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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.
Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge of collusion with foreign entities under Beijing's National Security Law, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The 29-year-old, already serving a four-year-and-eight-month term for subversion, entered the plea in a Hong Kong court, which said sentencing would occur at a later date.
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.
Australia’s economy grew a stronger-than-expected 2.1% over the 2025-26 financial year, and 0.4% in the June quarter, data released Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. The figures beat economist forecasts of 1.8% annual and 0.3% quarterly growth, prompting traders to lift the implied probability of a September rate hike by the Reserve Bank to about 70%, up from 50% before the release.
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is nominating Hung Cao to serve as permanent Navy Secretary, elevating the acting secretary and Navy combat veteran to the role as the Pentagon undergoes a leadership shake-up and the war against Iran shows signs of stalling.
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.
A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging California's policy of allowing transgender youth to participate in school sports teams that match their gender, delivering a significant victory for LGBTQ+ rights and a legal setback for the Department of Justice.
A Utah judge has ruled that Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a campus debate in September 2025, can face the death penalty if convicted, after prosecutors presented evidence they called 'overwhelming' of a capital crime. The ruling was made at a hearing on Tuesday, local time, where prosecutors outlined their case that Robinson's actions endangered the lives of thousands at the event.
South African mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has announced plans to restart the historic Mount Lyell copper mine near Queenstown, Tasmania, creating more than 300 jobs and marking a major revival for the region's economy after the mine entered care and maintenance in 2014 following three worker deaths and a rockfall.
Former radio shock jock Ray Hadley has concluded his evidence in the trial of his former colleague Alan Jones, after a dramatic cross-examination in which he was shown expletive-laden messages he sent about a complainant. The trial, now in its fifth week, continues in Sydney.
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 New South Wales Ombudsman has found that more than a third of all reports raising concerns about the future welfare of unborn children were closed without investigation due to a shortage of allocated caseworkers, and that some families were unlawfully compelled to participate in prenatal casework without their consent.
French cold case investigators are examining a Luger pistol recovered from Lake Annecy, a potential new clue in the 14-year-old murder of British-Iraqi engineer Saad al-Hilli, his wife and mother-in-law, along with a passing cyclist. The weapon was found by British tourists on 20 August near the campsite where the al-Hillis had been staying.
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.
Ariana Grande completed her Eternal Sunshine tour on Tuesday night with an emotional performance at London's O2 Arena, after which she will begin a previously announced break from public-facing appearances. The singer was close to tears during several songs, including 'One Last Time,' which has become an anthem for survivors of the 2017 Manchester terror attack.
Australian Federal Police officers have raided the Melbourne home of former CFMEU official John Perkovic as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption in Victoria’s building industry. At least half a dozen officers and a sniffer dog arrived at Perkovic’s Keilor property early this morning, searching the backyard and a black Range Rover SUV in the driveway before he left the house.
Decades-old photographs of Aboriginal workers and communities during and after the landmark 1946 Pilbara strike have been discovered in an attic more than 1,500 kilometres from Roebourne, Western Australia, and are now on display for the first time at the University of Western Australia’s Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery in Perth. The images, taken by an anthropologist during the 1950s and 1960s, capture a forgotten chapter of Indigenous resistance and self-determination that helped launch the broader land rights movement.
Near a flood-destroyed Nepalese town that is the last known location of an Australian family on a Hindu pilgrimage, South-East Asia correspondent Zach Hope has found communities struggling to understand the devastation. Among the grieving is five-year-old Sonam, who is waiting for her father and does not yet know he will never come home.
Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has resigned after 18 months in the role, following months of internal clashes with Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth, the White House confirmed Monday night. The departure has prompted warnings from Senate Democrats that Hegseth is 'hollowing out' the Army's senior leadership, with no official reason provided for Driscoll's exit.
The U.S. State Department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status, marking a significant step toward enforcing President Donald Trump's latest executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship.
Iranian state media has announced numerous US strikes on the country, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned airlines about Ukrainian drones targeting Russian airspace, according to video reports from Al Jazeera on Tuesday. Other developments include a deadly car bomb attack at a Colombian police station, Palestinian mourning after Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first visit to Egypt in a decade.
The Australian government is set to pledge $600 million for a new Pacific scheme aimed at combating the surge of drug smuggling into the region, including Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce the investment at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, as leaders endorse the 'Waqa Moana' initiative to boost surveillance, intercept smuggling vessels and support regional police forces.
Australia's artificial intelligence boom is intensifying a national shortage of electricians and technicians, pitting the construction of data centres against the government's housing and renewable energy targets, according to a new report from the Powering Skills Organisation (PSO).
