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Anduril founder Palmer Luckey told Reuters the delay in a roughly $14bn Taiwan arms package is disrupting existing business and blocking further defence projects.

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The State Department approved a possible $2.68bn Ukraine air-defense sale including S-300-type missiles, GAM-67 missiles, ITEL launchers and RPS 202 radars.

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Trump signed a sanctions law requiring tariffs of up to 100% on categories of Russian energy buyers; Reuters says Russian crude is over 40% of India's oil supply.

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As Russia's election closes Sept. 20, fears of mobilization are rising; Ukrainian intelligence says Moscow recruited about 195,000 contract soldiers by early July.

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Ukraine's railway is losing 37 to 40 locomotives a month to Russian strikes, according to Politico via Kyiv Post; more than 200 have been hit in 2026 alone.

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NATO's Drone Edge initiative commits more than $40bn to counter-drone capabilities over five years, but the article says adaptation speed remains the core test.

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Taiwanese and Japanese officials are seeking assurances before Trump's Sept. 24 Xi meeting after he called a roughly $14bn Taiwan arms package a negotiating chip.

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A sanctions-monitoring report put up to 25,000 North Korean nationals in Russia's drone industry and assessed the arrangement generated up to $800m for Pyongyang.

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Trump withdrew the US from 66 international organisations in January, yet WFP reached 121m people in 2025 and UNICEF delivered 3.2bn vaccine doses.

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North Korea's Sept. 12 drill combined Hwasong-11/KN-23 missiles, 600mm rocket launchers, a tactical cruise missile and attack drones near Al-do.

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Germany will send four Eurofighters and several dozen personnel to Latvia's Lielvarde Air Base for about a week around the October 3 election.

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Saudi Arabia said it destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca, while the Houthis denied threatening holy sites and separately claimed an unverified F-15 shootdown.

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US and Chinese experts are proposing red lines around nuclear systems, human control over major military cyberattacks and a hotline for autonomous AI incidents.

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Ukraine said Russia launched missiles plus 157 Shahed-type drones and Parodiya decoys; air defenses shot down or suppressed 131 targets as more than 25 people were wounded.

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Ukrainian drones hit Rostov-on-Don and damaged YANOS, a Yaroslavl refinery with capacity of about 300,000 bpd; claimed aircraft losses remain unconfirmed.

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The House passed the Graham sanctions bill 262-159 after an 86-11 Senate vote, giving Trump authority for tariffs of up to 100% on major Russian energy buyers.

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The DOJ unsealed charges against five people accused of financing terrorism and murder-for-hire plots for Russian intelligence; all five remain at large.

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Yahya Saree claimed strikes on Yanbu Aramco facilities and King Khalid Air Base, saying they answered more than 450 Saudi airstrikes; Saudi Arabia has not confirmed either attack.

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An Aug. 13 presidential memo invokes a national-security waiver allowing up to two foreign-built lead hulls if the builder invests in a US shipyard.

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The Houthis reportedly told US officials in Oman they will stop targeting American, Israeli and commercial vessels and focus solely on Saudi-linked shipping.

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