The Revolutionary Guards called the $2.5m Anduril submersible a 'prize of war'. The Pentagon said the vehicle had malfunctioned and carried no classified equipment.
The UK, France and Canada are among the countries behind the coordinated move. Britain's foreign secretary told parliament that Palestinians are facing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, carried out by settler terrorists.
The Kremlin said Trump presented a swift settlement as the path to restored ties and expanded trade between Washington and Moscow. Russia resumed drone and missile strikes on Kyiv the same day, killing five people.
Tehran says any vessel entering the zone with the intention of transiting the strait will be placed on its sanctions list. The announcement sets out no specific enforcement mechanism.
Putin met US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin for three hours on Sept. 5. The pause covers only Kyiv and Moscow — the wider war continues, and no broader ceasefire was announced.
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday with what Trump called 'an idea for peace'. Zelenskyy matched the pause, saying Ukraine would hold off strikes on Moscow through Monday. The two envoys travel to Kyiv on Sunday — their first joint visit to the Ukrainian capital since the peace process began.
A UN fact-finding mission says transnational networks — many linked to the UAE — supplied the RSF with weapons, training and foreign personnel. More than 1,000 people were killed in drone strikes in the first five months of 2026 alone.
The drone struck the SBU's central building on Volodymyrska Street, near Saint Sophia Cathedral. President Zelensky said the intended target was the office of the acting intelligence chief, who was not there at the time.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it fired ballistic missiles at two US bases in Jordan in retaliation for US strikes on Larak Island. Crude oil prices rose more than four per cent as fighting spread, with US and Saudi forces also striking Iran-backed militants in Iraq.
Berlin says the device's components and ignition systems match patterns seen in other Russian hybrid operations and the war in Ukraine. Germany will close Russia's consulate in Bonn, cancel a cultural centre contract in Berlin and seek further EU sanctions.
India's prime minister made his appeal at a summit in Bishkek. The Kremlin has said a ceasefire freeze is impossible while Russia's goals remain unmet.
The campaign began after a ceasefire deal collapsed on 8 July, and is focused on the Strait of Hormuz — a route for a fifth of the world's oil and gas. Tehran has issued an 'eye for an eye' warning as Washington puts the cost of the war at $37.5bn.
The agreement could mark a significant easing of military tensions between the two countries. US oil prices rose above $70 a barrel, though it is unclear whether the deal drove the move.
A brief reached us asserting Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacked two American military installations in Jordan. No source material was supplied, and The Modern will not publish the claim until that changes.
The US military says Iran fired first, and struck back with what it called a 'powerful response'. Trump warned further Iranian attacks would be met with an even harder blow. Casualty figures have not been confirmed.
The minimum wage now stands at around $88 a month, less than half the estimated cost of keeping an average household fed and housed. Teachers and retail workers face the same shortfall, and Washington has yet to announce its threatened new round of sanctions.
Tehran's Foreign Ministry said countries were obliged under international law to ignore the measures, which target 60 individuals, entities and vessels. Behind the scenes, Iranian officials told Pakistani mediators they were open to resuming peace talks.
Waters swept through communities on both sides of the Himalayas on Wednesday, halting travel across Nepal. India has put two states on high alert and deployed disaster response teams as rescuers work through debris-strewn terrain.
More than 60% of vessels transiting the strait switched off their tracking transponders in August, with energy carriers faring worse — over 80% went dark. Daily crossings have collapsed from around 138 before the war to as few as five.
The strike on Jenin appeared to be the first Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank since February. It came as a US-backed peace envoy said both sides were failing to stick to the roadmap, putting the Gaza ceasefire at risk.
Repeated large-scale missile and drone strikes from late July through late August have killed dozens of civilians and disrupted industry across Ukraine. Companies are pulling back from the Odesa region as Russia deliberately stockpiles weapons to overwhelm air defences.
The six-month US conflict with Iran burned through roughly 65% of America's Patriot interceptors, officials say. US forces in Europe now have 'very limited' ability to stop even a single Russian ballistic missile strike.
The US president made at least two separate public statements on 27 August dismissing any Russian threat to NATO territory. His remarks came after reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe had travelled to Moscow — a visit Trump called routine, though it was the first by a CIA chief to the Russian capital since 2021.
Sources close to the Kremlin say Putin now sees diplomacy as a dead end and is weighing major ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv and Ukrainian infrastructure. Some Russian officials have raised the prospect of tactical nuclear weapons in internal discussions, though Bloomberg found no signs of active preparation.
Washington wants the existing Darfur embargo expanded to cover all of Sudan before it expires on 12 September. Russia has warned against any measures targeting the Sudanese army, raising doubts about whether the resolution can pass.
Denmark's foreign minister delivered the joint statement at the United Nations, backed by all EU members and allies including Japan, Australia and Canada. The signatories represent about a quarter of UN member states — a reminder of how far international consensus on the war remains from unanimous.
