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Former President Donald Trump said the United States is monitoring all Iranian activity and threatened additional military strikes, escalating rhetoric between the two countries.
The Dutch central bank (DNB) has confirmed it moved 86 tonnes of gold from the United States and Canada to London in a complex operation completed this August, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest” and a desire to make the reserves more easily tradeable in a crisis. The transfer, which involved both physical relocation and financial transactions, comes amid escalating trade tensions between the US and Canada and persistent uncertainty over the US economy tied to its war with Iran.
Saudi Arabia has condemned what it says was an Iranian attack on a Saudi-owned supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz that killed two Filipino sailors, as the US and Iran traded air strikes in the region's worst escalation since July.
Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, has said the government is seeking Donald Trump's support for a plan to forcibly expel Palestinians from Gaza, describing it as the only viable solution. The plan has been widely condemned as a potential war crime under international law.
A signing ceremony has been held for a deal that will see the United States control approximately one-fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves, according to Al Jazeera video footage published Wednesday. The report was one of several breaking news items compiled by the outlet, including the hospitalisation of over 500 students in Indonesia, a deadly bus crash in Egypt's Sinai, actor George Clooney's criticism of the US government, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's declaration from Gaza that Israel is not withdrawing.
Despite the U.S. ambassador's confidence that the India-U.S. trade agreement is nearly finalized, two punitive trade measures from Washington threaten to derail the pact before it is signed, according to a analysis in The Diplomat.
A new report from Washington-based consultancy Scalare Advisors reveals that China supplies more than 70% of the active ingredients for antibiotics imported into the United States, with three of the most commonly prescribed outpatient drugs—amoxicillin, azithromycin, and ciprofloxacin—all dependent on Chinese-made components. The findings come weeks before Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to visit Washington on September 24 for his first trip to the U.S. capital in over a decade, reigniting concerns about Beijing's potential to use pharmaceutical supply chains as leverage.
The heads of NATO and the European Commission have promised a stepped-up response to Russia after Germany formally blamed Moscow for a failed drone attack on Leipzig/Halle airport last month, calling it a dangerous escalation on European Union soil.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to confirm whether Moscow might strike military facilities in the UK in response to British arms supplies to Ukraine, answering a direct question on the matter with just four words: "That's a secret. A military secret." BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg says the deliberate ambiguity is part of a Kremlin campaign of psychological pressure designed to keep Britain guessing and to make it think twice about its support for Ukraine.
Vice-President JD Vance has confirmed the US military is investigating Iranian claims that a US missile strike killed at least four people at a wedding in southern Iran, as Tehran launched fresh attacks on American bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in retaliation.
Vanuatu has filed a case at the International Court of Justice over a long-running boundary dispute concerning two small islands, a move being closely monitored by other Pacific states with their own territorial claims.
Russia's homegrown alternative to Starlink, the Rassvet satellite constellation, has hit another major hurdle after the entire second batch of 16 satellites failed to reach their operational altitude, according to the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW), citing data from satellite tracker N2YO. Many of the satellites ended up at altitudes between 300 and 400 kilometres, well short of the 870 km target, and two are already experiencing orbital decay and falling back to Earth.
EU foreign ministers are meeting in Ireland to discuss a response to last month's drone attack in Leipzig, Germany, after Berlin formally blamed Moscow for the incident. The EU's foreign policy chief opened the talks by describing the attack as bearing 'all the hallmarks of state sponsored terrorism.'
Germany has accused Russia of preparing hybrid attacks in response to its continued support for Ukraine, according to a report published by Al Jazeera on September 2, 2026. The brief report carries the headline but provides no further details on the nature of the alleged threats or specific evidence.
The Trump administration has completed a sweeping oil agreement with Venezuela's interim government, granting a US-led consortium century-long rights to develop 17 oilfields containing an estimated 65 billion barrels of crude — a deal President Donald Trump has called "the biggest oil deal in world history."
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned airlines that Russian airspace is becoming "effectively closing" as Ukraine escalates its drone strikes, telling carriers and insurers that "the Russian sky is becoming completely dangerous."
The United States launched major strikes against Iran's Revolutionary Guards on September 1, its first such action since late July, after Washington said it was responding to attempted attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media reported explosions near the port of Bandar Abbas and at other locations.
The United States has launched new strikes on Iran, according to Iranian state media, while the US denies that its bases in Jordan were hit in a separate incident. Video footage shows the moment of an attack on an Iranian port city that hit a wedding party.
Al Jazeera has published video footage showing US strikes on an Iranian port city striking a wedding party, according to the broadcaster's September 1 newsfeed. The short clip, part of a roundup of conflict videos, also includes reports on Ukrainian drone operations, a Colombian car bomb, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, and a munitions explosion in Idlib.
The United States has launched fresh strikes against Iranian forces, including an attack on Larak Island, reigniting heavy warfare between the two countries. President Donald Trump said the strikes were in retaliation for Iranian attempts to mine the Strait of Hormuz and an earlier assault on a US military base.
The Australian share market is expected to drop sharply on Wednesday after the US military conducted fresh strikes against Iran, sending oil prices to a two-month high and triggering a global bond sell-off and significant losses on Wall Street.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Egypt for his first state visit in ten years, aiming to deepen economic cooperation and coordinate strategies as the Middle East faces heightened instability.
Iranian state media has announced numerous US strikes on the country, according to a report from Al Jazeera. No further details about the timing, location, or scale of the strikes were included in the brief report.
The German government has formally accused Russia of orchestrating last month's failed drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, ordering retaliatory measures including the closure of Russia's consulate in Bonn and tighter entry controls for Russian nationals. The announcement has ignited a fresh political firestorm, with both the far-right and far-left attacking the government's tougher stance just days before a key regional vote, exposing a deepening divide in German politics over relations with Moscow.
