Yemen clashes kill more than 60, sources say
Fighting between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and Houthi rebels killed more than 60 people on Saturday in the country's southwest, including civilian…
Conflict & Security — September 2026
South Sudan attack kills 26 as drought emergency declared
An attack on a military base in South Sudan killed 26 people, including six attackers. William Deng Wol, the state information minister, said armed men attacked the base in Warrap on Friday, killing 16 military and police personnel and four civilians. He said…
Colombia drone attack kills two soldiers, officials say
A drone attack on a military garrison in Ocana, in Colombia's northeastern Catatumbo region, killed at least two soldiers and wounded five others on Friday, authorities said. Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella blamed the National Liberation Army, or…
Kharg Island explosions reported by Iranian media
Iranian media reported several explosions near Iran's major oil hub of Kharg Island in the Gulf on Saturday, days after renewed fighting broke out between Iran and the United States. Fars news agency said its correspondent heard blasts but saw no smoke. SNN n…
Russian strike kills four in Kamianske, Ukraine says
A Russian strike on Kamianske in southeastern Ukraine killed four people and wounded five, Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, said Saturday. Ganzha said one of the wounded was a 30-year-old woman in intensive care.…
Israeli strikes kill 3, wound 23 in Lebanon, ministry says
Israeli strikes killed at least three people and wounded 23 in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday, Lebanon's health ministry said. The ministry said the strikes hit five locations in the southern Tyr and Nabatieh regions and the eastern Bekaa region.…
Kyiv strikes: Putin orders three-day halt, Kremlin says
The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a three-day halt to Russian strikes on Kyiv for a visit by envoys of US President Donald Trump. The…
Lebanese Jews' remains sought in Israel-Lebanon talks
Israel has asked Lebanon for information on the remains of Lebanese Jews kidnapped and killed during Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war, a demand raised in recent Lebanon-Israel talks. A person close to the negotiations said Israel gave Beirut a list of Jewish ind…
West Bank forced transfer may be crime against humanity: UN
The United Nations rights office warned Friday that Israel's forced displacement of Palestinians from three West Bank refugee camps could amount to the crime against humanity of forcible transfer. The UN report said an Israeli operation launched in the north…
Golden Global Bank hit by US sanctions over Iran claims
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions Friday on Turkish lender Golden Global Bank and its subsidiaries over alleged ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, while the bank denied the accusations. The Treasury said Golden Global Bank and its su…
Croatia to buy South Korean rocket launchers for $632m
Croatia said Friday it will buy South Korean K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers worth 544 million euros, or $632 million, as part of a military modernisation drive. A government statement said the defence ministry will procure the launchers, associated eq…
Marine Le Pen party says it would cut Ukraine aid
A senior official in Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally said France would “turn off the tap” to Ukraine if the party came to power, triggering criticism from rival French politicians. Louis Aliot, National Rally vice president and mayor of Perpignan, ma…
Kyiv SBU HQ hit by Russian drone, Ukraine says; 12 wounded
Ukraine said a Russian drone hit the headquarters of its SBU security service in central Kyiv on Friday, September 4, while Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least 12 people were wounded. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the drone struck the SBU's central…
SBU headquarters strike in Kyiv wounds 12, Ukraine says
A Russian drone struck Ukraine's SBU security service headquarters in central Kyiv on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, and the city mayor said at least 12 people were wounded in the attack on the city centre. Zelensky said the drone hit th…
WHO says Ukraine warehouse destroyed in Kyiv attack
The World Health Organization said one of its main warehouses storing humanitarian medical supplies in Ukraine was destroyed in an air attack in the Kyiv region early Thursday. The WHO said access to the site remained restricted because of heavy smoke and saf…
Ukraine aid: Trump says Europe should repay US
US President Donald Trump said on September 3 that he would ask Europeans to repay American aid provided to Ukraine under the administration of his predecessor, Joe Biden. Trump wrote on Truth Social that “Hundreds of Billions of Dollars” had been given to Uk…
Zelensky plans dismissals after Kyiv agency shootout
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said deputy heads of security agencies will be dismissed after a shootout between rival agencies in Kyiv left several officers injured. The gunfight between the military intelligence agency, known as the GUR, and the Sta…
