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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed the Ukraine war could have ended a year ago if the US and Europe had upheld the 2025 Anchorage agreements

Sudanese air defences downed explosive drones targeting key dams near the Ethiopian border on Tuesday, as separate strikes killed four people and hit fuel depots in Ed Damazin. https://t.co/8gIejWUcwH #SudanDroneAttacks #EdDamazin #AtbaraDam #SudanConflict https://t.co/SG6LNt7TaY

World Taekwondo initially suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes and canceled all Russia-based events in March 2022 after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
NEW: Trump envoy John Coale says the U.S. has urged banks to unfreeze Belarusian assets.
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China is building what appears to be the world's first mothership designed to deploy giant submarine drones, spotted at a Shanghai shipyard. The ship has a well-deck, a lowering cradle system, and an internal hangar that could hold around four uncrewed submarines. China already has two types of XXLUUVs (35m and 45m long) under testing — 6 to 8 times the size of the US Navy's Orca drone sub. H I Sutton at Naval News says the only plausible explanation is a combat drone submarine mothership,

The Ministry of Veterans Affairs has stated that Ukraine will not copy the American model of veterans policy, but will instead build its own system tailored to the demands of the war and Ukrainian society.

Iranian highway billboard recruiting civilians for paramilitary sniper training. "Do you know how to use this?" next to a Dragunov rifle, with an SMS signup number. Run by the Janfada People's Units, a Basij-linked volunteer militia program.
Former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine (2017–19) and Kyiv Security Forum (KSF) Security Council member Kurt Volker has expressed the conviction that NATO should cooperate with Ukraine to create an integrated air picture in order to counter the infiltration of drones and missiles.

"If the Americans hadn't backed away from the Anchorage agreements... we would have been living without war for a year now," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

The Danish prime minister has accused Russia of "reckless" behaviour, while the Kremlin is yet to comment.

A man was killed and four women were injured as a result of Russian drone strikes hitting an infrastructure facility in Zaporizhia, the press service of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine has reported on Telegram.

Japan just crossed 100,000 centenarians for the first time. 107,677 people aged 100+, up nearly 8,000 in one year. 88% are women. The oldest: Fuyo Kishimoto, 114, the last confirmed person born in the Meiji era, who still finishes her meals. The oldest man, 112, does gymnastics at his nursing home. Japan has more centenarians than any other country. The count was 153 when they started tracking in 1963.

Denmark has summoned Russia's ambassador over a Baltic Sea encounter that Copenhagen says is part of an increasingly aggressive pattern of Russian behavior.

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Debris from a Chinese-made short-range ballistic missile has been found in Yemen for the first time, suggesting Chinese weapons systems may have been used during the heated conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. Video clips circulating on social media in the past week showed debris from the booster stage of a short-range ballistic missile with “DF-15A” written on its side found in the Raghwan district of Marib governorate, about 170km (105 miles) by road from the Yemeni capital,...
Retired U.S. Central Command Commander (2008–10), former CIA Director (2011–12), and Kyiv Security Forum (KSF) Security Council member David Petraeus has expressed the conviction that to achieve victory, Ukraine requires partners' assistance in overcoming several critical vulnerabilities, ranging from a shortage of interceptors to a defense budget deficit.

Israel is providing intelligence support to Saudi Arabia to help Riyadh defend against Ansarullah attacks, JP reports The talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia were mediated by US central command. Over the past week, Ansarullah has struck Saudi airports and energy infrastructure while captured Yemen's Red sea coast and islands around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Saudi-backed forces.

The US ambassador visited a southern Lebanese village under army control as part of a US-backed agreement with Israel, focusing on military withdrawals and Hezbollah’s disarmament.