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.
The New South Wales government has made pill testing a permanent fixture at music festivals, announcing the service will be offered at up to 15 events per year starting in October. The decision follows a year-long trial that recorded a significant drop in drug-related hospital presentations.
An Aboriginal woman whose human rights were violated during an illegal strip search at Canberra's jail has launched fresh legal proceedings in the Federal Court, seeking compensatory damages from the ACT government after a previous bid for an ex-gratia payment stalled.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $600 million package to combat transnational drug trafficking through the Pacific, while activist Chanel Contos has separately urged the government to address the harmful influence of online 'manosphere' communities.
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.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian airspace is becoming unsafe for commercial airlines, as the Kremlin escalates its rhetoric ahead of winter. In a briefing on September 2, Zelenskyy urged the aviation industry to account for the growing number of Ukrainian attack drones operating inside Russia, while emphasizing there is no intention to threaten civilian flights directly. Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin promised to step up strikes against Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
The US military has released a video showing some of its latest strikes on Iran, following earlier reports from Iranian state media announcing numerous US strikes on the country. The footage, posted by the Pentagon, provides a visual record of the operations, though no further details on targets or casualties have been disclosed.
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.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has excluded two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania health officials from its latest national surveillance data, publicly challenging the state's determinations in a move that breaks with the long-standing precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death reporting. The decision, reported by The New York Times and The Washington Post, was ordered by the CDC's new director, Erica Schwartz, who is less than a month into the job.
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.
A Turkish deep-sea search and rescue vessel is on its way to Cyprus as efforts intensify to retrieve the 20 people still missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the island's northern coast on Sunday. The TCG Isin will join the vast operation to locate the vessel's voyage data recorder, lying 514 metres below the surface.
The US military has begun striking targets in Iran, according to CENTCOM, while simultaneous humanitarian crises unfold in Nepal and Cyprus. Iran and Russia have vowed to stand against US 'unilateralism,' and the UK Foreign Secretary has condemned Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The US House of Representatives voted 370-48 on Tuesday to pass a continuing resolution funding the federal government through 11 December, defusing the immediate threat of a shutdown just weeks before the November midterm elections.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham, in his first Commons appearance since taking office six weeks ago, blamed Brexit and the legacy of Margaret Thatcher for a decade of low growth in the UK, calling for a 'brutally honest' reckoning with what he described as a 'series of wrong turns' over the last 40 years.
Al Jazeera's September 1 newsfeed reported the UK Foreign Secretary condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, an Irish minister calling for EU action to ban trade with settlements, Iran and Russia vowing to stand against US 'unilateralism', six days of Russian strikes pushing Kyiv residents to consider leaving, and renewed Israeli strikes rocking the Lebanese town of Mansouri as residents flee again.
More than 170 prominent Jewish artists, including filmmakers Todd Haynes and Joel Coen, have signed an open letter supporting actor Mark Ruffalo after he faced accusations of invoking antisemitic tropes in his criticism of Paramount Skydance and its owner, David Ellison, a close ally of Donald Trump.
Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security have voiced strong opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves for agents, after the agency awarded a $16.7 million contract to Compliant Technologies LLC for 6,000 pairs of the devices.
A September 1 Al Jazeera newsfeed reports ongoing Israeli strikes on Mansouri, forcing residents to flee again, alongside developments including UK condemnation of Israeli settlements, Irish calls for an EU ban on settlement trade, new Russian strikes pushing Kyiv residents to consider leaving, and a joint Iran-Russia pledge to oppose US 'unilateralism'.
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.
A whistleblower has told Congress that a new system for screening millions of mail-in ballots ahead of November's US midterm elections was assembled so hastily, and tested so little, that a single scanning glitch could see entire batches of ballots rejected — prompting a US senator to warn that the project, described as a key part of Donald Trump's voting restrictions, is 'perilously rushed and potentially unlawful.'
The United States, the United Kingdom and France all recorded their hottest summers in 2026, with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reporting on Wednesday that the average temperature for meteorological summer was 74.4 degrees Fahrenheit — 3 degrees above average and the highest in 132 years. The new data follows the UK Met Office's confirmation earlier this month that summer 2026 was Britain's hottest on record, and comes as UK insurers report a surge in subsidence claims from homeowners.
Al Jazeera's latest video newsfeed, published September 1, 2026, highlights multiple ongoing crises: six days of Russian strikes pushing Kyiv residents to consider evacuation, UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Iran and Russia vowing to stand against US 'unilateralism', and renewed Israeli airstrikes in Mansouri, Lebanon.
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.