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Zelensky: We are working with manufacturers on a new generation of drone interceptors to counter Russian jet-powered Shahed drones. Development and testing are underway.

Satellite images show Saudi pumping station damage southeast of Medina Satellite images released by Vantor show massive damage at a pumping station along the route of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, in al-Mesabaah, southeast of Medina. The images were published following an attack and fires at the site on Friday that caused widespread damage. The incident comes as Yemen’s Houthi group have stepped up attacks on Saudi Arabia’s energy infrastructure. The attacks are putting Saudi Arabia’s oil

Automated AI drones are just one component of an ultimate chain of destruction both sides are building.

Warnings from researchers at leading US artificial intelligence developer Anthropic that increasingly powerful models could escape human control and even lead to the extinction of the human race, have drawn attention in China, where policymakers have been preparing for some of the same risks. The US and China are the two major driving forces of frontier AI development and the technology’s global adoption. Both superpowers have been increasingly at loggerheads over each other’s AI policies and

EU countries failed to agree on extending sanctions against roughly 3,000 Russian individuals and companies, leaving ambassadors one day to reach a deal before the measures expire. Slovakia is demanding the removal of Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the sanctions list while also resisting a proposal to extend sanctions from six months to 12 months. Most EU capitals oppose removing anyone while Russian attacks on Ukraine continue. Source: POLITICO
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright: There’s been a huge disruption in Russian diesel exports. They were a meaningful exporter of diesel. Today, they’re not exporting any. Russia was a small exporter of gasoline. Now they’ve become a meaningful importer of gasoline.
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Kyiv is answering with compensation and cheap credit, aimed at the companies losing warehouses fastest.
EU's Von der Leyen: 'I condemn the Houthi attack against Saudi Arabia. We stand in solidarity with our Gulf partners in the face of relentless attacks by Iran’s proxies. We will continue working with our partners for safe, free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and for stability in the Middle East. We all have a stake in this.'

rench far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc #Mélenchon is both highly controversial and a #GenZ favourite. Mélenchon's young supporters express admiration for his promises to stage a "citizen's revolution", redistrubute wealth, fight #climatechange and support #Palestine. The candidate's critics have accused him of complancency towards #Russia and antisemitism. Despite being divisive, recent polls predict that Mélenchon will qualify for the second round of #France's 2027 presidential #el
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- ODM leader and Siaya Senator Oburu Odinga has been pictured taking an evening walk through the streets of London, days after travelling to the United Kingdom for a medical check-up.
Germany’s Chancellor Merz: Most likely, we are seeing the most decisive moments — perhaps weeks or months — ahead of us in defending the freedom and peace of our continent. If Russia succeeds, this will have unpredictable and unprecedented consequences for all of us, including Germany. And that’s the reason why I’m standing here very firm, very clear, and not willing to go back one centimeter.
Beersheba Chief Rabbi Avraham Deri warned that a ring proposal before witnesses could create a halachic marriage, meaning a couple could later need a religious divorce.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 A Russian drone struck a #Warsaw-bound train close to the #Ukraine-#Poland border. Ukraine and Poland on Sunday condemned the strikes as an "escalation" in the war. Watch for more ⤵️ https://t.co/YRHp59ioqH
Israel bombed the Abu Duhur airbase last month to prevent Turkish troops from deploying there, according to Israeli officials. Ankara denied that it had planned to deploy troops to the site.
NATO's Rutte: Putin knows very well that he will not be able to divide us. We have all the response options we need when it comes to hybrid threats. It will not always be visible and public what we do. Some is public, some is not public, for reasons we cannot always disclose. But I can assure you, we have all the response options.

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem details five mechanisms used by Israel to dismantle Palestinian collective life.

A 44-year-old senator, Edwin Sifuna, has emerged as a rising challenger to Kenya's President William Ruto ahead of next year's election as he channels anger over political violence and corruption.
German Foreign Minister Wadephul: Russia continues its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine and against Europe’s freedom. This is about elementary principles — namely that borders in Europe must no longer be moved by force. This conflict is about the European peace order itself.

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NATO's Rutte: If you are a young man in Russia and you join the fight, the chances are big that you will not return home because your president simply doesn’t care about your life. He just wants to somehow continue this fight against Ukraine.

Leaders of the main Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh nationalist parties on Monday declared their right to choose whether to remain in the UK or not at a rare meeting in the Welsh capital Cardiff. All three parties — the Scottish National Party (SNP), Plaid Cymru in Wales and the pro-Irish unity Sinn Fein — want to break away from the UK. The meeting came just days after US President Donald Trump waded in, saying he would back a united Ireland, which Northern Ireland’s Michelle O’Neill said sh
NATO's Rutte on Kosovo: Our long-term commitment to peace and security in Kosovo is there to stay.

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In 1095, the Catholic Church launched the Crusades, wars that left millions dead and whose legacy still shapes political and ideological conflicts.
NATO's Rutte: Russia continues to wage a brutal war of aggression against Ukraine at a staggering cost to Russia, with over 40,000 casualties per month. Russia is struggling in Ukraine and continues to lash out with reckless and dangerous attacks, including on civilian infrastructure close to NATO.
NATO's Rutte: The strike on a passenger train in Ukraine yesterday shows how desperate Putin has become. He thinks that he can stop us from supporting Ukraine and that he can undermine our unity. He is wrong. Our answer is to increase support to Ukraine so it has what it needs to defend itself.
A DF-15 ballistic missile of Chinese origin was reportedly discovered in Marib, Yemen. The Houthis are not known to operate the system and rely largely on Iranian-made missiles. Some people believe it may mark Saudi Arabia’s first combat use of the DF-15A, following Riyadh’s documented secret purchases of Chinese ballistic missiles such as the DF-3A and DF-21.
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German Foreign Minister Wadephul: It is also clear that if we want to remain competitive in the future, we as the European Union must make our energy supply more independent and resilient. It is important that all member states overcome their dependence on Russian energy step by step. Because Russia has repeatedly used energy as a political instrument of pressure and will continue to do so in the future.

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The number of people injured in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, after a drone struck an agricultural enterprise's warehouse building has risen to 13, Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES) said.
Polish servicemen have found and recovered a drone from the Baltic Sea which, according to preliminary data, is a Russian-made military drone.
Russian forces carried out 21 strikes on Kharkiv over the past week, from Sept 7 to 13, with nearly half of the attacks involving FPV drones, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
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Energy ministers and executives met in Bangkok on Monday to discuss the prolonged price increase for liquefied natural gas (LNG) triggered by the Iran war, with Southeast Asia’s growth ambitions and climate goals on the line as the cost of powering economies shifting to artificial intelligence soars. On the first day of Gastech 2026, one of the world’s largest energy conferences, policymakers implored pragmatism over net-zero targets and closer cooperation to ensure affordable LNG supplies,...

Iran-linked rebels force closure of east-west pipeline and capture strategic island in Bab al-Mandab strait Business news – live updates Oil prices have climbed above $108 a barrel after a series of drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, surged to more than $108.5 a barrel on Monday – a 3.7% increase on the day. Continue reading...

A Russian FPV drone struck the village of Hrushivka (Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region) at around 4:00 p.m.
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China’s military will get every possible resource from the home front if needed during a war, according to a change in the law to take effect in October.