🇮🇶🇦🇪 | The trading arm of Abu Dhabi's ADNOC has purchased millions of ​barrels of discounted crude from Iraq's state-owned oil firm, sources say — Reuters

🇹🇼🇺🇸 | The first two of the four MQ-9B UAVs acquired by Taiwan from the US made their maiden test flights at Hualien Air Base on Monday, a source says — CNA

🇲🇱🇷🇺🇹🇷 | The FLA has disclosed direct contacts with Russia's Africa Corps and called for dialogue with Turkey to help find a political solution in Mali — MEE

🇮🇳🇸🇦 | India could see its crude oil import bill rise if Saudi Arabia's shutdown of the East–West Crude Oil Pipeline were to last beyond a few days — ThePrint

🇦🇲🇷🇺 | Russia's foreign ministry says it expects Armenia to honor the "relevant bilateral agreements" governing the 102nd Military Base in Gyumri — TASS

🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷🇺🇸 | The US Navy is considering procuring warships built in allied countries such as Japan and South Korea to keep pace with China's naval buildup — Nikkei Asia

🇽🇰 | Hashim Thaçi, Kosovo's former president, has been found guilty of four counts of war crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison by a court in The Hague — RTK

🇴🇲🇺🇸🇾🇪 | American officials and Houthi representatives met in Muscat over the weekend for a meeting facilitated by Oman, sources say — Reuters

🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷 | Estonia says it is "in discussion" with France to join the forward-deployed nuclear deterrence initiative, after Finland decided to participate — AFP

🇸🇦🇾🇪 | The Houthis say they shot down a Chinese-made Wing Loong II UAV belonging to Saudi Arabia over Marib Governorate in western Yemen — statement

🇯🇵🇷🇺 | Russia's foreign ministry says Japan should "behave decently" instead of seeking the resumption of visa-free visits to the Kuril Islands — TASS

🇩🇪🇱🇻 | Germany's military says it will deploy four Eurofighter jets to Latvia for airspace protection during the parliamentary elections on October 3 — statement

🇨🇳 | China has opened the 135-km Pinglu Canal, creating a new river-to-sea gateway linking its southern inland regions with ASEAN via the Gulf of Tonkin — Xinhua

🇮🇷🇯🇴🇺🇸 | The US fired 60 to 70 Patriot interceptors and more than a dozen THAADs when Iran launched ∼20 missiles at Jordan last week, officials say — WSJ

🇸🇾 | Syria's parliament has approved a bill officially abolishing the Terrorism Court established in 2012 and nullifying the legal effects of its rulings — SANA

🇨🇦🇪🇺 | The president of the European Commission says she wants to open the door for Canada to being "the first associate member of the EU" — X

🇮🇱🇲🇦 | Israel and Morocco have agreed to upgrade bilateral ties and appoint ambassadors, turning their mutual diplomatic missions into full embassies — ToI

🇷🇺🇰🇷🇬🇧 | The first South Korean container ship to have used Russia's Northern Sea Route has arrived in Felixstowe in the UK after departing from Busan — TradeWinds