🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 | Witkoff and Kushner told Ukraine's president that the US wants a breakthrough in talks with Russia before winter, a source says — Axios

🇸🇦🇾🇪 | The Houthis say they shot down a Chinese-made CH-4 UAV belonging to Saudi Arabia over Hajjah Governorate in northwestern Yemen — statement

🇩🇿🇬🇷🇮🇹🇺🇳 | Algeria's defense ministry says a Greek missile frigate and an Italian patrol ship assigned to NATO docked in Oran for a joint naval drill — statement

🇸🇦 | Saudi Aramco's oil infrastructure in the industrial city of Jizan was struck again on Monday and the damage is currently being assessed, sources say — FT

🇩🇪🇷🇺 | Russia's foreign ministry says Germany’s consulate general in St. Petersburg must cease its activities no later than September 18 — TASS

🇱🇾 | Libya's government says foreign nationals are among the five suspects arrested over the attacks on oil tanks and a power station in Tripoli and Zawiya — Hakomitna

🇧🇾🇱🇻🇷🇺🇺🇦 | Latvia says it will impose a 300% tariff on grain shipments from Russia and Belarus and work to identify potentially stolen Ukrainian grain — LETA

🇫🇮🇷🇺 | Finland has officially completed construction of a 200-km, ~€380 million fence along a section of its 1,340-km eastern border with Russia — Yle

🇸🇾 | Rehabilitation work at Qamishli International Airport in northeastern Syria is entering its final stages in preparation for the resumption of service — SANA

🇶🇦 | Seven empty Qatari-linked LNG tankers are returning to the Persian Gulf, signaling that the country may be preparing to resume gas exports — Bloomberg

🇸🇩 | The ICRC says it is holding confidential bilateral talks with all warring factions in Sudan to press for adherence to the laws of war — Sudan Tribune

🇺🇦 | Ukraine's prosecutor general has resigned after an investigation found an alleged bribery and money-laundering scheme within his office — Ukrinform

🇵🇭🇰🇷 | South Korea's defense minister met with his Philippine counterpart to discuss regional security issues and ways to boost bilateral arms cooperation — Yonhap

🇭🇺🇷🇺 | Hungary's foreign minister says 10 members of Russia's diplomatic mission to Budapest are being expelled due to "unacceptable" activities — MTI

🇨🇳🇵🇰 | Pakistan's military showcased an air defense system resembling the Chinese-made HQ-17A short-range surface-to-air missile system — Bloomberg

🇳🇴🇷🇺 | The Kremlin says Russia will take "additional measures to ensure our security" in response to Norway's "military buildup" — TASS

🇨🇾🇪🇬🇬🇷 | Greece's prime minister, Egypt's president, and his Cypriot counterpart met in El Alamein to discuss energy, security, and regional developments — CNA

🇮🇷🇷🇺 | The CEO of Russia's Rosatom says the company has handed over to Iran a draft agreement on the construction of small nuclear power plants — TASS

🇰🇷🇦🇪 | South Korea's defense ministry says it has dispatched an investigative team to the UAE to assess the situation in the Strait of Hormuz — Yonhap

🇮🇷 | The IRGC says it shot down an MQ-1 UAV over the Strait of Hormuz using a new advanced air defense system — IRIB

🇺🇦 | Ukraine lost ~$1.2 billion in 2024 alone to fraud, waste, and mismanagement in defense procurement while awarding contracts to unreliable suppliers — NYT