Archives for September, 2026

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, September 6, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Hormuz traffic slows after Iran threatens retaliation for US attacks

Reuters

People drive near a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump on a building in Tehran, Iran, September 2, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran retaliates against US allies after its oil tankers destroyed

Reuters

A motorist drives past Iranian flags installed along a street, a day before the funeral procession of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala

US sanctions threaten to crush Iranian students' dreams

Agence France-Presse

Members of the Nepal Army move a survivor, Kabir Maharjan, rescued from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project, nine days after deadly flash floods and a mudslide, after he was airlifted from an army base in Nuwakot to Kathmandu, Nepal, September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dipen Shrestha

Exclusive-How two men survived nine days in a Nepal flood tunnel

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL) speaks at a campaign rally in Porto Alegre, Brazil September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Diego Vara/File Photo

Thousands of Brazilians rally for Bolsonaro in tight presidential race against Lula

Reuters

Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves 10 Downing Street to attend his first PMQs at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Toby Melville/ File Photo

UK's Burnham, Trump discuss working towards Ukraine-Russia ceasefire, Downing Street says

Reuters

Palestinians walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed, in Gaza City, September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Israeli clearance of Gaza rubble could destroy 'evidence', says UN expert

Reuters

IAEA head Rafael Grossi says the previous Syrian government was 'pursuing a number of clandestine' activities

Secret Assad-era Syrian nuclear reactor was almost complete: UN

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Candidate for the position of United Nations secretary-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks during the "UN Town Hall: The Next Secretary-General" event at United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S., July 23, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Syrian nuclear reactor could have been useful for weapons, IAEA chief says

Reuters

A rescuer searches for survivors in the rubble following an airstrike on the village of Kfar Rumman in Lebanon

Lebanon says Israel conducts wave of deadly strikes

Agence France-Presse

Saudi Arabia preparing to grant IAEA more intrusive powers, Grossi says

Reuters

Mourners attend a funeral for a Palestinian killed during an Israeli settlers' attack, according to witnesses, in the village of Hajja near Qalqilya, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman

Two Palestinians killed, Israeli stabbed as West Bank settler violence flares

Reuters

A mass burial for Palestinians, including 62 children, whose remains were recovered from rubble in Gaza City. Sept 2026.

Israeli rubble-clearing in Gaza could erase 'atrocity crimes' evidence: UN expert

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Diplomatic advisor to the UAE president, Anwar Gargash, speaks during a press conference on the ongoing conflict in Sudan, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

UAE says its energy exports will not be 'held hostage' by Iran war

Reuters

Israeli soldiers take positions during a military operation in the town of Qalqiya, in the occupied West Bank, Dec. 4, 2025.

Katz warns PA against 'Oct. 7-style' attack as West Bank violence rises

After a West Bank stabbing of an Israeli settler, Defense Minister Israel Katz warns the Palestinian Authority against launching an “Oct. 7-style” assault.