Overnight, 24 out of 28 sorties of PLA aircraft, 2 PLAN vessels, and 2 official ships crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, central, southwestern and eastern part ADIZ.

Source: Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense

NYT Report: The White House is weighing business deals with Russia before the fighting in Ukraine ends. The move reverses Trump's pledge last year that no deals would happen "until we get the war settled." Congress passed a sanctions bill this week targeting Russia's energy sector, 262 to 159, and Trump has indicated he will sign it.

UK: The Archbishop of Canterbury was forced to withdrew an award she presented on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 to a Muslim cleric who praised Osama bin Laden.

Several students were shot at Banga National High School in South Cotabato, Philippines, local media reports.

A tanker was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz. The resulting fire is out and all crew are safe.

Environmental impact unconfirmed.

- UKMTO

The UK government wants the public to prepare for severe disruption to daily life. That includes stockpiling canned food and drinking water, strengthening civic resilience, and planning for the possibility of war.

BBC

The Philippine Coast Guard says a China Coast Guard vessel rammed and damaged a Philippine government boat near Sabina Shoal during a fuel resupply run for Filipino fishermen. No one was hurt. Beijing rejects that version, saying the Philippine boat cut across its bow after ignoring warnings.

Philippine mayor: 3 dead in a school shooting, including the gunman. 8 wounded, 4 of them critical. All victims were students aged 14 to 17.

A mobilization drive has started in Tehran to form 1,000 battalions, with plans to extend the effort nationwide.

Drones over Houthi-held Sana'a overnight, mostly above the al-Jaraf stronghold. Residents heard air defenses firing at them.

An Italian Eurofighter F-2000 was damaged in attacks on Saudi Arabia's Ta'if Air Base, also known as King Fahd Air Base, on Thursday night, September 17, 2026. Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto confirmed the jet was parked in a decentralized area of the base when it was hit. No Italian personnel were injured and no other Italian equipment or infrastructure was damaged.

“Sacrifice for Iran” parade in Tehran

UN General Assembly votes 152 to 3 to let Mahmoud Abbas address it by pre-recorded video, after the U.S. denied him a visa for the second year running.

Russian Foreign Ministry:

A strong protest has been lodged in connection with the UK's increase in weapons supplies to Ukraine. Russia calls on the UK to abandon its current "policy of escalation."

Cooperation with Ecuador and Colombia is part of a wider U.S. military buildup in South America. Inside that buildup, MQ-9 Reaper drones are being pulled from Africa and reassigned to the command responsible for the region. Counternarcotics and counterterrorism operations are planned.

CNN

Warren Buffett, 96, is out as Berkshire Hathaway chairman, effective immediately. His son Howard takes the role. Buffett stays on the board as chairman emeritus.

CNBC

JUST IN: 17 people were killed and 40 injured in an explosion at the police headquarter’s Mosque in Kohat, Pakistan.

Anthropic has opened a wet lab in the Bay Area, extending its life-sciences work from simulations into physical biological experiments. The company's goal is for Claude to run laboratory robots with minimal human involvement, aimed at rare and so-called undruggable diseases. Anthropic says its focus will stay on preclinical research rather than clinical trials, keeping it out of direct competition with drugmakers.

The U.S. notified the Prime Minister's Office of a planned $25 billion F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia, an Israeli official confirmed to Walla.

Israel will now push for compensation: systems Washington has refused to sell until now, participation in classified weapons programs, space-based weapons, and joint development of Arrow 4 and Arrow 5 interceptors.

A source said the IDF would prefer no other country in the region get the stealth fighter. Even if signed soon, Riyadh's first jets arrive only in five years.

Amid severe fuel shortages, Pakistan PM says its expanded its Fuel Relief Scheme to include motorcycles, rickshaws and Chingchi rickshaws up to 20 years old. Vehicles registered after January 1, 2006, will now qualify.

Moscow demands Japan remove U.S. Typhon missile systems from its territory, calling them a direct threat to Russian national security.

The dispute followed the system's deployment in a joint Japan, Australia and U.S. drill.