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It remains unclear whether the U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on sweeping legislation that would impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries buying Russian oil and gas, Ukraine's sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk told reporters on Sept. 10. The bill faces a narrow window for consideration before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The House's final pre-election session begins Sept. 14 and will last only four days. If lawmakers do not take up the legislation next week, its cons
For Jewish communities abroad, camp is often the defining Jewish experience of the year: an immersive world where Jewish identity, Zionism, friendship, and leadership are lived rather than taught.

The Ukraine war and Pyongyang's alliance with Moscow have delivered an economic boost to North Korea, allowing the regime to pursue a range of long-desired projects.

The operation was carried out by Russia's Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI), which used deep-sea submersibles to simulate deploying the technology, according to two Western officials who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.

KYIV: Russia is illegally trafficking foreigners to fight in Ukraine, Amnesty International said in a report on Thursday, citing interviews with prisoners of war whom it said had been deceived into signing Russian military contracts. Among the victims were citizens of Brazil, Colombia, Sri Lanka and South Africa, some of whom were lured to Russia through fake job advertisements and made to join the army upon arrival, the London-based rights group said. In June, an AFP investigation likewise reve

Four people have been killed and over 60 have been injured in a Russian attack on a shopping centre in central Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Houthi forces captured Mokha overnight after Saudi and UAE-backed forces withdrew. Fighters were seen at the seaport with an abandoned M-ATV MRAP. https://t.co/8N9Xe9fdgm

The report stands in contrast to what Trump said on Wednesday about the Iran war ending "immediately" after the US votes in midterm elections in November.
Parliament Speaker Juozas Olekas explained that in order to "adopt this specific article of the Constitution," it will be necessary to extend the fall parliamentary session slightly

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Getting the tanker war right will be a challenge for the US because of the factors involved. The White House is already signaling that the conflict and high oil prices will continue through midterms.
A Russian security guard working at the British embassy in Moscow has been arrested and charged with high treason after the FSB accused him of passing information about British diplomats to Ukrainian contacts. Moscow claims he collected details on diplomats’ movements, vehicles, residences and embassy security arrangements, as part of a plot to stage an attack and blame Russia.

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Russian forces attacked Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk region, killing two people and wounding at least 18, according to Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Hanzha said.
According to three NATO diplomats, the US administration called on member states of the alliance to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the court’s founding treaty, and end their support for it.

The German government wants to follow other EU countries and take more decisive action against Russia's shadow fleet, accusing it of helping Moscow evade sanctions and carry out acts of sabotage.

The comments come as a rejection of the latest U.S.-Ukraine proposal for an aerial truce, which was put forward during the visit of U.S. peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv.

Despite severe security risks and an ongoing war, retirees, nurses, workers, teachers and students have held sit-ins and protests across Iran since this summer, most often over economic hardship. With prices going up every few hours, salaries and pensions going unpaid for months, and unemployment increasing, our Observers say life is becoming “impossible”.

US wholesale inflation picked up more than expected in August, government data showed Thursday, driven by higher energy costs in the month – particularly for diesel – as the US war with Iran continued. Rising prices at the pump are squeezing US households and businesses weeks ahead of key midterm elections, pressuring President Donald Trump’s administration, as average diesel costs hit new highs. The Producer Price Index (PPI) was up 5.4 per cent year-on-year last month, the Department of Labour
Iran will almost certainly try to pry open the captured drone’s hardware, but the platform's software does carry built-in defenses, analysts say.
Iran will almost certainly try to pry open the captured drone’s hardware, but the platform's software does carry built-in defenses, analysts say.
Iran will almost certainly try to pry open the captured drone’s hardware, but the platform's software does carry built-in defenses, analysts say.

As it seeks to backtrack from the concern, Kenya has warned foreign workers they have 90 days to regularise their status. The foreign minister says the move to regularise the status of foreign workers is not 'discriminatory'.

Erbil, Iraq: The US-led anti-jihadist coalition has begun withdrawing from Iraq’s Kurdistan region ahead of a deadline to end their mission in the country, a Kurdish official said Thursday. They had already completed their withdrawal from other bases in Iraq in January and are now only present in the northern autonomous Kurdistan region. They are scheduled to complete their withdrawal by September 30, having concluded their mission against Daesh in Iraq, according to a 2024 agreement between Bag
The IAEA says it has detected new activity at Iran’s heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain site, but has no evidence yet of what is happening inside the underground complex. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said inspectors have not accessed the site and are relying on remote imagery. Source: Bloomberg
Hillary Clinton on Israel: I love Israel and I hate Netanyahu’s government and his policies. I love America and I hate Trump’s government and policies. […] If Israelis want to vote for that again, then I think the United States has to take a very tough position. I think we could work with a new government.
Bone fragments from the sword hand of a medieval Russian prince who won a famous victory over the Mongols have been sent to the front in Ukraine.
Bone fragments from the sword hand of a medieval Russian prince who won a famous victory over the Mongols have been sent to the front in Ukraine.
Bone fragments from the sword hand of a medieval Russian prince who won a famous victory over the Mongols have been sent to the front in Ukraine.
Hillary Clinton on Israel: I did an interview with Mike Froman. He said, "Does it really make a difference if Netanyahu leaves?" I said, "Yeah, I think it really does make a difference." And of course it depends on who is in the coalition. He said, "Give me one example." I said, "Well, I would hope that a new prime minister would crack down on settler violence in the West Bank. There should be no impunity for that kind of violence."

Two injured Azerbaijani citizens were taken to a hospital in southern Odesa Oblast, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said.
Israel was the first Middle Eastern country to recognize Mao Zedong’s Communist China, and briefly came close to establishing full diplomatic relations.

Ismail Ibrahim Darwish Kandil, a Nukhba terrorist in Hamas' military wing, has been ELIMINATED. He infiltrated Israel during the October 7 Massacre and took part in killing Nahal Brigade Commander Colonel Yonatan Steinberg. Recently, he advanced attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and worked to restore Hamas' capabilities.

Eight people, including two children, were injured as a result of a Russian military strike using two guided aerial bombs on a residential sector in the outskirts of Sumy, Sumy Regional Military Administration head Oleh Hryhorov said.
Hillary Clinton: We have to look at our potential dangers, especially what Xi is thinking: you know, "they can't defend anybody anymore because they don't have the capacity to defend. Maybe we can coerce Taiwan into just giving up because there's not going to be any support." I mean, if you look at the world map right now, it is not favorable to the United States, and in large measure I would argue that's because of very wrong-headed decisions that are being made by this administration.

ISLAMABAD: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is due to visit Pakistan on September 23 for a biannual review of the country’s economic performance and implementation of the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the $1.4bn Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) for the period ending June 30, 2026. Official sources said that during an almost two-week visit ending in the first week of October, the IMF staff mission, led by Iva Petrova, would conduct the fourth review of the EF
Hillary Clinton on Iran: We are the ones that are strengthening Iran. Have we not learned anything from what we've done for the last 25 years? And Iran, I think, with not just encouragement but with the assistance of both China and Russia, is playing a very clever game of diminishing our capacity to defend ourselves and our allies.
Hillary Clinton on Trump: Trump is the Olympic champion of lying. He lies about everything. He lies just for the sake of lying. But when it affects people's health, when it affects our, you know, soldiers and our Air Force and our Marines and our sailors and everybody in the Middle East, when it's just lying, that is something that the American people should not tolerate.

Russian military forces launched a strike on Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk region, leaving people wounded, Regional Military Administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported.