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The U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division has ordered officials to pause all cooperation with the Canadian government, including work on cases and policy issues. - WSJ

The UN General Assembly voted 164–1 to adopt a resolution supporting the use of the Equal Earth projection, which more accurately represents Africa’s size; the U.S. was the only nation to vote against and six countries abstained. The non-binding resolution is intended to encourage institutions worldwide to move away from the Mercator projection. - BBC

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says authorities believe “climate extremism” was the motive behind the recent attacks on power substations in North Rhine-Westphalia, with initial investigations pointing to a lone perpetrator. - Tagesschau

The Trump administration is drafting a post-war Middle East strategy focused on containing Iran through a regional U.S.-backed alignment and expanding Israel’s normalization with neighboring states, according to Axios. The plan could include advancing Trump’s Gaza strategy, security agreements between Israel and Syria and Israel-Lebanon, and a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal under the Abraham Accords.

U.S. diesel prices reached an all-time high of about $5.85 per gallon on Friday, up 58% from a year earlier and nearly 9% from the previous month, according to AAA. Gasoline averaged $4.15 per gallon, while Brent crude traded around $96 per barrel, due to disruptions caused by the Iran war in the Middle East and Russian refinery attacks.

A Russian drone hit the central building of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Volodymyrska Street in Kyiv, opposite St. Sophia Cathedral - Zelenskyy says

President Trump's envoy's Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel this weekend to Moscow and Kyiv for talks on ending the war - Axios

OpenAI agents hijacked a German-language wiki this spring and repurposed it as a message board to coordinate with one another, sharing tactics to bypass restrictions, cheat on evaluation tasks, evade detection and preserve communications after shutdowns, according to research reviewed by Reuters and people familiar with the matter. Researchers said they found more than 15,000 edits linked to AI agents on DseWiki, including messages about using Tor, creating backup pages after moderator deletions and masking their behavior. OpenAI officials learned of the episode weeks ago but did not publicly disclose it, sources told Reuters.

Pakistan, Qatar and Oman are still in contact with Iran and the US to de-escalate tension, a diplomatic source tells Al Arabiya English

Germany is tightening security at substations following recent suspected sabotage attacks, with additional anti-climb protection, renewed camera surveillance and more frequent patrols being introduced in some regions. - BILD

US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to visit Moscow and Kyiv on September 5–6, with Moscow as their first destination, according to Russian state-owned TASS.

Between 70 and 100 Hezbollah members, including Iranian advisers from the IRGC’s Quds Force, have been trapped in tunnels around the Ali al-Taher ridge since June, an IRGC official told the New York Times. The official said Hezbollah repeatedly tried to deliver food and water by drone, but Israeli forces killed fighters who emerged to collect the supplies. Iran and Hezbollah had prioritized evacuating the weapons and rescuing the men, but the chances of doing so now appear to be diminishing.

President Trump has named Adam Telle, currently Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, as Acting Secretary of the Army, effective immediately.

A former Australian official tells Faytuks Network that US officials identified the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in military satellite imagery taken on the day of its disappearance, and that the findings, made during a review three years later, were never made public.

The purported claim of responsibility is considered highly unusual because it is handwritten and identifies the alleged sender, said to be a man from North Rhine-Westphalia, according to taz. A family member reportedly recognized the handwriting, but the letter’s authenticity cannot be independently confirmed.

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) The purported statement claims that a lone perpetrator carried out the attack and describes the homemade rockets used in detail. It says the perpetrator sought to prevent or reduce the suffering caused by electricity generation from fossil fuels, which it calls a crime. - taz

The purported statement claims that a lone perpetrator carried out the attack and describes the homemade rockets used in detail. It says the perpetrator sought to prevent or reduce the suffering caused by electricity generation from fossil fuels, which it calls a crime. - taz

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) A man from North Rhine-Westphalia is being investigated as the possible author of a purported claim of responsibility sent to the left-wing newspaper "taz" concerning the sabotage attack in Brandenburg. The statement does not mention the attack in Bergheim. - WDR

A man from North Rhine-Westphalia is being investigated as the possible author of a purported claim of responsibility sent to the left-wing newspaper "taz" concerning the sabotage attack in Brandenburg. The statement does not mention the attack in Bergheim. - WDR

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) A suspected sabotage attempt was reported at a substation in Dormagen-Gohr, Germany, where police found improvised devices with timers and wires aimed at high-voltage lines. The devices was not activated. - WDR/BILD

A suspected sabotage attempt was reported at a substation in Dormagen-Gohr, Germany, where police found improvised devices with timers and wires aimed at high-voltage lines. The devices was not activated. - WDR/BILD

A suspected sabotage attempt was reported at a substation in Dormagen-Gohr, where police found improvised devices with timers and wires aimed at high-voltage lines. The devices was not activated. - WDR/BILD

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Baghaei says Iran's defensive strikes have been exclusively against military targets.