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Officials in Moscow have announced a new record victory for the Kremlin-controlled United Russia party in what the European Union dismissed as "sham elections" on September 21.

An Ebola vaccine trial is underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), involving frontline health workers and others involved in the response.

Smugglers and criminal networks operate across borders, exploiting gaps. Governments must respond the same way with solutions across the routes people travel. That is the message IOM Director General Amy Pope is bringing to the UN General Assembly this week.

The UN has condemned continued cross-border attacks by Houthi forces against Saudi Arabia, including an attempted strike on the capital Riyadh, as fighting inside Yemen drives one of the country's fastest displacement surges in years.

The latest data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) show that 129,438 people, or 21,573 households, have been displaced across seven governorates in Yemen as families flee escalating insecurity.

More than 5.1 million people have returned to their areas of origin in Sudan, while 8.6 million remain displaced, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today. Many are going back to a country still wracked by conflict, where damaged homes, schools and clinics cannot meet the needs. Without urgent support, families risk being uprooted again.

A vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an "unknown projectile," injuring two crew members, a British maritime agency said.

A tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile Monday, leaving two crew members with minor injuries, Anadolu agency reported citing the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Monday that it intercepted and destroyed a US Army MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian media.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Army Major General Amir Hatami has said any aggression against the security and territorial integrity of Iran will face a decisive and regret-inducing response.

Iran's Acting Defense Minister Brigadier General Majid Ibn al-Reza has said the eight-year Sacred Defense was more than a historical period of resistance, describing it as a school of experience, self-confidence, sacrifice and responsibility that shaped the country's subsequent defense path.

The commander of Iran Navy Southern Fleet says that resistance of the Iranian nation during the recent war disrupted the enemy's calculations and prevented the realization of its strategic objectives.

The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and Khatam al-Anbya Central Headquarters have issued a statement, pledging a strong response to any new act of aggression against Iran that will deal a heavy blow to aggressors, particularly the United States and Israel.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf says the United States appears to project hegemony and superior power but is in reality "fully exposed."

UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on Iran. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Kumar Iyer.

After getting engaged last year, Ramin, an Iranian pharmaceutical salesman, had planned to get married this year. Instead, as soaring inflation has upended everyday life in Iran, the couple's goal now is "just to survive."

The U.S. Army announced today that Hanwha Defense USA will establish its new Advanced Manufacturing Campus Administrative Headquarters at Pine Bluff Arsenal, marking the initial step in a planned long-term industrial cooperation.

U.S. Navy Adm. Rich Correll, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, hosted a Component Commanders Conference with key leaders from the USSTRATCOM Joint Force air and maritime components, 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber), and U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Sept. 10 at USSTRATCOM headquarters.

As the Department of the Air Force works to build a more connected and resilient Battle Network, military and industry leaders focused on one central challenge: how to move capability to the warfighter faster during a panel at the Air and Space Forces Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Sept. 15.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) completed a scheduled port visit in Limassol, Cyprus, Sept. 17, 2026.