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Algeria severs diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates
Algeria's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday, September 10, 2026, that it is severing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, saying it had exercised 'a high degree of restraint' in the face of increasingly 'provocative or hostile actions' by Abu Dhabi. The rupture follows long-simmering disputes between the two states over Israel, the Western Sahara conflict and alleged UAE influence across North Africa and the Sahel. The UAE ambassador was summoned and given 48 hours to leave the country, and Algeria's defense ministry said it would close its airspace to all UAE-registered civilian and military aircraft starting Friday. UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash responded that diplomatic relations should be based on 'rationality, communication and clarity of interests' rather than 'riddles and signals that require decoding.'
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Algeria severs diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates
Algeria's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday, September 10, 2026, that it is severing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, saying it had exercised 'a high degree of restraint' in the face of increasingly 'provocative or hostile actions' by Abu Dhabi. The rupture follows long-simmering disputes between the two states over Israel, the Western Sahara conflict and alleged UAE influence across North Africa and the Sahel. The UAE ambassador was summoned and given 48 hours to leave the country, and Algeria's defense ministry said it would close its airspace to all UAE-registered civilian and military aircraft starting Friday. UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash responded that diplomatic relations should be based on 'rationality, communication and clarity of interests' rather than 'riddles and signals that require decoding.'
Houthis seize Yemen's Red Sea port of Mocha, threatening to sever Taiz as army declares 'death zone'
Houthi forces captured the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday, September 10, 2026, a major offensive that analysts called a significant blow to Yemen's Saudi-backed government, since it puts the Iran-aligned group in position to cut the coastal road linking Mocha to the besieged city of Taiz. In response, Yemen's army declared a military 'death zone' around the Taiz-Mocha road, warning it would use 'all types of weapons and firepower' against any Houthi movement there and urging civilians to avoid the route. The escalation follows a Houthi offensive that began September 3 in Taiz governorate, prompting government counter-offensives in Al-Jawf and Al-Bayda, and deepens the long-running Siege of Taiz.
Read more →Houthis seize Yemen's Red Sea port of Mocha, threatening to sever Taiz as army declares 'death zone'
Houthi forces captured the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday, September 10, 2026, a major offensive that analysts called a significant blow to Yemen's Saudi-backed government, since it puts the Iran-aligned group in position to cut the coastal road linking Mocha to the besieged city of Taiz. In response, Yemen's army declared a military 'death zone' around the Taiz-Mocha road, warning it would use 'all types of weapons and firepower' against any Houthi movement there and urging civilians to avoid the route. The escalation follows a Houthi offensive that began September 3 in Taiz governorate, prompting government counter-offensives in Al-Jawf and Al-Bayda, and deepens the long-running Siege of Taiz.
Trump revises Iran war prediction, says conflict could end before US midterms
President Donald Trump said Thursday, September 10, 2026, that the war with Iran could end before the November 3 midterm elections, revising a prediction he made just a day earlier that the conflict would conclude 'immediately after' the vote. Trump told broadcaster NewsNation, 'I don't know that they're gonna be able to hold out. But it'll get settled after the elections. Or maybe sooner,' pointing to mounting US economic pressure on Tehran. Now in its seventh month, the conflict continues with fighting in the Strait of Hormuz; Iran has laid out demands to end it, including a halt to US military operations, release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, and guarantees against interference with its nuclear and missile programs.
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President Donald Trump said Thursday, September 10, 2026, that the war with Iran could end before the November 3 midterm elections, revising a prediction he made just a day earlier that the conflict would conclude 'immediately after' the vote. Trump told broadcaster NewsNation, 'I don't know that they're gonna be able to hold out. But it'll get settled after the elections. Or maybe sooner,' pointing to mounting US economic pressure on Tehran. Now in its seventh month, the conflict continues with fighting in the Strait of Hormuz; Iran has laid out demands to end it, including a halt to US military operations, release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, and guarantees against interference with its nuclear and missile programs.
Russian drone strike on Pavlohrad shopping center kills 4, injures over 60
Russian forces struck the 'Gulliver' shopping center in Pavlohrad, in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, with drones at around 16:25 local time on Thursday, September 10, 2026, killing four people and injuring more than 60, among them three teenage boys aged 13, 14 and 15. The strike sparked a fire that spread to nearby retail pavilions and parked cars. Dnipropetrovsk's regional prosecutor's office opened a war-crimes investigation under Ukraine's criminal code. The attack came a day after Russia launched a separate daytime drone strike on Kyiv that killed one person and injured 16, ending a brief pause in strikes on the capital that had coincided with a weekend visit by US envoys for peace talks.
Read more →Russian drone strike on Pavlohrad shopping center kills 4, injures over 60
Russian forces struck the 'Gulliver' shopping center in Pavlohrad, in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, with drones at around 16:25 local time on Thursday, September 10, 2026, killing four people and injuring more than 60, among them three teenage boys aged 13, 14 and 15. The strike sparked a fire that spread to nearby retail pavilions and parked cars. Dnipropetrovsk's regional prosecutor's office opened a war-crimes investigation under Ukraine's criminal code. The attack came a day after Russia launched a separate daytime drone strike on Kyiv that killed one person and injured 16, ending a brief pause in strikes on the capital that had coincided with a weekend visit by US envoys for peace talks.
Israel destroys major Hezbollah tunnel network in south Lebanon, blast registers as 4.1-magnitude quake
The Israeli military detonated roughly 1,100 tons of explosives on Thursday, September 10, 2026, to destroy a Hezbollah tunnel network beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in south Lebanon, an underground complex the IDF described as the 'nerve center' of the group's Badr regional division. The eight-tunnel system spanned 5.4 kilometers and was built over two decades with Iranian financing, according to the IDF, which said it held Iranian-made rockets, missiles, drones, anti-tank weapons and mines. The blast was large enough that seismic monitors, including the US Geological Survey, recorded it as a 4.1-magnitude earthquake, with explosions heard and felt across a wide area of southern Lebanon.
Read more →Israel destroys major Hezbollah tunnel network in south Lebanon, blast registers as 4.1-magnitude quake
The Israeli military detonated roughly 1,100 tons of explosives on Thursday, September 10, 2026, to destroy a Hezbollah tunnel network beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in south Lebanon, an underground complex the IDF described as the 'nerve center' of the group's Badr regional division. The eight-tunnel system spanned 5.4 kilometers and was built over two decades with Iranian financing, according to the IDF, which said it held Iranian-made rockets, missiles, drones, anti-tank weapons and mines. The blast was large enough that seismic monitors, including the US Geological Survey, recorded it as a 4.1-magnitude earthquake, with explosions heard and felt across a wide area of southern Lebanon.