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Anton Kobyakov noted that as many as four military blocs had been created in the region
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Residents are returning to villages in southern Lebanon devastated by Israel’s invasion.

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Governments now moving faster to impose costs on Moscow for its increasing attacks over support for Ukraine Russia’s suspected sabotage campaign across Europe appears to be gathering pace again, confronting governments with a problem they have struggled to solve since the start of the war in Ukraine: how to impose a meaningful cost on Moscow for attacks that remain deliberately below the threshold of conventional war. Over the past month alone, an explosives-laden drone was discovered next to a
Russian forces launched 890 attacks on 49 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours. One person was killed and four others were injured in enemy attacks on Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district.

A Russia sanctions bill that passed the US Senate by 86 votes to 11 is facing resistance in the House over concerns about tariffs and petrol prices.

Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the energy ministry showed. He was helped to his feet by rescuers. A photograph showed the second man caked in mud, his hands pressed together in prayer, as rescuers carried him away on an orange stretcher. The men were named as Sanjay Sh

Ukrainian drones reportedly struck military-industrial facility in Sterlitamak in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic more than 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from Ukraine, according to local reports and footage circulating on social media on Sept. 4.
Alexander Novak says Moscow is ready to discuss the training of specialists and research into promising nuclear technologies as well

Brazil forward Gabriel Martinelli transfers to Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal from Premier League champions Arsenal.

Two police officers were killed and another was seriously injured in a Russian drone strike on the Bohdanivka hromada in the Pavlohrad district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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Russian forces launched a strike on Odesa overnight on September 4, killing one person and injuring at least three others.

The body of war criminal Ratko Mladic has arrived in Belgrade, where he received a full military guard.

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The terrorist approached security personnel stationed in the area and reportedly attempted to stab them before being shot by nearby police officers, according to Israeli media.

A Russian strike on Odesa killed one person and injured three, damaging residential buildings and cars in one of the city's districts.

BREAKING: Russian Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich whom Ukraine suspected of ordering the 2024 attack on a children's hospital, has been assassinated. https://t.co/MJ3BnW2fcJ

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Xi, Trump and Putin may hold trilateral meeting at next Apec forum, Kremlin says A senior Russian aide suggested on Tuesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold a
[Dabanga] Sudanese anti-war political and civil forces have rejected the African Union's endorsement of a "Sudanese-Sudanese Dialogue Initiative" proposed by Sovereignty Council President and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, warning that the process could legitimise military rule and deepen Sudan's division.

[Dabanga] El Fula, West Kordofan -- At least 10 people have died and more than 40 have been infected with cholera in Sudan's West Kordofan, according to the Kordofan Human Rights Observatory. The cases were recorded over Sunday and Monday in El Idai locality, as the World Health Organization (WHO) reports more than 2,600 cholera cases across several Sudanese states up to early August. It describes Kordofan as "the latest outbreak hotspot".

[UN News] Foreign recruitment and external support networks are fuelling the brutal conflict in Sudan, strengthening the military capabilities of the warring parties and enabling increasingly sophisticated military operations with devastating consequences for civilians, independent UN human rights investigators said on Thursday, calling for action now to protect the population.

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning a major commercial area in Zone III, which is otherwise a protected area where construction activities are prohibited, even for small houses on private land. The CDA, through a joint venture with the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), is developing Margalla Enclave in the Kuri area. For this housing project, a 3.8km link road from Park Road to the housing scheme is being developed, with earthwork almost complete. The road passes throug

• Murad says no compromise on Sindh’s geographical unity; House rejects proposals to alter provincial boundaries or create a new province or administrative units • Muttahida, JI walk out over exclusion of proposals on administrative units and devolution KARACHI: Amid a strong protest and boycott by opposition, the Sindh Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution rejecting all attempts to divide the province or create new administrative units, with Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah declaring that
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The U.S. Army is backing away from a specialized experimental drone warfare unit less than a year after it was created, as U.S. lawmakers raise concern over the loss of battlefield expertise stemming from Ukraine’s drone innovation.

Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,440 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.
Mike Johnson told the news agency that a number of Democrats in the House’s Foreign Affairs and Appropriations committees criticized the bill, while certain Republican members also disagreed with the proposed sanctions

The minister highlighted the challenges of ensuring energy security for India's 1.4 billion people and said both Ukraine's and India's perspectives on the issue should be respected.
A Russian air defense unit near Sochi was attacked overnight on September 4, sparking a fire at a military facility.
Watch: Israeli forces blow up houses and destroy property in southern Lebanon Israeli forces blew up houses in the village of Houla, while troops moved through nearby Mais al-Jabal in southern Lebanon. Israeli forces blew up houses in the village of Houla, while troops moved through nearby Mais al-Jabal in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/vJeqqoBPZS September 4, 2026

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US probes deadly strike on Iran wedding that experts link to US munition https://t.co/y1wPD6L4W1

US Vice-President J.D. Vance said that the United States was investigating a deadly strike on an Iranian wedding earlier this week that an analysis published by Reuters showed likely resulted from a direct hit by a US munition. An explosion that ripped through a wedding celebration in southern Iran on Tuesday likely resulted from a direct hit by a US munition and not a ricochet off another target, according to an analysis on Thursday by weapons experts who reviewed images and video verified by.

Middle East live: South Korea prepares for military deployment in Strait of Hormuz ➡️ https://t.co/fT6gEXw3H6 https://t.co/wyX7MyWFuC

South Korea is considering sending military assets to the Strait of Hormuz to support freedom of navigation, media reported Thursday, though Seoul denied it had decided on a deployment. Iran launched strikes on American military targets in the Gulf, in retaliation for an attack that killed four people at a wedding on Tuesday night. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

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U.S. Central Command is conducting an internal review of a reported civilian casualty incident at a wedding during Tuesday’s strikes in Iran, Axios reports, citing U.S. officials.
South Korea preparing for Strait of Hormuz deployment The South Korean military is preparing to deploy troops to the Strait of Hormuz, a National Defense Ministry official told Australia's broadcaster SBS. The broadcaster indicated that the deployment includes P-8 maritime patrol aircraft, an explosive ordnance disposal team and a logistics support ship. "We are making concrete preparations to dispatch naval forces to the Strait of Hormuz," the official was quoted as saying.