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│ OFAC rescinds Iranian sanctions relaxation │ │ US strikes Iran for third consecutive night │
│ following renewed conflict │ │ as blockade takes effect │
│ feature - Foley & Lardner - │ │ feature - CNN - unknown/independent │
│ unknown/independent [IRN,USA] │ │ [IRN,USA] │
│ │ │ │
│ OFAC's wind-down General License X1 expired │ │ CENTCOM struck military targets across Iran │
│ 12:01am EDT July 17 with no renewal, │ │ (Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu │
│ restoring full US secondary sanctions on │ │ Musa, Bandar Abbas) for a third consecutive │
│ Iranian oil transactions (no loading │ │ night July 12-14 to degrade Iran's ability │
│ permitted since July 7). Confirms Iran │ │ to attack commercial shipping. The │
│ sanctions_capital_controls held at the -10 │ │ ceasefire cycle broke pattern into the │
│ floor with the no-relief path locked in. │ │ war's largest escalation: drove Iran │
│ │ │ conflict_involvement near -8 to -9 (not │
│ https://www.foley.com/insights/publications │ │ floored; talks nominally alive). │
│ /2026/07/ofac-rescinds-iranian-sanctions-re │ │ │
│ laxation-following-renewed-conflict/ │ │ https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/world/live-n │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ews/iran-war-trump │
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│ Issuance of Amended Iran-related General │ │ As UN peacekeepers in Lebanon pack up, │
│ License (GL X revoked, GL X1 wind-down) │ │ fears grow that Israel could do anything, │
│ feature - US Treasury OFAC - │ │ without witnesses │
│ unknown/multilateral [IRN,USA] │ │ feature - Le Monde - │
│ │ │ independent/independent [LBN,ISR] │
│ On July 7 OFAC revoked Iran General License │ │ │
│ X (the June 22 60-day oil/petrochemical │ │ UNIFIL confirmed it will cease operations │
│ waiver, originally to Aug 21) the same day │ │ and begin withdrawal by Dec 31, 2026, with │
│ as the Hormuz attacks, replacing it with │ │ no replacement force agreed and Israel │
│ narrow wind-down-only GL X1 expiring July │ │ opposing any new international force, while │
│ 17. Erased the verified relief the last │ │ Israeli forces remain in occupied southern │
│ pass scored: drove Iran │ │ Lebanon. │
│ sanctions_capital_controls -8 to -9. │ │ │
│ │ │ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/art │
│ https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20 │ │ icle/2026/09/18/as-un-peacekeepers-in-leban │
│ 260707 │ │ on-pack-up-fears-grow-that-israel-could-do- │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ anything-without-witnesses_6745678_4.html │
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│ Bank of Japan raises policy rate to 1.25% │ │ Cuba's electrical grid collapses nationwide │
│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [JPN] │ │ feature - Associated Press - │
│ │ │ wire/independent [CUB] │
│ The BOJ raised to 1.25% on Sept 18 on a 7-2 │ │ │
│ vote, the highest since 1995, citing oil │ │ Cuba's electrical grid collapsed nationwide │
│ prices and yen weakness in a preemptive │ │ on Sept 18, the sixth total collapse since │
│ inflation fight. │ │ US fuel cuts, with cellphone and internet │
│ │ │ also down. │
│ https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/bank-j │ │ │
│ apan-hikes-rates-2026-09-18/ │ │ https://apnews.com/article/cuba-power-outag │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ e-september-2026 │
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│ Deadly bomb attack hits mosque in │ │ Russian drone strikes passenger train near │
│ Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa │ │ Polish border │
│ feature - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [PAK] │ │ feature - The New York Times - │
│ │ │ independent/independent [UKR,POL] │
│ A suicide car bombing at Old Police Lines │ │ │
│ mosque in Kohat killed at least 21 and │ │ A Russian drone struck the Kyiv-Warsaw │
│ injured more than 100 on Sept 18. TTP │ │ passenger train near the Polish border on │
│ claimed responsibility. │ │ Sept 13, with David Petraeus nearly hit at │
│ │ │ a rail station and Boris Johnson on an │
│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/18/de │ │ adjacent train. │
│ adly-bomb-attack-hits-mosque-in-pakistans-k │ │ │
│ hyber-pakhtunkhwa │ │ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/world/eu │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ rope/ukraine-poland-train-drone-strike.html │
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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/ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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│ Uncertainty for Burundians in Kenya after │ │ Local ceasefire in place for Zaporizhzhia │
│ president orders foreign-owned businesses │ │ power line repairs │
│ closed │ │ feature - World Nuclear News - │
│ feature - Africanews - unknown/unknown │ │ unknown/unknown [UKR,RUS] │
│ [KEN,BDI] │ │ │
│ │ │ An IAEA-brokered localized ceasefire took │
│ President Ruto's order closing │ │ effect on Sept 5 so Ukrainian technicians │
│ foreign-owned small businesses hit its │ │ could repair the sole remaining external │
│ deadline on Sept 7, with roughly 16,000 │ │ power line to the occupied Zaporizhzhia │
│ Burundian refugees and asylum seekers │ │ plant, which had been running on emergency │
│ affected and traders rushing to leave. │ │ diesel since Aug 20 and was approaching a │
│ Burundi has raised it diplomatically. A │ │ station blackout. The closest this war has │
│ categorical expulsion of a livelihood class │ │ come to a radiological event, resolved by a │
│ landing specifically on a refugee │ │ negotiated local pause rather than by │
│ population, which is why Kenya's treatment │ │ either side's restraint. │
│ of non-citizens crosses from positive to │ │ │
│ negative. │ │ https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles │
