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US prosecutors allege that two Chinese companies used Binance accounts to move $61mn linked to black-market Iranian oil sales. The Justice Department says the funds passed through digital wallets connected to a broader network that handled more than $1.5bn in Iranian oil proceeds. Prosecutors allege some of the money was intended for the Iranian government, and its agents and proxies. Source: FT
Ukrainian forces have killed Infamous Russian General Grunis commander of the 4th motorised rifle brigade he is the second commander of the brigade to die since the start of the war replacing the last one in 2023.

Iranian strikes have damaged hundreds of U.S. military and diplomatic buildings, as well as dozens of aircraft, a Pentagon watchdog said.

Iranian strikes have damaged hundreds of U.S. military and diplomatic buildings, as well as dozens of aircraft, a Pentagon watchdog said.

The State Department on Tuesday notified Congress that it will reprogram $52 million in foreign military financing from Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq to Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

The Kennedy Center board voted to close the performing arts venue over financial problems and a dispute over efforts to put Trump’s name on the building. Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge blocked the center from adding Trump’s name anywhere on the structure or grounds, ruling that only Congress can authorize such changes. The board has argued that without recognition for Trump’s support, he may be unwilling to help fund major renovations. Source: AP

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Progressive US Senator Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, called on Tuesday for restrictions on AI systems, uniting two political adversaries around concerns that the technology will harm humans. The two appeared at the same Washington gathering and warned of the potentially catastrophic consequences AI poses to humanity, as concern about its risks spreads beyond Washington and Silicon Valley. Speaking first, Sanders, a self-described democratic...

Iran war cost hits $38bn, forecast to rise $3bn a month, CBO says The six-month-old US war on Iran has cost $38 billion so far and that amount is projected to rise by $3 billion a month, Congress' nonpartisan bookkeeper reported on Tuesday, as the Trump administration searches for ways to end the war and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. The war is expected to increase inflation by 0.5 percent in the first three months of 2027, according to the Congressional Budget Office accounting, which tot

Denmark and Russia blamed each other for the flares fired at a Danish military helicopter monitoring a Russian frigate on Monday.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Europe in the middle of a trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking a deeper relationship with the European Union that could give Canadians greater freedom to work and study there. FRANCE 24's Christopher Guly reports from Ottawa.

As Iran-backed Houthis broaden attacks on Saudi Arabia, Tehran's delicate calculation is exploiting the current conflict without being dragged into an escalation of its own making.

WASHINGTON: The six-month-old US war against Iran has cost $38 billion so far and that amount is projected to rise by $3 billion a month, Congress’ nonpartisan bookkeeper reported on Tuesday, as the Trump administration searches for ways to end the conflict and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. The war is expected to increase inflation by 0.5 percent in the first three months of 2027, according to the Congressional Budget Office accounting, which totaled expenses through August 1. The mounti

First mandated annual report from Germany's MAD puts a Kremlin sabotage pattern on the statutory record—plus Chinese drones over Bundeswehr bases.
Zelensky told CBS News that Russia tried to target his presidential plane with drones twice during recent trips through Moldova. “In Moldova, my presidential jet was there, and that’s why they attacked Moldova,” Zelensky said. “When we went back home, again through Chisinau, they did the same.”
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is planning to sell to Israel a munitions package worth $2.8 billion, which will include tens of thousands of highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs, according to a U.S. official familiar with the sale. The planned sale, which has been informally communicated to relevant congressional committees who weigh in on large arms sales, includes 20,000 MK 84s and 20,000 BLU-117s, the official, speaking on the conditio
US AG Todd Blanche: "Hegseth is doing a phenomenal job. He's not doing anything wrong." Blanche was responding to Rep. Thomas Massie's move to impeach the Defense Secretary over the Iran operation. https://t.co/tdSM4cMsZx
A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in southern Lithuania shortly after midnight on Tuesday.

LONDON: Singer Ed Sheeran has denied having any part in the decision to remove Macklemore as the support act from his Loop Tour following the US rapper’s on-stage pro-Palestinian remarks, and said venues had threatened to cancel shows if he remained in the lineup. The British singer also defended his own silence on the war in Gaza, after Macklemore’s removal sparked a widespread backlash on social media. “I am not complicit,” Sheeran wrote in a message posted on Instagram on Tuesday. “I have my
Saudi-backed forces in Yemen are struggling to stop the Houthi advance and are unlikely to retake the key Red Sea port of Mokha, which the Houthis seized last week, according to several Western European military assessments. Source: Bloomberg

Iranian state media reported Monday that a pair of fishing boats came under attack in Hormozgan province on Iran's southern coast and that several fishermen were reported missing, citing a provincial official.

The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space, a remarkable revelation after previous warnings about countries such as Russia possibly weaponizing a global frontier long agreed in treaties to be used for only peaceful purposes. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.
UK First Secretary of State Louise Haigh says the UK will “no longer stand by while innocent children are killed in Gaza.”
Iraq is moving closer to U.S. sanctions over attacks on Saudi oil facilities that were allegedly launched from its territory by IRGC-linked groups. Roughly 7 million barrels of Saudi exports were disrupted. Al-Mada

First, there was Donald Trump’s surprise decision to strike Iran. Then, came the quagmire of a war without an exit strategy. Now, six months later, with access to the Gulf all but shut… global shipping holding its breath over the other end of the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia drawn back into Yemen as Iran-backed Houthis threaten access to the Red Sea.
"How is it possible that the greatest disaster in the State of Israel has not been investigated?" Shelly Mashal Yogev, mother of Libby Cohen Meguri, who was killed at the Nova music festival, said.

Saudi Arabia is running out of options to export its vast oil reserves as attacks force its main pipeline shut while Iran and its allies cement their chokehold on the kingdom's two main maritime routes, analysts say. The world's top oil exporter last week shut its East-West pipeline, which runs some 1,200 kilometres (700 miles) between its main oil fields in the east and the Yanbu terminal on the Red Sea, after attacks on its oil facilities originating in Iraq, home to pro-Iran armed groups.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree claims Saudi jets flew 52 airstrikes over the past 24 hours against civilian targets, including schools, bridges and roads in Taiz, along with sites in al Jawf, al Bayda, Saada and Amran. N12
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Iran War: You called it a "war." I disagree with that characterization.

The Israeli firm said integrating the weapon on Israeli F-35s was a step towards them being equipped on other countries’ fleets.

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The Marine Corps' plan to reorganize for small-unit expeditionary warfare has sparked concern among some Chinese naval officers, a recent report details.

The Marine Corps' plan to reorganize for small-unit expeditionary warfare has sparked concern among some Chinese naval officers, a recent report details.

The €290 million package contains military equipment urgently requested by Ukraine as Kyiv braces for another winter of Russian attacks on cities and critical infrastructure.

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to sell to Israel a munitions package worth $2.8 billion, which will include tens of thousands of highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs, according to a US official familiar with the sale. The planned sale, which has been informally communicated to relevant congressional committees who weigh in on large arms sales, includes 20,000 MK 84s and 20,000 BLU-117s, the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said. News of th
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"Merz is mad that Americans want the German government to pay its NATO obligations," Richard Grenell said
"The longer the Petrotel refinery remains idle, the more the sanctions issue will transform from a foreign policy matter into a domestic political challenge for the country's authorities," Ilya Grashchenkov said
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker: Taking capacity out of the global energy markets, like what happened as Ukrainians strike Russia, has put pressure on diesel and oil generally. That war needs to end.

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