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September 20, 2023
Iranian President Urges U.S. To Demonstrate It Wants To Return To The 2015 Nuclear Deal

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on September 19 that his country will never give up its right “to have peaceful nuclear energy” and urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal.
September 17, 2023
International Rallies Mark The Death That Shook Iran

People worldwide rallied on September 16 to commemorate the first anniversary of a woman's death that sparked anti-government protests in Iran. Demonstrators in Washington, London, Paris, Berlin, and other cities chanted the name of Mahsa Amini who died in Iranian police custody a year ago.
September 17, 2023
Gunmen Kill Member Of Iran's Paramilitary Force, Wound Three Others

Gunmen opened fire on a group of paramilitary forces in southern Iran, killing one of them and wounding another three, state media reported on September 17.
September 16, 2023
Activists In Europe Mark Anniversary Of Mahsa Amini's Death In Police Custody In Iran

Hundreds gathered in central London on September 16 to mark the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy.
September 16, 2023
One American, Two Russians Blast Off In Russian Spacecraft To ISS

One American and two Russian space crew members have blasted off aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station.
September 16, 2023
U.S. Military Orders New Interviews On Deadly 2021 Afghan Airport Attack As Criticism Persists

The Pentagon's Central Command has ordered interviews of roughly two dozen more service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked during U.S. forces' chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, as criticism persists that the deadly assault could have been stopped.
September 15, 2023
EU Lets Ukrainian Grain Ban Expire, Even As Countries Threaten To Pass Their Own

The European Union on September 15 decided not to renew a ban on Ukrainian food heading to nearby countries that have complained that an influx of agricultural products from the war-torn nation has hurt their farmers.
September 14, 2023
New U.S. Sanctions Target Workarounds That Let Russia Get Western Tech For War

The United States says that it's placing sanctions on more than 150 businesses and people from Russia to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Georgia to try to crack down on evasion and deny the Kremlin access to technology, money, and financial channels that fuel its war in Ukraine.
September 14, 2023
BBC Says Russian Pilot Tried To Shoot Down British Plane Over Black Sea Last Year

A Russian pilot deliberately fired missiles at a Royal Air Force surveillance plane in international airspace over the Black Sea last year, the BBC reported on September 14 -- an incident Russia previously attributed to a "technical malfunction."
September 14, 2023
Pakistani Ex-PM Khan's Bail Plea Rejected In State-Secrets Case

A Pakistani court on September 14 rejected the bail plea of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer said.
September 13, 2023
Afghan Soldier Who Was Arrested At U.S.-Mexico Border After Fleeing Taliban Is Granted Asylum

An Afghan soldier who fled the Taliban and traveled through nearly a dozen countries before being arrested at the Texas-Mexico border and detained for months has been granted asylum, allowing him to remain in the United States, his brother said on September 13.
September 13, 2023
Ukrainian Pilots Could Be Flying F-16s In Three Months, U.S. Air National Guard Head Says

The United States could have the first Ukrainian pilots trained on F-16 fighter jets before the end of the year, though it will be longer than that before they are flying combat missions, Lieutenant General Michael Loh, director of the U.S. Air National Guard, said.
September 12, 2023
Bosnian Police Arrest Five Ex-Serb Troops Suspected Of Participating In 1995 Srebrenica Massacre

Bosnian police on September 12 arrested five people suspected of participating in the July 1995 genocide in Srebrenica, a town where Bosnian Serb troops killed over 8,000 men and boys during the Balkan country's interethnic war.
September 12, 2023
Police Round Up Migrants In Serbia, Find Weapons In Raid Of Border Area With Hungary

Police in Serbia said they rounded up hundreds of migrants and found automatic weapons during a raid on September 12 along the border with Hungary, the location of frequently reported clashes between groups of smugglers exploiting the hardship of people trying to reach Western Europe.
September 11, 2023
'No Risk' That Romania Will Be Dragged Into War, Senior NATO Official Says

NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana said on September 11 that there is “no risk” that alliance member Romania will be dragged into a war following the recent discovery of drone fragments on its territory near the border with war-torn Ukraine.
September 10, 2023
Pakistani Soldier Killed In Shoot-Out With Militants Near Afghan Border, Military Says

A Pakistani soldier was killed in an overnight shoot-out with militants in the country's northwest, near the border with Afghanistan, the military said.
September 09, 2023
Putin Congratulates North Korea's Kim, Latest Hint Of Deepening Ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for strengthening ties with Pyongyang, as he congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the 75th anniversary of North Korea's founding.
September 08, 2023
Cuba Arrests 17 For Allegedly Helping Recruit Cubans To Fight For Russia In Ukraine

Cuban authorities have arrested 17 people in connection with an alleged network to recruit Cuban nationals to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
September 08, 2023
Germany Will Keep Russian Oil Giant Rosneft Subsidiaries Under Its Control

The German government said on September 8 it will keep two subsidiaries of Russian oil giant Rosneft under the control of German authorities for another six months.
September 08, 2023
Russia's Elections In Occupied Ukrainian Regions Dismissed As 'Sham'

Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control.

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