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U.S. Military Reviews Sept. 1 Strike on Iranian Wedding; Vance Says He Is 'Extremely Skeptical' of Tehran's Account
Iran says a U.S. munition hit a wedding in Kuhestak, killing four and later five; CENTCOM opened an internal review while Vice President JD Vance questioned Iranian state media's reliability.
Iran Says It Will Charge Ships 'Service Fees' in Hormuz After 60-Day Window; U.S. Rejects Any Toll as Khamenei Funeral Draws Revenge Chants
Iranian officials say they will levy fees on vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz once a war-ending truce's free-passage period expires; Washington says no state may charge for passage through an international waterway.
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.
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.
Iraq's Sept. 30 Deadline for Armed Groups to Hand Over Weapons Nears as Last U.S. Troops Withdraw
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi says all weapons must come under state control by Sept. 30, but the largest Iran-aligned factions have refused or set conditions, and Iraqi officials disagree over whether the date is a hard deadline at all.
Oman Postpones Sept. 14 Salalah Talks on Strait of Hormuz After Bahrain Says It Will Not Attend
Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said the Iran-Gulf meeting was delayed "in the interests of consensus" and set no new date; Bahrain had announced a day earlier that it would not sit with Iran until diplomatic ties are restored.
Satellite Images Show Fire Damage at Pumping Station on Saudi Arabia's East-West Oil Pipeline
Saudi Arabia shut the pipeline after drone strikes its government says came from Iraq; no group has claimed the attack, and Brent crude has traded above $100 a barrel since.
WFP Asks for $101 Million for Congo Ebola Response, Citing 5,500 Cases and 2,642 Deaths in the Outbreak's First 100 Days
The Bundibugyo-strain outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, declared a global health emergency in May, had more than 6,600 confirmed cases reported as of early September, and the U.S. has both pledged money and barred entry from three African countries.
U.K., Canada and 10 Other European Countries Announce Trade Restrictions on Israeli Settlement Goods; Israel Closes British Consulate in Jerusalem
Twelve governments said on September 8 they will curb trade with Israeli West Bank settlements; Israel called the move hostile and retaliated, and the Trump administration said the United States will not join.