Alongside the attack near the Polish border, Russian forces launched 200 Shahed-type attack drones, including jet-powered versions, on Sept. 15, the Air Force said.
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Seven former Australia cricket captains have written to the country’‘s foreign minister, Penny Wong, to raise concerns over PTI founder Imran Khan’s incarceration, terming it a matter of “basic humanity”, Cricinfo reported on Tuesday. Imran, 73, has been imprisoned since 2023 and was sentenced late last year along with his wife to 17 years on corruption charges they both deny. According to Cricinfo, the signatories of the letter include Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark, K
First-ever live emergency alert sent to Mecca. Saudi Civil Defense warned residents of "potential danger," told them to shelter indoors away from windows, then gave the all-clear eight minutes later. Same alerts went to Jeddah, Taif, Yanbu, Abha, Jazan, and AlUla.
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday vowed to respond "decisively" to attacks by Yemen's Houthis, AFP reports. The pledge followed a strike by the Tehran-backed group using ballistic missiles and drones that wounded 13 people inside the kingdom.

The overnight wave sent 200 drones at Ukraine, and the capital's filling stations have become a recurring target this month.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed an attack on the Syzran Oil Refinery and the Atlant Aero facility in Russia.
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett on Zohran Mamdani: He says he is in favor of Jews and finds a pet Jew to be with him, but you can see that he is anti-Israel. Anyone who is against the State of Israel as the Jewish state is antisemitic.
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett: At the end of the day, Israel must have absolute security control from the sea to the Jordan River. The Palestinians will manage themselves civilly in their areas, in Areas A and B, and Area C will ultimately be part of Israel. Trying to bring about a two-state solution would bring a terrible disaster upon us.

It now costs $1 million a day to hire a supertanker on the Persian Gulf-to-China route, for first time ever. Previous "once in a lifetime" peaks were around $200,000. This is five times that. Almost no one will send a ship through Hormuz anymore, so crude gets shuttled through the strait on smaller vessels then transferred to VLCCs outside — soaking up ships and time. One Korean operator, Sinokor, controls roughly 10% of the global VLCC fleet and has unusual pricing power. Even

As a result of strikes in the Velikaya Balka settlement in the Odessa Region, a logistics center for the storage and distribution of military cargo arriving in Ukraine from abroad was struck
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett on Iran: This regime is rotten, like a tree rotten from within, and eventually it will collapse. With this rotten tree, we can drill a little here, drill a little there. I’m not talking only about kinetic actions. I’m talking about economic actions, things I don’t want to mention, strengthening the opposition from within and strengthening their enemies.

DeepSeek engineer who built the attention kernels for their latest model compared Anthropic having AGI to Hitler getting the atomic bomb first. His words: I do not want Anthropic to control the world's most advanced artificial intelligence. To put it dramatically, I think the stakes would be comparable to Hitler obtaining the atomic bomb before the Allies did. His argument: Frontier AI must be open and cheap for everyone, not controlled by closed Western labs. That's why he stays at D
Russian troops have shelled the Kherson region, leaving one person dead and 11 others injured, Head of the Regional Miltary Administration Oleksandr Prokudin has reported.
Russia will not stop fighting during peace talks on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Lavrov said.

Ukraine's parliament dismissed Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko on Sept. 15, a week after he resigned and a day after he announced that he had approved charges against the head of the country's anti-corruption bureau.

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Saudi Arabia and Egypt's leaders called on Tuesday for free navigation in the Red Sea, after Riyadh vowed a firm response to attacks by Yemen's Houthis, who now control the southern entrance to the key waterway. The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces since the country's civil war reignited in July, when the group also declared a maritime blockade on Riyadh and began targeting its ships in the Red Sea.

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Russian frigate fired two flares at a Danish Air Force helicopter during a routine patrol near Gedser in the Baltic Sea. One passed close to the aircraft. Denmark summoning Russia's ambassador. Defense Minister Bruus: It is serious. The boundaries have been moved in terms of Russia's willingness to take risks. Called it "very unprofessional seamanship." Crew unhurt, helicopter undamaged. Denmark's PM called it an "aggressive and assertive Russia." Source: DR
Denmark will summon Russia's Copenhagen ambassador to a meeting over the incident, Defence Minister Jeppe Bruus separately told broadcaster TV2.