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China is using the world’s most powerful geostationary weather satellite to track severe thunderstorms over Nepal and deliver real-time intelligence as the two countries continue search and rescue operations following last month’s devastating glacier collapse. The Fengyun‑4C satellite – launched in December 2025 and now positioned 36,000km (22,000 miles) above the equator – carries a Lightning Mapping Imager (LMI) that captures 500 frames per second, sifting through 30 gigabits of data every...

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Israeli strikes kill four and destroy hospital in south Lebanon Israeli strikes killed four people and destroyed a hospital in south Lebanon amid relentless bombing of the Nabatieh region, Lebanese media reported.. The ministry reported two people killed in Nabatieh al-Fawqa and two women killed in Arab Salim nearby. Twenty people were also wounded in several locations, including women and three children. In Nabatieh al-Fawqa, an Israeli strike levelled Ghandour Hospital, which had closed several years ago, marking the first time Israel destroys a hospital in Lebanon since 2023, according to L'Orient Today newspaper. Israel said Hezbollah launched two exploding drones towards its soldiers in the occupied "buffer zone".

Economic · Economic

Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh at its annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole last month have reinforced expectations of an impending interest rate rise in the world’s largest economy, which would have significant impacts on assets and investors around the world. While the Fed kept its target rate in the range of 3.5 to 3.75 per cent at its meeting in July, Warsh’s comments last month about it having work to do in controlling inflation have heightened expectations...

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Indonesia halted operations at six airports on Sunday following eruptions from Mount Anak Krakatoa, impacting thousands of passengers. Mount Anak Krakatoa erupted on Saturday, producing a fountain of lava and booming sounds that could be heard up to 700km away, the geology agency said in a statement. Two new eruptions were recorded on Sunday, the volcanology agency warned. Ash from the volcano was detected in the airspace surrounding Soekarno-Hatta International Airport outside Jakarta,...

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Semeru is the fourth highest volcano in Indonesia (3,676 m above sea level) and the highest peak on the island of Java

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Russian forces have attacked border infrastructure in the Izmail district of Odesa Oblast, causing the Orlivka ferry crossing on the border with Romania to suspend operations.

Military · Geopolitical

Morning recap Good morning, Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: * US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the military can attack Iran’s entire oil tanker fleet, after Washington announced strikes on three Iranian vessels following attacks on US warships. * Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy says it struck three oil tankers travelling through “unauthorised” routes in the Strait of Hormuz and three US-affiliated vessels “in other areas”. * Iran’s unified military command has warned that it could intensify and broaden attacks on US naval vessels if Washington maintains its maritime blockade and continues the “harassment of Iranian ships”. * IRGC said it had fired several ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and a US Navy destroyer that it said were harassing Iranian ships and participating in an ongoing naval blockade of Iran. * Fighting between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the country's Houthi rebels killed more than 60 people on Saturday, including civilians. * At least two people have been killed in an Israeli strike on Arab Salim in southern Lebanon, where the Israeli military had asked residents to flee earlier this morning. * Two Palestinians were injured in the occupied West Bank and nine others were detained during raids by Israeli forces. * Gaza holds funeral for around 100 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered from the rubble of homes destroyed in Israeli attacks. * Crude oil exports out of the Middle East during August 2026 were down 39 percent since the January and February baseline of 18.5 million barrels per day. * Yemeni government forces claim they have regained "complete control" of the district of Hays in the province of Hodeidah from the Houthis.

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Iran said on Sunday that its forces attacked a US naval drone trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, hours after targeting ships in retaliation for American strikes on three oil tankers. The latest round of clashes, which began with US raids last week, comes amid a deadlock in their six-month war. Iran has maintained its stranglehold on the strategic Strait of Hormuz while Washington continues a counter-blockade of Iranian ports. Washington is also seeking to choke Iran’s economy, rolling out...

