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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.
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.