│ │ │ /local-ceasefire-in-place-for-zaporizhzhia- │
│ https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/08/uncer │ │ power-line-repairs │
│ tainty-for-burundians-in-kenya-after-presid │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ ent-orders-foreign-owned-businesses-closed/ │
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│ Mexican cartels turn to car bombs and │ │ Iran Update, September 3, 2026 │
│ drone-delivered explosives │ │ feature - Critical Threats (ISW) - │
│ feature - The Washington Post - │ │ unknown/unknown [ARE,KWT,IRN] │
│ independent/independent [MEX] │ │ │
│ │ │ Iran's regular armed forces, the Artesh │
│ Documents the shift to vehicle-borne IEDs │ │ rather than the IRGC, struck US-linked │
│ and drone-delivered explosives, anchored on │ │ al-Minhad Air Base in the UAE and Ahmad │
│ the Aug 30 car bombing of a police station │ │ al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait in a single │
│ in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas, using roughly │ │ wave, hitting radar, troop positions, │
│ 200kg of explosive and injuring 11. A move │ │ satellite communications, warehouses and │
│ from firearms to standoff explosives │ │ aircraft hangars. The UAE moves from │
│ changes what the state is policing, not │ │ blockade-exposed to directly struck. The │
│ merely how much. │ │ widening of the striking institution beyond │
│ │ │ the IRGC is the structural fact. │
│ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0 │ │ │
│ 9/04/mexico-car-bomb-attacks/9eec6030-a884- │ │ https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ir │
│ 11f1-9e38-f705d048bd5a_story.html │ │ an-update-september-3-2026 │
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│ Niger: Prominent journalist feared forcibly │ │ How a glacier collapse became Nepal's │
│ disappeared │ │ deadliest disaster │
│ feature - Human Rights Watch - │ │ feature - New York Times - │
│ investigative/independent [NER] │ │ independent/independent [NPL] │
│ │ │ │
│ HRW reported that Moussa Kaka, director of │ │ Interactive causation analysis of the │
│ Radio Television Saraounia and a former RFI │ │ Nepal-Tibet glacier collapse and the │
│ correspondent, is feared forcibly │ │ resulting flood path. Glacier-collapse │
│ disappeared after leaving his Niamey office │ │ flooding is the direct physical mechanism │
│ on the evening of Aug 31, days after the │ │ of Himalayan warming, which is why the long │
│ failed coup. A prominent broadcaster │ │ climate horizon moves further than the near │
│ vanishing during a post-coup sweep with no │ │ one, and China separately warned of │
│ official account is a step beyond the │ │ additional glacier instability across the │
│ licence suspensions already priced. │ │ border. │
│ │ │ │
│ https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/09/03/promine │ │ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09 │
│ nt-niger-journalist-feared-forcibly-disappe │ │ /01/world/asia/nepal-flash-floods-landslide │
│ ared │ │ .html │
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│ US strikes Iran missile launchers on Larak │ │ Nigeria launches hunt for hundreds of │
│ Island │ │ kidnapped mosque worshippers │
│ feature - The Week - unknown/unknown │ │ feature - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [NGA] │
│ [IRN,USA] │ │ │
│ │ │ Roughly 600 worshippers were abducted from │
│ The US struck Iranian missile launchers on │ │ mosques around Dekera village in Niger │
│ Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Aug │ │ State with about 30 killed, and Tinubu │
│ 31, breaking the de facto strike pause that │ │ ordered a rescue operation on Aug 25. │
│ had held since late July. Iran retaliated │ │ VERIFIED as a genuine, distinct 2026 event │
│ with ballistic missiles against US bases in │ │ in north-central Nigeria and specifically │
│ Jordan. The IRGC called the strike a │ │ NOT the recirculated 2025 Katsina mosque │
│ strategic and fatal error. Casualty figures │ │ attack flagged as a trap for this region. A │
│ carried in the piece are sourced to Iranian │ │ mass abduction on this scale from places of │
│ state media and are labeled as such rather │ │ worship is a step change in the reach of │
│ than used as fact. │ │ armed groups. │
│ │ │ │
│ https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/202 │ │ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/ni │
│ 6/08/31/us-strikes-iran-missile-launchers.h │ │ geria-launches-hunt-for-hundreds-of-kidnapp │
│ tml │ │ ed-mosque-worshippers │
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│ Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces │ │ Gang massacre at Kenscoff church leaves at │
│ dissolve and integrate into Syrian military │ │ least 47 dead │
│ feature - Associated Press - │ │ feature - New York Times - │
│ wire/independent [SYR] │ │ independent/independent [HTI] │
│ │ │ │
│ The SDF formally dissolved and integrated │ │ A gang massacre at a church and │
│ into the Syrian military, announced by │ │ displacement site in Kenscoff killed at │
│ commander Mazloum Abdi at the presidential │ │ least 47 on Aug 25, prompting an emergency │
│ palace in Damascus on Aug 25. Reuters, AP │ │ UN Security Council session. Kenscoff sits │
│ and the FT all filed original reporting. │ │ in the hills above Port-au-Prince, so this │
│ This is the best-corroborated institutional │ │ is territorial expansion beyond the capital │
│ item in the region this window and removes │ │ and reverses the easing booked on │
│ the largest remaining non-state armed │ │ 2026-07-20 for Gang Suppression Force │
│ formation from the map. │ │ gains. │
│ │ │ │
│ https://apnews.com/article/syrian-democrati │ │ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/am │
│ c-forces-dissolution-mazloum-abdi-1b7d210c9 │ │ ericas/haiti-massacre-kenscoff.html │
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