Military · Geopolitical

Israeli strike kills two people in Arab Salim town of Lebanon At least two people have been killed in an Israeli strike on Arab Salim in southern Lebanon, where the Israeli military had asked residents to flee earlier this morning, Al Jazeera reported. In a post on X, Israeli military spokesperson Ella Waweya shared a map marking a building in red that she said was a Hezbollah facility, asking its residents to evacuate immediately and stay away from the buildings nearby by a distance of at least 300 metres.

Natural · Natural

In the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, children are more likely to die than adults. But it's not always due to the disease. Specific medicines for younger people are often harder to come by.

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Russian strikes on Kherson Oblast killed two people and injured 20, including two children, over the past day.

Social Demographic · Education

China’s military researchers have proposed a redesigned “AI principles and practice course” for graduate students with “educating for war” at its centre, embedding combat scenarios to better prepare future officers for intelligent warfare. Researchers from the National University of Defence Technology’s College of Intelligence Science and Technology outlined their proposal in the July issue of the journal Defence Industry Conversion in China. The initiative comes as China seeks to cultivate more...

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Gaza holds funeral for 100 Palestinians recovered from rubble A funeral was held in Gaza on Saturday for around 100 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered from the rubble of homes destroyed in Israeli attacks, Reuters reported. The ceremony took place in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, southeast of Gaza City, where relatives and residents gathered to mourn the victims. According to Gaza civil defence authorities, the deceased included 55 members of the Malka family, whose remains were recovered underneath the rubble of a building in the Zeytoun area. The victims had sought refuge in the building roughly two years ago during an Israeli bombing campaign.

Military · Geopolitical

Israel asks residents of Lebanon's Arab Salim to leave, warns of strike Israeli military asked the residents of the Arab Salim municipality in Lebanon’s southern Nabatieh to leave the area immediately, warning of an imminent strike. In a post on X, Israeli military spokesman Ella Waweya shared a map marking in red a building she said was a Hezbollah facility. #عاجل ‼️ إنذار عاجل إلى مواطني لبنان وتحديدًا سكان عربصاليم 🔸 في أعقاب الانتهاك الصارخ لاتفاق وقف إطلاق النار من قبل تنظيم حزب الله الإرهابي، بعد إطلاق مسيّرة مفخخة باتجاه قوات جيش الدفاع، فإن نشاط حزب الله الإرهابي يُجبر جيش الدفاع على العمل ضده بقوة. pic. جيش الدفاع لا ينوي المساس… twitter. com/vnogcixHUH — Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) September 6, 2026

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Kites flown across 11 Dutch cities in solidarity with Gaza children Kites were flown across 11 cities in the Netherlands on Saturday in solidarity with children in Gaza. The events, organised by the Plant an Olive Tree Foundation, sought to draw attention to attacks on Gaza and protest Israeli threats of displacement and attacks against Palestinians over kites flown from the enclave that landed in Israeli settlements near the border. In Rotterdam, participants gathered at Noordereiland Square and flew kites in solidarity with children in Gaza. Children and adults decorated the kites with Palestinian flags and colours, as well as messages including “Free Palestine” and “Save Gaza. ” Kites designed in the shape and colors of the Palestinian flag were also flown during the event. At the end of the demonstration, participants distributed leaflets to raise public awareness and provide information about the situation in Gaza. 📍Zwolle, Netherlands Dutch children in Zwolle flew vibrant kites adorned with the Palestinian flag, sending a message of love and support to the children of Gaza. 🪁🇵🇸 pic. twitter. com/lXaDNbl6SC — PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) July 30, 2024 (Report by Reuters)

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Russian drone strikes hit residential buildings in two Kherson districts, injuring two children and three adults.

Natural · Natural

More than 20,000 passengers are stranded after ash was detected in airspace near Jakarta following volcanic eruptions.

Social Demographic · Culture

At Raffly Langi’s family longhouse in Sarawak, on Malaysian Borneo, the tuak rice wine did not come in a branded bottle or a tasting flight. His aunt has brewed the drink for Gawai, the harvest festival celebrated by Dayak communities, an umbrella term for indigenous groups in Sarawak whose longhouses have long been centres of family, rituals and communal life. She made it from steamed glutinous rice and a cake called ragi, prepared with rice flour, yeast and spices to kick-start fermentation....

