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Iran's Statistical Center said the country's economy contracted by more than 10 percent during the Middle East war, which began on February 28 with US-Israeli attacks on Iranian military and economic sites.

Several elements affiliated with terrorist groups acting as mercenaries for the American-Zionist enemy have been killed or arrested in three provinces across Iran. They were planning assassination operations and sabotage of vital infrastructure.

New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 369th Division Sustainment Brigade qualified on machine guns, mastered sling-load operations and moved military vehicles by highway and cargo aircraft during their annual Operation Sustain Thunder training.

Japan, the US and South Korea are preparing a memorandum on Arctic maritime cooperation and expanded energy supplies, Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Sunday. The Japanese newspaper framed the initiative as an effort to strengthen the three countries' economic security amid what it described as intensifying competition with China and Russia over Arctic shipping routes and resources.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is forming an "AI Force" and will announce an "AI Czar" in the near future.

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Saudi Arabia has carried out 760 airstrikes on Yemen since it intensified its attacks against the country, the spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces said Sunday night.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President-elect of South Ossetia Marat Kambolov on Republic Day.

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Ukraine attempted a massive attack on Russian territory on September 19-20 in order to disrupt the State Duma elections, but the enemy failed to achieve its objectives, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

Ukraine's steel industry has effectively been brought to a halt after Russian strikes damaged three of the country's largest steel plants in Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions, medias reported, citing industry representatives.

FPV drone crews from Battlegroup Tsentr thwarted yet another attempted enemy rotation near the city of Dobropolye in the Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Russian air defense systems shot down 1,951 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones, eight Flamingo missiles and eight guided aerial bombs over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

Russia's Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into terrorism over Ukrainian drone attacks on civilian infrastructure in Moscow and the Moscow Region, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told Sputnik on Sunday.

The Russian army carried out coordinated strikes on Ukrainian targets using high-precision air-launched weapons and attack drones, according to Russia's Ministry of Defense.

The largest drone attack on Moscow and the neighboring region has been repelled, more than 1,600 UAVs have been intercepted across all defensive lines since Saturday, with 450 of them stopped as they approached the capital, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

Today, 20 September, marks International World Cleanup Day, which has been an official United Nations observance for the third consecutive year. This year's World Cleanup Day focuses on reducing food waste and raising awareness. To mark the occasion, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and members of the diplomatic corps took part in a joint clean-up event near Tallinn's Linnahall.

The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, this morning.