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To circumvent US sanctions, Iran has spent decades building a complex network of businesspeople and companies. A billionaire once sentenced to death is now back at its center.

China’s military AI models trail their foreign equivalents in performance, concentrating on support functions rather than combat, according to a study by Chinese researchers. The findings appeared in a paper by researchers affiliated with the Armed Police Force Shandong Corps and the Engineering University of People’s Armed Police, published in the journal Defence Industry Conversion in China in July. “The military’s AI applications are mainly used in auxiliary fields such as intelligent...

Israeli settlers 'hike' through my West Bank village. Next is the violent land grab For decades, my hometown of Qira was a sanctuary of quiet endurance. One of the smallest villages in the occupied West Bank, nestled in the Salfit governorate and tucked away from covetous eyes, it remained relatively shielded from major land confiscations and aggressive incursions throughout the long years of occupation. That protective obscurity is ending. In recent weeks, organised groups of armed Israeli set
Republika Srpska still denies that what happened in Srebrenica was genocide. But the people who survived it remember exactly what happened. Srebrenica was a UN-declared “safe area.” One survivor recalls believing the blue helmets had come to protect them: “But unfortunately, they only observed our tragedy.” 📺 WATCH Clash Report’s first original production
The new power generation facilities will include small nuclear power plants

Tasnim News Agency: Six Iranian Navy personnel killed in US attack this week

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar says India is prepared to assist efforts to end the war in Ukraine, as the foreign minister visits Kyiv. DW has more.

Trump will visit Ireland on 12 September for a two-day trip, meeting President Catherine Connolly and Taoiseach Micheál Martin before travelling to his Doonbeg golf resort. Connolly has previously criticised Trump, calling him a “bully.” Source: BBC

Iran: Six Navy members killed in September 1 U.S. strikes on the south. https://t.co/ym3nz8Xv4C

At least 14 opposition and student activists in Serbia were targeted with spyware since early 2026, the largest documented wave in the country. Targets include members of the student movement, a member of parliament, and a local councilor — all from the opposition, timed around the March 2026 local elections. Forensic analysis by SHARE Foundation, confirmed independently by Citizen Lab and Amnesty International, found infections with Pegasus and a new version of NoviSpy. Pegasus is militar

Iran says six members of its Navy were killed in U.S. strikes on locations in southern Iran on September 1.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses evolving US policy on Iran and DC's stronger tone on West Bank settler violence, and updates us on Gaza policies, Palestinian banking and PA elections The post Daily Briefing Sept. 3: Will sanctions succeed against Iran where military force hasn’t? appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov on NATO: NATO should have dissolved itself, just as the Warsaw Pact did after the disappearance of the Soviet Union. They did not do that. First, they saw the events in Afghanistan as a reason to preserve this military bloc. Then, when that story also ended disastrously for NATO and they fled from there, they invented the Russian threat to replace the Soviet threat.

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The current absence of large-scale hostilities allows the US military to reinforce its forces in the Middle East

The warning comes amid growing concerns over Moscow's hybrid operations as Germany accused Russia of attempting a drone attack at Leipzig Airport in August.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: For half a millennium — for more than 500 years — Europe was the main source of all the troubles and misfortunes that engulfed humanity. It was the source of two world wars, and the source of the current situation.

"This conflict, which is today in its fifth year, will not dissolve because somebody is buying or not buying oil or alumina or minerals or metals," Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said.

Samsung phones in Iran are becoming unaffordable. A basic Galaxy A07 now costs 55 million tomans — dealers say there's nothing cheaper that's new and sealed. A Samsung A35 bought two years ago for 14.8 million would cost 80–85 million to replace today, up from 55 million just two months earlier. One buyer says a phone they got for 12 million eight or nine months ago now goes for 66 million. Dealers are on camera saying they can't even quote prices anymore. The drivers are the rial's co
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: When Europeans come to Ukraine, they are always taken to Bucha. I don’t know why we allow them to engage in this kind of political tourism.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: Yes, our country and our statehood have imperial origins, but the peoples inhabiting the present-day Russian Federation, and previously the Soviet Union, were never in the position of colonial provinces.
An employee of Nova Poshta was killed and five other staff members sustained shrapnel wounds of varying severity, and are receiving necessary medical care, after a Russian Banderol missile-drone struck a Nova Poshta depot and branch in Dnipro.

According to the research centre, the earthquake happened at a depth of 10 kilometres. However, there were no initial reports of casualties or injuries.

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Trump: Sec. Lutnick had Venezuela on his mind when he said nobody was killed. 18 people were killed in Iran!

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Putin on Ukraine: What we see in Ukraine, on TV and on the internet, is people being herded like dogs and forced onto the front line. People here are volunteering for the army. They are signing contracts.
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot: Our three countries must be the driving force behind the Europeanization of NATO. France, Germany and Poland are more determined than ever to act together for a sovereign, secure and prosperous Europe that is proud of its values.

Rising scholars from Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University to receive nearly $13 million in total European Research Council funding The post Seven Israeli researchers awarded prestigious EU starting grants appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Putin on Ukraine: We proceeded from the premise that civilian infrastructure facilities could not be targets for any attacks, including in a situation of military conflict. Unfortunately, we turned out to be wrong. Our opponent, our enemy, thinks in a different manner, and they attack purely civilian infrastructure. That is why we were forced, we were compelled to make a reciprocal attack. Evidently, our response was significant and tangible for those who opened that Pandora’s box.
On September 2 and during the night of September 3, 2026, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of enemy military targets, including a BK-16 landing craft, an electronic warfare system, a UAV command post, and enemy warehouses.

A Persian restaurant in Kuwait has removed any mention of Iran from its name, a sign of the pressure the Iranian community in the Gulf country has faced since the Middle East war erupted. Following weeks of calm, Iran resumed strikes on Kuwait as the Islamic republic and the United States returned to open conflict in a war that has rattled the region and the global economy.

Trump comments: This is GREAT! Syria is pitching itself as an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump: Hormuz oil volumes are back!
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot: The Russian people are suffering under Putin’s imperialist and colonial decisions. We must distinguish between the regime that is driving its country into the abyss and the Russian population.

Serbia has emerged as a possible link in the Leipzig drone plot. One suspect reportedly traveled there after the attack, while Western intelligence considers Serbia a hotspot for Russian sabotage operations in Europe, where Russian services may recruit and train operatives. Source: DER SPIEGEL

Some Israelis worry that he might manufacture a security crisis ahead of the vote.

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Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski: Russia has far too many diplomats across the European Union. We estimate there are more than 2,000, and we estimate that at least 40% of them perform tasks that are incompatible with diplomatic status. They operate agencies that also carry out terrorist activities in our countries.