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U.N. Live Updates: Iran’s President to Address World Leaders After Trump Threat

Masoud Pezeshkian is the first leader whose country is at war with the United States to travel to New York to address th...

US AI Force being created after same pattern as Space Force — expert

Alexander Stepanov also noted that the new organization will be headed by a person whom Trump himself has called the "AI...

Research on Models Engaging in Genie-Like Behavior

New paper: “Self-Jailbreaking: Language Models Can Reason Themselves Out of Safety Alignment After Benign Reasoning Trai...

Qatar on mediation efforts: ‘We can’t let diplomacy fail’

Qatar’s Majed al-Ansari says Doha is determined to make diplomacy work to end the US-Iran conflict.

Tigray rebels seize airport and clash with federal forces as fighting in Ethiopia reignites

TPLF forces took control of Mekelle airport and fought federal troops at two locations in the Afar region, while Ethiopi...

China cracks down on scam centres in neighbouring Myanmar

In Southeast Asia, hundreds of thousands of people working in fraud centres are scamming people across the world. US aut...

UK on course to miss climate targets, energy secretary admits

Miatta Fahnbulleh promises ‘pragmatic’ approach on North Sea oil and gas, as decisions on Rosebank and Jackdaw fields lo...

A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions

"I think we are going to lose the ability to use certain orbits."

What's at stake when Trump and Xi meet in the US?

The BBC’s China correspondent and US editor explain everything you need to know ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting in Washing...

China hawks grumble over Trump’s lavish welcome planned for Xi state visit

Hours before President Xi Jinping’s aircraft lands at Joint Base Andrews, Washington is preparing for a scene that seeme...

66 projects, $2.45 billion: Trump’s Board of Peace to unveil six-month Gaza recovery plan, says report

At U.N. Meeting, Syria’s Leader Is Strengthened, but Faces a Difficult Test

President Ahmed al-Sharaa has improved his diplomatic standing since he last addressed the U.N. General Assembly but fac...

India Ramps Up Cooking Gas Output as Festival Season Begins

India’s state-owned refiners have stepped up production of liquefied petroleum gas, as the country’s festive season lift...

When climate mitigation becomes 'political': The Guardian uncovers IPCC links to Saudi oil industry

François Picard is pleased to welcome Eoghan Gilmartin, an award-winning investigative journalist and part of The Guardi...

Flock cameras are the latest weapon of America's post-9/11 surveillance state

Flock cameras are the latest weapon of America's post-9/11 surveillance state Submitted by Belen Fernandez on Mon, 09/21...

Iran satisfied with pace of military cooperation with Russia, says ambassador to Moscow

According to Kazem Jalali, the cooperation is expanding more rapidly than in the past

Three commodity vessels transit Strait of Hormuz on September 22 — Reuters

All three vessels, including one Panamax tanker, were exiting the strait

Tokyo must abandon anti-Russian stance to resume dialogue with Moscow — senior diplomat

Andrey Rudenko recalled that in response to the Japanese government's unilateral restrictions against Russia on March 21...

U.S. ambassador to the U.N. discusses Trump's address at UNGA

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz about President Trump's trip to the U.N. General ...

Russia attacks four Ukrainian regions overnight

Ukrainian authorities say Russia attacked at least four regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing at least fiv...

Starlink’s Kenya Subscriber Base Grows by 10,191 in One Year as Market Share Reaches 1%

Starlink’s subscriber base in Kenya grew by 10,191 users year-on-year to reach 27,616 in June 2026, representing annual ...

Risks of creating biological weapons with AI help are real — Brazilian BWC official

According to Frederico Meyer, US technology company Anthropic recently announced that it had "detected and prevented sev...

Savannah raises $30M to advance Barroso lithium project

Fresh funding will push Barroso through engineering, permitting and early works as Savannah moves towards development.

US Senate Democrats seek sanctions over Israeli settlements, bill says

By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A group of US Senate Democrats will introduce legislation on Wednesd...

Hope for progress after US, Iran hold first shuttle talks in months

DUBAI/UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran for months raised h...

First US-Iran talks in months raise hopes for progress despite no concessions

By Parisa Hafezi, Humeyra Pamuk and Jana ChoukeirUNITED NATIONS/DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The first shuttle talks betwe...

US President warns Tehran at UN but says talks ongoing

The day began with Donald Trump threatening to annihilate Iran but ended with a three-hour meeting between US and Irania...

EU to Unblock €4.2 Billion for Hungary in Another Win For Magyar

The European Union is preparing to unblock €4.2 billion ($4.8 billion) in funds for Hungary after the new government in ...

FSB Arrests Muscovite Accused of Planning to Blow Up Government Motorcade

Law enforcement authorities accused the man of planning to blow up the motorcade of a high-ranking government official.

Selection of UN Secretary-General to be key topic in UN corridors this week — Russian MFA

According to Kirill Logvinov, "the three rounds of 'indicative' votes held so far in the UN Security Council do not make...

Iran denies dropping preconditions amid ‘very productive’ three-hour UN talks in New York

Trump says further talks possible as barrel of Brent crude falls to below $100 for first time in two weeksIran has pushe...

Brazil’s permanent representative commends Russia’s contribution to strengthening BTWC·

The BTWC should serve as a tool for dialogue, transparency, and confidence-building, Frederico S. Duque Estrada Meyer sa...

'Shame': Macron slams Trump's Gaza diplomacy in final UN speech

🇫🇷 French President Emmanuel Macron criticised Gaza diplomacy at the UN General Assembly, calling it a "shameful spectac...

Complaint filed in Paris against the Israeli army after the uprooting of centuries-old olive trees in Lebanon

Complaint filed in Paris against the Israeli army after the uprooting of centuries-old olive trees in Lebanon A French b...

Russian forces strike Ukraine’s logistics centers, energy facilities, defense enterprises

The Russian Armed Forces also hit a dry cargo ship carrying military supplies en route to the port of Odessa

Global inflation to linger and Fed to hike again, OECD says

The OECD raised projections compared with June for consumer-price growth in every Group of 20 economy apart from China a...

Highways blocked, paramilitary deployed: Pak gears up for PTI's Islamabad march

Ahead of Xi’s ‘historic milestone’ US visit, a fentanyl goodwill gesture from China

China’s ambassador to the United States has hailed President Xi Jinping’s coming state visit as a “historic milestone” f...

GE Vernova, Hitachi, SGE and Samsung C&T sign MOU on BWRX-300s in Europe

An agreement to work together to identify and develop market opportunities for the deployment of BWRX-300 small modular ...

South Korea tenders 6.6 GWh of six-hour storage under 15-year contracts

The Korea Power Exchange has launched its 2026 ESS tender for 1.18 GW of six-hour storage, targeting 1.1 GW on mainland ...