Russia has opened a deadly new phase in its war against Ukraine by deliberately targeting the country's railway network, with six employees killed on Tuesday when a ballistic missile struck a locomotive depot, according to Ukraine's state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia. The attack was part of a massive bombardment of Kyiv and the surrounding region that killed at least 12 people and wounded a dozen, including three children.
American forces resumed strikes against Iran on Tuesday, targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in response to what the US says were recent attempted attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and US service members. Iran's state media reported four projectiles hit the counties of Chabahar and Konarak, while the IRGC warned the US would regret the strikes.
The United States military has begun striking targets in Iran, according to a statement from US Central Command (CENTCOM) on September 1, 2026, marking a dramatic escalation in the long-running confrontation between Washington and Tehran.
Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, has announced the capture of a senior Hamas commander following a raid by Israeli special forces and an Israel-backed Palestinian militia in Gaza City, while concurrent air strikes reportedly killed at least two children and a woman, according to local medics.
Al Jazeera's September 1 video newsfeed highlights a UK Foreign Secretary’s condemnation of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, an Irish minister’s call for EU trade bans on settlements, ongoing Russian strikes on Kyiv, and Israeli strikes on Mansouri, alongside reports of Palestinian olive trees bulldozed by Israeli forces.
Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital for more than 12 hours overnight and into Tuesday, killing at least a dozen people in an unprecedented sixth straight day of heavy aerial attacks on Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said. The strikes, which targeted eight other regions as well, wounded more than a dozen people including three children, just as millions of schoolchildren returned to classes for the new school year.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has rebuked the Trump administration and called on US officials to 'start being serious,' days before Canada is set to retaliate against sweeping US tariffs with its own duties on American goods.
Donald Trump has hinted he would not come to the UK's aid in a potential future conflict with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, citing Britain's failure to support the US during its war with Iran. In an interview with GB News, the US president said the UK 'was not there to help me' and questioned why the then-prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, did not send 'a couple of ships' when asked by Nato.
US President Donald Trump has said the United States' position on the Falkland Islands is among a number of policies under review, following reports that American defence officials have considered opposing UK sovereignty over the territory as a way to pressure Britain to increase its military budget.
At least 12 people have been killed and 20 injured, including two children, in an overnight Russian missile and drone barrage targeting Kyiv and the surrounding region, Ukrainian officials say. Six of the dead were railway workers after a depot of the state-owned Ukrzaliznytsia was struck in the capital, while four more died when a residential building was hit in the nearby town of Boryspil.
At least two Palestinian children and a woman have been killed by Israeli fire in western Gaza City, according to Palestinian medics, with unconfirmed reports suggesting an Israel-backed Palestinian militia conducted a raid that triggered Israeli shelling and air strikes. A third child was killed in a separate incident in central Gaza.
Vice President Vance said Monday that President Trump's posting of an apparent AI-generated video showing Iran's Kharg Island being attacked was intended as a message to Tehran, though he stressed it did not constitute an announcement of military action.
President Donald Trump has vowed to strike Iran 'hard' after the United States and Iran exchanged strikes late Sunday, with the President saying there will be a response to Iranian attacks on US personnel in Jordan.
Devastating floods and landslides sweeping the Himalayas have killed and left hundreds missing across Tibet and Nepal, with the disaster exposing stark disparities in information access: open reporting from Nepal contrasts with tightly controlled state media inside Tibet, where Beijing's longstanding restrictions on foreign journalists and independent organizations remain in place.
The United States and Iran engaged in an exchange of strikes overnight, breaking a monthlong period of calm in the six-month-old conflict, according to reports.
Al Jazeera has published a video report titled 'War on Iran: US bombs Iran', showing what it describes as US airstrikes on Iranian targets. The three-minute-57-second footage, released on August 31, provides visual coverage of the strikes but no further details on targets, casualties or the strategic rationale have been confirmed.
President Donald Trump has warned that the United States is monitoring ‘everything’ Iran does and threatened further military action, days after US and Iranian forces exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in a month.
Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung appeared at the opening ceremony of the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau on Monday, drawing an immediate warning from China's top Pacific envoy that there would be "consequences" for the move.
Japan’s Ministry of Defense on August 31 submitted a record fiscal year 2027 budget request of roughly 8.9 trillion yen ($55.5 billion), but officials have signaled the figure is an opening bid, with the final budget expected to exceed 10 trillion yen for the first time as the government plans a major revision of its national security strategy by the end of 2026.
The United States has launched a new sanctions campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Economic Outcast, even as the country already faces runaway food inflation, closed petrol stations, and a severe depreciation of its currency due to depleted foreign exchange reserves.
The German government has directly accused Russia of orchestrating a drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month, prompting a package of diplomatic reprisals including the closure of Russia's consulate in Bonn and the termination of the lease for the Russian House cultural centre in Berlin.
Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan held the first meeting of the Mecca defence pact on August 31, 2026, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, according to reports from Al Jazeera.
Iran has attacked an American remotely-operated naval vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported Sunday, marking the latest escalation after U.S. strikes on an Iranian island killed two people. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for the attack on the U.S. ship, according to Iranian state-run outlet Press TV. The development comes as the United Arab Emirates said it intercepted an Iranian drone over its waters, and as Iran confirmed two casualties from U.S. strikes on Larak Island late Sunday.
The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has warned G20 members that advanced “frontier” artificial intelligence models pose a growing threat to global financial stability, citing their increasing autonomy, problem-solving abilities and potential to spread cyber-disruption across jurisdictions.