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The United Nations has added 61 companies to a database tracking entities involved in business activities linked to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The UN mechanism is based on human rights standards and reviews sectors including construction, real estate, financial services, transport and the exploitation of natural resources.
The Israeli army and Shin Bet said they targeted a network that included dozens of money changers in Gaza and other countries and had transferred more than $1 billion to Hamas. They added that operations since the outbreak of the war had killed 16 people whom they described as among the movement’s leading money-transfer operatives.
Most people in the Gaza Strip are facing increasing difficulty accessing water as desalination output falls, most wells remain out of service and distribution networks are damaged. UN and official data show that 82% of households face water insecurity, while groundwater pumping and the discharge of untreated wastewater threaten the quality of the coastal aquifer.
The number of Sudanese refugees who have arrived in Chad since 2023 has risen to 1 million, with 400 arriving daily, according to a UN official. The humanitarian response faces severe shortages of funding, medicine, food and water, alongside reports of rape and violence and difficulties moving people stranded near the border to safe areas.
UNRWA continues to operate extensive health, education and essential services in the Gaza Strip despite being publicly excluded from the Peace Council’s reconstruction plans. Officials revealed that the council and the Palestinian technocratic committee held meetings with the agency amid disagreement over its future and whether its programmes and staff can continue under new vetting conditions.
The Party of Authenticity and Modernity topped the provisional results of Morocco’s legislative elections with 97 of 395 seats, ahead of the National Rally of Independents and the Istiqlal Party. Turnout stood at 38.08%, opening the way for negotiations to form a new governing majority.
The Ash-Shuqab front in Mount Saber, Taiz governorate, is seeing military movements and preparations amid fears of a new escalation between government forces and the Houthi group. Near the front lines, residents of Kahlan and Ash-Shuqab face a rough road that hampers the evacuation of patients and the transport of food, forcing them to fund its construction and repairs themselves.
The Iraqi government has begun new security and administrative arrangements in Sinjar, including registering weapons, discussing the integration of around 4,000 members of the Sinjar Resistance Units into the official forces, and returning nearly 30,000 displaced people. The moves coincide with an Iraqi-Turkish understanding on extending Baghdad’s authority and handing over the Zilkan military base to the federal forces.
The gap between the needs of Gaza Strip residents and the aid reaching them is widening amid Israeli restrictions and the closure of crossings. The Network of Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations says the response meets no more than 25% of actual needs, while hundreds of thousands lack food, water, shelter and essential services.
Yemen’s Taiz governorate received more than 83,000 displaced people from over 11,000 families during September, amid deteriorating water, electricity and housing services and rising living costs. A local official called on international and regional organisations to provide shelter, food, medicine and education for the new arrivals.
A local internet and communications outage in the Tigray region coincided with expanding clashes between federal forces and Tigray forces and their allies into the Afar and Amhara regions. The Ethiopian army said 272 members of the Front's forces were killed and 260 others wounded, while the fighting led to the suspension of flights to Lalibela and prompted residents to stock up on basic necessities.
US and Iranian negotiators in New York are examining a phased arrangement that would begin with restoring shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the economic blockade on Iran, after nearly seven months of war. But the talks face disagreement over the sequence of concessions, while the US midterm elections cast doubt on the deal’s prospects and timing.
Turkish Chief of Staff Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu is travelling to Saudi Arabia on 25 September 2026 to take part in a meeting involving the chiefs of staff of Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The meeting follows ministerial consultations in New York on preparations for the gathering, which Türkiye’s Defence Ministry said would be held under the name “Makkah Defence Alliance”.
Two Israeli reserve soldiers were killed after a drone they were operating crashed and exploded as they approached it at a military site in northern Gaza. The Israeli army opened an investigation that includes the possibility that the aircraft was jammed, and suspended the operation of attack drones and drones used to drop munitions until the cause of the incident is clarified.
Clashes and air strikes have returned to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border after months of uneasy calm, amid conflicting accounts of the attacks and casualties. The escalation highlights the fragility of the ceasefire agreement reached in March, with disputes continuing over armed groups, sovereignty and cross-border military operations.
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks on the Saudi oil pipeline in the Riyadh and Medina regions, describing them as a flagrant violation of international law and a threat to regional stability. The Egyptian position came after Riyadh announced that drones launched from Iraqi territory had carried out the attacks, which caused injuries and material damage.
A poll found that 62% of Israelis are deeply concerned about their country’s declining international standing, with a clear divide between supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and the opposition. The poll also showed a decline in the governing coalition’s representation, alongside Israeli criticism of Netanyahu’s visit to New York and his speech to the UN General Assembly.
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan discussed convening an urgent meeting of the three countries’ chiefs of staff to consider supporting the Kingdom under the Makkah Agreement on joint defence, after the Houthis announced missile and drone attacks and Saudi authorities said they had intercepted six ballistic missiles.
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia attacked its territory with 295 drones, while Moscow announced it had targeted a drone facility near Kyiv. In response, an industrial facility in Russia’s Perm Region came under attack, amid reports of damage and casualties in other Russian regions.
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan called on soldiers stationed along the kingdom’s borders to be prepared to sacrifice themselves in confronting the Houthis, stressing that restoring the internationally recognised Yemeni government’s authority over the entire country was among the most obligatory duties, amid a mutual military escalation.
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan discussed in New York steps to activate the Mecca Defence Pact, including establishing its general secretariat, committees and working groups. They also discussed arrangements for an urgent meeting of the chiefs of staff to consider supporting the Kingdom, and affirmed their support for de-escalation and peaceful solutions to regional crises.
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed during their White House summit to extend the trade truce for two months, while announcing broad understandings on stabilising relations. But the meeting produced no decisive agreements on artificial intelligence, Taiwan or the war on Iran, issues on which Xi outlined Beijing’s positions and red lines.
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan are preparing to hold an urgent meeting of their chiefs of staff to discuss supporting the kingdom under the Mecca Agreement for Joint Defence, following a wave of Houthi attacks. The announcement came after trilateral ministerial consultations in New York on mechanisms for implementing the agreement and strengthening defence coordination among its signatories.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Paris and Riyadh had agreed to deploy troops, radars and defence systems to protect energy facilities in Yanbu on the Red Sea. He said the mission was defensive and was not intended to involve France in the conflict, following Houthi attacks that affected a key alternative route for Saudi oil exports.
The Ash-Shuqab front in Mount Saber, Taiz governorate, is seeing military movements and preparations amid fears of a new escalation between government forces and the Houthi group. Near the front lines, residents of Kahlan and Ash-Shuqab face a rough road that hampers the evacuation of patients and the transport of food, forcing them to fund its construction and repairs themselves.