Palestinian killed by Israeli police in Jerusalem
Israeli police said Friday they killed a Palestinian man in central Jerusalem after he attempted to attack officers with a knife. Police said security forces killed the man overnight near Damascus Gate, an entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, and that his death…
Israel says it captured strategic Ali al-Taher ridge
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Friday that Israeli forces had captured the Ali al-Taher ridge from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, calling it the completion of a phase of securing Israeli control in what Israel describes as its security zone. Hezbol…
Zakarpattia offers Ukrainians respite from Russian strikes
Ukraine's western Zakarpattia region has become a rare wartime refuge, with residents of Berehove describing nights without explosions, no wartime curfew and few air-raid alerts while Russian strikes hit other parts of the country. The region, in the Carpathi…
Colombia airstrikes killed six minors, officials say
Colombia's forensics authority said Friday that six minors have been killed in airstrikes on guerrilla groups since President Abelardo de la Espriella took office on August 7, a day after a judge ordered restrictions on bombings where children may be present.…
Syria says Assad-era militia associate killed himself
Syrian authorities said Thursday that security forces foiled an escape attempt by Alaa Zahreddine, described as a key associate of an Assad-era general and militia figure. Security forces in the Damascus countryside said Zahreddine was a close associate of Gh…
Iran war: Trump calls conflict 'small potatoes'
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he calls the Iran war a “military conflict” and described it as “small potatoes” for the United States, a day after Vice President JD Vance said he would not describe the conflict as a war. “A lot of people don't cal…
Witkoff, Kushner expected in Kyiv Sunday: official
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected in Kyiv on Sunday, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that he expected envoys of US President Donald Trump to visit Kyiv in the coming days as effor…
West Bank violence strains Israel-West ties before vote
West Bank settler violence and settlement expansion are straining Israel's relations with Western allies before Israel's October elections, with Britain and France signalling possible moves against settlement activity. Britain's foreign secretary on Tuesday p…
Russia-linked hybrid attacks test Europe’s response
European governments are struggling to find effective responses to alleged Russia-linked hybrid attacks, as intelligence officials warn of sabotage risks and analysts say traditional diplomatic tools have had limited deterrent effect. Denmark's intelligence a…
Syria destroys 42 Assad-era chemical aerial bombs, UN says
Syria has begun destroying Assad-era chemical weapon materials, and an international watchdog has verified the irreversible destruction of 42 aerial bombs by Syrian authorities, a senior UN official said Thursday. Izumi Nakamitsu, head of the UN disarmament o…
Gaza Palestinians removal plan set out by Ben Gvir
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Thursday set out a plan to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and send them abroad. Speaking ahead of close-fought Israeli elections, Ben Gvir said the plan aimed for 250,000 Palestinians t…
Jaishankar visits Kyiv for Black Sea shipping talks
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar visited Kyiv on Thursday for talks with Ukrainian officials on Black Sea shipping and food security, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine described the trip as Jaishankar's first standalone visit to the country.…
Nord Stream sabotage trial set for October in Germany
A Ukrainian man will go on trial in Germany on October 14 over the 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia with Europe, the Hamburg Higher Regional Court said. Serhii Kuznietsov will face trial in Hamburg in proceedings expected to last u…
Sudan war fuelled by foreign fighters, UN-backed probe says
Foreign fighters and support networks are strengthening Sudan's warring parties and worsening violence against civilians, a UN-backed independent fact-finding mission warned Thursday. The mission said foreign involvement was increasing the military capabiliti…
Israel releases five detainees to Lebanon, Red Cross says
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it transferred five people released from Israeli detention to Lebanon, with one person moved on Thursday and four more on Friday. The ICRC said it acted at the request of the relevant parties. Israel said Thur…
Yemen clashes kill 129 near Bab al-Mandab, sources say
Clashes between Yemen's Houthis and government forces near the Bab al-Mandab strait have killed 129 people, according to an AFP tally based on military and medical sources, as the Houthis push toward the Red Sea gateway. Fighting erupted Thursday after the Ho…
Putin denies plan for new Russia military call-up
