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BEIJING: Oil prices jumped more than two percent on Monday, after new Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and Iranian attacks on ships in the Gulf compounded supply concerns following the closure of a key Saudi oil pipeline. Brent crude futures rose $2.90, or 2.77 percent, to $107.51 per barrel as of 2313 GMT. WTI futures rose $2.27, or 2.27 percent, to $102.32 per barrel. Prices had initially risen more than 3 percent at market open. Saudi Arabian state media on Sunday released video footage

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM): "A U.S. Sailor signals to the pilot of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) as the guided-missile destroyer continues enforcing the U.S. blockade against Iran. As of Sept. 13, U.S. forces have redirected 101 commercial vessels to ensure compliance."
Musician and actor at the Chernihiv Regional Youth Theater Kostiantyn Slobodeniuk has been killed in the war.

Tusk's statement comes a day after Russia launched drones overnight at western Ukraine, striking a gas station near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing and a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train just 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Polish border.

No casualties were reported after a Russian drone struck a train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials left the area.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before an attack that killed three US troops there in July. A recent report in the Wall Street Journal cited unnamed US officials about the attack in Jordan. Asked whether he would mention the issue at an upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump did not directly answer, and instead equated the surveillance activiti

CNN clarified that Iranian representatives made it clear to regional players that they would only be open to discussing their nuclear program after the Strait of Hormuz issue is resolved

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Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’ ‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence Israel’s culture minister has called for the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of NAZA, a documentary about the country’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza, to be stripped of their citizenship, accusing them of “treason against the state”. NAZA, which was produced b
According to the source, some of the information comes from ordinary people who are tired of living near dangerous facilities
Uganda buries one-time ‘boy king’ whose death has sparked a succession battle https://t.co/p78coKLnPk

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Turkish foreign minister says Israel 'biggest obstacle' to Syria's development Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has said that Israel is "the biggest obstacle" to Syria's development after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. His remarks during a visit to Damascus came at a time when the Israeli army continues to advance and consolidate ground on Syrian soil, according to Reuters.
The Korean Central News Agency quoted Director of the Artillery Bureau of the Korean People's Army General Staff, Major General Ryu Chang Son as saying that joint exercises between missile units and long-range artillery units help improve the troops’ ability to respond quickly when orders are received

Oil prices rise sharply as Middle East escalation risks disruption to supplies Oil prices rose sharply on Monday, pushing Brent crude above $107 a barrel as escalating tensions in the Middle East stoked fears of disruptions to global energy supplies. Brent crude for November delivery gained 2.8 percent to $107.54 a barrel, while US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October rose 2.3 percent to $102.34. Both contracts extended last week's gains after climbing back above the $100 threshold. Gl

DUBLIN: President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing technology. While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative

China’s top intelligence official has warned of rising national security risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), calling for robust risk prevention frameworks and stronger global governance of the emerging technology. The call from Chen Yixin, China’s state security minister, comes as Beijing seeks to play a leading role in global AI governance while criticising US restrictions. At the Brics summit in India over the weekend, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed an AI-powered initiative to.

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By Jana Choukeir and Eman Abouhassira TAIZ, Yemen/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Arab states in the Gulf called off a meeting with Iran planned for Monday, while Yemen's Houthis launched a new attack on Saudi Arabia after fighting that has extended the Middle East war to another theatre and further jeopardised global oil supplies.
By Mohammed Ghobari , Nayera Abdallah and Bo Erickson ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, while fresh attacks around the region's two most important oil transit routes deepened concern over global energy supplies.

New policy has already attracted bipartisan condemnation with Labor warning it would damage construction, aged care and agriculture Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast One Nation says it will cut the number of temporary migrants in Australia by more than 750,000 over three years, targeting international students and the family members of skilled migrants in a “net-negative” plan. But Labor has said it would cause s

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"I don’t know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning," Johnson wrote, adding that civilians endure similar strikes every day.
Russia is attempting to offset its battlefield losses by systematically recruiting foreign mercenaries. According to the estimates by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), the aggressor state has already recruited more than 28,000 foreigners to fight in its war of aggression.

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia’s business community is seeking alternative shipping routes due to disruptions and security concerns around the Bab Al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz after Iran-backed Houthis captured a key port city and an island, sending thousands of Yemenis fleeing to neighboring Djibouti. Companies have traditionally imported goods from Asia through Gulf countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. Now, some are trying a more direct approach. “T

Israeli forces make incursions into several Syrian areas Israeli forces made incursions into the southern Syrian governorates of Rural Damascus, Quneitra and Deraa, Al Jazeera reported. A patrol of four vehicles pushed into the al-Amal Farms in the northern Quneitra countryside, setting fires there before withdrawing from the area, Al Jazeera reporters on the ground have said. Israeli forces also fired seven artillery rounds at the edges of Beit Jin in the western Damascus countryside. The army
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Trump on AI: It's going to be more good than bad, by a lot. Whoever wins AI wins.
Trump on Canada: I find Canada to be the worst country to deal with. With that being said, they're dying to make a deal.
Trump on Flock cameras: I sort of like them. Some people don't; they think it's an infringement. But I like them.
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Quite a few Russian-speaking members of the Ukrainian community in Turkey have switched to speaking Ukrainian, a trend linked in particular to Russia’s large-scale invasion.
Trump: Witkoff and Kushner are doing a great job. Look at Gaza as an example. There's not a lot of fighting in Gaza. Hamas is now willing to give up their weapons. Nobody could have done the job they did.
Trump on Russia: A lot of the diesel comes from Russia. Russia's plants are being hit by Ukraine. I've asked Zelensky not to hit the diesel plants, refineries.
Reporter: Chinese entities may have provided the Iranians with satellite imagery. Trump: They basically do what we do. I think he's behaved reasonably well, and we've behaved reasonably well.
The Korean Central News Agency reported that strike drones and large-caliber multiple-launch rocket systems equipped with thermobaric munitions were also deployed

Follow the day’s news live Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast Hanson’s comments on Albanese’s mother ‘gratuitous and unnecessary’: Hume Jane Hume has joined the pile on, blasting Pauline Hanson for her comments about Anthony Albanese’s mother. I think that these comments were gratuitous and unnecessary. And the idea that you would disparage people that have grown up in social housing, I think, is a little distasteful. I mean, it doubles down on the fact that Senator Ha
Dioura falls as Mali’s security crisis spreads south while Kati tightens its grip @DHQNigeria @HQNigerianArmy https://t.co/hsIq8hPN9L