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Brent Tops $113, a Five-Month High, After Iran's Revolutionary Guard Claims Seven Ships Hit Near Hormuz; Trump Calls the Claims 'Fake'
No independent monitor has confirmed the seven incidents Iran described. Shipping data partly backs Trump's claim that oil flows are above prewar levels and partly cuts against it, depending on whether oil leaving by bypass routes is counted.
Trump Denies Ordering 100-mph Cap on Ukraine's Military Starlink Service; Reuters Sources Say Order Came From Inside the White House
Elon Musk says the U.S. government controls the Starshield system Ukraine uses, a British newspaper reports Musk proposed the curbs, and Kyiv says the cap disrupted drone missions before service was partly restored.
Iran Says It Agreed Hormuz Route Coordinates With Oman on Oct. 7; IRGC Navy Official Says Nightly Operations Against 'Violating' Ships Continue
Iran's foreign ministry calls the agreed routes a step toward restoring navigation, while a Revolutionary Guards naval official says its forces act every night against ships that break Iran's rules; the U.S. military says the strait is open and Iran does not control it.
Russian Missile Kills 22 in Pryluky Apartment Block During Overnight Barrage of About 70 Missiles and 130 Drones, Ukraine Says
The Oct. 7 attack came hours after Zelensky warned of a mass strike. Moscow says it hit military-industrial plants. A U.S. proposal for technical-level three-way talks by the end of October is still on the table.
Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Genocide Charge and Attacks Iran, Turkey, Britain and France in UN Speech as Dozens of Delegates Walk Out
Israel's prime minister spoke to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 24, 2026, a month before Israel's Oct. 27 election. Many delegations left the hall at the start of the speech, while the U.S. delegation stayed.
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.
Lebanon Says Israeli Strikes Killed Four and Wounded 20 in the South; Israel Says It Hit Hezbollah After Two Drones Were Launched at Its Troops
Lebanon's health ministry reported four dead in dawn strikes on Nabatieh and nearby towns on September 6, 2026, hours after the Israeli military said Hezbollah sent two explosive drones toward its soldiers inside Lebanon.
U.S. Envoys Witkoff and Kushner Meet Putin in Moscow, Then Travel to Kyiv for First Time
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held hours of talks with Vladimir Putin on Sept. 5, then flew to Kyiv on Sept. 6 as Moscow and Kyiv paused strikes on each other's capitals; no agreement on territory was announced.