Arms production plants for Ukraine in Europe are "potential" legitimate targets, Russia issues a warning

 Moscow has issued a stern warning to Europe, declaring that any factory on its territory producing weaponry for Ukraine could be considered a potential military target for Russian forces.

US to release up to 40 million barrels from Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Trump's order, Department of Energy says

 The oil is being offered to energy companies as a loan, to be paid back later with extra barrels. It is the last batch of the 172 million barrels Washington pledged to the IEA's coordinated 400-million-barrel release after the US launched its war on Iran.

Seoul demands an official apology from the Kyiv for revealing the handover of two N. Korean prisoners to S. Korea

  South Korea's Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine's chargé d'affaires to protest Zelenskyy's public disclosure of information regarding the transfer of two North Korean prisoners to Seoul, Reuters reports.

Lavrov calls for more seats for Asia, Africa, and Latin America on the UN Security Council

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov advocated on Saturday for a reform of the UN Security Council that would incorporate more representatives from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 

If Europeans hadn’t cheated, Ukraine could have remained within 1991 borders — Lavrov

 Ukraine could have remained within the borders of 1991, if Europeans hadn’t engaged in fraud, but they failed to suppress their "eternal instinct to lie" and try to achieve their goals through criminal methods, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine.

Trump threatens again Iran with ‘quick annihilation’ if no deal reached untill the US midterm elections

 A possible deal between Iran and the United States would either bring prosperity to the Islamic Republic or it would be quickly ‘annihilated,’ President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

Trump says to make 'big decision' on Iran : Do I want to go in and annihilate them or do I not?

 

The United States has reached a turning point in the war with Iran, and President Donald Trump has a big decision looming, according to Axios.

"It harms the whole world": Trump forbade Zelenskyy from striking Russian facilities linked to diesel fuel

 US President Donald Trump urged  Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday to halt military strikes against Russian diesel refineries, warning that the operations are creating global fuel shortages. 

Oil tops $100 as Middle East conflict intensifies

Global oil prices have surpassed $100 per barrel as escalating fighting between the US and Iran, and Houthi attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure, raised fears of further supply disruptions. Brent crude broke the threshold for the first time in nearly two months.

Russian FM on the withdrawal of consent for the operation of the German Consulate General in St. Petersburg:

 Russian Foreign Ministry:

In response to the unfriendly actions taken by the German side regarding the closure of the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin, the Chargé d'Affaires of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Russian Federation was informed on September 7 of the following countermeasures.

Moscow calls accusations over the Leipzig drones 'the beginning of a real war'

 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday called accusations against Russia over a drone incident at Germany's Leipzig Airport “the beginning of a real war.”

Mladić's body has been brought to Serbia; the funeral will take place on Monday

 A Serbian government plane has brought the body of Ratko Mladić to Belgrade; he died last week at the age of 84 while serving a life sentence handed down by the Hague tribunal for genocide and other war crimes committed during the 1992–1995 Bosnian War.