September 17, 2026
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US
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Overnight editors stayed on the Federal Reserve's quarter-point hike and Trump's criticism of a hostile board, as the House passed a Russia sanctions bill authorizing 100% tariffs on buyers of Russian oil.
Attention then moved to Canada after Trump said EU associate membership could be a hostile act and threatened new tariffs. Prime Minister Carney embraced the proposal ahead of an address to the European Parliament, saying Canada and Europe were stronger together.
The Iran war returned with a U.N. mission finding grounds to believe two U.S. strikes were war crimes, which Washington rejected, while Trump spoke of a big decision ahead and Vance warned against escalation as Republicans avoided war talk before the midterms.
Domestically, the White House withdrew its ICE director nominee after Senate resistance, and a judge required 30 days notice before Kennedy Center alterations.
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Israel
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Overnight polls showing Netanyahu's bloc edging ahead set off a fight inside the change camp, with Eisenkot accusing Bennett and Lieberman of harming victory chances by refusing to unite behind a prime-ministerial candidate, drawing a counterattack over future partners including Ra'am.
Washington for a second year refused visas for Abbas and the Palestinian delegation to the UN General Assembly, forcing remote participation as the UN weighed options.
Attention turned to the Saudi-Houthi front with Reuters reporting Riyadh enlisted China to press Iran to restrain the Houthis, followed in the evening by U.S. approval to advance a sale of 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia pending Congress, alongside Trump's remark to N12 that a big decision on Iran strikes was near. Domestically the High Court barred real-time voter reporting by party observers, and the IDF finalized dismissal of the Gaza Division intelligence officer for Oct. 7.
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Germany
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Morning papers stayed on Sunday's Super-Wahlsonntag, dissecting the second Schwesig-Holm TV duel in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as Schwesig on attack and both distancing from Berlin.
Attention shifted to Trump's threat of very high tariffs and a trade stop over EU rapprochement with Canada, followed by reports that Premier Carney was open to von der Leyen's associate membership offer.
Midday belonged to new Bundestrainer Jürgen Klopp, who named a 44-man squad in two teams with up to 16 newcomers and urged reclaiming the flag from the wrong people.
Afternoon speculation turned to Merz's future, with talk of successors and Söder insisting Merz must continue.
Evening closed with a poll sensation putting Schwesig narrowly ahead of the AfD for the first time, with the CDU near exit, alongside a fatal malaria case near Frankfurt and a synagogue arson arrest in Wuppertal.
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France
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Morning papers prolonged the fuel crisis, with fishermen blocking Nice, Sète and the Frontignan depot ahead of talks with the fisheries minister, as diesel hit a record 2.4 euros a litre.
Midday focus shifted to Emmanuel Macron inviting party leaders to the Elysée Friday on the rapid deterioration of the international situation and its security and energy consequences, while Canada welcomed the EU associate offer despite Donald Trump's threats to halt trade.
From the afternoon Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu set the shared lead with a Le Figaro interview proposing about 54 billion euros in savings for 2027 toward a 5% deficit, detailing pensions, a civil-service pay freeze and curbs for foreigners and pledging no 49.3 without obstruction. Fishermen agreed to lift blockades as aid tracked fuel prices, the CGT called a black day on 29 September, and Éric Zemmour announced on BFMTV he would run in 2027.
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Lebanon
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Paris dominated coverage as editors followed the preparatory meeting for the international conference to support the army. President Aoun met Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée, discussing a halt to Israeli attacks, the post-UNIFIL phase, economic cooperation and resumption of oil and gas exploration.
Attention shifted to the trilateral with Macron and Jordan's King Abdullah II, where Aoun proposed a joint regional security strategy, ruled out a direct leap to peace in favor of an agreement ending hostility, and insisted on sovereignty, dignity and exclusive state arms. He warned the chance to rebuild the state might not return. Macron backed extending state authority over all territory and gradual Israeli withdrawal, with aid conditioned on a precise army deployment plan.
