Notable Events Around the World on - 2026-09-16

DRC-Rwanda: Can Geneva talks break the cycle of war in eastern Congo?

M23 controls large parts of eastern DRC as Kinshasa and Kigali remain divided over security and sovereignty.

aljazeera.com

Israel started an anti-Qatar campaign, then scrapped it

Days after October 7, Israel began building a global campaign to pressure and isolate Qatar.

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Can the US and China work together on AI risks?

Technological rivalry between Washington and Beijing makes it harder to agree how to manage potentially existential dangers

ft.com

Israeli soldiers rappel from helicopter in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces rappelled from a helicopter onto the roof of a residential building in Yatta, in the occupied West Bank.

aljazeera.com

Iran war increasing inflation, straining US munitions: congressional report

Report by nonpartisan research body finds that replenishing depleted munitions stockpiles could take up to five years.

aljazeera.com

Former Maduro ally pleads guilty to money laundering and fraud

Alex Saab pleads guilty in US court to laundering bribe and fraud proceeds linked to Venezuela's welfare programme.

aljazeera.com

We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

AI isn't some kind of new form of "alien mind," according to Jensen Huang. It's just hardware and software, so safety can be engineered by each AI product maker.

techcrunch.com

Iran war live: Iran’s top diplomat heads to China as war drags on

Iranian foreign minister heads to China as Beijing seeks to mediate an end to the war.

aljazeera.com