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16. September 2026
Zelensky: Russia Targeted My Plane Twice Over Moldova
Volodymyr Zelensky told CBS News that Russia has twice targeted his presidential plane during visits to Moldova, calling it part of a deliberate strategy to intimidate foreign leaders. The claim lands amid shifting diplo…
15. September 2026
Ukraine's Deep Strikes, Russia's Drone Barrage
Ukraine escalated its long-range campaign against Russian energy and defense sites, striking the Syzran oil refinery and a drone factory in Taganrog overnight, setting both ablaze. Tensions also brushed NATO's edge on Se…
Ceasefire Talk Over Energy Strikes, Border Tension Rises
Diplomacy over Ukraine's energy grid dominated the day. Trump said on Truth Social that Kyiv and Moscow had agreed to stop hitting each other's energy infrastructure; Zelensky later confirmed the US had floated a serious…
14. September 2026
Deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine as EU sanctions stall
Russia opened Monday with strikes across Ukraine that killed at least three people and wounded ten more. A KAB bomb hit Izium, in Kharkiv region, before dawn, wounding three — including a two-month-old baby — and destroy…
Drone Near Polish Border May Have Targeted EU Train
A Russian drone strike near the Polish border may not have been random: Ukraine's railway operator says it could have targeted a train carrying Boris Johnson and EU security advisers from France, Britain and Italy. Polan…
13. September 2026
Hormuz Attack, Ukraine Hits Russian Refineries
An Iranian container ship was attacked near Hengam Island in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member and deepening uncertainty in global energy markets already rattled by the crisis in that waterway. The attack cam…
Peace Talks Loom in October Amid Drone War
Ukraine's intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said trilateral peace talks between Kyiv, Moscow and Western partners could begin as early as October, the most concrete timeline yet. US envoy Jared Kushner backed the mood, c…
12. September 2026
Oil Surges Past $100 as Houthis Seize Red Sea Chokepoint
Oil prices jumped past $100 a barrel for the first time since July after Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline following a drone attack from Iraq. The strike landed just as Yemen's Houthis completed a takeover of the…
11. September 2026
Kyiv's Allies Rally as Drones Kill 5 in Pavlograd
Russian drones struck a shopping district in central Pavlograd on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding 67, including eight children, one of the deadliest hits of the week. Hours earlier, Russian forces also hit vo…
10. September 2026
Russian strikes hit Ukraine; Kyiv drones strike back
Russia opened the day with a wave of strikes across Ukraine. In Kramatorsk at least 16 people were wounded; in Dnipro a food plant was hit twice, killing two workers and wounding five; Kryvyi Rih's public broadcaster stu…
Trump's 'Wonderful' Call, Drone Near Zelensky's Jet
Trump described his two-hour call with Putin as 'wonderful,' raising hopes of renewed diplomacy over Ukraine. Events on the ground told a different story. Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone came dangerously close t…
9. September 2026
US-Iran Clash Escalates as Russia Hits Moldova Border
Tensions between the United States and Iran boiled over in the Gulf of Oman, where American forces sank one Iranian oil tanker and struck four others after Iran twice targeted a US warship. Tehran answered with a missile…
Blackouts Hit South as Kyiv, Berlin Race on Air Defense
Russia hit a DTEK thermal power plant with several waves of strikes, knocking out its generation and plunging parts of Mykolaiv and the Kherson region into blackout after severe damage to equipment. The attack underscore…
8. September 2026
Kyiv Under Fire as Diplomacy Presses On
Russia hit Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight into September 8, killing two and wounding seven as homes and a school were damaged, the deadliest strike of a violent morning. Hours later Russian forces struck passenge…
Peace Talk Signals Clash With Fresh Strikes
Diplomacy over Ukraine's war took center stage. Zelensky said Trump is actively pressuring Putin to negotiate, and that US envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Kyiv with word Moscow is ready to talk after meeting Putin.…
7. September 2026
AfD's record win, Ukraine talks stall, Germany at The Hague
Germany's far-right AfD scored a record 43.8 percent in Sunday's Saxony-Anhalt election but fell short of an outright majority, taking 39 of 83 seats. Analysts say the surge owed less to immigration than to economic inse…
AfD's Record Win, Iran Standoff, Monza Miracle
Germany's political map shifted on Sunday as projections showed the far-right AfD winning a record 44% in Saxony-Anhalt's state election, putting it on course to become the first far-right party to govern a German state…
6. September 2026
Volcano Shuts Indonesian Airports, JLR Job Cuts Loom
Anak Krakatau erupted overnight, sending ash across the Sunda Strait and forcing Indonesia to shut six airports, including Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta. More than 150,000 passengers were stranded and 467 flights to Singapore…
US Strikes Iranian Tankers After Missile Attack on Warships
The day's biggest story came out of the Gulf, where US Central Command struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran fired ballistic missiles at American warships near the Strait of Hormuz. Two tankers were permanently dis…
5. September 2026
Trump Sends Peace Envoys as Germany Nears Election
President Trump is sending envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Moscow and Kyiv with a new Ukraine peace proposal, with Kushner expected to meet Vladimir Putin on Saturday and Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, Axios rep…