Domestically, outlets noted the aftermath of the confidence vote and rising living costs, as diesel exceeded 30 dollars and bread prices increased.
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Ukraine
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Overnight the U.S. House finally passed Lindsey Graham's 'hell sanctions' against Russia, sending the bill to Trump. Hours later Russia launched a ballistic strike on Kyiv, with at least 10 explosions across four districts damaging homes, warehouses, a kindergarten, a gas station, railway infrastructure and Kyivvodokanal, leaving water disruptions and 19 wounded including children. Strikes also hit Odesa, Kharkiv's Epicenter, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia.
Kyiv answered with long-range drones on Yaroslavl refinery and Rostov military airfield, with Zelensky publishing footage claiming three planes and three helicopters hit, and the General Staff reporting two S-400 launchers destroyed in Bryansk.
Zelensky said only China could stop the war instantly but lamented Beijing was not on Ukraine's side, while Sybiha said a Zelensky-Trump meeting in New York could advance an energy and maritime truce. Domestically, Anton Kovalsky became acting prosecutor general and debate grew over the 2027 budget deficit.
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Palestine
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Washington's refusal for a second straight year to grant President Abbas a visa for the UN General Assembly dominated morning coverage, with the Foreign Ministry condemning the extension of sanctions on Palestinian officials. Attention then turned to Gaza, where health authorities reported five killed and 28 wounded in 24 hours of continued Israeli fire, including a strike south of Khan Younis and deaths from earlier wounds, following the Al-Saada tower collapse that left 21 dead.
In the West Bank, outlets tracked Israel's completion of tenders for 3,401 units in the E1 project to link Jerusalem with Maale Adumim, alongside settler attacks on homes and land in Barqa and Hebron, demolitions in Anata, and arrests including journalist Alaa al-Rimawi.
The death of detainee Moataz al-Atrash in Ofer and the police killing of a youth in Umm al-Fahm were also noted, as was Israel's claim to have killed two Hamas leaders.
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UK
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Overnight the Palace rebuttal to Earl Spencer's Diana book carried over from the previous evening, with editors leading on its dismissal of his claim that Charles said days after her death she would soon be forgotten as grief clouding reason. Reports added that Spencer had not warned Harry and William and that a former aide said Charles barred criticism of Diana.
By midday focus shifted briefly to Strasbourg, where Mark Carney welcomed EU talk of associate membership for Canada and accused Trump of weaponising trade after Trump called the proposal laughable and threatened tariffs. The aftermath of the Noah Woods search continued, with tributes in the Suffolk village and a tribute from his father after a body was found.
Late coverage returned to Spencer with a second claim that Charles sounded elated like a lottery winner on the night Diana died.
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Iran
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Overnight focus remained Trump's claim Tehran had contacted Washington seeking a deal and could not sustain the war, while Araghchi in Beijing said Iran welcomed solutions securing its rights and that current decisions would shape regional balance before Xi-Trump talks.
Washington pressed economically as the House passed sweeping Iran-Russia sanctions, Treasury convened banks and Turkey suspended Mahan Air flights. Russia and China vetoed a U.S. move to extend sanctions monitoring, while a U.N. fact-finding mission said U.S. strikes could be war crimes and the Dey 1404 crackdown a crime against humanity, as a rights group named 4,200 dead.
Tehran centered on Hormuz, with a Khamenei adviser saying the strait would stay shut until Trump and Netanyahu fell as transits fell to three ships. The IRGC claimed a 53rd MQ-9 downed over Qeshm, Trump warned of renewed strikes, and Iran denied Saudi claims of a Houthi attack toward Mecca.
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Russia
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Overnight drone war opened coverage: state outlets reported two then four drones bound for Moscow shot down, 641 intercepted nationwide, but a refinery in Yaroslavl damaged and power cuts in Rostov-on-Don; Moscow answered with claims of strikes on Ukrainian metallurgy, energy, a data-center and ships with military cargo in ports, plus capture of Rozovka and Malaya Volchya and tightening pocket north of Kharkiv.
