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On the evening of September 8, 2026, President Xi Jinping took a phone call from U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

The Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, concluded a successful visit to Poland, where he attended the 34th International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO). With Canada serving as MSPO's 2026 Lead Nation, the exhibition provided an important opportunity to showcase Canadian defence innovation, deepen cooperation with Poland and other Allies, and advance new industrial and commercial partnerships. These engagements support the objectives of Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy, Security, Sovereignty and Prosperity, while strengthening Canada's contribution to a more secure Euro-Atlantic region.

Defence's continued investment in Australian industry is helping build the sovereign capabilities and skilled workforce needed to support the ADF now and into the future.

The unveiling of the Qasem Basir ballistic missile marks a turning point in Iran's defense strategy; it is a missile that not only boasts greater range and precision but also symbolizes a paradigm shift: the transition from reactive to active deterrence.

The Government has renewed the deployment of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel in support of Ukraine's self-defence, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Paul Goldsmith say.

Building on the enduring Anzac partnership, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Space Command and the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) have strengthened their commitment to cooperation in the space domain through the formal endorsement of a bilateral Space Vision Statement.

In a telephone conversation with the new Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized the need for Islamic countries to respond responsibly to the violation of Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to counter the use of force and aggression.

Iran's mission to the United Nations in Vienna says calls on Tehran to unconditionally comply with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards are "meaningless" under the current "hazardous" circumstances.

As 6RAR Delta Coy troops moved stealthily through the night to the form-up position outside the enemy's stronghold, a successful assault was at hand.

In the South China Sea, two Australian warships operated with each other for the first time in years to conduct a replenishment at sea (RAS).

The Australia-Japan Strategic Partnership Seminar brought together 275 virtual and in-person participants to explore opportunities for deepening understanding and cooperation in the defence partnership's 50th year.

Le Gouvernement a réduit de 60% le tarif subventionné de l'Imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM) en avril 2024, le faisant passer de 100 000 à 40 000 francs CFA. Cette baisse vise à rendre cet examen spécialisé plus accessible aux patients, dont le coût pouvait constituer un frein à la prise en charge.

Le ministère de la Santé enregistre déjà 2 084 IRM réalisées au premier semestre 2026, 3 916 en 2025 et 295 IRM en 2024.

Derrière ces milliers d'examens, ce sont surtout des patients qui ont pu mieux comprendre leur maladie, confirmer un diagnostic et dans certains cas, engager plus rapidement le traitement adapté.

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Source : Ministère de la Santé

AMENDMENTS 1 - Draft recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade
Nina Carberry, Thijs Reuten

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

AMENDMENTS 1 - Draft recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade
Nina Carberry, Thijs Reuten

Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

La Ligue des champions est de retour et BBC Sport passe en revue les favoris pour remporter le titre, ainsi que les pronostics des experts.

Chaque mardi, Pascal Boniface reçoit un membre de l’équipe de recherche de l’IRIS‬ pour décrypter un fait d’actualité internationale. Aujourd’hui, échange avec Jean de Gliniasty, directeur de recherche à l’IRIS et ancien ambassadeur de France en Russie, autour de la visite de Steve Witkoff et Jared Kushner à Moscou puis à Kiev. Malgré des pourparlers jugés « efficaces » par les deux émissaires américains, aucune avancée concrète n’a permis d’aboutir à un accord.

L’article Guerre en Ukraine : mission impossible pour Kushner et Witkoff ? | Les mardis de l’IRIS est apparu en premier sur IRIS.

All foreigners without proper documents in Kenya are urged to register through their embassies.

A proposal for a new international system that is at once centralized and regionalized.

Countries now act in an international cooperation architecture whose rules are disputed from several directions at once. One of those directions is the hegemon itself, the US. The paper argues that the Trump administration’s disruption matters because it moves the largest actor from affirming to contesting across several arenas at once. That reshuffles the calculus for every country. This paper asks how countries can exercise agency when the international order itself is fragmenting. The paper surveys the bewildering array of concepts on state agency and proposes a schema built on two continua. The first is the medium or type of agency, meaning material/institutional versus ideational/discursive. The second is orientation to the prevailing order in a specific arena (not in general) as affirming versus contesting. Countries are not fixed in one position. Whether the same state contests the rules depends on its interests in a particular arena. Each potential position is available only to a country that can pay the arena’s entry fee. The entry fee is the resources, broadly defined, a position demands before a country can take it up. The paper sets out the strategic positions available in a fragmenting system. It names a further position, norm imperialism, where material instruments are turned against an ideational object. The implications for different types of country are discussed.

Countries now act in an international cooperation architecture whose rules are disputed from several directions at once. One of those directions is the hegemon itself, the US. The paper argues that the Trump administration’s disruption matters because it moves the largest actor from affirming to contesting across several arenas at once. That reshuffles the calculus for every country. This paper asks how countries can exercise agency when the international order itself is fragmenting. The paper surveys the bewildering array of concepts on state agency and proposes a schema built on two continua. The first is the medium or type of agency, meaning material/institutional versus ideational/discursive. The second is orientation to the prevailing order in a specific arena (not in general) as affirming versus contesting. Countries are not fixed in one position. Whether the same state contests the rules depends on its interests in a particular arena. Each potential position is available only to a country that can pay the arena’s entry fee. The entry fee is the resources, broadly defined, a position demands before a country can take it up. The paper sets out the strategic positions available in a fragmenting system. It names a further position, norm imperialism, where material instruments are turned against an ideational object. The implications for different types of country are discussed.