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on September 3 that Russia has no current need to mobilise more men for its offensive in Ukraine, rejecting speculation about another military call-up. “There is no scenario today that would require mobilisation,” Putin t…
Kuwait's Iranians face pressure as war hits Gulf state
Kuwait's Iranian community is facing new pressure as the Middle East war brings repeated Iranian strikes on the Gulf state and heightens sensitivity around links to Iran. A Persian restaurant in Kuwait City removed the words “Iranian cuisine” from its title e…
Baidoa attack repelled by Somali army, government says
Somalia's federal government said its army repelled an attack on Baidoa on Thursday, September 3, after forces loyal to ousted South West State governor Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen launched an assault on the key city. The fighting began around 4:00 am…
West Bank settler attack suspect arrested by Israeli police
Israeli police arrested a 19-year-old suspect on Thursday in a weekend attack by Israeli settlers on the West Bank village of Qusra, near Nablus. Police said the suspect, described as a resident of the Samaria area in the northern West Bank, had been taken fo…
Munich defence firms targeted in arson attack
German authorities said defence company offices in Munich were targeted in an overnight arson attack, and two Bulgarian nationals were later arrested. Police said they suspected a “political background” to the attack. No major damage or injuries were reported…
Goethe Institute branches in Russia to close, Lavrov says
Russia will close branches of Germany's Goethe Institute in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Yekaterinburg in response to Germany ordering the closure of a Russian cultural centre in Berlin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, according to the s…
West Bank teenagers killed by Israeli army, Palestinians say
Palestinian officials said the Israeli army killed two teenagers in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night, while the Israeli military said troops opened fire during what it called a violent riot. The Palestinian health ministry identified the dead as Omar…
Danish intelligence says Russia preparing sabotage
Danish counterintelligence chief Emil Graesholm said Russia is preparing sabotage operations targeting Denmark's defence industry and urged companies in the sector to strengthen security. Graesholm, head of counterintelligence at the Danish Security and Intel…
Taiwan monitors China Coast Guard ships off east coast
Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration said Thursday it had deployed vessels to monitor Chinese ships operating in waters east of Taiwan. The CGA said it acted after the China Coast Guard announced another “routine law-enforcement patrol” off Taiwan's east coast…
US military presence in Australia to expand
The United States and Australia have agreed to expand the US military presence in Australia and speed up defence cooperation, both governments said after talks in Washington. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles agr…
Russia says it asked ICAO to condemn Ukraine warning
Russia said Friday it had asked the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization to condemn Ukraine's warnings that Russian airspace is becoming dangerous because of Ukrainian drones. Russia's foreign ministry said it sent a protest note to ICAO's chief, ca…
Sudan attack destroys two UN aid trucks, WFP says
The World Food Programme said two trucks carrying UN food aid in Sudan were destroyed in an aerial attack outside Dilling, in South Kordofan state, on Sunday. The agency said the trucks were carrying 50 metric tonnes of food to Kadugli, where WFP supports nea…
Ukraine Patriot licenses under US negotiation, Rubio says
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States is negotiating with Ukraine over licenses to produce Patriot interceptors, but he said any such deal would not solve Kyiv's short-term air defense shortages because factories would take years to build.…
Frozen Russian assets plan faces Belgium opposition
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot pushed back on Wednesday against renewed EU efforts to use frozen Russian central bank assets to fund Ukraine, saying Belgium's opposition had not changed. Most of the roughly 200 billion euros, or $230 billion, in froze…
Trump Strait: Trump says Hormuz rename idea not serious
US President Donald Trump suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait” on Wednesday, then later played down the idea when asked whether he was serious. Trump wrote on Truth Social that the United States had the waterway “under U.S.A. control” an…
Ukraine to split air alerts after Russian strikes
Ukraine will introduce a two-tier air-raid alert system after repeated Russian strikes disrupted Kyiv and other cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday. Zelensky said public warning systems would be revised and two levels introduced for specifi…
Finland investigates drone found on Gulf shore
Finland is investigating a possible territorial violation after a drone was found washed up on an island shore in the Porvoo archipelago in the Gulf of Finland, authorities said Wednesday. The drone was found Tuesday in southern Finland, less than a two-hour…
Lebanon arrests five accused of Syria coast attack plot
