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│ As UN peacekeepers in Lebanon pack up, │ │ Bank of Japan raises policy rate to 1.25% │

│ fears grow that Israel could do anything, │ │ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [JPN] │

│ without witnesses │ │ │

│ feature - Le Monde - │ │ The BOJ raised to 1.25% on Sept 18 on a 7-2 │

│ independent/independent [LBN,ISR] │ │ vote, the highest since 1995, citing oil │

│ │ │ prices and yen weakness in a preemptive │

│ UNIFIL confirmed it will cease operations │ │ inflation fight. │

│ and begin withdrawal by Dec 31, 2026, with │ │ │

│ no replacement force agreed and Israel │ │ https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/bank-j │

│ opposing any new international force, while │ │ apan-hikes-rates-2026-09-18/ │

│ Israeli forces remain in occupied southern │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

│ Lebanon. │

│ │

│ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/art │

│ icle/2026/09/18/as-un-peacekeepers-in-leban │

│ on-pack-up-fears-grow-that-israel-could-do- │

│ anything-without-witnesses_6745678_4.html │

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│ Cuba's electrical grid collapses nationwide │ │ Deadly bomb attack hits mosque in │

│ feature - Associated Press - │ │ Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa │

│ wire/independent [CUB] │ │ feature - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [PAK] │

│ │ │ │

│ Cuba's electrical grid collapsed nationwide │ │ A suicide car bombing at Old Police Lines │

│ on Sept 18, the sixth total collapse since │ │ mosque in Kohat killed at least 21 and │

│ US fuel cuts, with cellphone and internet │ │ injured more than 100 on Sept 18. TTP │

│ also down. │ │ claimed responsibility. │

│ │ │ │

│ https://apnews.com/article/cuba-power-outag │ │ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/18/de │

│ e-september-2026 │ │ adly-bomb-attack-hits-mosque-in-pakistans-k │

└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ hyber-pakhtunkhwa │

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│ Iran claims it struck an oil tanker in the │ │ Venezuela government and opposition │

│ Strait of Hormuz │ │ negotiate moving gold reserves │

│ feature - Associated Press - │ │ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [VEN] │

│ wire/independent [IRN] │ │ │

│ │ │ The Rodriguez government and opposition are │

│ Iran said it struck an oil tanker trying to │ │ negotiating to move roughly $4B in gold │

│ transit Hormuz. AP frames Tehran's asserted │ │ from the Bank of England to the NY Fed, │

│ control over the waterway since the Feb 28 │ │ which would unlock frozen reserves if │

│ war start. Used together with UK maritime │ │ completed. │

│ reporting on the Togo-flagged Trend; IRGC │ │ │

│ strike claims are corroboration-only where │ │ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/vene │

│ independent chains agree an event occurred. │ │ zuela-gold-bank-england-2026-09-18/ │

│ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

│ https://apnews.com/article/mideast-roundup- │

│ news-september-18-2026-024350a0820dfc5dd433 │

│ b4e13445fab5 │

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│ Fed raises rates 25 basis points to │ │ Trump hopes Iran war nearing end as │

│ 3.75-4.00% │ │ Houthi-Saudi fighting escalates │

│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [USA] │ │ feature - Reuters - wire/independent │

│ │ │ [SAU,USA] │

│ The Federal Reserve raised rates 25bp to │ │ │

│ 3.75-4.00% on Sept 16-17, its first hike │ │ Trump declined Saudi requests for US │

│ since 2023, with Chair Warsh stating │ │ strikes on the Houthis twice on Sept 11, │

│ inflation is too high. August CPI was 3.4% │ │ offering intelligence only while keeping │

│ YoY and PPI 5.4% YoY. │ │ forces focused on Iran and Hormuz, even as │

│ │ │ Saudi aircraft pounded Yemen in response. │

│ https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/fed-hike │ │ │

│ s-rates-inflation-2026-09-17/ │ │ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/t │

└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ rump-hopes-iran-war-nearing-end-houthi-saud │

│ i-fighting-escalates-2026-09-17/ │

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│ Georgia's ruling party moves to ban │ │ Ghana cuts fuel exports to Mali and Burkina │

│ opposition groups │ │ Faso │

│ feature - Bloomberg - │ │ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [MLI] │

│ independent/independent [GEO] │ │ │

│ │ │ Ghana's state-owned BOST Energies cut │

│ Georgian Dream announced intent to ban all │ │ diesel and gasoline exports to Mali and │

│ five major opposition parties that cleared │ │ Burkina Faso on Sept 16 to protect local │

│ the 2024 parliamentary threshold, adding │ │ supply, the sixth consecutive pass │

│ For Georgia to the Constitutional Court │ │ documenting AES fuel disruption. │

│ lawsuit while three opposition leaders are │ │ │

│ already imprisoned. │ │ https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghana- │

│ │ │ cuts-fuel-exports-mali-burkina-2026-09-16/ │

│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

│ 6-09-16/georgia-s-ruling-party-moves-to-ban │

│ -opposition-groups │

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│ Brazil's Supreme Court postpones decision │ │ Thailand and Cambodia begin UN-backed │

│ on Moraes probe │ │ border talks │

│ feature - Agência Brasil - unknown/unknown │ │ feature - Reuters - wire/independent │

