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After the AfD's election win in Sachsen-Anhalt, Brussels is openly discussing freezing the state's EU funding — roughly €2.95 billion in the current budget period, about €500 million per year, making up ~20% of the state's investment spending. The precedent is real. The EU froze up to €18 billion for Hungary and billions for Poland over rule-of-law violations, and in both cases it contributed to government changes. Green MEP Daniel Freund says the same mechanism could apply to Sachsen-Anhal

Satellite imagery from Sep. 8 shows at least 3 oil storage tanks burning at Jazan, Saudi Arabia after a Houthi attack. https://t.co/8jDMGFVOMs
Mongolia's President Khürelsükh, 58, bench-pressed 100 kg for 20 reps while visiting a military unit. He's a former army officer, his name literally means "bronze axe," he founded Mongolia's Harley-Davidson club, plays guitar in a band, and follows predecessor Battulga who was a sambo world champion.

Pakistan, Turkey back Arab endorsement of UK's settlement sanctions Pakistan and Turkey have affirmed their support for Palestine and backed the joint statement by eight Arab-Islamic countries, which welcomed UK’s decision to sanction imports from illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank. Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Mohammed Ishaq Dar spoke over the phone with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on bilateral relations and regional developments. In a statement posted o

Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel believes the “difficult conditions” encountered by his side in England have contributed to their repeated batting collapses, saying the amount of lateral movement on offer has made batting considerably harder than it appeared from the outside. Pakistan were bowled out for 133 in just 33.5 overs on the opening day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Wednesday, their fifth consecutive innings in the series in which they failed to reach 200. England finished the day on 15

NATO allies say they disrupted a covert Russian undersea operation near Norway’s Svalbard archipelago earlier this year. According to two Western officials, Russia’s secretive GUGI deep-sea warfare directorate was using submarines and submersibles to rehearse the deployment of technology designed to disable critical seabed cables while making attribution difficult. British, Norwegian and U.S. forces tracked and confronted the Russian vessels, preventing them from completing the exercise. S

China’s next-generation combat aircraft will be able to fly by themselves if a pilot loses consciousness, navigate without satellite signals and operate in self-reorganising large drone formations. That is the plan laid out by researchers from the Shenyang Aircraft Design & Research Institute, a top Chinese military aircraft design organisation, in a paper last month. The institute is associated with the development of the Chinese next-generation aircraft commonly referred to as the J-50, which.
Chinese forces fired flares at an unarmed Philippine Coast Guard patrol plane over the Spratly Islands on Sept. 7. First from Subi Reef, then again from Mischief Reef as the aircraft approached Thitu Island. The crew was challenged by radio both times and responded that China's presence on the reclaimed reefs violates international law and the 2016 arbitral ruling. The PCG also reported large numbers of Chinese militia vessels inside both reef lagoons. The Philippine Coast Guard called t
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Iran has used a barter-like system to trade oil for Chinese goods while avoiding international banking channels. Around $2–2.5 billion reportedly moved through a special-purpose vehicle over the past year, funding imports including medicine, vehicles, communications equipment and some military gear. Source: Reuters

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The IDF and Shin Bet hit three areas of Gaza, destroying three Hamas weapons depots stocked with anti-tank missiles, explosives and other combat gear. https://t.co/qkr9E8m6yR
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A week after his robot outran humanity's fastest man, Jack Guo is already chasing a harder goal.

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BIG: Yemen’s Houthis have captured Mokha and swept roughly 2,600 km² of western Yemen in a rapid coastal offensive. The advance targeted the western Taiz and southern Al-Hudaydah governorates, cutting through multiple districts in what's being described as one of the fastest territorial shifts in the war in years. Government and National Resistance Forces (Tariq Saleh's units) withdrew or collapsed across a broad front, reportedly falling back toward Aden. Named locations taken include Hays

When Donald Trump campaigned for a second term in the White House, he promised to be a "president of peace" who would stop foreign wars, not start them.

Russian drones damaged 26 houses, four cars and two industrial and warehouse buildings in Kyiv Oblast on 9 September, injuring three people.

Netanyahu visits troops in occupied Syria as Damascus slams 'blatant violation' of sovereignty ➡️ https://t.co/GgYKM2mZdF https://t.co/qZiGyG45Q8

Ukraine’s General Staff reports 277 combat clashes over the past day, with Russian forces launching 44 assaults on the Pokrovsk front, the highest number across the battlefield.

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Such cases have prompted the Federal Security Service (FSB) to increase surveillance of cemeteries in the region.
The Republic of Lithuania has handed over nine vehicles for the needs of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, the press service of Kyiv City Military Administration reported on Telegram on Wednesday.

Australia declined to join move by UK, Canada and France in banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements Labor party members have criticised the federal government for not following the UK, Canada and France in banning trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, urging Penny Wong to mount a stronger response to violence against Palestinians. The Labor Friends of Palestine group wrote to the foreign minister on Wednesday, calling for Australia to join a coordinated approach with allies an
Ukrainian drones hit the Russian Caspian port of Makhachkala this morning, setting it on fire. https://t.co/LDPWRDatu1
The renewed war in Yemen between the Houthis and southern government forces is rapidly escalating into a full-scale conflict, per the New York Times. Reports over the past day place the Houthis advancing on the port city of Mokha in southwestern Yemen, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. They may reach it within days.

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A report by the Financial Times (FT) alleging that the U.S.

US President Donald Trump says the Ukraine-Russia negotiations are taking too long because Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "hate each other", while reiterating that Putin wants a deal to end the war.

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza resulted in the deaths of four family members, including two children, according to Palestinian hospital and security officials.

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Israeli forces kill four in north Gaza, detain 15 in West Bank Four Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded by Israeli gunfire north of Gaza, Al Jazeera reported, citing a medical source. Meanwhile, Israeli forces detained 15 Palestinians during raid early Thursday on the town of Burqa, in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported. The forces stormed the town for six hours, raiding homes and arresting their owners before withdrawing, Wafa reported.
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Iran’s UN envoy calls new aviation sanctions ‘economic terrorism’ Iran’s UN envoy, Gholamhossein Darzi, has condemned new US sanctions on the Iranian aviation sector as an example of “economic terrorism”, IRNA reported. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Darzi accused the US of imposing collective punishment and committing a crime against humanity. Darzi said the sanctions constitute a clear violation of the UN Charter and fundamental rules of international law, including human rights law

#RevueDePresse Face aux risques de tensions le 15 septembre, le député Augustin Kabuya sollicite le bureau de l’Assemblée nationale pour décaler à 18h la cérémonie de rentrée parlementaire. Il dit vouloir éviter une confrontation entre manifestants de la C64 et députés au Palais du Peuple. 🔗https://t.co/0TLkd4ulzd

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News outlets raise alarm after being barred from media events and condemn offensive comments made by party director James Ashby The ABC and the Guardian have called on One Nation to reverse its ban of select media outlets from press conferences amid warnings the party is practising censorship and actively avoiding public scrutiny. On Tuesday both outlets were asked to leave a One Nation press conference in Victoria. During the event, the state’s party leader, Warren Pickering, admitted to illega