US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York on Sunday, with Washington warning that China’s rare earth compliance is ‘not up to par.’
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US Officials Hold Secret Oman Talks With Houthis After Red Sea Coastline Seizures
Trump administration officials met Houthi representatives at the US Embassy in Muscat after the group seized Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, with the Houthis pledging not to attack American or Israeli ships.
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Russia’s Patrushev Warns Warsaw Would Cease to Exist if Poland Enters the War
Kremlin aide Nikolai Patrushev threatened that Warsaw would be destroyed within two to three days if Poland entered military action against Russia, escalating Europe’s sharpest rhetorical confrontation of 2026.
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NATO Downs Drone Over Lithuania in First Baltic Airspace Intercept
An Italian jet shot down a drone that entered Lithuania from Belarus on September 15, the first such interception in Lithuanian airspace, as a Russian frigate fired flares at a Danish helicopter the day before.
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Russian Drone Narrowly Misses Diplomatic Train at Ukraine-Poland Border
A drone struck Yahodyn station hours after Boris Johnson and Carl Bildt passed through, as a second train carrying former CIA Director David Petraeus remained at the platform.
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China Threatens to Cancel the September 24 Xi-Trump Summit Over $14 Billion Taiwan Arms Deal
Beijing has warned Washington that the September 24 White House summit will be cancelled if Trump approves a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan, confronting him with a stark choice ten days before US midterms.
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Xi Removes China’s Second-Highest Soldier as Military Purge Reaches the CMC
Zhang Youxia, China’s most senior uniformed officer and CMC vice-chairman, has been placed under investigation in an expanding anti-corruption sweep that has now removed more than 100 senior PLA officers since 2022.
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Iran’s Buried Nuclear Site Near Natanz Shows Record Construction Surge in 2026
CSIS satellite imagery analysis published September 9 documents the heaviest construction activity in the history of Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain facility, 2 kilometres from Natanz, as the IAEA confirms it has never gained access inside.
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Trump and Xi Set September 24 Summit in Washington Amid Trade and Iran Agenda
Xi Jinping is set to visit Washington around September 24, coinciding with the UN General Assembly, for what would be the leaders’ second in-person meeting of 2026 following their May summit in Beijing.
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US Destroys Five Iranian Tankers; Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at Jordan
The US destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on September 9; Iran responded by launching 20 ballistic missiles at Jordan’s Al-Azraq base, with 18 of 20 intercepted.