![The acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile defence system saw Turkey kicked off the US's F-35 fighter programme in 2019 [File: Umit Bektas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-05T094017Z_1946604522_RC2L9N9URX6Z_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-TURKEY.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![French President Emmanuel Macron (second left) and then Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (centre) standing on the deck of HMAS Waller, an Australian submarine. France is furious after Australia announced a plan to buy nuclear-powered subs using US and British technology, ending an earlier deal with France [File: Brendan Esposito/Pool via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9MX4YR.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![A member of the Israeli security forces stands guard at the Gilboa prison in northern Israel [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9N39V7-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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![People cast their ballots at a polling station during three-day parliamentary elections in Moscow [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9N389M.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Anti-government protesters demand the resignation of the current administration on Sunday over its handling of the COVID crisis [Jack Taylor/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Thailand.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![People inspect the damage at the Ahmadi family's house in Kabul [Bernat Armangue/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21261471908386.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![In this September 18 satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc, a uranium enrichment plant is seen at North Korea's main Yongbyon nuclear complex. Recent satellite images show North Korea is expanding a uranium enrichment plant at the complex [Planet Labs Inc via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21261429151123.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Inspiration4 crew Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux, and Chris Sembroski, seen on their first day in space in this handout photo [SpaceX/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-18T225302Z_507819915_RC20SP9SXVGU_RTRMADP_3_SPACE-EXPLORATION-SPACEX.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![France has pushed for several years for a European strategy for boosting economic, political and defence ties in the region stretching from India and China to Japan and New Zealand [File: AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_1JP05W.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![French President Emmanuel Macron (second left) and then Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (centre) standing on the deck of HMAS Waller, an Australian submarine. France is furious after Australia announced a plan to buy nuclear-powered subs using US and British technology, ending an earlier deal with France [File: Brendan Esposito/Pool via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9MX4YR.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
Indonesia police kill ISIL-linked leader in Sulawesi shoot-out
Ali Kalora of East Indonesia Mujahideen was one of two killed in Indonesia’s continuing crackdown on hardline groups.
![A police officer shows a poster displaying the photos of Ali Kalora, top left, and Jaka Ramadan, bottom left, who were killed during a shoot-out with security forces, in Sulawesi [Mohammad Taufan/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21262125546566.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Hong Kong few select powerful new ‘patriots only’ committee
Some 4,800 people will select the Election Committee following China’s changes, compared with 233,000 five years ago.
![An election official takes a photo inside the convention centre in Hong Kong where a select few voted for a powerful committee that will choose the city's next leader and nearly half the city's legislature [Peter Parks/ AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/000_9N47Q4.jpg?resize=570%2C380)