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Demonstrators hold signs opposing South Korean military involvement in U.S. operations in the Strait of Hormuz during a protest near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Sept. 9, 2026. The Defense Ministry said a day earlier it had sent a fact-finding team to the region.

Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces fire at Houthi positions during clashes in the Al-Kadha area west of Taiz province, Sept. 8, 2026, in this frame grab from AFPTV video released Sept. 9. The Houthis launched an offensive toward the Bab al-Mandab Strait last week.

FILE — The Supreme Court building in Washington on Aug. 13, 2026. Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday denied Missouri's emergency request to use a Republican-drawn congressional map in the November election, without referring it to the full court.

FILE — Patriots quarterback Drake Maye warms up during a joint practice with the Philadelphia Eagles at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Aug. 19, 2026. Maye, sacked six times in Super Bowl LX, opens the season Wednesday in Seattle against the defense that beat him.

The bow of a vessel moored at the port of Kuhestak in Iran's Hormozgan province is seen damaged following a U.S. military strike earlier in the week, Sept. 6, 2026.

(From L) Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Britain's Queen Camilla and Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales attend the annual Commonwealth Day service ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London Prince William leaves for Oslo this week to represent King Charles at the state funeral of King Harald V of Norway, who died on August 28 at age 89 after 35 years on the Norwegian throne.

FILE — Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading, New York City, Sept. 3, 2026. U.S. stocks fell Tuesday as oil prices pushed toward $100 a barrel, with a widening war between the United States and Iran converging with a fresh trade dispute with Canada to unsettle investors returning from the Labor Day holiday.

Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (R) delivers a speech to a crowd with Labour party candidate for Leeds North West Alex Sobel (L), in Leeds, northern England, on May 15, 2017 as he campaigns for the general election.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a City Hall news conference on the release of 9/11-related air quality documents, joined by first responders, elected officials and advocates including Jon Stewart, in New York City, Sept. 8, 2026.

Victoria Tower Gardens, near the Houses of Parliament, in central London on August 21, 2026. The Office for National Statistics released local authority-level fertility data for England and Wales on September 8, confirming the national total fertility rate fell to 1.39 children per woman in 2025, down from 1.41 in 2024 and a fresh record low, the third consecutive year the figure has set a new bottom.