│ [BRA] │ │ [THA,KHM] │

│ │ │ │

│ The STF closed its Sept 15 session without │ │ Thailand and Cambodia began UN-backed │

│ deciding whether to probe Justice Moraes │ │ compulsory conciliation under UNCLOS in │

│ over Banco Master intercepts; Justice Dino │ │ Singapore on Sept 15, replacing the prior │

│ took a 90-day review while Gilmar Mendes │ │ stalemate with a formal legal process. │

│ attempted to merge related probes. │ │ │

│ │ │ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ │

│ https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politic │ │ thailand-cambodia-begin-un-backed-border-ta │

│ a/noticia/2026-09/stf-postpones-decision-on │ │ lks-2026-09-15/ │

│ -moraes-probe │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│ Russian drone strikes passenger train near │ │ US Navy Secretary acknowledges NSA Bahrain │

│ Polish border │ │ damage │

│ feature - The New York Times - │ │ feature - The Intercept - │

│ independent/independent [UKR,POL] │ │ independent/independent [BHR,USA] │

│ │ │ │

│ A Russian drone struck the Kyiv-Warsaw │ │ Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao acknowledged │

│ passenger train near the Polish border on │ │ Sept 13 that NSA Bahrain, home of the Fifth │

│ Sept 13, with David Petraeus nearly hit at │ │ Fleet, has been damaged by Iranian strikes │

│ a rail station and Boris Johnson on an │ │ to the point that USS Abraham Lincoln's │

│ adjacent train. │ │ crew have nowhere to pull in, with a task │

│ │ │ force assessing restoration. │

│ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/world/eu │ │ │

│ rope/ukraine-poland-train-drone-strike.html │ │ https://theintercept.com/2026/09/15/iran-wa │

└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ r-us-bases-damage/ │

└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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│ Drones from Iraq strike Saudi East-West │

│ Petroline; kingdom shuts pipeline │

│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent │

│ [SAU,IRQ] │

│ │

│ Drones launched from Maysan province in │

│ Iraq struck Petroline pumping stations in │

│ Riyadh and Madinah regions on Sept 11. │

│ Saudi Arabia shut the pipeline Sept 12 with │

│ no restart date, removing the bypass that │

│ had carried roughly 5M bpd while Hormuz was │

│ effectively closed. │

│ │

│ https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/glob │

│ al-rate-hike-cycle-view-central-banks-take- │

│ inflation-2026-09-18/ │

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│ Houthis capture Mocha and key Red Sea │ │ Drone attack shuts Mandalay International │

│ islands │ │ Airport │

│ feature - NPR - independent/independent │ │ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [MMR] │

│ [YEM,SAU] │ │ │

│ │ │ A resistance drone attack shut Mandalay │

│ Houthis captured Mocha, Yemen's strategic │ │ International Airport on Sept 11, crossing │

│ Red Sea port, then seized Perim and Mayun │ │ from rural insurgency to major │

│ islands that split Bab al-Mandab into two │ │ infrastructure targets. │

│ shipping channels, deploying toward the │ │ │

│ Hanish Islands and declaring a blockade of │ │ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ │

│ Saudi Red Sea ports. This opens a second │ │ myanmar-mandalay-airport-drone-2026-09-11/ │

│ global chokepoint alongside Hormuz. │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

│ │

│ https://www.npr.org/2026/09/10/nx-s1-595915 │

│ 9/us-iran-warships-targeted │

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│ IAEA board refers Iran to UN Security │ │ ECB raises deposit rate to 2.50% │

│ Council │ │ feature - CNBC - independent/independent │

│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [IRN] │ │ [DEU,FRA,ITA,ESP] │

│ │ │ │

│ The IAEA board voted 23-3 with 8 │ │ The ECB hiked 25bp to 2.50% on Sept 10, │

│ abstentions on Sept 10 to refer Iran to the │ │ citing euro-area August CPI at 3.3% with │

│ UN Security Council for the first time in │ │ energy inflation at 14.3%. Lagarde warned │

│ two decades over refusal to grant │ │ headline inflation will remain well above │

│ inspectors access to sites where uranium │ │ target due to Middle East conflict. │

│ traces were detected after June 2025 │ │ │

│ strikes on its nuclear program. │ │ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/10/ecb-holds-o │

│ │ │ r-hikes-september-2026.html │

│ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│ Uncertainty for Burundians in Kenya after │

│ president orders foreign-owned businesses │

│ closed │

│ feature - Africanews - unknown/unknown │

│ [KEN,BDI] │

│ │

│ President Ruto's order closing │

│ foreign-owned small businesses hit its │

│ deadline on Sept 7, with roughly 16,000 │

│ Burundian refugees and asylum seekers │

│ affected and traders rushing to leave. │

│ Burundi has raised it diplomatically. A │

│ categorical expulsion of a livelihood class │

│ landing specifically on a refugee │

│ population, which is why Kenya's treatment │

│ of non-citizens crosses from positive to │

│ negative. │

│ │

│ https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/08/uncer │

│ tainty-for-burundians-in-kenya-after-presid │

│ ent-orders-foreign-owned-businesses-closed/ │

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