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Wall Street Lower at Open Amid Rising Treasury Yields and Oil Prices stock indexes opened lower amid the rising trend in Treasury yields and oil prices. SBS Sep 15, 2026 11:21 PM

Pressed for Options, Saudi Crown Prince Visits Egypt to Forge Joint Response on Red Sea Security The meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed and President el-Sisi comes as the Houthis tighten their grip on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the southern entrance to the Red Sea, and ramp up offensives against Saudi Arabia, drawing intense interest in the outcome of their talks. SBS Sep 15, 2026 11:20 PM

Nepal-China Massive Floods Leave Over 7,000 Dead or Missing Amid Difficult Identification According to agencies such as Nepal Press and the EFE news agency on the 15th, Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority stated that 1,395 people have been confirmed dead due to the severe floods that struck areas including Bagmati Province in the north-central region on August 26. SBS Sep 15, 2026 10:42 PM

Saudi Arabia's Crude Export Routes Blocked... Global Oil Prices Turn Red In the aftermath of the war between the United States and Iran, Saudi Arabia's crude oil export routes are being blocked from all directions. SBS Sep 15, 2026 10:41 PM

Over 300 South Koreans Detained in Georgia Take Legal Action Against Trump Administration South Korean workers who were mass arrested and detained by U.S. immigration authorities in Georgia last year are taking legal action against the Donald Trump administration. SBS Sep 15, 2026 10:34 PM

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Global Hawk Drone Lost Communication in Flight, Presumed Crashed Japanese media reported that the Air Self-Defense Force believes the aircraft is presumed to have crashed. SBS Sep 15, 2026 9:00 PM

Nepal-China Catastrophic Floods Leave Over 7,000 Dead or Missing Amid Identification Struggles According to local media outlets including Nepal Press and EFE on the 15th , Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority announced that 1,395 people have died so far from the massive floods that hit areas in the mid-northern Bagmati Province on the 26th of last month. SBS Sep 15, 2026 6:00 PM

Russia and Ukraine Exchange Strikes Just a Day After Trump's 'Energy Truce' Announcement President Donald Trump announced an "energy truce agreement." In the early hours of the 15th local time, a gas station in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was struck by a drone, injuring one civilian. SBS Sep 15, 2026 5:56 PM

Iran's Foreign Minister to Visit China Ahead of US-Iran Summit, Scheduled to Meet Wang Yi Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit China on September 16, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced. SBS Sep 15, 2026 5:52 PM

U.S. Acknowledges Deploying Space Weapons in Orbit for First Time... China Opposes Arms Race Under Secretary of the Air Force The Washington Post reported that the United States has acknowledged for the first time that it has operationally deployed space weapons in Earth's orbit to protect ground troops and its own satellites. SBS Sep 15, 2026 5:41 PM