Russia ended a 72-hour pause in Kyiv strikes on September 8 after US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner completed visits to Moscow and Kyiv without securing a breakthrough.
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Iran Says Hormuz Shipping Deal With Oman Is Days Away
Iran says a Hormuz corridor deal with Oman is days away—the first structured sea lane since US strikes effectively closed the strait in late February 2026.
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Witkoff and Kushner Fly Moscow to Kyiv as Putin Pauses Strikes for 72 Hours
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin for more than three hours on Saturday before flying to Kyiv, where Putin had suspended aerial strikes under a reciprocal 72-hour arrangement.
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Saxony-Anhalt Votes as AfD Eyes Historic First State Win
Voters in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt cast ballots today with the Alternative for Germany polling at 40 percent and within reach of an absolute majority that would make it the first far-right state government since 1945.
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China’s Rare Earth Firms Halt US Shipments as Xi’s Washington Visit Approaches
Chinese rare earth suppliers have refused to ship yttrium, terbium, and gallium to US companies since early August, keeping prices near record highs and complicating diplomacy ahead of Xi Jinping’s September 24 Washington visit.
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Putin Brands Zelenskyy a Terrorist as Russia Fires 174 Drones at Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro
Russia launched its largest overnight drone barrage in weeks on September 2, killing one and wounding more than a dozen across three Ukrainian cities, as Putin refused to rule out striking British military facilities.
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Iran Claims US Strike Hit a Wedding in Kuhestak as CENTCOM Launches New Hormuz Barrage
Iranian state media says a US airstrike killed at least four people at a wedding celebration in Kuhestak, Sirik County; US Central Command says it is reviewing the reports.
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United Russia Prepares a Tightly Managed Sweep in September Regional Voting
Russia’s September 18–20 regional elections — covering 10 governorships and 39 regional parliaments — are less a contest than a Kremlin-orchestrated show of institutional control during wartime.
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US Strikes Iranian Rocket Launchers on Larak Island as IRGC Fires Back
American forces destroyed two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on August 31, the first US strike in the strait in nearly a month, drawing IRGC missile salvos at air bases in Jordan and the UAE.
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Iran’s IRGC and US Naval Blockade Lock Into Stalemate Over the Strait
With the Islamabad Memorandum’s 60-day window elapsed, Iran’s IRGC is asserting Strait of Hormuz control while Washington enforces its naval blockade and Tehran refuses new sanctions terms.