Situation Reports

EU ambassadors discussed whether the bloc’s 150 billion euro ($176 billion) Security Action for Europe (SAFE) loan facility for defense investments and joint procurement could be used to finance arms purchases from the United Kingdom and Canada, with France pushing to cap such purchases at 50% of their value to prioritize EU-based defense manufacturers, Euractiv reported on Sept. 12.

Late on Sept. 11, a Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson addressed Mexico's impending tariffs on Chinese automobiles by saying, "Any unilateral tariff increase by Mexico…will be seen as appeasement and compromise of unilateral bullying" by the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sept. 12.

The High Court of Tanzania directed the country's electoral commission to allow Luhaga Mpina, the presidential candidate of the opposition ACT-Wazalendo party, to run in the Oct. 29 general election, The Chanzo reported on Sept. 11.

At the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit, which took place in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara, PIF leaders rejected a Chinese proposal to remove Taiwan from the forum framework and reaffirmed its status as a "development partner," the Australian Financial Review reported on Sept. 12.

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his close allies of five crimes involving a coup attempt in 2022, g1 reported on Sept. 11.

The Nepalese military remained on the streets of the capital Kathmandu and began preliminary talks with protesters on appointing an interim leader, with protest representatives split on a proposal to appoint former Chief Justice Sushila Karki to the position, AP reported on Sept. 11.

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has been suspended and charged with treason, crimes against humanity and murder over his alleged links to the White Army, an ethnic Nuer militia, Reuters reported on Sept. 11.

U.S. envoy John Coale announced in Minsk that Washington lifted sanctions on Belarusian airline Belavia on direct instructions from U.S. President Donald Trump and pledged to work toward reopening the U.S. Embassy, Reuters reported on Sept. 11.

Thailand and Cambodia agreed to gradually withdraw heavy weapons from contested frontier areas, set up a joint landmine-clearing panel and prepare a plan to repatriate captured soldiers, the Phnom Penh Post reported Sept. 11.

On Sept. 11, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce the first set of major infrastructure projects his Liberal minority government hopes to fast-track for approval, CBC reported on Sept. 10.