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The Estonian Foreign Ministry summoned the chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of the Russian Federation today, 29 September, to express its strong condemnation of the arson attack carried out against defence industry company Milrem Robotics last month. According to information gathered by the Estonian Internal Security Service, the incident was an act of sabotage ordered by the Russian Federation.

Taiwan's plan to open a second trade office in the Philippines is an example of Manila and Taipei accelerating cooperation in response to Chinese pressure in the South China Sea, analysts told Radio Free Asia.

A Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber has crashed during a training flight, killing at least six crew members and injuring another, Russia's Defense Ministry says.

In less than five weeks, Americans will head to the polls for the U.S. midterm elections.

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned nearly 50 targets who serve as leaders or facilitators for the Sinaloa Cartel. The 21 individuals and 25 entities designated include cartel leader Ismael Zambada Sicairos (a.k.a. "Mayito Flaco"), members of his innermost circle, and the Tijuana-based cell leaders, money launderers, and corrupt politicians who permit the Sinaloa Cartel to operate with impunity just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

British police have released on bail five men arrested near a Royal Air Force base used by the United States, as Washington claimed that a foreign actor may have been involved in the suspected plot.

Haji Mohammad Shafi spent 44 years in Pakistan before he was forced to leave. He sold everything he owned and returned to Afghanistan with his five children, arriving with almost nothing.

Heavy fighting in Yemen is fuelling concerns of an uptick in cholera, measles and other preventable diseases, as overcrowding at displacement sites threatens to overwhelm the limited healthcare services still open.

The Security Council today renewed the mandate of the Gang Suppression Force in Haiti for six months, as speakers called for its rapid deployment to reclaim territory from armed gangs, restore State authority and create conditions for elections.

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says Saudi Arabia has carried out 35 air strikes against civilian infrastructure and non-military installations across five Yemeni provinces over the past 24 hours, as intensified fighting and aerial attacks continue on several fronts.

US President Donald Trump says he offered Iran no concessions to end the seven-month war, rejecting media reports that Washington was prepared to ease sanctions and release frozen Iranian funds in return for progress on Tehran's nuclear program.

In support of Operation Economic Outcast, today the United States is sanctioning eight entities and five individuals in relation to Iran's procurement and proliferation of weapons and weapons components, in violation of the renewed UN measures.

Today, following the one-year anniversary of the reimposition of the UN sanctions and restrictive measures on Iran, the Department of State is designating one Iran-based entity and two Russia-based entities involved in facilitating Iran's military procurement efforts and the transport of arms and related materiel to and from Iran, including violations of the renewed UN measures.

Iran has conveyed its conditions to the United States, but US President Donald Trump is unable to make a decision, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Major General Mohsen Rezaei has said.

The Iranian Army has demanded that Qatar assume greater responsibility in determining the fate of three missing Iranian aviators whose bomber was shot down over the Persian Gulf after successfully striking the US Al Udeid Air Base.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has warned of reciprocal consequences for the countries seeking to disrupt Iran's oil sales and undermine its security.

A senior Iranian military commander says enemies do not disclose their casualties, stressing that the enemies have failed to achieve their objectives in all imposed wars.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran's position on nuclear issues and reopening the Strait of Hormuz has not changed or been compromised, stressing that Iran has conveyed its seven-point proposal to the US and is awaiting an official response from Washington, expected to be delivered through intermediaries on Tuesday.

Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani warned on September 29 that damage to energy infrastructure during the war could cause gas supply problems in the country's northern provinces this winter.

Tether, the company behind USDT, the world's largest dollar-backed stablecoin, said on September 28 that it had supported the freezing of nearly $550 million in cryptocurrency linked to Iran this year, including assets associated with the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian sanctions networks.