Explosions were reported around Sirik, Minab and Qeshm as the US-Iran confrontation continued to disrupt shipping and energy flows.

The Ukrainian president's visit puts interceptor supplies and longer-term security cooperation at the centre of talks with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The reported pause around Ngoshe followed the release of 360 abducted villagers, but neither Abuja nor independent monitors have confirmed the arrangement.

A new overnight attack wave hit northern and southern Ukraine, adding pressure on Kyiv’s air defences as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pursued winter-security support abroad.

The coastal breakthrough gives the Yemeni movement greater leverage near Bab el-Mandeb as regional fighting threatens shipping, energy flows and an already severe humanitarian crisis.

Bangkok students are practising emergency responses as authorities reassess school security, weapons screening and mental-health safeguards.

Low distillate inventories and disrupted supplies from the Middle East, Russia and China point to elevated transport and agricultural costs extending well into next year.

Algiers ordered the Emirati ambassador to comply within 48 hours as rivalry over Western Sahara, Israel and the Sahel hardened into a formal rupture.

The deaths aboard the Tedy and Moscow's separate acknowledgement of attacks on vessels bound for Odesa deepen risks to civilian navigation and Ukraine's maritime export corridor.

Children, journalists and former prisoners were among those detained as raids, property searches and settler violence intensified across the occupied territory.

Moscow’s rejection closes off a limited US-backed de-escalation proposal and points to continued pressure on Ukraine’s energy system before winter.

The blaze struck schools in the densely populated eastern Congolese city, adding a civilian disaster to a region where conflict has already badly disrupted education.

The daytime attack hit a civilian commercial site in Dnipropetrovsk region, wounding teenagers and emergency personnel as long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities intensify.

New imagery points to heavy road use and probable internal construction near Natanz, while leaving unanswered whether nuclear equipment has been moved underground.

The September 10 attack ignited fires in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district, extending a campaign against fuel and logistics sites into the Ukrainian capital.

New interviews describe wages losing purchasing power and basic expenses rising as military escalation disrupts trade, energy flows and everyday economic activity.

Major festivals have postponed or cancelled programmes while Ukraine's capital adapts business hours, transport and public gatherings to prolonged drone alerts.

The operation deepens Israel’s hold over a strategic highland despite a ceasefire framework that calls for its withdrawal from Lebanese territory.