Drone hysteria, Kiev gunfights, and aviation threats: RT stories that shaped the week (2026-09-05 05:44 UTC)
Kurz: Drone hysteria, Kiev gunfights, Arctic ship seizures, and a deadly Iran wedding strike feature in RT’s stories that shaped the week Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia’s war casualty toll in Ukraine up by 1,260 over past day (2026-09-05 05:35 UTC)
Kurz: The total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, have reached approximately 1,495,050 personnel, including 1,260 over the past 24 hours.
Russia rejects truce, kills 4 in attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (2026-09-05 04:24 UTC)
Kurz: Russia attacked the city of Kamianske in the early hours of Sept. 5, killing four people and injuring five others, regional Governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported. Three of the victims have been hospitalized, with one in intensive care.
Global food prices climb to highest level since 2022 amid Black Sea strikes, UN reports (2026-09-05 03:56 UTC)
Kurz: Grain prices spiked 2.5 points in August from the previous month, partly due to “continued uncertainty surrounding Black Sea export flows,” the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization reported.
West Bank violence: Israeli forces open fire during raid, settlers vandalise home (2026-09-05 05:57 UTC)
Kurz: West Bank violence: Israeli forces open fire during raid, settlers vandalise home Palestinian media has reported land seizure, vandalism and raids by the Israeli military and settlers in the occupied West Bank: * Israeli forces detained a Palestinian resident, Karim Asakreh, whil…
‘What do you call this but ethnic cleansing?’ NYT columnist on West Bank demolition (2026-09-05 05:03 UTC)
Kurz: ‘What do you call this but ethnic cleansing?’ NYT columnist on West Bank demolition Pulitzer-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof said Israeli settlers had blocked him during his visit this spring to a few Palestinian villages, one of which has been cleansed of its r…
US clears $5B in JDAMs for Saudi Arabia, other Middle East deals (2026-09-04 20:24 UTC)
Kurz: Roughly $6.1 billion of military equipment was cleared for potential sales to Saudi Arabia, Oman and Iraq, spanning precision munitions to fighter jet sustainment, according to the State Department.
U.S., Iran Trade Strikes in Strait of Hormuz as Both Battle on Social Media (2026-09-04 16:33 UTC)
Kurz: The U.S. resumed attacking Iranian targets along the Strait of Hormuz this week as tensions over the waterway rose once again. In a video published by U.S. Central Command on the social media site X, the U.S. military announced that it hit a number of Iranian targets, including t…
US investigates whether its forces struck wedding in Iran (2026-09-04 13:18 UTC)
Kurz: The United States is looking into claims that American forces killed several Iranian civilians this week in a strike on a wedding, according to Vice President JD Vance.
West Bank: UN rights report warns of forcible displacement from three refugee camps (2026-09-04 12:00 UTC)
Kurz: Israeli security forces forcibly displaced the entire population of three Palestine refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and February last year – and continue to prevent their return, in violation of international law, according to a new report by the UN human right…
Sudanese anti-war forces reject AU backing for El Burhan dialogue (2026-09-03 20:39 UTC)
Kurz: Sudanese anti-war political and civil forces have rejected the African Union’s endorsement of a “Sudanese-Sudanese… The post Sudanese anti-war forces reject AU backing for El Burhan dialogue appeared first on Dabanga Radio TV Online .
People in El Obeid have limited services as drone attacks intensify (2026-07-20 12:34 UTC)
Kurz: Half a million people in El-Obeid, North Kordofan state, Sudan, are facing limited basic services as drone strikes from the Rapid Support Forces intensify. Liesbeth Aelbrecht details the impact on people.
Video of US flag desecration by Somali army trio sparks uproar amid stepped-up support (2026-07-13 11:07 UTC)
Kurz: Troops involved in a video that showed the American flag being stepped on and kicked were detained and an investigation is underway, the Somali defense ministry said.
Typhoon Saudel: days of flooding trigger fatal landslide in central China (2026-09-05 04:44 UTC)
Kurz: At least one person was killed and 11 are missing after they were buried by a landslide in central China as the region continued to battle severe flooding caused by Typhoon Saudel. The landslide hit Gaoping, a town in a mountainous area of Jiangxi province, at around 4am on Satur…
White House, Caracas release details on historic US-Venezuela oil deal (2026-09-02 18:46 UTC)
Kurz: President Donald Trump announced on August 28 that the United States had reached a sweeping oil agreement with Venezuela that grants American interests majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven reserves. The US described the agreement as part of a 25-year strat…
Kurz: A journalist and vocal critic of the Tunisian president, Mohamed Yousfi has been taken into custody ahead of an interview. A union called the arrest an attack on all journalists’ rights.