4. September 2026
Germany's Sabotage Wave, Hungary's Billion-Euro Hunt
Germany's infrastructure is under sustained attack. Authorities have logged at least 160 suspected acts of sabotage against power grids and railways so far in 2026, and this week brought a fresh cluster: substations hit…
3. September 2026
Berlin-Moscow standoff deepens as US strikes Iran again
Germany shut Russia's consulate in Bonn after Berlin blamed Moscow for a failed drone strike on Leipzig airport, and EU and NATO leaders warned Russia is growing more reckless. Moscow hit back within hours, with Lavrov a…
2. September 2026
Iran Strikes, Berlin-Moscow Rift, Climate Warning
US military strikes on Iran left at least 15 people dead and sent oil prices sharply higher, one of the sharpest escalations in the region in months. President Trump urged Iranians to rise up against their government eve…
30. August 2026
Flood Toll Hits 750 as Iceland, Germany Shake Europe
In the Himalayas, the death toll from this week's flash flooding has climbed to 750 across Nepal and Tibet, with 2,500 people still missing, including 589 foreigners. Rescue teams are combing rivers and collapsed village…
29. August 2026
Himalayan Flood Kills 626 as Latin America Shifts
A flash flood tearing through the Himalayas has killed at least 626 people, with thousands still missing as rescue teams dig through debris in the hardest-hit valleys. The death toll has climbed steadily since the wall o…
28. August 2026
Norway Mourns King Harald V as Nepal Flood Crisis Deepens
Norway is in mourning after King Harald V died following years of illness, ending a reign that stretched over three decades. Thousands gathered in Oslo to grieve the loss of a monarch widely seen as a steadying, beloved…
CIA Warns Moscow as Nepal Flood Toll Hits 359
CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly flew to Moscow and warned Russian intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin against any attack on NATO, as US intelligence reportedly detected signs of preparations for escalation amid Russ…
27. August 2026
Deadly Floods, Storm Warnings and a Day of Farewells
Catastrophic floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border left hundreds feared dead on Wednesday, with video showing entire villages swept away. The disaster broke as Britain's Met Office issued fresh thunderstorm…
26. August 2026
Nepal flood kills 17 as UK battles bills, storms
At least 17 people were killed as flash floods swept the Nepal-Tibet border area, among the week's deadliest disasters. Britain, meanwhile, stayed under yellow weather warnings as heavy rain and thunderstorms hit parts o…
Hormuz Mines Cleared, CIA Chief Visits Moscow
President Trump announced that the US Navy has cleared all mines from the Strait of Hormuz, closing out the most dangerous phase of the confrontation with Iran and reopening the world's busiest oil chokepoint. The claim…
25. August 2026
Syria Off Terror List as Hormuz, Leipzig Tensions Rise
Syria's four-decade exile from Washington's terrorism blacklist ended Monday, when the United States formally struck the country from its state sponsors of terrorism list, closing a chapter that began in 1979 and clearin…
24. August 2026
Hawk Fire Forces 90,000 to Flee Near Reno, Nevada
A fast-moving wildfire, the Hawk Fire, has forced 90,000 people to flee near Reno, Nevada, burning 15,000 acres with no containment; the governor has declared a state of emergency as crews race to slow it. Tension ran hi…
France's Deadly Summer, McLaren's Zandvoort Triumph
France's summer heatwaves have turned deadly, with the government reporting 301 drowning deaths since June 19. A minister warned that the heat is pushing people to take dangerous risks in the water, as the toll keeps cli…
23. August 2026
Sword attack at Swedish school kills teen
A 17-year-old girl was killed and two boys badly hurt when a sword-wielding attacker struck Brinell School in Fagersta, Sweden. An 18-year-old suspect is in custody as the country reels from another school tragedy. Tensi…
22. August 2026
Ukraine Under Fire, Canada Hits Back on Tariffs
Russian strikes killed two people in Ukraine on Saturday, a grim continuation of the assault that a day earlier saw a double-tap attack on a shopping mall leave at least 16 dead. The renewed strikes underscore that the m…
Ukraine Mall Strike Kills 15, Sweden School Attack
A Russian drone strike tore through a shopping centre in Ukraine on Thursday, killing fifteen people in one of the deadliest single strikes on civilians in recent weeks. Hours later, tragedy struck a school in Sweden, wh…
21. August 2026
Berlin Weapons Plot, Serbia's Snap Elections, DHL Refund
German federal prosecutors have opened an investigation after authorities uncovered a cache of two loaded firearms hidden in a Brandenburg forest, allegedly stockpiled by Russian agents preparing sabotage attacks on Germ…
Deadly Kyiv Strike as US Sanctions Slam Iran
Russian forces battered Kyiv overnight in one of the war's severest barrages, killing at least seventeen people and tearing into the city's infrastructure, including its hot water supply. The attack landed as Washington…
20. August 2026
Deadly night in Kyiv, Europe's record fires
Kyiv came through its deadliest night in weeks. A combined Russian missile and drone attack killed at least 12 people and wounded 33, and Mayor Vitali Klitschko declared August 21 a Day of Mourning. Further west, Europe…
Settlement Row, Kenya Crash and a Family's Loss
Israel opened tenders for a highly sensitive construction project east of Jerusalem that critics say would split the occupied West Bank in two, drawing fresh international condemnation. The news broke alongside grim word…