Lebanese authorities arrested five people accused of planning attacks against the forces of Syria's new government on the Syrian coast, a Lebanese judicial official said Wednesday. The official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said those detained w…
Gaza: US envoy says Israel has no forced displacement plan
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Israel is not planning to force Palestinians out of Gaza, after Israeli ministers described proposals to expel resid…
Gaza removal plan draws Hamas call to Arab nations
Hamas called on Arab and Muslim countries on Friday to oppose proposals by Israeli ministers to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and send them abroad. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said statements by ministers in Israel's government about displacement p…
Israeli strike kills one in south Lebanon, state media says
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said an Israeli drone strike killed one person and wounded another in the southern city of Nabatieh on Wednesday, while Israel said it hit Hezbollah infrastructure after an attack targeting its soldiers. The agency sai…
USS Abraham Lincoln crew reaches Thailand after 286 days
Around 5,000 US sailors and Marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Thailand on Wednesday for their first port call in 286 days at sea. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier docked at Laem Chabang, north of Pattaya, for five days of rest and recreation…
Iran may take 'desperate steps' under pressure: Israel
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that economic pressure on Iran could push Tehran into “desperate steps”, while warning that any Iranian attack on Israel would bring a major Israeli response. Katz told a ceremony for defence ministry employe…
Ukrainian soldiers hold ritual wedding near front
Two Ukrainian soldiers known by the callsigns Ice and Khomochka held a ritual wedding on a hillside by a river near Ukraine's eastern front, exchanging vows before fellow soldiers in a ceremony that blended Slavic traditions and Orthodox Christianity. The cou…
Somalia deradicalisation NGO fills aid gap
A Japanese-run NGO has become effectively the only foreign-funded reintegration programme for Islamist fighters still operating in Somalia after other donors reduced support. Yosuke Nagai's organisation, Accept International, works with imprisoned Al-Shabaab…
Syria ordnance causes casualty every six hours, HALO says
Syria is recording an average of one casualty from unexploded ordnance every six hours, the mine-clearance charity HALO Trust said, as war remnants continue to kill and injure civilians and soldiers across the country. International organisations and NGOs led…
Israeli activists injured protecting West Bank Palestinians
At least five Israeli activists were injured last week after settlers forced them from Jannatah, near Bethlehem, where they had gone to help protect a Palestinian family. About 30 activists, many of them religious Jews, travelled to the occupied West Bank to…
Ukraine tells UN watchdog Russian airspace unsafe
Ukraine said Wednesday it had formally notified the International Civil Aviation Organization that Russian airspace was not safe, following repeated Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian territory. The ICAO, a United Nations agency that regulates and sets standa…
Iran says drones targeted US forces in Bahrain
Iran's army said Wednesday it targeted US forces at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain with suicide drones, Iranian state media reported, as Tehran launched strikes targeting American interests across the Middle East. State media reported that the army said it ha…
Kuwait calls Iran strikes direct threat to security
Kuwait's foreign ministry called overnight strikes by Iran a “direct threat” to the Gulf state's security and stability Thursday, after Kuwait's army said its air defences were intercepting missile and drone attacks. The ministry said the strikes threatened “…
Russian airspace 'not safe', Ukraine tells ICAO
Ukraine has formally told the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization that Russian airspace is “not safe” amid the war, shortly before the agency called on member states to ensure the safety of civilian aircraft. ICAO said Wednesday that “long-range we…
Leipzig airport drone: EU, NATO back Germany's Russia claim
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged “full solidarity” with Germany on Tuesday after Berlin said Moscow was behind an explosive-laden drone incident at Leipzig airport in August. Rutte wrote on X aft…
US probes Iran wedding strike but Vance skeptical
US Vice President Vance said Washington is probing an alleged strike on a wedding in Iran but is “skeptical,” after Tehran blamed the United States for the attack. Iranian authorities said the Tuesday night strike in the coastal town of Kuhestak, along the St…
Iran state media says projectiles hit Chabahar, Konarak
Iranian state media said Tuesday that four projectiles hit areas in Chabahar and Konarak counties in southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province, east of the Strait of Hormuz. The official IRNA news agency cited provincial official Ali Khalilabadi for the report…
