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 NEW DELHI, 10 September, 2026 (Nosheen): India will host the BRICS Leaders’ Summit on September 12-13 in New Delhi, seeking to strengthen the bloc’s global profile as the U.S.-led war on Iran tests unity among its members, with Iran and the United Arab Emirates on opposing sides of the conflict. The summit comes more than six months after the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, which joined BRICS in 2024. The conflict has virtually shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil-trade route, pushing crude prices above $100 a barrel. The UAE, after being targeted by Iranian missiles since the war began, suspended all trade and financial transactions with Iran in August. Foreign policy experts said a key challenge for BRICS would be finding language on the Middle Ea...

BEIJING, 10 September, 2026 (Ghufran): At least 20 people were killed after a foreign-flagged cargo ship caught fire while undergoing repairs at a shipyard in Qingdao, eastern China. According to Chinese media, the vessel, identified as the Ocean Melody, was undergoing repairs at Beihai Shipbuilding when the fire suddenly broke out. The ship was flying the Liberian flag. A total of 42 people were aboard the vessel, of whom 12 were safely evacuated, while five injured people were taken to hospital and reported to be in stable condition. Five others remain missing. Rescue teams battled the blaze for more than three hours before bringing it under control. The fire broke out at around 11 a.m. local time and was extinguished by about 2:30 p.m. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang e...

 AL-DHALEA, 10 September, 2026 (Ghufran): Yemen’s security situation has further deteriorated following reports of an attack and siege on the convoy of Defence Minister Lt Gen Tahir Ali in Al-Dhalea province. According to initial reports, the defence minister’s guards were overpowered and taken into custody following the attack, while the minister himself was reportedly surrounded. Conflicting reports have emerged regarding the minister’s fate, including claims that he may have been abducted or taken hostage. However, the incident and the minister’s condition have not been independently confirmed. Meanwhile, reports have also emerged concerning another defence minister, Mohammed Nasser, who is associated with the Houthi rebels. Yemeni forces reportedly targeted a Houthi position i...

DUBAI/CAIRO, 10 September, 2026 (Nosheen): The Middle East war intensified on Tuesday as Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen launched strikes on several Saudi cities, while U.S. forces destroyed multiple Iranian oil tankers and Iran targeted a U.S. military base in Jordan. The Houthis attacked four cities in southern Saudi Arabia, wounding 73 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a major escalation of the six-month-old conflict. The U.S. military’s Central Command said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers on Tuesday, describing the strikes as a response to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeting a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the previous two days. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran would continue to lose tanker...

KYIV, 10 September, 2026 (Ghufran): Ukraine is contracting a supply of around 1,000 missiles for U.S.-designed Patriot air-defence systems with the support of its allies and through a European Union loan, Ukrainian Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara said on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Khmara said the majority of the missiles would only be delivered in the coming years and urged allies to provide more urgent assistance. In comments released later by the Defence Ministry, Khmara said Ukraine was asking Western partners to provide additional air-defence missiles from their existing stocks in exchange for improvements in missile performance under contracts signed with Kyiv. He also said Ukraine was facing a $27 billion shortfall in financing for drone sup...

VIENNA, September 10, 2026 (Kamran Raja): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors has passed a resolution drawing a line under Syria’s past secret nuclear activities during the rule of the Assad family, saying the country’s new authorities have cooperated in resolving all outstanding questions. The 35-nation board declared Syria in breach of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations in 2011 and referred the matter to the United Nations Security Council. The move followed Israel’s 2007 bombing of a site in Syria’s eastern Deir al-Zor province, which Israel said was a secret nuclear reactor nearing completion. The IAEA subsequently demanded that Syria provide information about its nuclear activities, but Syria failed to do so at the time. Following the overthrow of B...

RIYADH, 9 September, 2026 (Nosheen): Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned attacks carried out by Iran against Jordan, describing them as a blatant violation of international law and calling for their immediate cessation. In a statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry urged an immediate end to attacks on Jordan and other countries in the region and called for serious and effective measures to promote peace and stability across the Middle East. Saudi Arabia stressed the need for efforts to prevent further escalation and protect regional security. Earlier, a Cabinet session chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah reiterated Saudi Arabia’s commitment to defending its sovereignty, protecting the security of its citizens and expatriates, ...

 TEHRAN 8 September, 2026(Ghufran): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has vowed that Iran will continue its resistance with “full strength” until those responsible for aggression against the country are brought to “complete regret.” In a statement posted on social media platform X, Pezeshkian said Iran had consistently opposed war and believed that avoiding conflict was essential to protecting the interests of the Iranian people and maintaining regional security. “Iran has always opposed war and has considered the preservation of the people’s interests and regional security to lie in refraining from igniting conflict,” the president said. However, Pezeshkian stressed that Tehran would continue defending itself against what it describes as aggression. He said Iran had “boldly ris...

 LONDON, 8 September, 2026 (Kamran Raja): Britain, France and Canada have announced coordinated measures targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, reaffirming their support for a two-state solution and opposing continued settlement expansion. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced that the United Kingdom would impose a trade ban on goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying Britain could no longer merely “call out” injustice and suffering and must take concrete action to oppose settlement expansion and the destruction of prospects for a two-state solution. Miliband said Britain considers the Israeli occupation of the West Bank unlawful and believes Palestinians are facing ethnic cleansing in parts of the territory. The move come...