NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 9/18/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*MOSQUE BOMB ATTACK PAKISTAN*JAPAN INTEREST RATE HIKE*DEADLY PHILIPPINE SCHOOL SHOOTING*FIRING RANGE ACCIDENT SWEDEN*WILDLIFE LAW CHANGE HELPS FISHING, LOGGING*
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At least 15 killed and 50 wounded in the bombing of a mosque in Pakistan.
The attack in the northwestern region of the country near its border with Afghanistan...Al Jazeera Qatar
THE BANK OF JAPAN RAISING INTEREST RATES TODAY MOVING THE VALUE OF THE YEN LOWER.
THE MOVE HELPING STOCKS AS WELL THE WEAKER CURRENCY BOOSTS THE VALUE OF OVERSEAS EARNINGS WHEN CONVERTED INTO YEN.
JAPAN HOLDS OF MORE THAN ONE TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF THE US NATIONAL DEBT MAKING IT THE LARGEST HOLDER OF US INDEBTEDNESS...REUTERS-THE KOREA TIMES
In the Philippines at least three killed and eight wounded in a shooting attack at a high school.
A ninth-grade student told his friends to leave school after lunch warning he might do something bad.
He then went to a nearby classroom and opened fire while the adult supervising the classroom was absent.
37 PRISONERS HELD TOGETHER IN A NIGERIAN PRISON CELL ARE DEAD.
AUTHORITIES SPEAK OF DISEASE BUT ONE PRISONER TELLS THE STORY OF 65 INMATES ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL MINING BEING TIGHTLY PACKED TOGETHER.
THIS MAY HAVE LED TO THEIR SUFFOCATION ACCORDING TO ONE SURVIVOR.
SEVEN HURT, FIVE SERIOUSLY IN AN ACCIDENT AT A MILITARY FIRING RANGE IN SWEDEN.
AN EXPLOSION WAS REPORTED TO FIRST RESPONDERS BUT MILITARY OFFICIALS ARE NOT REVEALING DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT WOUNDED SEVEN MEMBERS OF SWEDEN'S ARMED FORCES...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
South Korea retaining fuel tax cuts due to higher prices resulting from the Iran and Ukraine wars.
The 15 percent cuts for gasoline and 25 percent cuts for diesel and butane will continue through October and November...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RUSSIA AND CHINA VEOTING A US RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HAVE KEPT UN EXPERTS MONITORING SANCTIONS ON IRAN.
11 OTHER NATIONS SUPPORTED THE RESOLUTION WITH PAKISTAN AND SOMALIA ABSTAINING...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-TIMES OF ISRAEL
The US Fish and Wildlife Service reinterpreting the "Endangered Species Act" to allow the unintentional killing of wildlife considered 'endangered'.
Previously such killing of 'endangered species' by hunters was considered a federal crime subject to federal prosecution.
The rule change will allow commercial fishing and logging businesses more freedom to operate without violating federal law...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
AS THE 'ONE NATION PARTY' RISES AND OFTEN LEADS OPINION POLLS THE LABOR PARTY GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA TIGHTENING IMMIGRATION RULES.
HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER TONY BURKE AIMING TO CUT THE NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS IN AUSTRALIA FROM 300,000 TO 225,000 BY THE YEAR AFTER NEXT.
ONE ASPECT OF THE NEW RULES INVOLVES KEEPING FAMILY MEMBERS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY.
ANOTHER TIGHTENS RULES FOR BACKPACKERS WHO VISIT AUSTRALIA FOR LONG-TERM STAYS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Ireland and Irish public broadcaster RTE again joining a boycott of Israel over the brutal warfare in Gaza that followed the massive Hamas terrorist attack of October 7th, 2023.
For the second year in a row Ireland will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest because Israel is being allowed to participate...Al Jazeera Qatar
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