Hague arbitration panel says India must honor water-sharing treaty with PakistanIndia’s Ministry of External Affairs called the panel an “illegally constituted” body and said India had never recognized its legal authority or participated in its proceedings. The ministry said the tribunal had been established in violation of the treaty and that New Delhi’s decision to hold the agreement in abeyance remained in force.
https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-india-water-treaty-hague-arbitration-1af8defb6de801b19676656a6224ce30China Demands Respect for Venezuela Investments amid Oilfield Transfers to US-Controlled OperatorGuo added that the economic and trade relations between nations “should follow the principles of equality and mutual benefit.” Beijing’s warning came in the wake of an announced US-Venezuela oil deal that Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez termed “historic” and US President Donald Trump called “the biggest in history.”
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/china-demands-respect-for-venezuela-investments-amid-oilfield-transfers-to-us-controlled-operator/De la Espriella claims Colombia’s military killed 23, arrested 6 EMC guerrillasIn a video, De la Espriella said that “Operation Azarias,” targeted the EMC’s Carolina Ramirez Front and killed one of its commanders, a man called “Tigre” or “Pintado,” in the south of the Guaviare province. A second guerrilla commander, “Victor,” was among the six alleged EMC members who were arrested during the operation, which included air strikes.
https://colombiareports.com/de-la-espriella-claims-army-killed-23-arrested-6-emc-guerrillas/Brazilian activist demands Tunisia release Sumud Flotilla organisersIsraeli authorities released Nabil Channoufi, Ghassan Henchiri, Ghassan Boughdiri, and Wael Naouar from prison and they returned to Tunisia in October. Fellow activists said Tunisian “counterterrorism” police rearrested the four in February, after they announced a new flotilla mission to carry aid to Gaza. “It’s been so long, my dear friends,” said Brazilian activist Thiago Avila, in a video message posted on social media on Tuesday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/2/brazilian-activist-demands-tunisia-release-sumud-flotilla-organisershttps://archive.ph/TblYKDurban Metro Police job-selling scam being probedThe eThekwini Municipality says its pursuing criminal charges against an official over allegedly selling posts in the Durban Metro Police Service for tens of thousands of rands. City Manager Musa Mbhele and Durban Metro Police Commissioner Sibonelo Mchunu addressed the media on allegations of jobs-selling and irregularities in the recruitment process.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/1157464-2/SACP orders Western Cape deployees to ignore ANC expulsionsThe SACP in the Western Cape has ordered its provincial secretary Benson Ngqentsu and councillors facing removal as ANC representatives in the Western Cape legislature and councils to remain in their positions. Briefing the media on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, SACP chairperson Anthony Dietrich said the party has issued a directive to all its deployed cadres to ignore the ANC's dismissal letters.
https://capeargus.co.za/news/2026-09-02-sacp-orders-western-cape-deployees-to-ignore-anc-expulsions/ 10 wounded in clashes in Suwayda An armed group known as the “National Guard,” affiliated with Druze leader Hikmat al-Hijri, accused government forces of attacking civilians. The group said government forces had fired “indiscriminately” with mortars and machine guns, wounding a child.
https://english.anf-news.com/rojava-syria/10-wounded-in-clashes-in-suwayda-87021Israel still wants to remove Palestinians from Gaza, defence minister saysSpeaking at a conference organised by Israeli publication Ynet on Wednesday, Katz said de-populating Gaza – which some Israeli officials euphemistically describe as voluntary “immigration” or “migration” of Palestinians – remains the “only solution”. “In the end, there is no real solution for Gaza without this migration,” Katz said, according to the Times of Israel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/2/israel-still-wants-to-remove-palestinians-from-gaza-defence-minister-sayshttps://archive.ph/pnnwCShootout between SBU and HUR in Kyiv during investigation of Russian FSB plotA shootout between two branches of Ukraine's security services broke out on the morning of Sept. 2 during an investigation into an alleged Russian terrorist plot against a Russian opposition figure. Earlier, a source in Ukraine's Defense Forces told the Kyiv Independent that the target of the plot was Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) that fights alongside Kyiv.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-prevents-fsb-plot-against-russian-opposition-figure/https://archive.ph/CltW1Russian barrage on Kiev kills at least 11The latest attack struck civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in several districts of Kiev, with eight people killed in the city itself and three others in the surrounding region. Russian strikes killed seven people in the Darnytskyi district of the capital, authorities said.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/ukraine-war-russian-barrage-kiev-kills-least-11Workers’ voices published by Scottish Covid-19 inquiryMore than 12,500 employees, employers, key workers and those made redundant during the pandemic contributed to the Voices of Business and Individuals document, sharing the struggles they faced ranging from working in unsafe environments, balancing their own caring responsibilities and living with long Covid.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/workers-voices-published-scottish-covid-19-inquiryAlmost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts findBased on a worldwide farming population of 934 million, this means approximately 46% of farmers are being poisoned every year. The greatest estimated number of poisonings was in southern Asia, followed by south-east Asia and east Africa.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/50-per-cent-world-farmers-poisoned-pesticides-every-year-experts