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The Israeli military says explosions seen and heard in the Qatari capital, Doha, are the result of an assassination attempt against Hamas leaders.

El Salvador commemorated the fourth anniversary of its groundbreaking Bitcoin law by purchasing 21 BTC worth approximately $2.3mn, President Nayib Bukele announced on social media.

Several government residences came under attack. Nepal’s Army evacuated ministers from their homes in Bhaisepati by helicopter as demonstrators torched properties.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) issued its most extensive evacuation order for Gaza City on September 9, signalling that a comprehensive military invasion may be imminent.

Poll shows bloc formed by Moldova's Socialist and Communist parties has narrow lead, with smaller parties expected to become kingmakers post-election.

Tech

Qatar Investment Authority joins $13bn funding round for AI company Anthropic, supporting the Claude developer's rapid revenue growth and international expansion plans.

Aleksandar Vucic says flying cars will debut in Serbia ahead of Expo 2027 in Belgrade, which will showcase the country’s modernisation strategy.

Austrian firm FlyNow Arabia plans electric helicopter services in Saudi Arabia starting 2027, targeting urban transport with €350,000 aircraft offering zero emissions and 55-decibel noise levels.

As of September 1, the Max messenger of state-controlled internet major VK is legally prerequired to be preinstalled on every smartphone and tablet sold in Russia, as well as be featured mandatory on the Russian app store RuStore, including on Apple.

Zagreb hopes the initiative will simplify bureaucratic procedures, boost transparency and improve user experience across Croatia’s public administration.

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When Donald Trump declared that Joe Biden had made the “unthinkable” mistake of pushing Moscow into Beijing’s arms, the US president suggested their partnership was inherently fragile.

Industrial output accelerated in July, beating market expectations. Robust gains were recorded in key segments of manufacturing, suggesting the onset of a broad-based recovery.

The ongoing Ukraine war ceasefire talks and the potential for new and even more extreme sanctions on Russian oil exports is keeping the outlook for the price of oil uncertain, Oxford Economics said in a note.

Inflation eased to 2.5% in August, dragged down by another monthly decline in food prices. We see the soft reading as a low point, with inflation set to gain pace over the coming quarter.

'The Fractured Age’ author, Capital Economics chief economist Neil Shearing, tells bne IntelliNews the defining trend of the coming decades will be fragmentation, driven by US-China rivalry.

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Nepal’s equity market slumped on September 8, 2025, as the NEPSE index fell 35.99 points, or 1.32%, to close at 2,672.25, extending losses from the previous week’s 30.05 point decline.

This chart tracks the UN’s latest demographic projections for four large populations: India, China, Europe, and the United States. Together, they account for about half of today’s world population, Our World in Data (OWID) reports.

Just over half of Poles (53%) are now against Ukraine joining Nato, while only a third (33.5%) support the idea, according to to a recent poll conducted by the IBRiS institute for the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita on August 29-30.

Sentiment at three-month high, but rising cost inflation complicating demand support.

Recent VAT and excise duty hikes as well as slower household income growth to weigh on consumption.

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Security risks, financing challenges, difficult terrain and lack of recognition for Taliban among headaches.

Companies face disconnections, uncertainty and higher costs, Kushtrim Ahmeti, executive director of the Chamber of Trade and Industry of Kosovo, tells bne IntelliNews.

Poland’s mounting conflict between nationalist President Karol Nawrocki and pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk is paralysing governance and undermining credibility abroad.

On September 4, 2025, US immigration officers carried out what officials have called the largest workplace immigration enforcement action in the history of the Department of Homeland Security.

By placing energy platforms in contested waters, China is signalling both defiance of international rulings and a willingness to tighten the squeeze on Taiwan.

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The coalition of the willing Paris summit on September 4 ended in disaster. The European team has been working really hard for several weeks to thrash out a plan to save Ukraine and came together in Paris.

Milorad Dodik has been stripped of his role as president of Bosnia's Republika Srpska but he is continuing to operate as if still in power.

Kosovans are running out of patience with the political crisis that has persisted since the February general election, taking its toll on the country’s economy.

The figures are laughable, but the media take them ever so seriously.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's letters and interviews published by international media outlets are part of a counter-offensive against hyperbolic portrayals of his country as sliding into outright authoritarianism.

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Could plan to connect the Caspian and Black Seas with a tunnel or canal come to the fore?

In the northeast corner of East Asia, South Korea is quietly steering its energy future towards a delicate pro-nuclear, pro-renewables outcome. With eyes fixed firmly on 2050, policymakers in the capital Seoul are doubling down.

Tajikistan’s glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate, with over 1,000 already gone completely and dozens more under threat, according to a new Atlas of Environmental Change published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Scientific team unable to yet say whether the “water towers” have reached “point of no return”.

A decade ago, solar power was almost non-existent in Hungary. It generated just 0.2% of the country’s electricity. Nuclear, coal, and gas dominated the grid, Our World in Data (OWID) reports.

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