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A video of Hadi al-Amiri saying "the resistance stood bravely in the face of (the October fitna, as it was dubbed) and preserved the state and political system,” began circulating.

Sergey Lavrov also addressed the status of the Russian language and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, and the situation in the Asia-Pacific region
A Reuters review found Chinese military-linked researchers are developing satellites designed to pursue and capture other spacecraft, including American

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Iran says no one can reopen Strait of Hormuz without its consent Iran will decide whether vessels can pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of parliament’s National Security Commission. Azizi said Iran’s adversaries had withdrawn more than 800km from the region after previously maintaining a military presence there. He said they had turned to “malicious actions” after failing to “unlock” the strategic waterway. Azizi added that Iran had delivered “the strongest

European Union and Chinese officials have been holding talks in Beijing ahead of the bloc’s October deadline for seeing “tangible results” in efforts to curb a trade deficit running at €1 billion-plus (US$1.2 billion) per day. Denis Redonnet, the EU’s top trade enforcer, has led the European delegation, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday. The official has recently become the bloc’s point person for China trade, reflecting growing trade tensions and the possibility of a trade...
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Officials say over a dozen Revolutionary Guard members holed up in besieged Ali Taher Ridge, where IDF says Lebanese terror group has key underground command center The post Iran warned US against Israeli attack on south Lebanon ridge held by Hezbollah appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Putin: There is no scenario that would require mobilization. This is an information attack by the enemy ahead of the State Duma elections. The Russian army has no problems whatsoever with personnel, while the Ukrainian army is shrinking by 8,000–12,000 people every month.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the pressure on Tehran could lead the Iranian public to rise up against the regime or cause the IRGC to turn against itself.

China on Thursday called on France to abandon a new law on ultra-fast fashion that would impose fees of up to almost €20 per garment, calling it "clearly discriminatory". The law, which targets major Asian e-commerce platforms including Shein and Temu, aims to curb the industry's environmental and local economic impacts.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian attacks caused damage in 13 oblasts overnight, while air raid alerts remained active for extended periods in many cities and communities due to the threat of jet-powered drones.

A Russian strike on warehouses belonging to a logistics company in Dnipro killed one person and injured five others. A 20-year-old man is in a serious condition.

The no-war, no-peace status quo with Iran increasingly benefits the US, its energy sector and its ally Israel.

Germany plans to supply Ukraine with thousands of attack drones and IRIS-T missiles and strengthen intelligence cooperation following Russia’s drone attack in Leipzig.
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NEW: Türkiye confirms Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet procurement with the UK is moving forward. Turkish pilot training begins in the UK on September 7.

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More than 75 per cent of homeowners at the only block spared the worst of last November’s deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court have agreed to sell their flats to the Hong Kong government, with authorities to press ahead with acquisition procedures. The Housing Bureau said on Thursday that 75.8 per cent of the flats at the estate’s Wang Chi House, or 188 households, had signed sales and purchase agreements as of Wednesday. “[The] government confirmed that it will continue to take forward the acquisition

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These Russian drones are more destructive, faster and harder to shoot down than the propeller-driven models Russia has used throughout the war.

Authorities in the Moscow region said an industrial plant was also damaged amid the overnight drone barrage across Russia.

Authorities in the Moscow region said an industrial plant was also damaged amid the overnight drone barrage across Russia.

A Sudanese official has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of running four UAE-backed training camps inside Ethiopia, as army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited front-line troops in Blue Nile. https://t.co/01sX6MPf5e #Sudan #BlueNile #Ethiopia #RSF https://t.co/YItMDpREny

About 20 million internet-using children across 21 countries were subjected to sexual exploitation or abuse on digital platforms in a single year, with most cases occurring on social media platforms, a new report by the UN children’s charity said on Thursday. More than one in five children aged 12 to 17 across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe experienced at least one form of sexual abuse or exploitation on online platforms in the year before being surveyed, the Unicef report estima

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Vladimir Putin says Russia and Ukraine should be the primary parties negotiating an end to the war, while other countries, including the US and China, can assist.
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LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Thursday issued fresh notices to television actor Momina Iqbal and PML-N MPA Saqib Chadhar after new evidence emerged against them in the case pertaining to Iqbal’s alleged harassment. Iqbal publicly accused Chadhar of online harassment, cyberbullying and threats earlier this year. Her allegations, initially made through social media, triggered widespread attention, and the NCCIA registered a case against Chadhar under several prov

The second day of a two-day international conference, ‘Act For Nutrition: The Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore’, is being held at Islamabad’s Serena Hotel. The conference aims to address Pakistan’s persistent nutrition and stunting crisis. On the first day, experts at the conference warned that more than four in 10 children under five were stunted and malnutrition was costing Pakistan close to $17 billion annually. They also said that malnutrition was produced by a combination of poor diets, in

China's Xi Jinping proposed a "new security architecture" for the Middle East during his Cairo visit with Sisi: People in the Middle East should remain masters of their own affairs, and external interference should be rejected. Xi didn't name the U.S. but called out "double standards" by "external powers."

Estonian Defense Minister Pevkur resigned after getting scammed out of ~€60-70 million by Indian company. Advance payments went to Datasel, a tiny Italian shell company bought by an Indian family business with zero artillery experience. Neither had ever sold an artillery shell. Some materiel arrived but was unusable — missing fuzes and propellant. More payments kept flowing even after missed deadlines. Money not recovered. Pevkur admitted he "did not read the contracts in detail."

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'Inappropriate to say': Trump may still be considering CIA-led uprising in Iran US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it "wouldn't be appropriate to say" if he would greenlight the CIA arming Iranians to encourage a violent uprising, a day after he asked on his TruthSocial account, "When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?" Trump was taking unscheduled questions in the Oval Office, after the US unleashed a barrage of strikes on Iran's southern coast on Tuesday, killing 18 p

The Russian president stated that Moscow supports the restoration of full-scale relations with Washington

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