The White House called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to "stop interfering" in U.S. elections after he stated his support for Vice President Kamala Harris at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 5.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said a cooling tower at Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant had been badly damaged in a fire last month and would probably have to be demolished.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on September 3 that he asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up advocacy among Ukraine's Western partners to allow strikes on military targets deep inside Russia.
Iran summoned Australia's ambassador in Tehran over the publication of online content it deemed "norm-breaking," the semiofficial ILNA news agency said on September 3, a day after state media said the post "promoted homosexuality."
Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to mount a counteroffensive to try to retake territory in the Kursk region captured by Ukrainian troops, Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said on August 28.
UN nuclear agency chief Rafael Grossi arrived on August 27 at the Kursk nuclear power plant, which Moscow says has been repeatedly attacked by Ukrainian forces.
Poland said that a drone had likely entered its airspace early on August 26 during a Russian bombardment of Ukraine, adding that the object may have landed on Polish territory and that searches were under way.
Air-raid sirens sounded in northern Israel and explosions were heard as the country's Iron Dome air-defense system shot down missiles fired from Lebanon early on August 25. The Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the missile and drone attacks.
The United States on August 23 added nearly 400 individuals and entities in and outside of Russia to its sanctions list as part of the U.S. effort to disrupt Russia's international supply chains, metal procurement, and financial services that support its war effort in Ukraine.
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has confirmed he is ready to visit the Kursk nuclear power plant in Russia at the end of August, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on August 21.
A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in central Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring another 23 people, state mediareported on August 21.
Suggestions that Ukrainian authorities supported by Poland were behind planning and executing the sabotage attack on Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 are groundless, the Polish president's aide said on August 18.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on August 16 that it had summoned Italy's ambassador to Moscow over what it said was "illegal border crossing" by a team of correspondents from Italian state broadcaster RAI who reported this week from Ukrainian-held parts of Russia's Kursk region.
The Russian ruble rebounded against the dollar on August 14 after falling for six trading sessions in a row following Ukraine's biggest attack on Russian territory since the start of the war.
Poland's national public prosecutor's office, asked about the German authorities issuing a European arrest warrant in a case related to the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines, confirmed on August 14 that such a warrant had been received.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on August 12 that it was investigating a hack of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
The United States and Britain unveiled new sanctions against Belarus on August 9 to mark the fourth anniversary of the country's disputed presidential election that returned authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka to power.
Residents of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region were without power and running water following air strikes that began on August 6. Ukrainian officials have made few direct comments on the cross-border incursion, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised the military for "achieving their goals."
Russian leaders say Ukrainian forces attacked targets in Russia's Kursk region, starting late on August 6. The regional governor said there had been at least two deaths. Residents shared videos of planes overhead and burning cars, while Ukraine had yet to comment on Russian officials' statements.
Russians released as part of a mass prisoner exchange with the West have been telling journalists Germany that they refused to sign requests for official pardons. One of them, Vladimir Kara-Murza, said he thought it was a joke when a prison guard gave him a form to write his request on.
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