EurAsian Times

Amid intensifying tensions with Canada, US President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the sale of Bombardier aircraft in the United States ahead of Canadian counter-tariffs taking effect against Washington. US lawmakers, however, have pushed back against the move, which is expected to hurt jobs in the country. “NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!” Trump wrote in a post on his social media site, Truth Social.

Russia is using Egypt’s El Alamein International Airshow, which opened on 8 September 2026, to promote the Su-57E as a fifth-generation aircraft. The jet is on the ground and in the flying display. What Rostec actually premiered are air-launched S-71 family munitions—S-71M Monokhrom and S-71K Kovyór—plus at least one smaller unnamed weapon. UAC describes the first as a warhead-delivery platform and the second as an aviation bomb.

For years, Washington has treated a nuclear detonation in orbit as a remote nightmare. In 2024, it became an official concern. U.S. officials said Russia was developing a nuclear anti-satellite weapon that, if placed in orbit and detonated, could disable large numbers of satellites and make parts of low Earth orbit hazardous for years. “The Space Age will end when Russia launches its nuclear anti-satellite weapon into orbit,” said Rep. Mike Turner at CSIS in 2024.

As Canada grapples with whether to complete its purchase of F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters, it is worth noting that the person leading Canadian defense procurement is a former critic of the American stealth aircraft. One of the first things Mark Carney did after becoming Prime Minister of Canada in March 2025 was to put the F-35 purchase under review amid escalating tensions with the US President Donald Trump and his administration.

Is there a link between US President Donald Trump’s diplomatic mission to Moscow and Kyiv and the simultaneous electoral victory of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Saxony-Anhalt? After all, both events occurred over the same weekend – September 5–6, 2026. Trump had dispatched his special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow before traveling to Kyiv to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has published a detailed video offering a sneak peek at its “Chinese weapon inventory,” and potentially confirming the acquisition of the HQ-17A air defense system. On September 7, 2026, the Directorate General Public Relations of the Pakistan Air Force released a promotional video on its official X account, likely to mark Air Force Day.

After a record uninterrupted 286 days at sea, sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln spent five days in Thailand’s Pattaya before beginning their onward journey to the US. On September 6, the carrier with nearly 5,000 US sailors departed Thailand. The carrier has earlier generated controversy for its unusually long deployment at sea amid the U.S. war with Iran. “This port visit to Pattaya was a tremendous opportunity for this crew to recharge and a highlight for the strike group,” U.S. Navy Capt.

OP-ED by Abu Obaidha Arin The World Health Organization has spent more than a year avoiding a simple question. What, exactly, is Saima Wazed accused of, and why has she never been given the chance to answer it? Wazed did not walk into the office of the WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia. She was elected to it in November 2023, receiving eight of the ten votes cast by the region’s member states, a mandate confirmed afterward by WHO’s Executive Board under Article 52 of the WHO Constitution.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting was recently held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and included three major powers: China, Russia, and India, among others. India sits inside the SCO alongside its two principal military adversaries, China and Pakistan, while maintaining deep security ties with the United States, France, and Israel. India is also part of the QUAD alliance along with the US, Japan, and Australia.

From 9 to 22 September, the Indian Air Force will host Japan at Jodhpur for Veer Guardian 2026 — the first time Japanese fighter jets have deployed to India. A major army exercise with the United States, Yudh Abhyas, is due next.