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Shipments hit record high with almost 100 tonnes imported from Russia in first seven months of this year

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People have frequently turned on nurses and doctors as they risk infection to battle fast-spreading epidemic in DR Congo

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Two children among seven Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza Two children were among seven Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported, citing Turkey's Anadolu agency. Israeli naval forces fired at tents housing displaced Palestinians in the Al-Khalidi area, injuring two people. A child was hurt in a separate attack on another displacement camp in the as-Sudaniya area of northwestern Gaza, the report said. Three more were injured in an Israeli air raid on the Tuffah neighbourhood, while a child was also admitted to hospital with minor shrapnel wounds from the same strike, the report said, citing Palestinian Red Crescent Society and Al-Ahli Arab Hospital sources.

Social Demographic · Education

In all his five decades of living in Hokkaido, Makoto Watanabe cannot recall ever being confronted by a cockroach. But he admits being alarmed by reports that the despised insects are taking advantage of global warming to gain a foothold in a part of Japan where winters were previously considered too hostile for large colonies to emerge. “When I was a university student in Tokyo 30 years ago, I used to see them in my accommodation and I absolutely hated them,” Watanabe told This Week in...

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Volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau disrupts flights at Soekarno-Hatta International airport, near Jakarta.

Military · Geopolitical

US President Donald Trump said Friday that the US military may soon strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain – a fortified site near Iran's Natanz enrichment facility – while trying to downplay the conflict with Iran as "small potatoes.

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Search continues after deadly Grand Canyon flooding

Military · Geopolitical

Gaza death toll since October 2023 rises to 73,651, health ministry says Israel has killed 73,651 Palestinians and injured 174,575 others as of 5 September 2026, since launching what rights groups and UN officials have described as a genocidal military campaign on Gaza following Hamas's attacks on 7 October 2023, according to the territory's health ministry. Wafa news agency reported that hospitals in Gaza received 17 bodies over the past 48 hours, including five newly killed people, one who succumbed to injuries, and 11 bodies recovered from under the rubble, in addition to 27 injured Palestinians. They added that the number of Palestinians killed since the ceasefire took effect on 11 October 2025, has risen to 1,344, while 4,464 others have been injured. A total of 815 bodies have also been recovered. Wafa said that 160 additional Palestinian fatalities were added to the cumulative death toll after their records were completed and verified during August. According to Wafa, health officials said a number of victims remain trapped beneath rubble and on roads, with rescue and ambulance crews struggling to reach them. Mourners gather around the body of Al Jazeera Mubasher cameraman, Ahmed Wishah, at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza on 21 June 2026. (Reuters)

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Two protesters detained during pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin Police intervened in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin, Germany, detaining at least two people on Saturday, Reuters reported. A large number of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at Ernst Reuter Square to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza. pic. Footage documenting arrests carried out by German police against several participants during a protest in Berlin in solidarity with Palestine. twitter. com/7bedRHGDn2 — Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) September 5, 2026

Geopolitical · Geopolitical

Netanyahu dismisses 'all this controversy' around Qatar as 'big hoax' Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed “all this controversy around Qatar” as a “big hoax”. In an interview with Israel’s i24NEWS, he said: "I attacked Qatar, and not only that, I bombed it and launched attacks on it during the war, and in turn, it attacked me. ” “All this controversy around Qatar is nothing but a big hoax. Qatar is a hostile state, but it has not imposed its conditions or will on us here in any way whatsoever. " Netanyahu was apparently referring to former prime minister Naftali Bennett’s repeated assertions that Israel was not doing enough to declare Qatar as an enemy state. Bennett, who is president of the Together party, has promised to classify Qatar among the enemy states of Israel if he returned to power, accusing Doha of "setting up a vast international influence operation aimed at weakening Israel".

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According to the statement, the damaged US warships were forced to withdraw from the combat area

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Indonesia suspended flights at airports in Jakarta and Lampung on Sunday after volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau spread across parts of Java and Sumatra, state-owned airport operator InJourney Airports said on its social media account.