From ovations in Venice to death threats in Israel: the extreme responses to NAZA documentary

• Saudi Arabian authorities issued an emergency air raid warning in Riyadh on Saturday, September 19, 2026, after explosions were heard across the capital. • Residents received mobile phone notifications alerting them that the region was under enemy air threat following direct warnings from the Houthi movement in Yemen.

• Aid agencies reported on Friday that renewed fighting in Yemen is causing a spike in displacement as civilians flee shelling and gunfire. • The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reports that years of conflict, economic collapse, and environmental disasters have already displaced nearly 4.8 million Yemenis.

• Anti-Houthi forces in Yemen have launched an official inquiry into a sudden military collapse that led to a rapid rout. • Some politicians claim that billions of dollars were offered to persuade military forces to abandon their positions.

• United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticized global powers that violate international law while holding seats on the UN Security Council. • Guterres explicitly called for a redistribution of power to address current geopolitical divides.

• Beijing hosted Iran's top diplomat recently to demonstrate the strong ties between the two nations. • This meeting occurred one week before a scheduled summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump.

• UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned leaders from 193 member nations that the world is facing three existential threats as he prepares to leave office. • Guterres identified runaway artificial intelligence, galloping climate change, and escalating inequality as the primary drivers of global instability and conflict.

• Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard will visit New York from September 22 to 26 for the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly. • The organization argues that the United Nations is currently at one of its most critical junctures since its founding over 80 years ago.

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Exclusive: In her first media interview since fleeing Russia, Rita Flores describes her three years of being run by the FSBFirst came the blackmail and death threats to secure cooperation, then came a series of tasks, each more sinister than the last: to inform on fellow activists, to elicit personal information from protest-minded artists and – eventually – to help with a plot to kidnap and murder a Kremlin enemy.That is how Rita Flores, a 29-year-old Russian artist, activist and former member of the Pussy Riot collective, described her recruitment and three-year handling by officers from Russia’s FSB security service, a cooperation she only broke when she fled the country last month. Continue reading...

Demonstrators gathered outside the building in Washington, after the president was spotted holding a placard that read: ‘Kennedy Center DEMOLIS ...’On Friday evening thousands of protesters gathered outside the Kennedy Center in view of the marble facade that remained concealed by scaffolding and tarpaulins, to protest Donald Trump’s plans for the facility and express alarm that he might make good on his threat to tear down the institution.Crowding streets in the Foggy Bottom area of Washington and locking down traffic as they walked, many carried signs, as they joined in the “Hands Around the Kennedy Center” protest. Some wore costumes and booed when the president was mentioned during the program. Continue reading...