BAGHDAD / WASHINGTON — September 15, 2026. The United States has warned Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi that monthly dollar transfers could be suspended unless […]
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Taiwan Detects Surge of PLA Aircraft Crossing Median Line as U.S. Praises Hsiao’s Italy Democracy Trip
TAIPEI — September 15, 2026. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported a sharp jump in Chinese military activity around the island, saying that from 6 […]
NATO Jet Shoots Down Drone Over Lithuania Near Kaunas as Poland Scrambles After Border Incursions
VILNIUS / WARSAW — September 15, 2026. A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone over southern Lithuania shortly after midnight Tuesday, Lithuanian authorities said, […]
Zelenskyy Says No Energy Ceasefire Until Russia Stops — Pushing Back on Trump’s Truce Claim
KYIV — September 15, 2026. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine will halt strikes on Russian energy targets only if Moscow does the same — and […]
Israeli Strikes Kill 13 Including Six Children in Southern Lebanon’s Kfar Rumman as Ceasefire Frays
BEIRUT — September 15, 2026. Israeli strikes on the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Rumman killed at least 13 people, including six children, Lebanon’s Health […]
Saudi Coalition Says Houthi Missiles Hit Civilians in Abha and Taif as Houthis Claim 54 Airstrikes on Yemen
RIYADH / SANAA — September 15, 2026. The Saudi-led coalition said Tuesday that Yemen’s Houthis fired ballistic missiles and drones into southern Saudi cities, wounding […]
CENTCOM Rejects Iran’s El Gaia Mine Claim, Says Iranian Missile and Drone Hit Indian-Crewed Tanker
TAMPA / DUBAI — September 15, 2026. U.S. Central Command has flatly rejected an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claim that a Panama-flagged oil tanker struck […]
Israel’s Katz Threatens to ‘Eliminate’ Anyone Nearing Ali al-Taher Ridge as Strikes Hit Nabatieh Area
JERUSALEM — September 14, 2026. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened Sunday to “eliminate” anyone approaching the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, saying the […]
Russia Looses 453-Drone Wave on Ukraine as Kyiv Hits Tatarstan and Krasnodar Oil Sites
KYIV — September 14, 2026. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 453 Shahed- and Gerbera-type drones—including jet-powered Shahed variants—plus Parodiya decoys and S8000 Banderol missiles […]
Russian Drone Hits Kyiv–Warsaw Train Near Polish Border; Sikorski Urges Allies to ‘Double’ Ukraine Support
KYIV — September 14, 2026. A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a Kyiv–Warsaw passenger train about two kilometers from the Polish border near the […]