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- Thursday, 10 September 2026 · Analysis
Philippines, fire on ferry MV June Aster: five dead, 87 people to be located
The toll announced by the Philippine Coast Guard rose in the morning to 43 survivors. The vessel's manifest listed 134 people. Smoke, heat and risk of explosions prevented rescuers from boarding the vessel.
- Thursday, 10 September 2026 · Analysis
Gulf of Oman and Hormuz: crossed claims, figures that do not match
The U.S. Central Command states it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, the Revolutionary Guard claims attacks on ships and a base in Jordan. Nearly all available figures come from the warring parties: here is what is attributed to whom.
- Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · Lead Story
Gulf, Washington declares five tankers destroyed and Tehran claims twenty targets
The US Central Command announces the destruction of five Iranian tankers; the Revolutionary Guards claim attacks on two American naval units and eighteen tankers and ships. Jordan confirms it intercepted eighteen of the twenty missiles fired overnight.
- Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · Lead Story
Canada applies counter-tariffs, Washington announces an import ban from September 29
From September 8, Ottawa taxes hundreds of US products worth $27.6 billion. The same day the White House signs a proclamation that, from September 29, excludes certain Canadian goods from importation.
- Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · Analysis
Jordan reports twenty missiles from Iran intercepted overnight
The Jordanian state agency Petra reports a missile attack at 02:45 on September 9, with no casualties. According to the German public broadcaster's news bulletin, the episode follows the destruction, declared by Washington, of five Iranian tankers.
- Tuesday, 8 September 2026 · Lead Story
Kyiv hit as three-day pause expires: three dead and nineteen wounded
During the night and morning of September 8, ballistic missiles and drones struck seven districts of the Ukrainian capital. The three-day pause, according to Tagesschau, had been put in place during a visit by U.S. mediators.
- Monday, 7 September 2026 · Lead Story
South Lebanon, Kfar Rumman death toll rises to eleven
Overnight between September 6 and 7, two Israeli strikes hit a residential building and a civilian vehicle in Nabatieh district. The death toll grew throughout the day and remains subject to updates.
- Monday, 7 September 2026 · Lead Story
Witkoff and Kushner from Moscow to Kyiv: three-hour talks with Putin, then Zelensky
The US envoys met with the Russian president for three hours and ten minutes, and the following day with the Ukrainian president. No public document: what exists, for now, are statements from the parties.
- Sunday, 6 September 2026 · Analysis
Lebanon, Israeli strikes on Nabatieh: four dead according to the Health Ministry
This is not an update on the Witkoff and Kushner mission in Moscow, published this morning: it is a different front. On September 6, Lebanese health authorities count four victims and twenty wounded in the Nabatieh district; the Israeli army links the action to the launch of two Hezbollah drones.
- Sunday, 6 September 2026 · Lead Story
Putin receives Witkoff and Kushner at the Kremlin, today the two envoys are expected in Kyiv
Eighth working visit by the US envoy to Russia. The Russian president says attacks on Kyiv have not been carried out since midnight on September 5, but denies that there is an agreement on a broader truce beyond three days.
- Saturday, 5 September 2026 · Lead Story
Witkoff and Kushner land in Moscow, Kremlin announces three days without strikes on Kyiv
The two U.S. envoys arrived in Moscow, welcomed by Kirill Dmitriev, and the Kremlin spokesman stated that Putin ordered no strikes on the Ukrainian capital for three days. Overnight, an attack had hit a building in Boryspil.
- Saturday, 5 September 2026 · Analysis
Kharg, Iranian agencies report tanker hit at anchor
On September 5, Tasnim, Mehr, Fars and Asr Iran reported four projectiles fired at a small tanker anchored off Kharg island, attributing the strike to US forces. No casualties reported, crew being evacuated. At the time of the first reports, no official statements had come from either Tehran or Washington.
- Saturday, 5 September 2026 · Lead Story
Trump confirms Witkoff and Kushner mission between Kyiv and Moscow
The US president says his two envoys are travelling to Ukraine and Russia with a proposal to end the war. On the same evening Zelensky announces he has approved new military responses to the attacks on cities.
- Friday, 4 September 2026 · Lead Story
Drone strikes headquarters of Ukrainian security service in Kyiv on the eve of the American mission
In the afternoon of September 4, a drone struck the SBU building on Volodymyrska Street, according to Ukrainian outlets. Two days earlier, the Russian state news agency TASS had reported a visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow on the 5th and to Kyiv on the 6th.
- Friday, 4 September 2026 · Lead Story
Iran claims attacks against US bases in Kuwait and the UAE
Tehran announces it has struck military installations used by American forces in the two Gulf countries; Kuwait City speaks of a violation of its sovereignty. On the Kuhestak raid, Washington rejects the Iranian account.
- Thursday, 3 September 2026 · Lead Story
Hormuz, escorted convoys and new attacks on Kuwait: accounting for the passage
Development since this morning: the US Navy escorts 40 merchant ships through the strait, Al Jazeera reports new attacks against Kuwait, Iran announces further mines. The traffic figures do not match one another.
- Thursday, 3 September 2026 · Analysis
Hormuz, Iranian blacklist rises to 56 ships
The authority established by Tehran for the Strait adds eleven merchant vessels to the list of "non-compliant" ships: fines, detention and confiscation are envisaged. In the same period Washington claims record supply convoys through the passage.
- Thursday, 3 September 2026 · Lead Story
US strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliation: the two tallies do not match
Centcom claims attacks against Revolutionary Guards sites along the Strait of Hormuz; Iran says it hit American assets in four countries. On casualties and damage the two sides contradict each other.
- Wednesday, 2 September 2026 · Analysis
Venezuelan Parliament ratifies energy pact with the United States
Special session in Caracas on September 1st: bilateral agreement with Washington approved, twenty-five years of initial duration and seventeen fields to be reactivated. The same day saw the arrival in the country of the US Secretary of Energy.
- Wednesday, 2 September 2026 · Lead Story
New US strikes near Hormuz, Iran announces military response
Washington declares operations against Iranian military targets in the Strait area completed; Tehran announces an operation against American bases and interests in the region. The previous night, two oil tankers had been hit while in transit.
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