Reporting on Middle East.
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.
Iran proposed a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear talks if the U.S. lifts its blockade, per AP and Al Jazeera.
Iranian hardliners filed an impeachment motion against FM Abbas Araghchi over his UNGA contacts with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
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.
Trump said envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held three hours of talks with Iran’s Abbas Araghchi at the UN; Tehran says its Hormuz terms still stand.
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.
Trump’s UNGA week packs at least 11 leader meetings, from Zelenskyy to six Gulf states, amid the Iran war and a 32% approval rating.
A senior Iranian official told Reuters Tehran can reopen Hormuz within seven days if the U.S. lifts its blockade, and Pezeshkian will not meet Trump.
Trump pulled back planned U.S. airstrikes on the Houthis with bombs already loaded, the NYT reported, after Riyadh intercepted a ballistic missile.
Trump said he would “probably be open” to meeting Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian at the UN as Tehran’s delegation arrived with a list of end-of-war conditions.
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.”
Aramco has sold about 60 million barrels for ship-to-ship loading at Oman’s Sohar port, a workaround after pipeline damage choked Yanbu exports.
Trump told Axios he faces a “big decision” on Iran, weighing escalation or the current stalemate ahead of a UNGA meeting with six Gulf leaders.
Hundreds of thousands filled Tehran for the state-organized “Janfaday-e Iran” rally, the largest since the U.S.–Israeli campaign began in February.
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