Qatar is insisting on an official apology from Israel for its recent ballistic missile strike in Doha before resuming efforts to mediate a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke with Axios. The demand reportedly comes from Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, who raised the issue with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during their meeting in Doha on Tuesday.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in New York City tonight ahead of next week’s 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Al-Sharaa is the first Syrian president to visit the United States and address the UN since Nureddin al-Atassi in 1967.

Last year, during an undercover operation, the FBI recorded Tom Homan—currently the White House Border Czar—accepting $50,000 in cash after suggesting he could help undercover agents, posing as business executives, secure government contracts under the incoming Trump Administration, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation and internal documents reviewed by MSNBC. The FBI and Justice Department had initially planned to monitor whether Homan would follow through on his alleged promise once he assumed his role as the nation’s top immigration official. However, the case stalled shortly after President Donald J. Trump took office in January and was only recently closed by FBI Director Kash Patel. In a joint statement, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said: “This matter originated under the previous administration and underwent a full review by FBI agents and Justice Department prosecutors. They found no credible evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Department resources must remain focused on real threats to the American people, not baseless investigations. Consequently, the investigation has been closed.”

Iraqi officials have released new details about yesterday’s raid in northern Syria that killed Omar Abdul Qader Bassam, a senior ISIS external operations planner. According to the officials, the ground assault was conducted by U.S. Army Special Forces working alongside Iraq’s elite Special Operations Forces (ISOF), known as the Golden Division, and Syria’s Special Mission Forces, composed largely of former “Red Bands” fighters from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The operation was supported from the air by the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR).

On Saturday, a major cyberattack targeted ARINC cMUSE, a check-in and boarding system developed by Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX Corporation (Raytheon), causing widespread disruptions and significant delays at multiple European airports. Impacted hubs included London Heathrow, Berlin Brandenburg, Brussels, as well as Cork and Dublin in Ireland. “The disruption is limited to electronic check-in and baggage drop and can be managed through manual procedures,” RTX said in a statement, noting that work is underway to resolve the issue. Airports, however, are bracing for delays to continue through Monday.

Pakistan’s Defense Ministry announced that its nuclear arsenal would be “made available” to Saudi Arabia if required, under the terms of the new mutual defense agreement signed earlier this week in Riyadh.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the Trump Administration to pressure Egypt into reducing its recent military build-up in the Sinai Peninsula, according to one U.S. official and two Israeli officials who spoke with Axios. In a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem on Monday, Netanyahu reportedly presented a list of what he described as significant Egyptian violations of the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. Israeli officials allege that Egypt has been constructing military infrastructure in areas where the treaty permits only light weapons, including extended runways at airbases capable of hosting fighter jets, as well as underground facilities that Israeli intelligence suspects could eventually be used to store missiles aimed at Israel. Egypt, for its part, has reinforced its presence along the Gaza border amid Israel’s ongoing war in the enclave, fearing that Netanyahu’s government may attempt to push some or all of Gaza’s two million residents into Sinai. Cairo has declared that any mass influx of Palestinian refugees would constitute a threat to Egypt’s national security. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government has also cautioned Israel against taking steps that could destabilize the landmark 1979 peace accord, which ended decades of conflict dating back to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

A U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” long-range strategic bomber touched down at RAF Fairford in England earlier today after performing a low-altitude flyover in Ostrava, Eastern Czechia, as part of the NATO Days 2025 celebrations.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is imposing new restrictions on the Pentagon Press Corps, announcing Friday that reporters will now be required to sign a pledge agreeing not to gather or publish any information that has not been formally cleared for release, or risk losing their Pentagon press credentials. In a 17-page memo released Thursday, the Department of Defense said it “remains committed to transparency to promote accountability and public trust,” but stressed that “all information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before dissemination, even if it is unclassified.”

For the first time in more than a decade, Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Friday raised the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic at the Syrian Embassy in Washington, D.C. signaling a major step in the process of resuming full diplomatic ties between Syria and the United States.

According to sources close to the Kremlin cited by Bloomberg, Russian President Vladimir Putin has determined that escalating the conflict is the most effective way to pressure Ukraine into negotiations on his terms, while believing that U.S. President Donald J. Trump is unlikely to significantly strengthen Kyiv’s defenses.

The Estonian Defence Forces have released a map detailing yesterday’s incursion by Russian MiG-31s into Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland, indicating that the jets came within 20 miles of the capital, Tallinn.

Reuters reports that in late August, Pentagon officials met with European diplomats to deliver a blunt message: the United States plans to scale back certain security assistance to Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia — all NATO members bordering Russia. Pentagon official David Baker reportedly told the group that Europe must become less dependent on Washington under President Donald J. Trump, noting that U.S. military priorities are shifting toward homeland defense. Since that meeting, Russia has stepped up incursions into NATO airspace, facing only muted reactions from Washington and the White House. These provocations have included nearly two dozen one-way attack drones that struck Poland last week, yesterday’s violation of Estonian airspace by Russian MiG-31s over the Gulf of Finland, and Russian fighter jets harassing Polish oil platforms in the Baltic Sea.

Authorities deploy tear gas, crowd control munitions amid ongoing protests outside ICE processing center in Broadview, Illinois.

When asked about today’s violation of NATO airspace over Estonia by Russian fighter jets, U.S. President Donald J. Trump responded: “I don’t love it. I don’t love it when that happens. Could be big trouble. But I’ll know more soon — they’re briefing me in about an hour.”

Fires are raging at the Saratov Oil Refinery in Russia’s Saratov Oblast after multiple strikes by Ukrainian one-way attack drones.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced and released footage of another recent strike in the Southern Caribbean Sea, targeting a drug trafficking vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization. The operation killed three suspected narco-terrorists, believed to be members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua.

The IDF reports that two Hezbollah operatives were killed in airstrikes in southern Lebanon: • Amar Qasibani, commander in Mazraat Sinay near Ansar • Hussein Ramadan, Radwan Force, near Tebnine Hospital Additionally, the Israeli Navy targeted a Hezbollah vessel off Naqoura used for surveillance.

The Senate today confirmed Mike Waltz as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations by a 47–43 vote. Waltz previously served as President Trump’s National Security Advisor before being removed in May.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced that he will host Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the White House on September 25, coinciding with the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Trump said the leaders will discuss a range of trade and military agreements, including a “large-scale purchase of Boeing aircraft, a major F-16 deal, and the continuation of F-35 talks, which we expect to conclude positively.”