South Korea will not send military to support US war on Iran, defying Trump pressureHowever, Lee added that he was reviewing whether to play a greater role in safeguarding navigation in the region. South Korea maintains a naval presence off the coast of Somalia as part of an anti-piracy mission. “[It] is also clear that we must do the minimum as other countries do to protect our commercial shipping and crude shipments, and also the safety of our people,” he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/18/south-korea-will-not-send-military-to-support-us-war-on-iran-defying-trump-pressure‘I spend a bagful of money and don’t fill a bag’: the energy crisis hits Bangladesh An energy crisis paralysing the capital, Dhaka, a city of almost 40 million people, means this has become the only time when the piped gas supply is strong enough to allow cooking. The city now operates in darkness, as people try to continue their lives with power even in public areas shut off early in the evening to preserve energy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/18/i-spend-a-bagful-of-money-and-dont-fill-a-bag-the-energy-crisis-hits-bangladeshUnemployment in Argentina reaches 7.9%, highest level since 2021The 7.9 percent unemployment figure represents jobless people available for work and actively seeking employment as a percentage of the economically active. According to the INDEC national statistics bureau, neither the employment nor unemployment figures registered significant variations from the same period last year but the 48.9 percentage for the economically active represents a statistically significant rise of 0.8 percentage points from the same quarter last year.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/unemployment-in-argentina-reaches-79-highest-level-since-2021.phtmlhttps://archive.ph/GNFIwColombian President Seeks to Reduce Peace Tribunal’s BudgetRamelli asked the international community to help guarantee resources essential for the JEP’s operation and warned about the impact the measure would have on the work of the jurisdiction, which was created following the 2016 peace agreement signed between the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
https://www.telesurenglish.net/colombian-president-seeks-to-reduce-peace-tribunals-budget/Far-right politician Éric Zemmour joins 2027 French presidential race French far-right politician Éric Zemmour said on Friday that he would run in next year's presidential election, joining far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who was runner-up to President Emmanuel Macron in the last two elections. Zemmour is campaigning on a crackdown on immigration, including a plan to expel unemployed foreigners even if they are legal residents.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260918-far-right-politician-éric-zemmour-joins-2027-french-presidential-racehttps://archive.ph/WZRDiScottish government urged to lift ban on new nuclear reactorsThe Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) made the plea as it pointed to figures that suggest the move to build new nuclear reactors in England has created 47,492 jobs since 2014, doubling the workforce to 94,836, compared with the 13.4 per cent increase — to 5,583 — in Scotland over the same period.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scottish-government-urged-lift-ban-new-nuclearItaly to deploy warships to protect shipping through Bab al-MandebThe Italian defence minister said that Rome “must not allow bureaucratic delays in decision-making to exacerbate an already complex situation”. Bab al-Mandeb links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, forming one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors between Europe and Asia and a critical route for oil, gas and container traffic heading to and from the Suez Canal.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/18/italy-to-deploy-warships-to-protect-shipping-through-bab-al-mandebhttps://archive.ph/vdGgm Sahel instability pushes Algeria to rethink its long-standing non‑intervention doctrine At the request of Nigerien authorities and on the instruction of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria announced on 30 August that it had deployed four Su-30 fighter jets, a refuelling aircraft and a military transport plane to help its African neighbour respond to a destabilisation attempt. The support mission came the day after an aborted coup attempt in Niger, a country led by General Abdourahamane Tiani since he came to power through a military putsch in July 2023.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sahel-instability-pushes-algeria-rethink-its-long-standing-non-intervention-doctrineHundreds rally at Turkey’s embassy in Uganda to demand a dissident’s extraditionThe dissident, Fred Lumbuye, has lived for years in Turkey, but his legal status there is unclear. His posts about Ugandan politics are viewed by thousands, giving him a unique platform and influence not available to critics at home. The rally outside the Turkish Embassy in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, was called by the Patriotic League of Uganda, a group whose chair is military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
https://apnews.com/article/uganda-turkey-dissident-lumbuye-f85945e017371116cd3fd440f6664a45Over 150 countries reject US decision to bar Palestinian delegation from UN General Assembly session At least 152 countries voted on Thursday in favour of a resolution that states the US should reverse its decision to bar the Palestinian delegation from attending the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The US, Israel and Paraguay voted against the resolution while Colombia, Honduras, Panama, and Peru abstained.
https://www.newarab.com/news/over-150-countries-reject-us-decision-bar-palestine-unga