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Sweden Expels Iranian Embassy Staff, Summons Ambassador Over Threats to Israeli Interests According to Reuters, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on the 16th that it summoned the Iranian ambassador and asked a staff member of the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm to leave the country. SBS Sep 17, 2026 3:51 AM

US Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.25 Percentage Points, Tightening Policy for First Time in 3 Years... Hints at Additional Hikes Within Year central bank, the Federal Reserve , has raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to a range of 3.75% to 4.00%. SBS Sep 17, 2026 3:42 AM

5 Dead in LA After News Helicopter Crashes While Covering Traffic Accident NBC News, The New York Times , and other outlets reported on the 16th that an NBC local news helicopter suddenly crashed to the ground at around 7:00 p.m. SBS Sep 17, 2026 3:30 AM

Microsoft AI Chief Warns Teaching Rights to AI Will Lead to Loss of Control, Criticizes Anthropic Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, expressed opposition to Anthropic's "Claude Constitution"—a self-established behavioral principle for its AI models—in a post published on his personal blog on the 16th local time, titled "A Cautionary Note on Model Welfare." Suleyman emphasized, "AI is not conscious, does not feel emotions or pain, and is merely a 'next-token prediction engine' with no intrinsic preferences or motivations." He pointed out that despite this, Anthropic takes an ambiguous stance in the Claude Constitution on whether AI is a moral agent, operating under the assumption that AI can possess emotions or feelings. SBS Sep 17, 2026 3:22 AM

Libyan National Oil Corporation Chairman Says Oil Production Recovered to Normal Levels According to Reuters on the 16th , Chairman Suleiman said the impact of the shutdown at three domestic oilfields the previous day was limited, adding that the situation is now back to normal and no further production halts are expected. SBS Sep 17, 2026 3:18 AM

Eight Women Found Dead in South Africa Over Two Months; Authorities Offer Bounty and Implement Lockdown Authorities in South Africa are on high alert after the bodies of women, believed to be victims of crime, were discovered successively over the past two months in the city of Ekurhuleni (commonly known as the Eastland), adjacent to the country's largest city, Johannesburg. SBS Sep 17, 2026 3:16 AM

New York City to Hold Special AI Hearing Next Month; Calls on OpenAI and Anthropic to Attend Following its restriction of AI use in schools, New York City is actively stepping up its AI regulatory discussions by examining safety issues involving AI companies. SBS Sep 17, 2026 3:12 AM

"Two Pump Stations on Attacked Saudi East-West Pipeline Damaged... Recovery Unclear" Aramco, the Saudi state-owned oil company that operates the 1,200-kilometer-long pipeline crossing the Arabian Peninsula, did not respond to requests for comment. SBS Sep 17, 2026 3:10 AM

Houthis Claim to Shoot Down Saudi F-15 Fighter Jet, Release Video Yahya Saree, the military spokesperson for the Houthi rebels, stated in a broadcasted statement through the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV that the Saudi fighter jet was shot down by an indigenous surface-to-air missile while carrying out hostile operations to assist Yemeni government forces. SBS Sep 17, 2026 3:09 AM

Police Drop Defamation Allegations Against Independent Lawmaker Han Dong-hoon Over Lee Jae-myung North Korea Remittance Remarks According to sources, the Seoul Suseo Police Station decided not to send the case against Lawmaker Han—who faced accusations of defamation by spreading false information—to prosecutors, citing insufficient evidence. SBS Sep 17, 2026 1:04 AM