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ENERGY & CLIMATE

US destroys five Iranian tankers, Tehran strikes Jordan's Al-Azraq base, and Brent crude climbs back above $100

US Central Command destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on 8 September, calling it a response to two ballistic missile attempts against a Navy warship. Iran struck the Al-Azraq base in Jordan, which says it intercepted 18 of 20 missiles, then claimed attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, where one seafarer was killed and another reported missing. Brent crude passed $100 for the first time since July.

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Houthis strike four Saudi cities and Aramco sites; Riyadh promises a firm response

On the morning of Tuesday 8 September, Yemen's Houthis struck Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran with drones and missiles, targeting an international airport, an air base and Aramco facilities. The Riyadh-led coalition reports 73 civilians wounded and fires that halted some energy operations. The kingdom promises a firm response, while the Yemeni forces it backs say they intend to retake Sanaa.

NATURAL DISASTERS

Anak Krakatau shuts eight Indonesian airports and grounds hundreds of flights in Jakarta

The eruption of Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait suspended operations at eight Indonesian airports and paralysed part of Jakarta's air traffic. The continuous eruptive episode lasted about twenty-five hours before activity returned to a Strombolian pattern. Five fallback airports were opened around the clock. The number of passengers affected ranges from 150,000 to 170,000 depending on the source.

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Witkoff and Kushner received for three hours at the Kremlin, expected in Kyiv under a three-day truce

Vladimir Putin received US emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday 5 September for three hours and ten minutes. The two men are expected in Kyiv on Sunday, where Volodymyr Zelensky is to receive them for the first time. The local three-day truce framing the visit suspends strikes on Kyiv and Moscow alone: elsewhere along the front, the bombardments continued.

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Meloni, 1,413 days: the longest-serving government of the Italian Republic celebrates its record in Bari

On September 4 Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest-serving in the history of the Italian Republic, with 1,413 days in office, surpassing the second Berlusconi government. Fratelli d'Italia marked the record at the port of Bari, where organizers expected 10,000 people, while an opposition march passed nearby. A poll cited by La Repubblica puts disapproval of the government at 53 percent.

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The UN drops Mercator for Equal Earth: Africa at its true size, the United States the only vote against

On September 4 the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution encouraging member states to move away from the Mercator projection, in use since 1569, in favor of Equal Earth. Togo led the initiative on behalf of the African Union: on Mercator, Greenland appears almost as large as Africa though it is fourteen times smaller. The United States was the only country to vote against.

Nepal: two workers pulled alive from a tunnel nine days after the Bhote Koshi flood

Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan were pulled alive on Friday 4 September from the tunnel of the Trishuli-3A hydropower site in Rasuwa, nine days after the Bhote Koshi flood. Searches continue at several Himalayan sites where hundreds of Nepali, Chinese, South Korean and Indian workers are still missing; Nepal's armed police force lost thirteen of its own at Timure.

Nepal: 1,204 bodies recovered, over 4,200 missing — the race into the tunnels a week after the flood

A week after the Bhote Koshi flood, Nepal counts 1,204 bodies recovered and more than 4,200 missing. Rescuers are racing to reach survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels, 38 Australians remain unaccounted for, and China has reopened the Tibet road into the disaster zone.

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Nepal: 987 bodies recovered in Rasuwa, nearly 900 missing at eleven hydropower sites

A week after the flood triggered by a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border, Kathmandu announced on 1 September 2026 that 987 bodies had been recovered in Rasuwa district and more than 12,000 people rescued. Nearly 900 remain missing at eleven hydropower sites, including workers trapped in buried tunnels. Prime Minister Balendra Shah attributes the flood to climate change and is seeking help from the Loss and Damage Fund. Death tolls differ, including between Nepali sources.

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Iceland rejects resuming EU accession talks, with Reykjavik voting against the rest of the country

On 29 August 2026 Icelanders voted in a referendum on resuming EU accession talks, suspended since 2013. The final figures give 118,040 votes to no against 105,339 to yes — 52.8% against 47.2%, a gap of 12,701 ballots — on the highest turnout since 1944. Yes wins in both Reykjavik constituencies, no passes 60% in the three rural constituencies. The vote does not withdraw the application filed in 2009.

Washington suspends immigrant visa appointments worldwide

The US State Department has suspended immigrant visa interviews at its embassies and consulates worldwide, with no announced resumption date, citing in-depth training for its consular staff. Diplomatic posts say they will contact applicants to reschedule. The measure comes four days after a federal judge struck down the visa freeze targeting nationals of seventy-five countries, and a day after the announced revocation of two hundred thousand tourist and business visas.

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