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Economy News Around The World

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🌍 Al-Malki: Holy-Site Security Is a ‘Red Line’ — 6:50 p.m. Local Intercept Claim; Sharif: ‘Dastardly’; NBC: Diesel $6.31

🌍 Al-Malki: Holy-Site Security Is a ‘Red Line’ — 6:50 p.m. Local Intercept Claim; Sharif: ‘Dastardly’; NBC: Diesel $6.31

Steve Sr. Editor September 16, 2026

NBC, Sept. 16, 6:41 a.m. ET: Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki said Wednesday the drone south of Mecca...

🌍 Saudi Coalition: Houthi Drone Downed South of Mecca — Houthis Deny Targeting Holy Sites; WHO: 2,883 Since Aug. 6

🌍 Saudi Coalition: Houthi Drone Downed South of Mecca — Houthis Deny Targeting Holy Sites; WHO: 2,883 Since Aug. 6

Steve Sr. Editor September 16, 2026

BBC/Reuters: Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said Tuesday evening the coalition intercepted a Houthi drone south of Mecca....

🌍 Trump’s Energy Pause Is Not a Halt — 200 Drones, Kyiv Stations Hit; Kremlin Calls It a Proposal

🌍 Trump’s Energy Pause Is Not a Halt — 200 Drones, Kyiv Stations Hit; Kremlin Calls It a Proposal

Steve Sr. Editor September 15, 2026

NBC News, Sept. 15: Trump said Monday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop striking each...

🌍 Houthis Dig In on Yemen’s West Coast — UNSC Sits 3 p.m. NY; Hanish Still a Claim; OCHA: 125,000 Displaced

🌍 Houthis Dig In on Yemen’s West Coast — UNSC Sits 3 p.m. NY; Hanish Still a Claim; OCHA: 125,000 Displaced

Steve Sr. Editor September 15, 2026

UN News, Sept. 15: emergency Council meeting 3 p.m. New York on Bab el-Mandeb. Mocha was Thursday....

🌍 Saudi Alerts in Mecca and Jeddah — Lifted; Coalition: 13 Civilians Hurt in Monday Houthi Strikes

🌍 Saudi Alerts in Mecca and Jeddah — Lifted; Coalition: 13 Civilians Hurt in Monday Houthi Strikes

Steve Sr. Editor September 15, 2026

Reuters, Riyadh/Dubai, Sept. 15: Saudi civil defence issued brief alerts including Mecca and Jeddah, then lifted them....

🌍 Verkhovna Rada: 317–0, Kravchenko Out — Tuesday Vote Follows Zelenskiy’s ‘Only One Path’

🌍 Verkhovna Rada: 317–0, Kravchenko Out — Tuesday Vote Follows Zelenskiy’s ‘Only One Path’

Steve Sr. Editor September 15, 2026

Hromadske / Ukrainska Pravda / UNN, Sept. 15: Ukraine’s parliament dismissed Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko. 317 lawmakers...

🌍 Pryluky: 3 Killed, 13 Hurt — Police Update a Warehouse Strike; Dead Include a Woman Born 1945

🌍 Pryluky: 3 Killed, 13 Hurt — Police Update a Warehouse Strike; Dead Include a Woman Born 1945

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

National Police of Ukraine, 6:51 p.m. Kyiv, Sept. 14: as of 6:30 p.m., three dead and 13...

🌍 Kremlin Welcomes Trump’s Diesel Ask — The Gulf, Not Ukraine, Is Their Main Shock

🌍 Kremlin Welcomes Trump’s Diesel Ask — The Gulf, Not Ukraine, Is Their Main Shock

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

Reuters, Moscow, Sept. 14, 11:29 a.m. UTC: the Kremlin welcomed President Trump calling on Ukraine to halt...

🌍 Hormuz Weekend: 4 Ships Out, 10 In — Single-Digit Days vs a 14-Ship 10-Day Average

🌍 Hormuz Weekend: 4 Ships Out, 10 In — Single-Digit Days vs a 14-Ship 10-Day Average

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

Reuters, Singapore, Sept. 14, 4:18 a.m. UTC: preliminary shiptracking, commodity transits through Hormuz fell to a single...

🌍 Zelenskiy: ‘Only One Path’ for Prosecutor General — Parliament Votes Tuesday on Kravchenko

🌍 Zelenskiy: ‘Only One Path’ for Prosecutor General — Parliament Votes Tuesday on Kravchenko

Steve Sr. Editor September 14, 2026

Reuters, Kyiv, Sept. 14, 6:06 a.m. UTC: President Zelenskiy told lawmakers to support removing Prosecutor General Ruslan...