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Israeli troops surrounded a farm near Kfar Shuba on September 25, 2026, as Lebanon’s PM told the UN the June framework ceasefire is not being honored.
Two Israeli reservists died when an IDF drone crashed inside their northern Gaza outpost and exploded; the military suspended use of the model.
Saudi-led forces said they shot down six Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu on Sept. 24, 2026, and Macron pledged French troops for Yanbu.
Suspected Russian drones strayed into Romania and Moldova during a strike on Ukraine; one crashed near Solca and Gerbera wreckage was found in Florești.
Russia fired 282 drones plus Zircon and ballistic missiles at Ukraine, killing at least eight, as Zelenskyy said about 60% of ballistic missiles were downed.
Saudi Arabia restarted its East-West crude pipeline at reduced rates after a drone shutdown, reopening a path for Aramco to resume tanker loadings at Yanbu.
An AP investigation says IRGC advisers helped Houthi forces seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast, Iran’s most direct battlefield role in Yemen since 2014.
China’s expulsion of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from the party and military raises new doubts about PLA cohesion and readiness for a Taiwan conflict.
Russia hit Kyiv with 161 drones and three missiles, striking gas stations, warehouses and rail lines hours after Zelenskyy met Trump in New York.
The G7 urged Yemen’s Houthis to stop threatening shipping and pressed Iran to end arms support, as fighting reached heights over Bab al-Mandab.
UNIFIL says nearly 30 Israeli positions, including eight fortified bases at sites such as Khiam and Maroun El Ras, now sit inside southern Lebanon.
Ukraine struck the Kuibyshev refinery in Samara and the Ufa refinery in Bashkortostan, more than 1,300 km from its border, in a new deep-strike wave.
Russia launched 212 drones plus cruise and ballistic missiles at Ukraine, killing four at Dnipro’s Interpipe plant ahead of a Zelenskyy–Trump meeting.
Trump pulled back planned U.S. airstrikes on the Houthis with bombs already loaded, the NYT reported, after Riyadh intercepted a ballistic missile.
Russia launched 172 drones, including 64 jet Shaheds, at Ukraine overnight, with Zaporizhzhia hit after Kyiv’s 1,000-drone weekend strikes on Russia.
Moscow’s mayor said about 450 Ukrainian drones targeted the capital in an “unprecedented” attack that set the Moscow Refinery on fire during Duma voting.
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters warned the U.S. is preparing to resume strikes and vowed retaliation, as Trump said he remains in “deciding mode.”
Poland’s Donald Tusk warned Russia is preparing hybrid strikes on Ukraine’s allies disguised as accidents, then flew to Kyiv to discuss air defense.
Moscow’s mayor said over 350 Ukrainian drones targeted the capital overnight as Russia opened a three-day wartime Duma election that excludes anti-war parties.
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