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NATO Allies have trained together in the Netherlands from 7th to 19th of September, combining multinational airlift and airdrop operations to strengthen readiness and interoperability.

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US President Donald Trump signed into law legislation aimed at increasing economic pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine, including by targeting Moscow's energy revenues as well as countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas.

Russian officials claimed voting systems came under cyberattack, as the country entered the second of three days of voting for the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.

Tehran has repeated many of its long-standing conditions to restart peace talks with Washington, including ending the fighting on all fronts, the unfreezing of Iranian funds, and ending the US naval blockade against Iran.

Turkey's foreign minister said Saudi Arabia may have military needs because of the ongoing attacks by Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi rebels and that Ankara was prepared to help under a trilateral defense pact.

Flames and smoke were seen near the international airport in Riyadh as Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they had carried out strikes in the Saudi capital and on oil infrastructure on the coast.

Aircrews and specialists from five NATO Allies are training in the United Kingdom during Exercise Cobra Warrior 26-2.

Exercise Phoenix Express, a premier multinational maritime exercise facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Africa and led by U.S. 6th Fleet, concluded its 21st iteration during a closing ceremony held at La Goulette Naval Base in Tunisia, Sept. 18.

The Kenyan - U.S. partnership at Manda Bay, Kenya, recently executed their first combined base defense exercise that tested the combined ability to detect and counter threats, ensuring continued power projection for counter-terrorism operations across East Africa.

SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH: Thank you, Dino. Thank you for that incredible introduction. I remember that speech. In fact, it was about a year ago, and we pledged to wage a war of attrition against the Pentagon bureaucracy to open our building up to companies just like this one, to fast runners that are ready to run hard, build at scale, take risks, invest, are doing it for the right reasons. We can't just have the big companies at the top doing all the work and not doing it fast enough. We need the best companies in this country, American manufacturing, American made, and that's what you're doing right here at Saronic, right here in Texas for the Arsenal of Freedom tour. It's great to be here with you.

In early June, an Army AH-64 Apache helicopter patrolling regional waters went down off the coast of Oman, leaving two crew members in need of rescue. An autonomous surface vessel - a U.S. Navy Corsair operated by the 5th Fleet's Task Force 59 - rescued the soldiers.

The War Department doesn't serve politicians; it serves warfighters and the nation, said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today in Austin, Texas, where he swore in new military recruits.

At Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told future officers that the U.S. military they will enter places a premium on meritocracy, and that once they put on their uniforms, they will march into formations that value them only for what they bring to the fight.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia condemns the so-called presidential elections held in the occupied Tskhinvali region on 18 September 2026."

On September 14, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone call with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot at the latter's request.

On September 17, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The two sides held in-depth discussions on high-level exchanges between the two countries.

On September 17, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Chairman of Indonesia's National Economic Council Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Beijing.

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemns the terrorist bombing that targeted a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, killing and injuring a number of worshipers.