A mound of rubbish at the Dar es Salam landfill in Conakry collapsed in the early hours of Sunday after heavy rain, burying homes and shacks nearby. The site had been officially designated for closure that same day — and had already killed 10 people in a similar landslide in 2017.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called the plan a 'one-two punch' — a naval blockade combined with what he dubbed the financial equivalent of a bombing campaign. Former US diplomats warn it could take years to build a coalition that makes the measures stick, and that Iran may strike Gulf energy infrastructure in retaliation.
American envoy Tom Barrack says Israel gave neither the US nor Turkey advance notice of strikes on a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border. Israel insists it shared intelligence beforehand — but US agencies had reviewed that same intelligence and concluded the threat wasn't real.
Tehran's top security official warned any country joining American-led restrictions would be treated as an enemy. The Trump administration is due to unveil what it calls the toughest sanctions in US history within days.
Russia's president warned Kyiv to expect hits on its 'most sensitive economic sectors' after Ukrainian drones triggered fuel shortages inside Russia. Strikes on Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports have already begun, jeopardising a key source of foreign revenue and food supplies for parts of Africa and the Middle East.
Washington has launched what it calls an unprecedented economic campaign against Iran, combining a naval blockade with sweeping secondary sanctions targeting anyone still doing business with Tehran. History suggests economic pressure rarely forces a regime to yield — and research warns a cornered Iran may take bigger risks, not fewer.
Zelensky signed four decrees targeting Russian arms makers, aluminum suppliers and a children's animation studio. The move shines fresh light on an EU loophole that has allowed an Irish refinery to send hundreds of thousands of tonnes of alumina to Russian smelters linked to weapons production.
All seven on board died when the aircraft went down near Mount Ololokwe in Samburu County. Among the dead is Jose Alberto Suarez, a senior NBCUniversal executive, and Michele Sensi-Contugi, Ecuador's national intelligence director, who was travelling with his wife.
Israel's military says the April 2024 airstrike that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers, including Australian Zomi Frankcom, does not meet the threshold for criminal proceedings. Australia has summoned the Israeli ambassador and says the decision falls far short of the accountability it expects.
The regime survived US-Israeli strikes by rallying around an external enemy. Its generals and security chiefs now appear to believe that a negotiated end to the war would expose them to the one threat they can't suppress: their own people.
The Emirates says two ballistic missiles fired from Iranian territory landed in the sea, one inside UAE waters. Iran denies firing them, and no independent body has confirmed the launches.
Two cruise missiles struck a busy intersection in Pechenihy, hitting a café and a service-station car park less than a minute apart. At least 17 others were wounded; a post office, homes and shops were also damaged in the attack.
The West African country will receive migrants from Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean removed by the US over 12 months. The first group of 20 is due to arrive on Thursday.
The two countries have settled on shipping lane coordinates, but a finalised agreement on who controls the strait — and what ships will pay to pass through it — is still unresolved. Iran wants transit fees of up to seven percent of cargo value; Washington insists on zero.
The Trump envoy held direct talks with Hamas's new leader in Egypt, where the group signalled it would disarm — but only if Israel pulls back first. Netanyahu publicly rejected the US-backed peace roadmap last week, setting up a difficult visit to Tel Aviv on Monday.
The sixty days agreed in Islamabad expired on 17 August without an agreement, a confirmed extension, or any sign the Strait of Hormuz will reopen. The two sides cannot even agree on whether the ceasefire ever formally began.
The UN recorded nearly 1,400 civilians killed in Ukraine in the first half of 2026 alone. Ukraine has also struck deep inside Russia, hitting a Black Sea beach crowded with holidaymakers and launching the largest drone assault of the year on Moscow.
The president told Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to substantially reduce the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, citing cost and what he called a hostile signal to North Korea. He also revealed South Korea had refused his request to join US efforts to pressure Iran.
Moroccan security forces moved in after spotting social media calls for a repeat of the July 30 surge, which killed up to 100 people. Spain also sent reinforcements, bringing the total security presence in the city to more than 1,500 officers.
The Category 1 storm is bearing down on the Big Island, with forecasters warning of up to 25 inches of rain on higher ground. A direct hit on the island's southern tip could be the first hurricane landfall in Hawaii since 1992.
The attacks on al-Makha and a cargo vessel in the Bab al-Mandeb strait are the most intense since a UN-backed ceasefire collapsed in July. It is the first deadly Houthi strike on a ship since the US and Israel hit Iran in February.
The worst day came on 13 August, when simultaneous blazes across the West Midlands destroyed houses, closed the M6 and sent three firefighters to hospital. The outbreak has been building since July, exposing how unprepared Britain is for the kind of summer it is now having.
Only teams from four right-leaning countries — the US, El Salvador, Ecuador and Israel — were formally invited in after a 7.4-magnitude quake killed more than 260 people. Mexico says its army specialists, with experience in 98 countries, were blocked on invented certification grounds.