Ukraine experts to advise Europe on defence gaps
Military experts from Ukraine will join a new initiative to advise European countries on how to close gaps in the continent's defences, the European Union said Tuesday. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said advisers from Ukraine, Britain and EU nations wou…
Iran petrol cuts urged as US blockade hits imports
Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf urged citizens on Tuesday to reduce petrol use, saying Iran needed to save gasoline as it struggled to import enough fuel because of a US naval blockade. Ghalibaf, who is also a top negotiator, made the appe…
Leipzig drone: media identify two Russian suspects
German media reported Wednesday that police have identified two suspects linked to an attempted “hybrid attack” involving an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig airport last month. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily and public broadcasters NDR and WDR said one suspe…
EU plans mission to train Lebanese army
The European Union is planning a mission to advise and train Lebanon's armed forces, including on border and maritime security, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said after the bloc's defence ministers met in Ireland on Tuesday. Kallas said planning was pro…
Russia's Ukraine advance gained pace in August, AFP says
Russia's advance in eastern Ukraine gained pace in August after several slower months, but remained far below earlier years of the invasion, an AFP analysis of Institute for the Study of War data showed. The analysis found that Russian forces made a net gain…
Colombia car bomb blamed on ELN kills Venezuelan man
A car bomb outside a police station in Los Patios, northeastern Colombia, killed a 23-year-old Venezuelan man and injured 11 other people, including two police officers, authorities said. Local police commander Colonel Jimmy Belalcazar attributed the Monday n…
Gaza health risks rise as rainy season nears, WHO warns
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that Gaza's approaching rainy season could worsen public health risks for people living in crowded tent camps surrounded by rubble, rubbish and overflowing sewage. WHO representative Reinhilde Van de Weerdt said wa…
West Bank mosque arson: Palestinians blame settlers
Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers tried to set fire to parts of the Nur al-Din Zanki Mosque in Bazzaryah, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday. The Palestinian ministry of religious affairs described the incident as a criminal attack. A…
Hamas security chief captured in Gaza, Netanyahu says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces captured the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus in Gaza during a Tuesday ground operation in western Gaza City, where Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed four people. Netanyah…
NATO backs Germany over Russia drone allegation
NATO chief Mark Rutte vowed “full solidarity” with Germany on Tuesday after Berlin said Russia was responsible for an explosive-laden drone incident at Leipzig airport last month. Rutte said after talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz that NATO would keep stre…
Netanyahu says officials deliberately did not wake him on Oct 7
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused security officials of deliberately not waking him on the morning of Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, intensifying a political fight over responsibility for the security failures that preceded the assault. Netan…
USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after 286 days
The USS Abraham Lincoln docked at Laem Chabang, south of Bangkok, on Wednesday for a five-day port call after 286 days at sea, bringing around 5,000 US sailors and Marines to Thailand for rest and recreation near Pattaya. Rear Admiral Robert Loughran, command…
Ukraine air defence gets no new EU pledges, Kallas says
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said EU defence ministers made no concrete progress on Tuesday in securing fresh interceptor missile pledges for Ukraine, while insisting that alleged Russian “hybrid attacks” would not scare Europe away from supporting Kyi…
Ust-Luga port fire after drone attack, governor says
A fire broke out at Russia's Baltic port of Ust-Luga after a drone attack, Leningrad regional Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said Tuesday. “Damage has been recorded in the Ust-Luga port area as a result of the drone attack, and there is a fire,” Drozdenko said…
Azov Odyssey play brings Ukraine war to Kyiv stage
A Kyiv stage adaptation of the Odyssey written and performed by service members from Ukraine's Azov military corps uses drones, radios and memories of Mariupol to recast Homer's story around the war and missing captives. The production is a collaboration betw…
Kyiv strikes kill 4, Ukrainian officials say
Russian strikes on Kyiv and surrounding areas killed at least four people on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. The Kyiv city military administration said three people were killed in what it called an enemy attack on the capital. Regional military officials s…