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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.

Saudi Civil Defence: Emergency alerts activated in Taif, Mecca and Jeddah to warn of danger
Saudi Civil Defense: Early warning in Taif, Mecca, and Jeddah.

Explosions in Jeddah

Putin ally Patrushev threatens Poland would "cease to exist in 2–3 days" if it entered military operations against Russia. Patrushev was responding to Polish FM Sikorski's claim that European NATO could defeat Russia "quite quickly" with air superiority. Patrushev called Sikorski's assessment "dilettantish" and said Russia isn't using its "full potential" in Ukraine.

The economy of the Central Asian nation grew by 11 percent last year, partly by becoming a key conduit for goods flowing into Russia.

Two people were killed and two others, including a child, sustained injuries as a result of Russian strikes on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk region, the press service of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine has reported.

DUBAI: Humanitarian organizations are warning that more than 80,000 people are on the move in Yemen as fighting and shifting front lines disrupt access to essential healthcare, with damaged medical facilities, overstretched services and closed roads. Aid groups say thousands of families are fleeing intensified airstrikes, shelling and armed clashes across Yemen, often arriving in safer areas without basic necessities or reliable access to healthcare. The latest escalation is placing further pr

Russian drone attack killed a 74-year-old woman in Kherson’s Korabelnyi district on 15 September, according to the regional military administration.

The number of casualties resulting from a massive guided aerial bomb strike by Russian occupiers on the city of Izium in Kharkiv region is rising, reaching nine as of 11:43, Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Synehubov has reported.

The incident has prompted Denmark to summon Russian Ambassador Vladimir Barbin, as Danish officials condemned what they described as an unacceptable act toward the country's military.
[Premium Times] Nasiru Garba, the bus conductor and only survivor of the attack, said the driver had stopped to drop off five passengers when the gunmen opened fire

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Israel deploys drones over Beirut Israeli forces have deployed drones over Lebanon's Beirut and its southern suburbs, the country's National News Agency reports. According to the report, Israel also fired a sound bomb towards a shepherd in Arid, in the Marjayoun district.
🔴 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian drone attacks hit a petrol station and warehouse facilities in #Kyiv early on Tuesday, the city's mayor said. It comes after #US President Donald #Trump announced an apparent agreement between #Russia and #Ukraine. FRANCE 24’s @gullivercragg reports from Kyiv ▶️ https://t.co/YeJQcIHEZ9
Kyrgyzstan has turned into a crucial middleman for Russia to import goods from China since the start of the Ukraine war. Paul Sonne, our Moscow bureau chief, traveled to Kyrgyzstan to see its skyrocketing economic growth.

India scored a diplomatic win at the latest Brics summit, analysts have said, after steering an increasingly unwieldy bloc towards a joint declaration despite deep divisions over geopolitical conflicts and the global order. Observers said New Delhi achieved “pragmatic consolidation” by avoiding forcing members to assign blame for contentious geopolitical issues, keeping the focus on trade, technology and greater representation for the Global South. That compromise came at a cost, however, with..
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The American presence in these countries has not shielded them from retaliation during the Iran war. Now they are hoping direct talks with Iran could help.
Zelensky: Ukrainian forces hit refineries in Syzran, a drone plant in Taganrog, and a launch site in Oryol. Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy and infrastructure continue, he says, and Kyiv's response is significant. https://t.co/IJDnTKxzW7

Zelenskyy says Russia continues to attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, while Ukrainian forces retaliate with strikes on Russian military and industrial targets.

A Russian frigate was said to have fired flares toward a Danish military helicopter in international waters, narrowly missing the aircraft.
Zelensky: Russia continues its attacks on our energy infrastructure, regular logistics, and critical infrastructure. And our response to these attacks is significant. There are new results from the Ukrainian Defense Forces regarding oil refineries in Syzran, as well as strikes in Taganrog on a drone manufacturing facility, and a drone launch site in the Oryol region.

The UN Security Council will convene on Tuesday to discuss the control of Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab Strait by Iran-backed Houthis. The meeting was requested by France, the current president of the Security Council.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: You observe, I hope, regular broadcasts of situations that show the activities of so-called “man-hunters.” They snatch people off the streets of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities and drag them into vehicles for deployment to the front, without summonses or official mobilization. I have no doubt that it will soon reach women as well.
New power outages have been reported this morning in Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kharkiv and Kherson regions, as well as in Volyn region, following Russian drone attacks and artillery shelling, national grid operator Ukrenergo said on Telegram.