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By Samia Nakhoul and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sought assistance from President Donald Trump on Thursday to help fight Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the Houthis stepped up their threat to the Red Sea.
By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday and underscored the need to protect the freedom of navigation and commerce, and the safety and well-being of seafarers, India's foreign ministry said. The meeting took place on the eve of the BRICS leaders' summit in New Delhi, being held against the backdrop of the U.S. and Iran resuming tit-for-tat strikes in their six-month-old war, after a pause in
BERLIN, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The likely leader of the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany's Ulrich Siegmund, suggested a weapons producer could be allowed to operate in the state to provide resources for his party's planned deportation campaigns. The AfD, which wants to restore ties with Russia and brands itself a "party of peace", opposes Germany's record defence spending under Chancellor Friedrich Merz and military support for Ukraine, raising questions
By Mohammed Ghobari, Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine Ghania ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war.
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Haseeb Alwazeer and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - As power cuts cascade through one of Gaza's largest functioning hospitals and patients wait for treatment in sweltering wards, medics warn that shortages of engine oil and spare parts are causing generators to seize up, putting lives at risk. The crisis is spreading beyond hospitals, where soaring costs for oil and diesel are making electricity from neighbourhood generators increasingly unaffordable for f
SEOUL, Sept 11 (Reuters) - South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun discussed the situation in the Middle East, including freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, in a telephone call on Friday with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Cho expressed deep concern over the situation and voiced his hope for the restoration of lasting peace and stability in the region, the ministry said in a statement.
A bill on sanctions against Russia, which the U.S.

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Russia's oil processing is being degraded as sanctions prevent the refining industry from recovering from more intense and precise Ukrainian drone strikes.

Iran is celebrating the Houthis' rapid advance toward Bab el-Mandeb, but appears reluctant to act on the win.

He cast it as revenge for a naval drone strike on Sochi.

EU ambassadors have failed to extend sanctions against Russia as Slovakia and France seek to delist oligarchs Usmanov and Fridman, RFE/RL reports.
Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline, a key route carrying crude oil from the country’s eastern fields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, was struck by projectiles on Thursday, according to US officials. The strikes hit pumping stations along the pipeline and triggered fires. Satellite imagery showed damage at several locations, though it remains unclear whether the pipeline itself was seriously damaged or how long repairs could take. One US official said drones may have originated from Iraq. Source

CNN is reporting that the Saudi East-West oil pipeline was attacked using “drones originating from Iraq”. Meaning that this attack was likely carried out by Iranian-aligned militias in Iraq, opening a new front in the war. It’s not yet clear how long it would take to repair the damage, sources said to CNN.
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Palestinian man dies from wounds sustained in Israeli attack on Gaza City A Palestinian man, Mohammad Shamali, died on Friday after being wounded in an Israeli attack on a group of Palestinians in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighbourhood a day earlier, Wafa news agency reported. Israeli forces also injured another Palestinian after military vehicles opened fire east of the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, the news agency said. Earlier on Friday, Israeli air strikes injured several Palestinians w

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly sought assistance from President Donald Trump on Thursday to help fight Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly sought assistance from President Donald Trump on Thursday to help fight Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis.

Russian forces have attacked Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast, damaging more than 20 houses in a residential area and killing two residents.

President Donald Trump vowed Friday that the United States would never forget the September 11, 2001 attacks and suggested the country was continuing the "war on terror" 25 years later by fighting Iran. Speaking at the Pentagon after skipping the main 9/11 commemorations in New York, Republican Trump also hit out at domestic "fanatics" in an apparent swipe at Democrats. "Today we renew the sacred oath that we first swore in their names a quarter of a century ago. We will never, ever forget. Th

President Donald Trump emphasized the ongoing war on terror, linking the 9/11 attacks to current US confrontations with Iran.

Kyiv’s energy war on Russia may hurt on the margins, but the real culprit is Trump’s war on Iran.

The Russian troops allegedly executed the Ukrainian servicemen with automatic weapons, prosecutors said.

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The Russian authorities are using dubious claims to disqualify candidates previously cleared to run in the parliamentary election from September 18 to 20. The war in Ukraine is making the Kremlin even more cautious about who is allowed to campaign.
Israeli air strike hits Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon Israel has carried out an air strike on Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera has reported. The network said additional details on casualties or the target of the strike were not immediately available.

The UK’s new sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements will apply to the occupied Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, as well as the West Bank. The Golan Heights, Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 and later annexed, is not internationally recognised as Israeli territory. Source: MEE

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Russia’s Medvedev: We have no need for mobilization. The staffing levels of Ukrainian Armed Forces units are currently at just 20–30%. Ukrainians are facing personnel shortages, but they are afraid to admit it.

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Oil tanker rates have surged to record highs as escalating U.S.-Iran attacks disrupt major Middle East shipping routes. The cost of sending a VLCC from the Gulf of Oman to China reached about $11.50 per barrel, according to Baltic Exchange data. Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON: Twenty-five years ago, on a bright September morning, America woke up to a different world. I was in Washington. I was asleep when John Hendel, our news editor at the American news agency where I worked, called. “There have been attacks of Biblical proportions in New York and Washington,” he said. “Go out and see what is happening. But come back and sleep. We have transferred you to the news desk. You’ll be doing night shifts.” The remaining tower of the World Trade Centre, Tower 2,

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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the leading right-wing challenger to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in next month’s election, is under investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering tied to failed lender Banco Master, according to court documents unsealed on Friday. The probe into the senator, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, was opened in July by Supreme Court Justice Andre Mendonca, a Bolsonaro appointee who has recently been hailed as a hero by many on..

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stated that US pressure on Iran has escalated to a dangerous level. He made these remarks in India before the upcoming BRICS summit.
Sentinel-2 satellite images taken today show estensive damage at the Ali al-Taher ridge following massive Israeli detonations. Contributed by @MoloWarMonitor https://t.co/1NFI6xLiLd
The meeting between US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Anton Siluanov took place earlier on the sidelines of the session of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors