In an Al Arabiya interview, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed that Saudi Arabia steadfastly upholds its support for Palestine, prioritizing the establishment of a Palestinian state above all other interests.
According to Maar News, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Iran’s president that he views Tehran’s nuclear program as peaceful and supports its right to continue it. He also expressed worry about the consequences of reinstating snapback sanctions. In reply, Iran’s president thanked Guterres for opposing Israel’s actions in Gaza and urged him to adopt a stronger stance against Israel.
The Houthis have released a list of 12 senior officials killed in Thursday’s Israeli strike on Sanaa, including the Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, and Ministers of Economy, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Tourism, Sports, Labor, Justice, Energy, and Information. Israel claims military leaders were also targeted, but the Houthis have not yet disclosed their names.
Putin, Xi Jinping, and Narendra Modi are in China for the SCO summit. With increasing tariff pressure from Trump on China and India, both nations are rapidly growing closer. This marks Modi's first visit to China in seven years. Both countries are economically supporting Russia.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump will hold his second meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and leaders from the “Coalition of the Willing” in Paris on Thursday, September 4. The meeting will focus on security guarantees for Ukraine, with expected attendees including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
France and Germany have launched a new initiative to create a European early-warning system, called JEWEL, independent of NATO, NORAD, and U.S. systems. It will feature space-based satellite missile early-warning and defense capabilities under the “ODIN’S EYE I/II Project” and ground-based radars across Europe. Both nations have invited other EU and NATO countries to join the project.
The U.S. Army Pacific announced that the 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3rd MDTF) will deploy its "Typhon" Strategic Mid-range Fires System (SMRF) to Japan for the first time during the Resolute Dragon 25 exercise, set for September 11-25. This deployment will place the system's Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAM), with a range exceeding 1,000 miles, and SM-6 missiles, with a range of up to 300 miles, within striking distance of targets in China, North Korea, and Russia. The move has prompted responses from the Chinese and Russian Defense Ministries, urging Japan to adhere to its post-World War II "commitments to peace."
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's eastern provinces, killing at least 300 people and injuring 500 others, according to a Pakistani official cited by BNO News on Monday morning.
A patrol boat operated by soldiers of the Guyanese Defense Force and officers of the Guyanese Police Force reportedly came under fire today from the Venezuelan-side of the Cuyuni River in the Essequibo Region, while escorting a boat containing election officials and polling supplies for Guyana’s Presidential Election on September 1st. “The patrol immediately returned fire and successfully maneuvered the escort team out of danger. No injuries were sustained by any personnel, and no election materials were damaged or compromised,” according to a joint-statement from the Defense Ministry and Police Service.
