* British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday lost a key Brexit vote in the House of Commons as anti-no deal MPs take control of the parliamentary business. The British government was defeated by a margin of 27 votes as rebel lawmakers seize the control of the parliamentary agenda on Wednesday (September 4) , which will allow a debate on a bill to block a no-deal Brexit.
* A United Nations (UN) report said Tuesday that due to its impending departure from the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom needs bilateral agreements with countries that grant preferences to the EU countries so that Britain can maintain preferential market access.
* The Trump administration will divert US$3.6 billion from the Pentagon for the construction of the US-Mexico border wall, according to local media reports quoting House aides and Democrats on Tuesday.
* UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces has expressed solidarity with the victims of and those affected by Hurricane Dorian, which has wreaked havoc in the Bahamas in the Caribbean.
* Hurricane Dorian, now a category 2 storm delivering 120 mph winds, is expected to get "dangerously" close to southeastern US state of Florida late Tuesday and into Wednesday, US forecasters said Tuesday. Afterwards, the storm is expected to continue toward the Georgia and South Carolina coasts. By the end of the week, it is expected to be shadowing the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia, said forecasters.
* The Bahamas lacks the ability to defend itself against extreme weather events like Hurricane Dorian, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said on Monday as the storm continued to batter the Caribbean island.
* German Chancellor Angela Merkel sent a letter to her Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Honcharuk, in which she congratulated him on his recent appointment as prime minister and invited him to visit Berlin in near future, Ukrinform reported on Tuesday.
* The top UN envoy for Afghanistan called for an end to violence after a Taliban-claimed attack in Kabul, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
* The United States announced on Tuesday that it has imposed sanctions on Iran's space agencies amid tension. The new sanctions, targeting the Iran Space Agency and two of its research institutes, were the first of its kind by Washington as tension in the Middle East escalates.
* The French government opened a national conference on Tuesday on domestic violence, hoping to come up with decisive measures to stop femicide as female citizens have been murdered by their partners at an alarming rate in the country.
* Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte stressed the importance of showing solidarity with nations at the forefront of migration, in The Hague on Tuesday.
* Jordan on Tuesday called for intensified efforts to resolve the crisis in Yemen through a political solution.
* Acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday presented a package of 370 measures aimed at persuading the left-wing Unidos Podemos party to support his efforts to form a government.
* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that his country will not close its doors to refugees, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
* Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen intercepted Tuesday a drone launched towards Saudi border city Khamis Mushayt, said the Saudi Press Agency.
* BRICS countries are stepping up technology transfer and transformation, according to a conference held on Tuesday by the BRICS Technology Transfer Center in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
* The UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame confirmed on Tuesday that the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is working to guarantee the reopening of the Mitiga International Airport, which was closed after being hit by shelling.
* New Zealand police said on Wednesday that multiple people including Chinese tourists were dead in a serious crash on State Highway 5, near Mamaku.
* Cameroon on Tuesday sent its sixth contingent of troops to restive Central African Republic (CAR) to join UN peacekeeping forces mission focused on the stabilization and protection of civilian population.
* An official of the African Union (AU) on Tuesday called for strengthening electoral institutions in Africa.
* Bolivian antinarcotics forces seized 220.7 tons of drugs during 8,261 operations between January and September this year, an official said in La Paz on Tuesday.
* Mexico's navy seized 1.1 tons of cocaine and arrested three alleged smugglers off the coast of southeast Chiapas state, the naval authorities said on Tuesday.
