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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have welcomed an agreement by EU member states on the derogation for Ukraine to purchase missiles for Patriot air defense systems using funds from a €90 billion European loan.

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Lebanese army patrolling Nabatieh, set to deploy at several points in the city. https://t.co/CRX3hYmRwl
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to consolidate Israel's fractious right-wing parties ahead of a Tuesday deadline in order to avoid an election loss forecast by opinion polls. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, is seeking a record seventh term in the October 27 election, but he has faced pressure over the Hamas-led 2023 attack on Israel and subsequent wars in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon, and surveys have for months been point
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Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara called on partners to adopt the necessary financial decisions to support Ukraine by November, and said contracts are being signed with partners for the supply of about 1,000 Patriot missiles.

Maritime Affairs Minister Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry on Tuesday announced the country’s first national action plan for shark conservation. The 10-year National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (NPOA) will seek to restore declining shark populations, curb illegal finning and bycatch, protect critical marine habitats and promote sustainable fisheries in Pakistani waters through 2035. The plan is to be implemented in three phases, with an estimated $3.8 million to $5

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Ukraine is contracting around 1,000 missiles from allies, its defence minister says.

Twelve countries including Britain, Canada and France Tuesday said they would slap sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, after increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian villages in the occupied territory. British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband said Britain could no longer simply "call out" injustice and suffering, but told the House of Commons that the country now had to "act" to oppose the expansion of settlements.
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli: We need to strengthen the "settlements" in the West Bank, and whoever doesn’t like it, too bad.
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli: Britain’s government today is very, very unstable. The French government, by the way, which is also very hostile toward Israel under Macron, is very unstable as well. The streets are not with them, and they are expected to suffer defeat.

JUST IN: Iran shot down a U.S. MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone over the Strait of Hormuz The drone was conducting a reconnaissance and surveillance mission while guiding vessels on the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz https://t.co/MRTi0RWFnn
Serbia's ambassador was summoned by the UK Foreign Office over commemorations surrounding the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic. Serbia gave Mladic a hero’s send-off accompanied with military honors.
This comes ahead of the UK's expected announcement on Tuesday of a trade ban with Israeli settlements.

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Russian authorities have detained a 21-year-old Moldovan national suspected of shooting a senior military officer under orders from Ukrainian intelligence. The officer survived the attack, which occurred in the Saratov region.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: The West miscalculated. It is impossible to artificially preserve its dominance, which lasted for more than 500 years. It has to defend its position in fair competition—and throughout its entire history, it has never known how to do that. The West has never lived, survived, or prospered honestly without doing so at the expense of others.

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Ankara is expected to secure easier access to Russian fertilizer exports as the Iran war disrupts supplies from key Gulf producers.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: A wounded beast becomes much more dangerous. Europe is a very badly wounded beast. That is why there is even less stability now than there was in the 1970s.
Iran's army now claims its air defences downed a US drone over Bandar Abbas. This is unconfirmed.

Suspected spyware attacks target Turkish ministers’ phones Ragip Soylu on Tue, 09/08/2026 - 13:25 Ankara believes the attempts were unsuccessful, citing enhanced security measures and encrypted applications An Apple iPhone 17 Pro is displayed during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on 9 September 2025 in Cupertino (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP) Off Apple sent notifications to phones belonging to at least three Turkish ministers warning that they may have been targeted in merc

UK Accuses Israeli Settlers of Ethnic Cleansing, Imposes Sweeping Sanctions Ed Miliband accused Israeli settler terrorists of ethnically cleansing Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as he blamed the Israeli government for failing to intervene. READ MORE

The Iran war offers a real-world example of what air superiority actually means in modern conflict. The post What the Iran war is teaching the US about air superiority appeared first on Task & Purpose.

Britain has announced a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in coordination with France and Canada, the latest sanctions to target Israel as it faces growing diplomatic isolation. British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband on Tuesday said London could no longer simply “call out” injustice and suffering, but told the House of Commons that the country now had to “act” to oppose the expansion of settlements. “Today we refuse to be bystanders to further suffering and.
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband: What the Netanyahu government is doing in Gaza is a stain on the conscience of the world, and there is increasing evidence war crimes appear to have been committed.
A warehouse belonging to Apteka Dobroho Dnia pharmacy, which stored hundreds of tons of medicines, was destroyed in a Russian attack.

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There are many ways of looking at US President Donald Trump’s “economic D-Day” against Iran. Conventional wisdom says that economic sanctions on the economy simply do not work, but maybe they were never meant to. This is part of a many-sided mind game involving both domestic and international audiences. It is like a gunman in a cowboy movie aiming at several targets at the same time. There is the opponent, the opponent’s public, the international audience of allies and rivals, and, most importan
Saudi Arabia has vowed to retaliate against the Iran-backed Houthis after attacks injured 73 civilians in the south of the kingdom. - NYT
Germany's Merkel on Trump: Trump does not understand win-win situations. In alliances, he does not recognize that everyone can benefit. For him, there is always a winner and someone who loses. He always feels that he is being disadvantaged and wants to come out as the winner. Alliances such as the European Union, where everyone can benefit, are something unfamiliar to him.
Germany's Merkel on Russia: We had a long history of gas deliveries going back to the Cold War. Russia had proved to be a reliable partner, and there had always been tensions with the Americans over this issue. Nord Stream 2 was never put into operation, and Nord Stream 1 was later shut down. The gas was cheaper, so that was an economic factor. If we had not done that, we would already have had to buy more expensive gas from 2014. Instead, we only had to do so in 2022. Economic advantage,
WATCH: A Chinese military attaché passed a note to the Philippine Defense Secretary while he was speaking at a Seoul defense forum — restating that the 2016 South China Sea ruling is "illegal, null and void." Teodoro read it aloud to the room, then responded line by line. On "no binding force": "Because you don't want to be subjected to UNCLOS." On China not accepting the ruling: "Of course, because you lost." In Filipino he added: "Show a little decency, have a little shame." The audi
Germany's Merkel on Russia: Russia remains a country with which we must try to reopen dialogue.

Russia has to achieve its goals regarding Ukraine through a special military operation, although it would prefer to do so by peaceful means, Dmitry Peskov noted

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday sought recommendations from industrialists and businesspeople on how to increase export-led growth in the country. “Whatever growth we have to achieve, it has to be export-led growth, period,” the premier remarked while addressing a meeting with prominent leaders of the business community. He added that any other kind of growth had “no meaning” and reinforced that economic growth had to be export-led. “Today’s meeting is because we’re in the first quarte