Attention shifted to Washington where House passed Graham's sanctions bill, described as hellish, sending it to Trump; exile outlets stressed signing plans, state outlets carried Kremlin warning it would complicate talks and Chinese comment.
By evening domestic politics returned: voting began in Duma election framed as contribution to victory, while Putin placed Auchan and Nestle assets under temporary management.
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Italy
17.09.2026
Thursday
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Morning papers still debated the abolition of the bollo for cars up to 80kW and motorcycles, with Meloni calling it structural for 2027, the opposition denouncing demagogy on regional funds, and Repubblica reading an early-vote signal.
Attention moved to Strasbourg, where Canadian premier Carney addressed the European Parliament on associate membership, prompting Trump to threaten heavy tariffs on the EU and Brussels to reply the partnership was not against Washington, as Russian strikes hit Kyiv, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia and Washington imposed its first sanctions on Moscow under Trump.
Defence minister Crosetto then announced the Marina Militare would escort Italian ships through Bab el-Mandeb without awaiting EU mission Aspides.
In the evening Russian jets entered Lithuanian airspace and Italian Eurofighters on NATO Baltic policing scrambled from Siauliai to escort them out, with Meloni from Oslo saying Putin sought escalation.
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Japan
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Overnight attention centered on the U.S. Federal Reserve's 0.25-point hike, its first in over three years, with papers noting unanimous inflation concerns, Trump's demand for cuts and yen weakening to 156. By morning focus shifted entirely to the launch of the second Takaichi reshuffled Cabinet, foreshadowed the previous day. One-by-one confirmations retained the core — Kihara, Motegi, Katayama, Koizumi, Akazawa, Kiuchi, Ueno and Onoda — while naming Yani to agriculture, Hosono to reconstruction, Sasakawa to environment and Ishin's Nakatsukasa to regulatory reform, and dropping Hayashi. In the evening Takaichi presented it as a decision, challenge and execution cabinet marking a new coalition stage. Coverage turned to management: published mandates, gag-order appointments, merged portfolios, and criticism over lack of freshness, sidelining a rival, past scandals and record-low 44% support.
Typhoon No.25 nearing Ogasawara and SoftBank's third straight Pacific League title closed the day.
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Netherlands
17.09.2026
Thursday
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On day two of the Algemene Beschouwingen prime minister Jetten had to answer the majority question left open after day one. He promised to invite the opposition and hoped for a budget deal within a week, but refused to choose between left and right, saying such a choice would shortchange the country. Klaver warned his bloc would not move, Wilders cited distrust from Jetten's own ministers, and the box 3 tax remained unresolved, with Jetten citing legal risks and conceding the arbeidskorting served purchasing-power figures. Agreement surfaced only on an AI safety institute.
Editors placed that stalemate alongside Washington and the eastern border: Trump threatened sanctions and a trade break if the EU moved closer to Canada after Von der Leyen floated light membership, while Poland cleared airspace and briefly closed airports after Russian strikes near its border.
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India
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Overnight US House passage of the Russia sanctions bill authorizing 100% tariffs on Russian-oil buyers dominated, with the MEA saying energy security of 1.4 billion was non-negotiable and trade interests would be protected.
Morning shifted to Modi's 76th birthday at SEMICON India 2026, where he launched the second phase of the chip mission and cited the BRICS New Delhi Declaration as trust in India, alongside reports of two terrorists killed in Udhampur.
By afternoon focus turned to the Tata Sons board reappointing N Chandrasekaran for five years and pushing listing, which Tata Trusts and Noel Tata called illegal.
Evening closed with the EC freezing Trinamool's name and 'flowers and grass' symbol for both Mamata and Ritabrata factions ahead of Bengal bypolls, as Abhishek Sharma's 30-ball hundred powered India past Afghanistan.
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Poland
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Overnight attention stayed on Washington and Kyiv: Congress advanced new Russia sanctions under the Graham bill as Russia hit homes and a petrol station, then struck western Ukraine. Warsaw scrambled fighters, residents heard sonic booms around Łódź, and outlets reported a Russian drone near the border with a massive explosion.
