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MIDDLE EAST WAR | Day 206.

• Senior officials of the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen warned countries over the weekend against joining Saudi Arabia in action against the group but said Houthi leaders have assured the United States that U.S. vessels in the Red Sea would not be attacked. [more]

UKRAINE | Today is day 1,668 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates:

• In one its largest air assaults since the Russian invasion began in 2022, Ukraine launched more than 1,000 missiles and drones at targets across Russia Saturday night, including what Moscow officials say was the "largest ever" drone attack on the Russian capital. In a social media post, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country's forces targeted Russian oil and logistics facilities to put pressure on Russia's ability to "sustain the war machine." [more]
• A day after Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones and missiles at targets across Russia, Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia today, hitting apartment blocks, a university, and a shopping mall, among other sites. [more]

U.S. PRESS FREEDOM | Media outlets CNN, MS NOW, and Politico have announced plans to sue the Trump administration on First Amendment grounds after President Donald Trump, citing negative coverage of his administration, announced on Friday that the outlets would be banned from the White House. [more]

WASHINGTON, DC | President Donald Trump suggested yesterday that his proposed 225-foot triumphal arch between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC, would also serve as a "top-grade military complex" from which drones could be launched and on which snipers could be deployed. Reports note that Trump has also characterized the planned new ballroom on the White House grounds as necessary for national security purposes due to its proposed military uses. [more]

U.S. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | A lawsuit filed Friday by subscribers to major U.S. artificial intelligence services claims AI giants Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX AI, and Google violated antitrust laws by agreeing to coordinate a slowdown in the pace of AI development and that doing so would reduce the value consumers get for paid AI subscriptions. [more]

TEXAS | Austin, Texas, Mayor Kirk Watson said yesterday that he wants his city's police department to be involved in investigations into the shooting of a 28-year-old Venezuelan illegal immigrant by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer earlier in the day. Department of Homeland Security officials say the shooting took place following a traffic stop and that the immigrant faced a final order of removal from the United States. [more]

FLORIDA | The Florida Department of Health on Friday confirmed the death earlier this month of an elderly Tampa woman from a locally acquired dengue fever infection. Reports note that more than 130 cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been reported this year in Florida's Hillsborough County, which typically sees only a few cases per year. [more]

U.S. DRUG WAR | The U.S. military's Southern Command says four people were killed in an airstrike on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday. Reports note the deaths bring to at least 231 the number of people killed in similar strikes on suspected drug traffickers since September 2025. [more]

U.S., DENMARK, AND GREENLAND | A new security agreement is expected to be signed this week at the U.N. General Assembly between the United States, Denmark, and Greenland that provides for an increased U.S military presence in Greenland and bans any non-NATO bases in the semi-autonomous Danish territory. U.S. President Donald Trump, in announcing the deal Saturday, said the agreement would give the U.S. "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland," and leaders of both Greenland and Denmark have voiced their support for the agreement. [more]

U.S. AND HAITI | U.S. federal prosecutors in southern Florida say 18 suspects arrested in connection with the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were awaiting extradition to the United States as of yesterday and will face trial in Florida. The development follows the 2025 request by Haitian justice officials for U.S. and Canadian assistance in prosecutions related to the killing of Moïse. [more]

GLOBAL AI | Ahead of this week's talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said yesterday that the U.S. is proposing to establish a new “notification mechanism” for artificial intelligence incidents that could affect national security and that related talks are taking place with Chinese officials. [more]

UNITED NATIONS | Some 130 heads of state and government are expected to speak at this week's United Nations General Assembly in New York City, which begins tomorrow with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' opening “state of the world” address. Among high-profile speakers will be U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emanuel Macron, who will speak Tuesday, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, who will speak Wednesday. [more]

PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN | Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes on suspected militant hideouts in eastern Afghanistan early this morning, killing at least 28 militants, according to security officials. Afghan authorities say only three people were killed in the attacks, which mark a renewed escalation of cross-border hostilities amidst efforts by regional countries to ease tensions between Islamabad and Kabul. [more]

JAPAN | An estimated 1.9 million people in six Japanese prefectures are under evacuation orders today amidst projected record rainfall and flooding brought on by Typhoon Dujuan. Hundreds of flights into and out of Japan have been cancelled amidst the storm, which has also left more than 50,000 people without power. [more]

U.K. | Flight delays and cancellations are expected to impact air travel in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the north of England today following a now-resolved technical issue at the U.K.'s National Air Traffic Services. [more]

RUSSIA | Russian election officials say preliminary results from three days of voting indicate the United Russia party – the main Kremlin-supporting political organization – will hold 355 out of 450 seats in the country's parliament, solidifying the party's tight control of the government. [more]

NETHERLANDS | Dutch riot police made several arrests and dispersed hundreds of far-right protesters Saturday after violence broke out during a march in The Hague against the Netherlands' immigration and asylum policies. [more]

NORTH KOREA | South Korean and Japanese officials say North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast yesterday in the latest such military demonstration to come after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would bolster its nuclear deterrent capabilities in response to what Kim characterized as continued U.S. hostilities in the region. [more]

ITALY | Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said yesterday that she intends to propose measures to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in schools. [more]

COLLEGE FOOTBALL | Texas tops the AP Top 25 football poll following weekend games, followed by Georgia, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, and Indiana. [full poll] [more]

WEEKEND MOVIES | "Resident Evil" topped the North American box office over the weekend with an estimated $60 million in receipts, followed by "Practical Magic 2" and "Spider-Man: Brand New Day." [more]

TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 2013, Al-Shabaab militants launched a terrorist attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenya. The attack ended three days later and left more than 65 people dead, including Ghanian poet and novelist Kofi Awoonor. [more history]