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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the upcoming regional meeting in Muscat will focus exclusively on establishing new maritime arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz.

The framework understanding on shipping routes is "set to be announced soon," but is solely between Iran and Oman and will keep Hormuz's southern route closed, a source close to the Iranian negotiating team told Tasnim.

An Iranian commercial vessel was hit in waters near the southern island of Qeshm early on September 13, killing one person and injuring three others, according to a senior local official.

An Iranian commercial container ship was hit by an unidentified projectile early Sunday near Hengam Island in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member and injuring four others, according to the governor of Iran's Qeshm Island.

One person was killed and three others were injured in a "US attack" on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Gulf near Qeshm Island in southern Iran early Sunday, according to a local official.

Acting Defense Minister Brigadier General Seyyed Majid Ibn al-Reza says that the Islamic Republic of Iran places no value on the threats made by some US officials, describing their remarks as merely political messages or statements, rather than indications of any genuine military capability.

President Masoud Pezeshkian, referring to the recently imposed war on the country, says Iran did not start the conflict, but was forced to defend itself against the aggression launched by the United States and the Israeli regime under false pretexts.

A Wall Street Journal report on Saturday alleged that Iran acquired high-resolution satellite images from Chinese entities before an attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan. A Chinese military expert called the attempt to link Chinese entities to the attack flimsy, saying US officials are seeking excuses for setbacks in the conflict with Iran.

On September 3 and 4, 2026, the Quad partners (Australia, India, Japan and the United States) conducted a Tabletop Exercise (TTX) in Tokyo, Japan to advance the Quad Indo-Pacific Logistics Network (IPLN) to enhance civilian response efforts across the region.

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) will focus on providing infrastructure and basic services to communities emerging from decades of armed conflict.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres told leaders of a bloc of major emerging economies in New Delhi on Sunday that a more balanced global order requires an overhaul of the institutions built after the Second World War, including the UN Security Council.

Estonian experts Tarmo Terep and Liisa Past have begun work on European Union (EU) civilian missions in Ukraine and Armenia.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Saturday inspected construction works of the Vozd Karadjordje expressway which is being constructed by a Chinese company, highlighting its strategic importance for central Serbia.

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Russian forces have continued striking railway infrastructure facilities in western Ukraine used to transport military cargo from Europe, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday.

Russia does not rule out the possibility that trilateral negotiations on a settlement in Ukraine could resume in October, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.

The Russian army has liberated the village of Chernyakov in the Khrakov region, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.

By targeting fuel supplies for the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine has "openly chosen the path of provoking a nuclear incident with unpredictable consequences," says Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev.

Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has confirmed that the UAE is ready to provide a venue for negotiations on Ukraine, as it has done previously, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told Russian media.