Domestically the Sejm consented to the detention and temporary arrest of MP Wojciech Król, detained by the CBA in the evening, while prosecutors moved against PiS deputies and deputies clashed overnight over Polish history. The Justice Academy dispute continued with the dismissal file for rector Sopiński and Kurowska leaving the AWS building, and questions grew over the CIA chief's Moscow visit and briefing for Tusk.
The evening converged on Trump's message about Nawrocki and a US base in Poland citing substantial progress, answered by Nawrocki with a pledge involving the Polish government.
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Spain
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Ceuta moved from blockage to unblocking. After the Audiencia Nacional suspended the tent camp in the port, minister Puente denounced a campaign to stall solutions that left 1,800 transfers on hold and urged a swift ruling. By midday the court authorized temporary use on general-interest grounds, allowing reception of around 1,700 migrants. The government also opened an inquiry into alleged military beatings, while two injured soldiers were evacuated to Madrid's Gómez Ulla hospital and judges kept probing who financed the entry. In Strasbourg the European Parliament approved a resolution calling Ceuta invaded and demanding return of minors to Morocco, passed without socialist votes accused of shielding Rabat.
A violent storm killed one man in Barcelona, flooding streets, cutting roads and diverting flights. In Madrid, documents on manipulation of Ramón y Cajal waiting lists kept pressure on Ayuso.
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Turkey
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Carrying over the Fed-triggered Borsa plunge from the previous evening, morning editions tracked official damage control: the Financial Stability Committee and Daily Sabah line of no structural risk, Central Bank liquidity steps and SPK's closure of funds of seven portfolio firms.
By afternoon the story turned judicial. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's office blocked 246 accounts over manipulative posts, imposed exit bans on 48 names, detained Destek Yatırım and Tera Holding executives, secured the arrest of Muhammed Yarız and appointed a trustee to Alves Kablo.
In parallel, presidential adviser Mehmet Uçum fixed 16 April 2028 as a possible election date with Erdoğan as last-time candidate, while US envoy Tom Barrack announced an Erdoğan-Trump meeting in New York next week.
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China
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
State papers opened with the synchronized 'right path runs far' notebook on major-country diplomacy, then pivoted in lockstep to Xi Jinping's instruction to expand advanced manufacturing, with Li Qiang addressing the national conference on self-reliant chains and intelligent, green integration.
Commercial and Hong Kong outlets extended the industrial line into tech self-reliance: Huawei's new AI push to curb Nvidia dependence, smartphone makers turning to CXMT memory, and a 100,000 domestic-chip weather system.
External coverage turned to the US Federal Reserve's first rate rise in three years, China's Treasury holdings falling to an 18-year low, and debate over the yuan impact.
Attention then shifted to summit diplomacy ahead of Xi's Washington visit: Wang Yi's call with Rubio, Trump pressing on fentanyl precursors, talk of new military-ties measures, while the Xiangshan Forum closed with warnings over Japan's build-up.
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Kenya
17.09.2026
Thursday
4 days ago
Morning papers converged on road carnage, with nine dead in Kapiti and Kisii crashes and a matatu-trailer collision on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, later followed by a matatu driver charged over the Enterprise Road crash.
Attention shifted to succession politics after the Jubilee ruling, as Ruto, winding up his Nyanza tour with pledges on Kabunde Airstrip, publicly told former president Uhuru Kenyatta to stop sabotaging the government and respect the retired office ahead of his US trip for UNGA.
Ida Odinga unveiled a national committee for Raila Odinga's first death anniversary, insisting his legacy belonged even to enemies. Sifuna was blocked from JKUAT Karen after a forum cancellation, amid petitions over Linda Mwananchi funds and JKUAT disowning Didmus Barasa's degree.
Evening closed with a fuel tanker explosion on the Eldoret-Webuye road with several feared dead.
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