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Iran and Oman have finalised new Strait of Hormuz transit routes running through Iranian waters, but the strait stays closed pending Tehran's conditions on the US, and the meeting to unveil the deal has been postponed.

Yemen's Houthis say Saudi jets flew 58 air strikes across six provinces in a day, as their capture of the Red Sea coast and the Bab el-Mandeb strait threatens Saudi oil exports and rattles energy markets.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine will strike Russia's power grid in kind if Russia attacks Ukraine's this winter, and has proposed an energy truce to stop both.

A multi-agency emergency search and rescue operation was launched across the Java Sea, along with the Banjarmasin Class A Search and Rescue Office to locate the missing passengers of KM Virgo Transport 8.

Russia sent 453 attack drones at Ukraine overnight into September 13, concentrating on filling stations and railway infrastructure in the west of the country, in the largest drone raid on that half of Ukraine in months.

Tech

A weapons cell in northern Yemen used Claude to write missile guidance software and test-fired a guided rocket, one of six weapons cases alongside Iranian, UAE and Gulf influence and surveillance operations.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's largest contract chipmaker, reported record consolidated revenue for August, up 53.3% year on year.

Economy Minister Alexander Pulev said Bulgaria is open to projects that create jobs, increase value-added production and bring technology transfer.

Croatia's postal market continued to shift towards parcel deliveries in the second quarter of 2026, driven by e-commerce, regulator HAKOM said.

A consortium led by US investment firm HOF Capital has completed the acquisition of Porsche's stakes in Croatian electric vehicle group Rimac Group and its Bugatti Rimac joint venture.

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Ukraine's central bank is advertising record gross reserves while passing over an IMF target it missed, according to Kyrylo Shevchenko, who ran the bank from 2020 to 2022.

Germany has ordered around 150 Russian diplomatic staff and their family members out of the country by September 18, the Russian embassy in Berlin said on September 10.

Hosting the 6th World Nomad Games, small Central Asian nation united world powers around ancient steppe sports. Team GB even strained on the tug-of-war rope against both Russia and Iran.

Showcasing of drone maker run by Erdogan son-in-law says a lot about today’s ‘Turkey Inc’ and the role of ‘Family Inc’.

The funeral of convicted Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic has shocked Brussels, with thousands turning out to honour a man found responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the Yugoslav wars.

Data

Taiwan's benchmark Taiex closed down 755.64 points, or 1.61%, at 46,184.85 on September 11, dragged lower by electronics shares on mounting expectations of a US Federal Reserve interest rate increase.

The Bank of Russia left its key rate at 14% on September 11, ending an easing cycle that had run through ten consecutive cuts since June 2025.

The agreement with fixed-income manager PIMCO, which controls $2.33 trillion in assets, centres on expanding discretionary asset management.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on September 3 that banks had mobilised $136.38bn through its forex swap facility as of August 31, with most of the inflows coming through a dollar deposit scheme.

Vietnam’s banking liquidity is improving, easing funding pressures and raising hopes that dong interest rates may have reached their near-term peak.

Features

CEE Bankwatch report raises concerns over impact of mega-farm on local area.

The US is pushing Peru deeper into its security and technology orbit. But China already dominates Peru’s trade, investment and infrastructure, leaving Lima caught between two powers it cannot afford to choose between.

Ukraine’s deepest strike yet into Russia has brought its Arctic gas heartland — and potentially Yamal LNG — within reach.

Final nail in coffin for opposition resistance comes after last-minute shock defections by local politicians.

Auto assembly and parts manufacturing has been a crucial part of Central Europe’s growth story over the last three and a half decades.

Blogs

Will the Gospic toxic waste dump trigger a 'Flamingo Revolution' in Croatia?

“We expect the war will continue,” Zelenskiy said in Kyiv on September 6, after US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner left without a deal.

A fresh corruption scandal broke out in Ukraine – this time, it was racketeering by relative junior members of the Zelenskiy administration. Corruption is not a problem of the system in Ukraine; corruption is the system.

At the ancient Egyptian obelisk outside the Blue Mosque, looking along what was once the Hippodrome of Constantinople, I found myself thinking about a tent.

Ukraine's power generation capacity has fallen from 60GW before the war to 12GW today, and a renewed Russian bombing campaign this winter could push the shortfall toward 10GW, even as European gas storage sits near a 15-year low.

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Bosnia's armed forces have turned their firefighting resources to delivering drinking water to wild horses threatened by hot and dry weather on a plateau near the western town of Livno.

Climate change has brought more frequent droughts and floods and increased pressure on water resources, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said.

A woman in her 60s died after her car became submerged at an underpass in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, as torrential rain swept the country.

The eruptions span multiple island chains across the Pacific Ring of Fire, from the Sunda Strait and East Java to East Nusa Tenggara and North Maluku.

Hungary is establishing a powerful new environmental authority from January 1, 2027, tasked with tighter oversight of the country’s expanding electric vehicle battery industry.

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