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The Trump administration’s freeze on a record US$14 billion Taiwan weapons sale—paused since the May Beijing summit—provoked lobbying and clarifying statements on 29 Sept 2026, with President Trump refuting his ambassador’s claim that he tried to placate China by selling it U.S. arms.
Late on 30 September 2026 the Pentagon confirmed every remaining U.S. soldier and piece of equipment had left Erbil Air Base, formally shutting down Operation Inherent Resolve and ending America’s latest military chapter in Iraq.
On 30 Sept 2026 the final 1,500 U.S.-led coalition troops exited Erbil Air Base, formally terminating the 12-year anti-ISIS mission and handing all security duties to the Iraqi government.
On 27 September 2026 Russian forces escalated to almost continuous daytime drone-and-bomb attacks, killing eight civilians across Ukraine—including three at a Sumy children’s centre—and hitting 16 separate locations in and around Kyiv.
Washington pulled its last contingent out of the Kurdistan region on 30 September 2026, flying the roughly 1,500 remaining personnel to Jordan and formally ending the anti-ISIS deployment negotiated in 2024.
Leaked Oct 1 2023 meeting minutes and ex-official testimony reveal Netanyahu never relayed UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed’s late-September warning of a Hamas “major attack,” and on 27 Sep 2026 he quietly flew to Abu Dhabi to meet the same leader amid the mounting scandal.
On 29 September 2026, King Mohammed VI asked PAM leader Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri to form a cabinet, the first time a woman has been appointed head of government in Morocco.
On 26 Sep 2026, after Iran offered to lift its own blockade and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week, President Trump publicly dismissed the plan and instead published a map renaming the chokepoint the “Trump Strait,” signalling intent to resume strikes after the U.S. mid-term elections.
On 28 Sept 2026 Brussels approved two new water-and-waste projects worth €43 million for Gaza while Germany publicly demanded Israel open crossings and use German scanners to let reconstruction materials in, signalling a coordinated European push to move from relief to rebuilding despite a faltering cease-fire.
On 26 Sep 2026 at UN headquarters, German FM Johann Wadephul and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov held a closed 20-minute meeting—their first since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine—during which Berlin demanded Moscow halt hybrid attacks such as the alleged August drone strike on Leipzig airport.
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