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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
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has recently observed Russian operatives using fake volunteers and fake journalists to “hunt” Ukrainian military personnel.

BRICS leaders meeting in New Delhi have reaffirmed their call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Sudan, warning of a worsening humanitarian crisis and the growing risk of the proliferation of extremism and terrorism. https://t.co/cpA5aAk5ZM #BRICS #Sudan #NewDelhi #AfricaNews #Ceasefire
A Gulf official told Barak Ravid that Saudi Arabia proposed changes to the Omani-Iranian Hormuz plan, fearing it could create a new status quo in the strait unacceptable to Riyadh and other GCC states.

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Man shot by Mwaghavul Militia in Mangu, Plateau @DHQNigeria @HQNigerianArmy https://t.co/mbuWGxy3wm

Nearly 86,000 people flee fighting in Yemen, UN says The renewed fighting in Yemen between government forces and the country's Houthis has displaced nearly 86,000 people, International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday, after the figure rose by about 10,000 in a single day. In a statement on Sunday, the UN’s migration agency said many of those forced to flee their homes had been displaced multiple times. "Behind every number is a family who's lost everything," said Amy Pope, IOM D

Man shot by Mwaghavul Militia in Mangu, Plateau By: Zagazola A 35-year-old man, identified as Sani Abdullahi, was shot by suspected attackers at the Rampiya area of Mangu Ward 1, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday night, according to local sources. Abdullahi reportedly survived the attack and was rushed to Allah Na Kowa Hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment. The circumstances surrounding the shooting,

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Rare footage from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights shows a person launching an anti-tank missile at a residential building last weekend. Residents' testimonies describe extensive damage at the scene. The background is a criminal incident. https://t.co/oZUDwZVyeK
Troops arrest three Fulani men in Plateau after farmer’s killing @DHQNigeria @HQNigerianArmy https://t.co/yX0efxx8Ru

The conflict in the Middle East raises security concerns about traditional shipping routes.
The Irish airforce is currently conducting missions tracking a Russian shadow tanker off the coast of West Ireland which is travelling on a southward track.

Troops arrest three Fulani men in Plateau after farmer’s killing By: Zagazola Makama Troops of Sector 6, Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP), have arrested three persons during a raid on two Fulani settlements in Bachi community, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The operation, conducted on Sept. 13, 2026, followed a manhunt for criminal elements responsible for the killing of a farmer at Fang community in Riyom LGA on Sept. 12. During the raid at Baggat and Shong 2 Fulani hamlets,

Canada is in talks to contribute to the EU’s €90bn loan for Ukraine as Prime Minister Mark Carney pushes for closer ties with Europe and less dependence on the U.S. The two sides hope to agree on Canada’s contribution before an EU summit in Montreal in late October. Source: FT

JERUSALEM: Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar called on Sunday for the Oscar-winning directors of an Israeli-made Gaza documentary to be stripped of citizenship, accusing them of “treason against the state.” Zohar said on X: “I will act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship of” Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, whose “NAZA” documentary about Israel’s AI-assisted killing of civilians in Gaza won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.
French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon: If I become your president through the vote of the French people, speaking in the name of France, I will say that the French do not accept Germany rebuilding the leading conventional army on the continent. Because my question is: what for? We do not want war. We do not want a war economy, and we will not allow any nation whatsoever to decide to place itself militarily above all the others — and especially above the French.
BIG | 🇷🇺🚀‼️‼️ Russia was forced to scrub what appears to have been its first test of the Avangard hypersonic weapon system in nearly eight years, despite extensive preparations for the launch of one of Vladimir Putin’s most heavily promoted strategic weapons. The test was expected between September 3 and 5 from the Dombarovsky/Yasny area in Russia’s Orenburg region toward the Kura test range in Kamchatka. Russian authorities had issued aviation restrictions along the expected flight corridor

Sweden’s centre-left opposition bloc is projected to win 51.3% of the vote, ahead of the right-wing bloc on 46.8%, according to an SVT exit poll. A separate TV4 poll also put the centre-left ahead. Official counting is under way. If confirmed, the result could return Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson to power and keep the far-right Sweden Democrats out of government.
Les manifestations politiques sont désormais suspendues jusqu’à nouvel ordre à Kananga. L’autorité urbaine motive sa décision par des raisons sécuritaires. La coalition de l’opposition C64/Kasaï-Central dénonce une mesure "anticonstitutionnelle" et maintient sa manifestation prévue mardi 15 septembre pour dire non au changement de la Constitution. https://t.co/l5jeU7nM3A