Russia-U.S.- North Korea: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that he believes that the United States will not strike North Korea like they did in the case of Iraq as they surely know that North Korea possesses nuclear weapon and an attack would mean devastation for hundreds of thousands of people in South Korea, Japan along with China and Russia. Lavrov stressed that in case of Iraq, U.S. knew that they didn’t have any weapons.

Russia- North Korea: North Korean foreign minister is set to visit Russia this week.

Iran-U.S. – Iran warned that it would scrap the agreement if the U.S. to not certify the agreement, required to be done in every six months and move towards nuclear capability at a higher speed.

Japan – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will dissolve parliament on 28th September and move ahead with a snap election.

Germany – Merkel set to become fourth time chancellor with lowest margin victory ever. Merkel’s CDU’s partner CSU questioned alliance in wake of the terrible victory. One of the top leaders of AfD, Frauke Petry to leave after a big victory for the Party in Sunday’s election.

Kurdistan: Kurds vote in a historic independence referendum, while Turkey’s Erdogan threatened to cut off oil flow in response and Iran holds military drill near Kurdish border.