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IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi delivers his statement at the opening of the Board of Governors meeting held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria, 7 September 2026. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA)

An extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of Permanent Representatives was held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

"In connection with the unfriendly actions taken by the German side, including the closure of the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin on September 7, the Chargé d'Affaires of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Russian Federation was informed of the following retaliatory measures."

"We regard the appearance in Europe of US systems capable of firing intermediate- and shorter-range missiles (ISRM) as yet another step in an unending succession of highly destabilising actions undertaken by NATO countries."

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has dismissed the US narrative about its attacks on Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, saying Iran is acting in self-defense in the face of a maritime blockade and economic war imposed by Washington.

Iran has warned South Korea of "serious consequences" if it were to become part of operations ensuring safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), under the chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on September 07, 2026 accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) i.e., in-principle administrative approval to various acquisition proposals of the Defence Forces at an estimated cost of about Rs 1,10,000 crore. For the Indian Army, approval was granted for the procurement of Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Recce Vehicles, High Mobility Vehicles (HMV), Self-Propelled Mechanical Mine Layers (MML), Advanced Light Helicopters (ALHs), Trawl Tanks and Sarvatra Bridge System.

Large-scale removal of rubble in areas of Gaza under Israeli military control cannot become a way to erase traces of atrocity crimes and another means to entrench Israel's illegal occupation, a UN expert said today.

Renewed hostilities along Yemen's western coast and in parts of Taiz and Al-Hodeidah have forced thousands of people from their homes, with civilians reportedly among those killed and injured as clashes intensify.

Five years after the Taliban seized power, despite some improved security, forceful implementation of highly restrictive policies are reshaping every aspect of life in Afghanistan, with devastating consequences for children and young people - a majority of the Afghan population, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said today.

Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic, who was convicted by The Hague tribunal for war crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has been buried with state honors in Belgrade on September 7 despite international condemnation.

The ongoing war in Sudan took centre stage at the UN Human Rights Council on Monday where the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, led calls for an end to attacks on civilians in "markets, hospitals [and] fuel stations".

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has reacted to the US war secretary's threats against Iran and said any attack on Iran's assets will be met with strikes on US energy companies in the region.

Iran has threatened to retaliate against any new US attacks on its oil tankers, warning American oil and gas interests in the Persian Gulf could be targeted.

Iranian emergency services have extinguished a fire on one of the oil tankers that was set ablaze following a US strike, the Fars news agency reported on Monday.

Negotiations between Iran and Oman on a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz are in the final stage, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.

Tehran warns ships entering designated area will face sanctions amid escalating standoff with US.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says Oman has acted in good faith during recent talks on shipping security in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's Armed Forces, leadership and people formed a "triangle of power" that enabled Iran to overcome its adversaries' plans during two US-Israeli-imposed wars against the country, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari said on Monday.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has once again denounced the US for committing war crimes in Iran, describing the American military attacks and killing of civilians as "deliberate" aggression, not "collateral damage."