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Ukraine's Minister of Defence, Evgeniy Khmara, met with the national security advisers of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom - Emmanuel Bonne, Günter Sautter, and Jonathan Powell.

The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, this afternoon.

The Prime Minister spoke to the Amir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, this morning.

The Pakistan Air Force unveiled China's HQ-17AE short-range air defense system in a promotional video posted on X on Monday. A Chinese military affairs expert said Pakistan has become yet another international user of the system, which will help address the country's current gap in short-range accompanying air defense and enhance its capability to counter low-altitude threats such as drones.

UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Myanmar. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders.

The Government is authorising the Swedish Armed Forces to procure the US High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). In a separate announcement, Sweden's Minister for Defence Pål Jonson and Finland's Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen have signed a Joint Declaration regarding cooperation on the countries' rocket artillery systems.

The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, this morning.

The Prime Minister spoke to the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, this morning.

How advanced are China's drone swarms today? China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) Intelligent Technology Research Institute addressed this question in an article on Sunday, saying that drone swarm technology has become a critical hard-tech capability valued by both the defense sector and civilian industries. China is accelerating its transition from isolated experiments and small-scale demonstrations to systematic deployment and large-scale application.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi delivers his statement at the opening of the Board of Governors meeting held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria, 7 September 2026. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA)

An extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of Permanent Representatives was held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

"In connection with the unfriendly actions taken by the German side, including the closure of the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin on September 7, the Chargé d'Affaires of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Russian Federation was informed of the following retaliatory measures."

"We regard the appearance in Europe of US systems capable of firing intermediate- and shorter-range missiles (ISRM) as yet another step in an unending succession of highly destabilising actions undertaken by NATO countries."

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has dismissed the US narrative about its attacks on Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, saying Iran is acting in self-defense in the face of a maritime blockade and economic war imposed by Washington.

Iran has warned South Korea of "serious consequences" if it were to become part of operations ensuring safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), under the chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh on September 07, 2026 accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) i.e., in-principle administrative approval to various acquisition proposals of the Defence Forces at an estimated cost of about Rs 1,10,000 crore. For the Indian Army, approval was granted for the procurement of Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Recce Vehicles, High Mobility Vehicles (HMV), Self-Propelled Mechanical Mine Layers (MML), Advanced Light Helicopters (ALHs), Trawl Tanks and Sarvatra Bridge System.

Large-scale removal of rubble in areas of Gaza under Israeli military control cannot become a way to erase traces of atrocity crimes and another means to entrench Israel's illegal occupation, a UN expert said today.

Renewed hostilities along Yemen's western coast and in parts of Taiz and Al-Hodeidah have forced thousands of people from their homes, with civilians reportedly among those killed and injured as clashes intensify.

Five years after the Taliban seized power, despite some improved security, forceful implementation of highly restrictive policies are reshaping every aspect of life in Afghanistan, with devastating consequences for children and young people - a majority of the Afghan population, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said today.

Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic, who was convicted by The Hague tribunal for war crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has been buried with state honors in Belgrade on September 7 despite international condemnation.