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Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Intercepted Six Houthi Ballistic Missiles Aimed at Taif and Yanbu; Houthis Separately Claim 'Dozens' of Missiles and Drones Hit Saudi Bases in Jazan
Both claims came on Thursday, Sept. 24. France has since pledged troops and air defenses for the Yanbu oil port, after Riyadh asked four countries for air-defense help. Washington has ruled out a direct combat role.
Russian Drones Hit Pavlohrad Shopping Center; Canada Pledges C$350 Million for Ukrainian Air Defense
Ukrainian officials say a daytime drone attack on a shopping center in Pavlohrad killed at least four people on Sept. 10, hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a partnership declaration in Calgary.
Rome Talks End Without Agreement on Who Verifies Hezbollah Disarmament; Israel Strikes South Lebanon After Two Reservists Killed
Israeli and Lebanese delegates finished a seventh round of U.S.-mediated talks on August 6 without naming the countries that would inspect cleared zones, and Israel resumed strikes after a bomb blast killed two reservists in Majdal Zoun.
Trump Administration Has No Current Plan to Back Flávio Bolsonaro's Claim to Brazil's Presidency, Sources Tell Reuters
Trump let the defeated candidate into the U.S. and called the vote 'rigged.' But he says he gets along with Lula, and a U.S. official says the stance could still change.
France Sets Partial Night Curfews in Parts of Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nice and Other Cities After Weekend Looting; 2,513 Detained
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said police "lost control" in some cities and offered to resign, which President Macron refused. French stocks and bonds fell Monday as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's minority government tries to pass a deficit-cutting budget.
Israel Marks Three Years Since Oct. 7 Attack as Gaza Truce Stalls Over Hamas Disarmament and Israeli Withdrawal
Israel says its troops will stay in Gaza until Hamas's disarmament is verified. Hamas says it is committed to the Trump-brokered ceasefire and accuses Israel of breaking it. Israel votes on Oct. 27.
U.S. Flies All 12 B-1 Bombers Out of Britain's RAF Fairford After Reported Iranian Drone Threat; Iran Denies Role
Trump cited "some threats" and Vance cited "an abundance of caution" while saying the U.S. feels "with some confidence" Iran is behind it. Rubio said he would not "directly tie" the move to the arrests of suspects near the base, none of whom has been charged.
Pakistani Airstrikes in Kunar and Helmand Kill 9, Afghan Taliban Say; Pakistan Says It Killed 22 Militants
Kabul says women and children were among the dead in strikes late Wednesday, while Islamabad says it hit hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban and a Baloch separatist group and harmed no civilians; neither count has been independently verified.
UN Security Council Votes 12-0-3 to Extend Haiti Gang Suppression Force Through March 31, 2027
Resolution 2829, sponsored by the U.S. and Panama, passed with China, Russia and Pakistan abstaining. The force is at less than 30% of its authorized size, and Haiti plans its first election in a decade for December 13.
Nepal and China Report 1,280 Combined Flood Deaths and More Than 5,600 Missing as of Sept. 3
Nine days after a Himalayan glacier collapse sent a debris flood down the Trishuli valley, Nepal and China are still searching for the missing, and the U.S. aid package has grown to $3.6 million.
Israel Says Special Forces Captured Hamas Internal Security Chief in Gaza City Raid; Medics Report Four Palestinians Killed
The Israeli military and Shin Bet confirmed the September 1 operation and said accompanying airstrikes protected the extraction team; Hamas called the raid a violation that could bring down the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Romanian F-16 Destroys Explosive Sea Drone in Romania's Black Sea Economic Zone, Defense Ministry Says
The drone floated on the water about 80 nautical miles offshore near the Neptun Deep gas project; on the same day, Finland reported a suspected Russian aircraft incursion, and Moscow has denied responsibility for earlier drone incidents.