Morning digest: India to host BRICS leaders in Delhi today; Saudi Arabia shuts down major oil pipeline amid fighting in Yemen, and more

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the BRICS Business Forum in New Delhi, India, on September 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: West Asia News Agency via Reuters

As New Delhi prepared to host the BRICS Summit of 11 emerging economies, negotiators were working late into the evening on Friday (September 11, 2026) to forge a consensus for the “Delhi Declaration”. Diplomatic sources and officials said that all member countries had agreed to “almost all the text, with the exception of one paragraph”, indicating that the references to the war in Iran started by the U.S. and Israel, and Iran’s attacks on installations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other West Asian countries, had still not been resolved

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said on Friday (September 11, 2026) that it had shut down a major cross-country oil pipeline after it was attacked the day before. Saudi Arabia on Friday (September 11, 2026) said drones launched from Iraq hit the East-West pipeline and led to its closure. The Foreign Ministry condemned “the targeting of the East-West pipeline in the Riyadh and Medina regions by several drones coming from Iraq, which caused human injuries and damage”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (September 11, 2026) met with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian ahead of the BRICS Summit and called for resolving the ongoing conflict with the United States “through dialogue and diplomacy”. Speaking at a public event later in the evening, President Pezeshkian said his talks with Mr. Modi will help Iran’s energy and commercial ties with India and referred to Israel and the U.S. as “bullies” and said, “Iran will not be bullied.”

The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), constituted earlier this month to examine the contentious Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, is scheduled for September 18, a notice circulated by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Friday (September 11, 2026) said.

The Supreme Court has put the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) two-phase rollout of front-of-pack warning labels (FoPL) under the scanner, warning that the second phase could be “indefinitely postponed” in the absence of a clear timeline. The court also asked the Centre to consider introducing nutritional education in schools to help children understand food labels and make informed dietary choices.

The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the recovery of ₹6.41 crore damages from the committee of a mosque demolished at the Saharanpur Collectorate complex, last week.