, as fighting spreads in the Middle East.
By Jana Choukeir and Nayera Abdallah Sept 16 (Reuters) - Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen, the Houthis said on Wednesday, as the Iran-backed fighters solidified their gains after a lightning advance that has extended Tehran's reach in the Middle East war and further disrupted global oil supplies. In a sign of the worsening conflict in a new theatre, the United States tightened its travel warning for Saudi Arabia, banning government employees from travelling within 20 miles of the Yemen border.

MK-84 is among the most destructive munitions in Western military arsenals. Its explosion sends large metal fragments in every direction for thousands of feet, ripping through metal and thick concrete.

The United States hammered home a message touting its energy dominance at Tuesday's meeting of G20 energy ministers in Houston, while brushing past the consequences of Washington's war in Iran and environmental concerns. The meeting's slogan to "Unleash the full potential of American energy" has been repeated by US officials tirelessly in Texas since the gathering kicked off Monday.
The European Union plans to help turn a port in Lithuania into a strategic NATO hub as part of a project worth more than €200 million aimed at developing defense and energy infrastructure in the Baltic region.

The sanctions bill passed its final procedural vote in the House of Representatives on Sept. 15 by a narrow 214-211 margin. Additional debate and the final vote to approve the legislation will take place Sept. 16.

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Saudi Arabia's air defences claim to have intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca on Tuesday, which the Iran-aligned rebels denied. Meanwhile, several explosions were heard on the island of Qeshm, near the Strait of Hormuz. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.