Lavrov calls Leipzig drone accusations start of real war

52 min agoAnak Krakatau volcano erupted on Sunday, forcing eight Indonesian airports including Jakarta's main international hub to suspend operations as ash spread across the archipelago. More than 150,000 passengers were stranded, with conflicting airline notices creating confusion at airports in both Indonesia and Singapore. Experts ruled out the possibility that the eruptions could generate a tsunami.

1 h agoPutin and Zelenskyy agreed to pause strikes on each other's capitals while the talks take place. The envoys arrived in Kyiv by train and were received at the railway station by Ukrainian negotiators including chief of staff Kirilo Budanov and foreign intelligence chief Rustem Umerov.

1 h agoVoting in Saxony-Anhalt is under way. While the AfD remains ahead in polls, the party may struggle to form a government if it fails to secure an absolute majority.

1 h agoPresident Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine "is interested in bringing closer the end of the war" ahead of meeting with the U.S. envoys in Kyiv. A Russian presidential adviser characterized the Moscow talks with Putin as "constructive, extremely frank and marked by trust."

2 h agoIsraeli security forces arrested ten Hamas operatives in Akraba near Nablus during a joint counterterrorism operation. The IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police's Counterterrorism Unit located a rocket without a launcher and a weapons cache containing an M16 rifle and explosives, which were dismantled.

2 h agoRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said accusations that Moscow was involved in a drone incident at Germany's Leipzig airport constituted the opening of a real war. The German government concluded on Sept. 1 that Russia was responsible for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport and ordered the closure of a Russian consulate and cultural centre in Berlin in response.

3 h agoEngland has shed 183 tennis courts since 2023, marking the first decline in at least two decades. Padel facilities have grown nearly sixfold in the same period, though tennis courts still outnumber them by 11 to one.

3 h agoThe USS Abraham Lincoln, carrying 5,000 sailors, left Laem Chabang port near Pattaya on Sunday after five days ashore following nine months at sea. Pattaya police said the visit ended largely without incident, with only a drunken altercation among American sailors reported on the first day.

3 h agoDrug laboratories were uncovered in two apartments in Egypt's capital, according to authorities. Sarah Khalifa is 39 years old.

4 h agoJapan's 13th-seeded Naomi Osaka defeated Belgium's Elise Mertens with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 scoreline in Saturday's third round at the U.S. Open. Osaka, who has won the tournament twice before, expressed surprise at her victory despite struggling with unforced errors throughout the match.