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- Sunday, 4 October 2026 · Lead Story
Brazil goes to the polls: almost 159 million voters choose between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro
Outgoing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faces Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and ten other candidates; if no one surpasses 50%, a runoff will be held on October 25.
- Saturday, 3 October 2026 · Analysis
Brazil goes to the polls on Sunday: over 158 million voters called to vote
A story the morning news did not report: the first round of Brazil's general election opens on Sunday, October 4.
- Saturday, 3 October 2026 · Analysis
Kyiv hit overnight: a residential building and the South Bridge targeted by Russian drones
An attack with Shahed drones damaged a 25-storey building in the Ukrainian capital and repeatedly struck the bridge over the Dnipro. Zelensky speaks of more than one hundred drones launched against the country in a single night.
- Friday, 2 October 2026 · Lead Story
Hormuz, new attack on an oil tanker as Washington increases pressure on Tehran
A supertanker hit in the Strait of Hormuz and a raid claimed by the Houthis on Sanaa aggravate the Middle Eastern picture described this morning; Trump warns Iran over the Flydubai flight case.
- Friday, 2 October 2026 · Lead Story
Washington deploys a third aircraft carrier in the Gulf as a tanker burns in Hormuz
The Pentagon is sending the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and thousands of Marines toward the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, while Tehran reports a fire aboard a supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Thursday, 1 October 2026 · Lead Story
Kyiv under Russian missile attack, at least four dead
A massive bombardment with missiles and drones hits the Ukrainian capital and surrounding areas, while the EU confirms financial support for Kyiv for the 2026-2027 biennium.
- Thursday, 1 October 2026 · Lead Story
Iran-United States war: Tehran receives Washington's response, no outcome disclosed
After seven months of open conflict, Iran has received the official U.S. response to its latest proposal to end the war; President Pezeshkian calls for an agreement beneficial to both sides, while Trump had already rejected a seven-day truce.
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · Analysis
Drone strikes Yaroslavl refinery in Russia, gasoline scarce at one station in two
On the night between September 16 and 17, a Ukrainian attack damaged a Russian refining plant, while an independent analysis points to widespread fuel shortages across the country.
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · Analysis
US Congress approves new sanctions against Russia, tariffs of up to 100%
The US House of Representatives adopted the package already approved by the Senate: it targets the Russian "shadow fleet" for the first time and authorizes tariffs of up to 100% on imports from the largest buyers of Russian gas and oil.
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · Analysis
The energy truce lasts 48 hours: Russian raid overnight, at least nine dead
Less than two days after Trump's announcement of an energy truce between Moscow and Kyiv, Russia launched up to 200 drones against Ukrainian infrastructure. Kyiv denounces the violation of the agreement.
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree stated that the group struck an air base in Khamis Mushait and Aramco facilities in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Riyadh has not confirmed the attack. European Commission President von der Leyen condemned the action, expressing solidarity with Gulf partners. The news comes from a single source (Reuters news agency, Houthi spokesman); no independent confirmation available. (Boursorama/Reuters)
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The UN fact-finding mission on Sudan reports the growing use of long-range drones by the army and paramilitaries, beyond front lines. In El-Obeid, a maternity ward suspended operations after an attack by paramilitary forces; in Yabus, in Blue Nile state, drones operated by the armed forces struck a market and water infrastructure. The mission believes it has reasonable grounds to believe serious violations have occurred. (UN News)
- Wednesday, 16 September 2026 · Lead Story
Russian drone shot down over Lithuania, Washington accuses Moscow of assassination plots
Two Italian Nato fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace shortly before the arrival of minister Crosetto; the same day the US Department of Justice unsealed charges against a network linked to Russian intelligence services.
- Wednesday, 16 September 2026 · Analysis
Gaza, new Israeli raids eleven months after the ceasefire
Attacks in the northern Strip on September 15 caused new casualties, including a child, while the overall death toll since the October 2025 agreement exceeds one thousand Palestinian victims.
- Tuesday, 15 September 2026 · Analysis
Energy truce between Kyiv and Moscow, Zelensky demands verifiable guarantees
Trump announces on Truth Social an agreement between Ukraine and Russia not to strike each other's energy infrastructure. Zelensky confirms Kyiv's openness but sets a condition: Russia's commitment must be real and verifiable before it can be considered secured.
- Tuesday, 15 September 2026 · Lead Story
Supreme Court leaves new mail-in ballot envelope rule blocked
With an order dated September 14, 2026, in Postal Service v. California, the USPS crackdown on ballots mailed for postal voting remains blocked. The measure does not apply while litigation continues.
- Monday, 14 September 2026 · Lead Story
Trump on Iranian oil: stay "and keep the oil," and tells Kyiv to stop strikes on refineries
The US president links the worldwide rise in diesel prices to Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries and floats the possibility of an American presence remaining in Iran. Meanwhile Brent crude tops $107 after the closure of the Saudi pipeline to the Red Sea.
- Monday, 14 September 2026 · Lead Story
Ukraine, 129 drones overnight and a train to Warsaw hit two kilometres from Poland
Kyiv's Air Force reports a combined drone and missile attack. A munition struck the locomotive of a passenger train in Volhynia. In Berlin, German services link an attempted sabotage of a Ukrainian cargo plane in Leipzig to the GRU.
- Monday, 14 September 2026 · Analysis
Salalah, the Iran-Gulf states summit on Hormuz is postponed with no new date
The announcement from the Omani foreign minister came late in the evening of September 13. Tehran attributes the request to some countries in the region. Oil rises as markets reopen, with the Saudi East-West pipeline shut since the weekend.
- Sunday, 13 September 2026 · Lead Story
BRICS summit in New Delhi: India presides, Putin, Xi and Pezeshkian at the table
The eighteenth annual meeting of the bloc has opened, with more than a dozen heads of state and government and a security deployment of about thirty thousand additional officers. The declared agenda covers trade, investment and ongoing conflicts; the concluding texts are not yet available.
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