Beijing has committed the money to nearly 600 projects spanning 54 Muslim-majority countries — the clearest public measure yet of a decade-long campaign. Its tools range from Belt and Road infrastructure and Islamic finance to halal trade and cultural diplomacy.
An air strike on a tuk-tuk in northern Gaza on 12 August broke more than a week of quiet. Israel says it targeted a Hamas commander; Gaza's civil defence says the man killed was part of a municipal water repair crew.
More than 28,000 women have been widowed since October 2023, with pre-war registrations pushing the total past 50,000. Many widows have yet to be counted, and those who are carry near-total responsibility for tens of thousands of orphaned children in makeshift shelters.
The launch from North Korea's east coast follows a similar test on August 6, with both seen as protests against US–South Korea military exercises due to begin on August 17. Kim Jong Un's sister has warned that Pyongyang will set up additional military options in response to Japan's posture in the Pacific.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed the handover on 11 August but did not disclose what the proposals contain. Three-way talks with Russia have been suspended since the US-Israel-Iran conflict pulled Washington's attention elsewhere earlier this year.
A magnitude-7.4 quake struck the Pacific coast region of Chocó on Monday morning, bringing down dozens of buildings in Cali, Pereira and beyond. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers search the rubble.
A magnitude 7.4 tremor struck western Colombia on Monday morning, collapsing dozens of buildings across Cali, Pereira and Manizales. President Abelardo De La Espriella, inaugurated just three days earlier, declared a state of emergency and flew to Bogotá to lead the response.
Two aircraft carriers, over 120 warplanes and 14 navy ships have been deployed to the Arabian Sea since January 2026. The buildup followed a Trump ultimatum over Iran's nuclear programme — a deadline that came and went without a deal.
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement commits three of the Muslim world's most powerful states to treat an attack on one as an attack on all. It arrives as Netanyahu, facing elections in October, had privately identified a normalisation deal with Saudi Arabia as his last major prize before the vote.
A peer-reviewed study has traced at least three wide-area disruption events to Russian satellites in high elliptical orbit — the first time interference at this scale has been confirmed from space. The findings sit alongside near-daily ground-based jamming in the Baltic that has grounded flights and thrown ships off course.
NASA thermal readings and independent satellite imagery corroborate a Ukrainian attack on the 15th Arsenal in the Leningrad Region, which Kyiv says stores missiles for Baltic Sea operations. Russia has not acknowledged any damage.
The unrest spans at least eleven countries and has been running since October 2024. The movements are not coordinated, but demonstrators across the region have adopted one another's slogans — and none of the governments they are challenging has yet answered their demands.
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement commits three of the Muslim world's most significant military powers to treat an attack on any one of them as an attack on all three. Pakistan brings nuclear capability, Turkey the region's largest NATO army, and Saudi Arabia its economic weight — making this the most consequential Muslim-world security alliance in decades.
Beijing framed the moves as retaliation for recent American trade and technology restrictions. Analysts say the measures are calibrated to apply pressure without derailing the September summit.
The US president made his most optimistic public remarks since the ceasefire collapsed in early July, saying Iran 'can't go much longer.' Reports of low US weapons stockpiles have emerged alongside the diplomatic push.
The US president declared a historic agreement to fully disarm Hamas in Gaza. Israel said the terms fell short of its core demands, and Hamas stopped well short of accepting.
Overnight progress containing the Gironde blaze — which has burned 42,000 hectares near Bordeaux — risks being undone as temperatures climb back toward 40°C from Tuesday.
After 13 nights of US strikes and a Strait of Hormuz blockade, a three-day pause has produced the same split as the last ceasefire in March: Washington claiming momentum, Iran flatly denying any direct negotiations are underway.
More than 330,000 people have been evacuated across both countries as temperatures above 40°C forecast from Wednesday threaten to undo fragile overnight progress — and France has already burned more hectares in 2026 than in the whole of last year.
RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia are being used by American bombers under a policy the government calls defensive — but Iran has named the bases legitimate targets, lawyers are sceptical of the distinction, and protests have followed.
Oman is mediating on Strait of Hormuz transit arrangements after 13 nights of US airstrikes, with a compromise taking shape — though Washington has kept strikes on the table and Tehran still refuses to call the talks direct.
Competing U.S. and Iranian declarations over the Strait of Hormuz on 14 July 2026, compounded by a cargo fee announced and abandoned within a single day, have laid bare the structural fragility of a policy conducted through social-media posts and unilateral reversals.
Belgrade's repeated accusations that Pristina is conducting ethnic cleansing against Kosovo Serbs have found no corroboration from any international body with a presence on the ground, and have drawn formal condemnation from the European Parliament — yet the claim endures as a fixture of Serbian diplomatic messaging.
Two powerful tremors struck northern Venezuela within 39 seconds on 25 June 2026, devastating La Guaira and Caracas and triggering a humanitarian crisis compounded by a decade of economic collapse and one of the world's largest pre-existing displacement emergencies.
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