Russia loses 1,500 troops in war against Ukraine over past 24 hours (2026-09-12 05:37 UTC)
Kurz: The total combat losses of Russian forces in personnel from February 24, 2022, to September 12, 2026, reached approximately 1,505,380, including 1,500 killed or wounded over the past 24 hours.
Fires reported at manufacturing sites in Russia following Ukrainian drone strikes (2026-09-12 03:47 UTC)
Kurz: Ukrainian forces appear to have struck industrial sites in the Russian cities of Tolyatti and Taganrog on Sept. 12, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
Xi Jinping heads to India for BRICS summit overshadowed by war (2026-09-12 02:20 UTC)
Kurz: Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global trade turbulence and energy security, are expected to dominate the two-day meeting of the 11-nation bloc.
Half a million Russian troops killed since start of full-scale invasion of Ukraine, British intel reports (2026-09-12 01:52 UTC)
Kurz: UK intelligence said the number of Russian casualties, meaning killed, wounded, and missing, is thought to be 1.5 million since February 2022, matching Ukrainian estimates.
Hormuz will remain under Iran’s full control, Baghaei says (2026-09-12 06:05 UTC)
Kurz: Hormuz will remain under Iran’s full control, Baghaei says Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, has said the Strait of Hormuz remains and will remain under Iran’s full control, blaming the US for regional maritime insecurity and rising global fuel prices, Mehr news…
Yemen’s Houthis capture a Red Sea island in threat to shipping (2026-09-12 05:57 UTC)
Kurz: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The move threatens Saudi oil exports through a key commercial lane. And Saudi Arabia said it shut down a major oil pipeline as a precaution after it came under attack.
Iran used Chinese satellite images for attack on US base in Jordan (2026-09-12 05:47 UTC)
Kurz: Iran used Chinese satellite images for attack on US base in Jordan Iran used Chinese satellite images to carry out its attack on an American base in Jordan that killed three US troops in July, Wall Street Journal reported. Citing US officials familiar with details of the incident…
US limits military protection for tankers crossing Hormuz, FT reports (2026-09-12 05:12 UTC)
Kurz: US limits military protection for tankers crossing Hormuz, FT reports The US has asked tankers travelling through the Strait of Hormuz to sail only at specific times to guarantee military protection after Iran stepped up attacks on ships travelling at night, the Financial Times r…
Houthis Make Moves On Red Sea, U.S., Iran Go Tanker for Warship (2026-09-11 21:41 UTC)
Kurz: The Houthis in Yemen have seized Perim Island, a parcel of land that lies in the Red Sea in an amphibious assault, giving the Iranian-backed group a strategic foothold over the Bab el-Mandeb. The Houthis’ push this week – first taking Mocha on the Red Sea’s North Coast, then Peri…
South Sudan: “I can now express my thoughts confidently…” (2026-09-11 16:09 UTC)
Kurz: South Sudan: “I can now express my thoughts confidently…” South Sudan pooled fund gender Jaspreet Kindra 11 Sep. 2026 4.09 p.m. By Fedice Karimi, Communications Officer, Women Agency for Resilience and Transformation (WART), South Sudan
El Burhan says ‘US arms embargo proposal will fail at UN’ (2026-09-11 14:48 UTC)
Kurz: Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Commander and Sovereignty Council President Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan said… The post El Burhan says ‘US arms embargo proposal will fail at UN’ appeared first on Dabanga Radio TV Online .
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.
The other side of 9/11: Afghans reckon with America’s long shadow (2026-09-11 21:36 UTC)
Kurz: It’s been nearly 25 years since the start of the U.S- led invasion of Afghanistan. NPR returns to Kabul to see how Afghans, now back under Taliban rule, are coping with the legacy of that 20 year war.
US wants Taiwan to ‘serve as cannon fodder’ against mainland China: state broadcaster CCTV (2026-09-12 06:00 UTC)
Kurz: “Separatists” and the United States are putting Taiwan in greater danger, China’s state broadcaster CCTV warned on Friday after Washington’s de facto ambassador said the island could convince a potential adversary that landing forces would be very difficult. Raymond Greene, the d…
China targets ‘toxic’ traffic as viral sensations upend daily life and public services (2026-09-12 04:00 UTC)
Kurz: Authorities in China are taking content creators, fan groups and online platforms to task as their aggressive pursuit of online traffic upends lives and public services across the country. State media and local authorities have called on these parties to exercise restraint and st…
Kurz: MANILA, PHILIPPINES – China’s posture at Scarborough Shoal is shifting to better counter Philippine forces at the disputed South China Sea hotspot, according to recent drills. Known to the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc and to China as Huangyan Dao, Scarborough has become the si…
What America’s Adversaries and Allies Hope to Gain at the U.N. General Assembly (2026-09-10 17:30 UTC)
Kurz: This year’s U.N. General Assembly officially opened on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The annual gathering gives diplomats and leaders a valuable opportunity to press their foreign policy priorities and engage — formally and informally — with both partners and adversaries. Most heads of state…
War update: 237 clashes on front lines over past day, enemy most active in Pokrovsk sector (2026-09-12 06:00 UTC)
Kurz: A total of 237 combat clashes between units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line on September 11.
Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors mark 9/11 with counter-terrorism push on AI and drones (2026-09-11 12:00 UTC)
Kurz: The Security Council met to mark 25 years since the 9/11 attacks, with a briefing on counter-terrorism as ambassadors take stock of a threat that has morphed dramatically since resolution 1373 built the council’s counter-terrorism machinery in 2001. Briefers are expected to zero …
The War’s Last Generation Is Still Holding America’s Moral Debt (2026-09-11 07:30 UTC)
Kurz: On the first night of the evacuation of Kabul, Aug. 15, 2021, a young mother found me in the crowd at Hamid Karzai International Airport. She had marked me, correctly, as someone who spoke her language. By the end of the night, she was pressing the body of her dead child into my …