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				<![CDATA[Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the US is open to speaking with Iranians at the UN General Assembly, but no meeting is currently scheduled.

&quot;We&#39;re open to that. I don&#39;t think anything is scheduled at this point, but we&#39;re certainly open to something like that, especially if it has the prospects of leading to something positive and ultimately achieving the goal of what this is all about,&quot; Rubio said in an interview with NBC&#39;s &quot;Today&quot; show.

&quot;And that is the fact that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. They just simply can&#39;t.&quot;

Earlier, the Iranian Director General of Public Relations for the President&#39;s Office issued a statement saying that the US&#39; denial of visas to Iran&#39;s media team was &quot;a blatant violation of media protection and an open admission of fear from the truth,&quot; according to&nbsp;ISNA.



مدیرکل روابط&zwnj;عمومی دفتر رئیس&zwnj;جمهور: عدم صدور ویزا توسط آمریکا به تیم رسانه&zwnj;ای ایران، نقض آشکار صیانت رسانه&zwnj;ای و اعتراف علنی به ترس از حقیقت است. اگر ادعای آزادی دارید، هراس از دوربین&zwnj;ها و اسنادی که مظلومیت ملت ما و بمباران مدارس را ثبت کرده&zwnj;اند، از کجاست؟ pic.twitter.com/C9cpoqBro2
&mdash; خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) September 22, 2026



&quot;If you claim to uphold freedom, where does this terror come from&mdash;of cameras and documents that have recorded the oppression of our nation and the bombing of schools&quot;, they added.

Iran offers to reopen Hormuz within 7 days if US takes initial steps to ease military pressure: report&nbsp;

An unnamed Iranian official on Tuesday told Japan&rsquo;s Kyodo News that Tehran has offered to &ldquo;reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States takes initial steps toward easing military pressure.&quot;

Anadolu could not independently confirm the veracity of the statement.

The proposal has &ldquo;already been conveyed to Washington through mediators,&rdquo; the report said.

It &ldquo;calls for renewed talks aimed at reaching a permanent end to hostilities between the two countries,&rdquo; the Iranian official said.

He ruled out a meeting between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York this week.

&quot;There is a possibility of moving toward an agreement,&quot; the Iranian official said.

Washington must demonstrate &quot;seriousness and commitment&quot; if diplomacy is to advance, he added.

Saudi strikes kill 11: Houthi sources

Yemen&rsquo;s Houthis said that strikes carried out by Saudi Arabia in the northwest of the country killed two civilians, AFP reported.

&ldquo;A mother and child were killed, while her husband and two of her other children were wounded in strikes carried out by the Saudi enemy in the Al-Batin area of Al-Hazm, in Al-Jawf province,&rdquo; the group&rsquo;s news agency said, citing the Houthi health ministry.

Separately, an attack by Saudi Arabia on a prison in northwestern Yemen killed nine detainees, a Houthi official told the Saba news agency, according to AFP.

Nine prisoners captured during recent events were killed last night when the Saudi enemy targeted a prison in Al-Hazm, in Al-Jawf governorate, said Houthi official Abdelkader al-Murtada.

UNGA should restore global trust and end wars: Pezeshkian

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian showed hope that a UN General Assembly meeting convened under the banner of trust could restore confidence worldwide and work toward ending war and bloodshed, according to IRNA.

Speaking to reporters before departing for New York, Pezeshkian hoped that the world&rsquo;s people would come to recognise the oppressive actions unfolding across the region.



President @drpezeshkian : UNGA should restore global trust and end warshttps://t.co/FEFqbZHTWT pic.twitter.com/2fhETTY8UW
&mdash; IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) September 22, 2026


&ldquo;We will express the oppression of the Iranian children in Minab and Lamerd and the brutality of the perpetrators of these crimes,&rdquo; he added.

Human beings do not commit such acts, and these behaviours are a source of regret, he said.

Saudi Arabia restarts East-West oil pipeline, to resume exports from Yanbu, sources say

Saudi Arabia has restarted operations at its East-West Pipeline and could resume exports from the Red Sea port of Yanbu later on Tuesday, three sources briefed on the matter said.

The pipeline was pumping at a low rate, two of them said.

State energy firm Saudi Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to shut its East-West Pipeline on September 13, halting crude loadings at the kingdom&#39;s Yanbu port.

Negotiations a separate battlefield; enemy lacks capacity for new conflict: IRGC spokesperson

The spokesperson for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Iran was fully prepared for war but could also pursue negotiations if national interests required it, saying that talks can constitute &ldquo;another battlefield.&rdquo;

&ldquo;Negotiation does not mean compromise; negotiation is another scene of war,&rdquo; Second Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbisaid said in an interview with IRNA on Tuesday, adding that negotiations involve &ldquo;war with words, arguments and diplomatic methods.&rdquo;



Negotiations are another battlefield; enemy lacks capacity for new war: IRGC spokespersonhttps://t.co/QGNjSEFiYO pic.twitter.com/f46MZDD1Iq
&mdash; IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) September 22, 2026


He said the IRGC has prepared itself for a prolonged war and that Iran&rsquo;s Armed Forces are fully ready for war.

&ldquo;What is correct in this matter is that we should have 100-percent readiness for war, and we have this capability and readiness. [Iranian] Armed Forces are now 100 percent ready to fight, and the IRGC has prepared itself for a long war. But this does not mean rejecting negotiations.&rdquo;

Mohebbi said that decisions on war and negotiations were not made solely by the IRGC, clarifying that such decisions were made within the framework of Iran&rsquo;s political system and under the command of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

The spokesperson said Iran&rsquo;s approach should be determined by national interests.

&ldquo;We must see when and through what action our national interests are served. If our national interests require us to fight, we must fight. If our national interests require us to negotiate alongside the war, we must negotiate,&rdquo; he said.

He maintained that Iran should have both military preparedness and the ability to use diplomacy, describing them as complementary instruments in pursuing national interests.

Separately, Iranian Navy commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said that any aggression against national interests would trigger a &ldquo;firm, decisive and appropriate response,&rdquo; according to Press TV.

We will forcefully raise Iran&#39;s positions in international forums: Pezeshkian 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian left for New York on Tuesday morning to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, saying that the Iranian delegation will &quot;forcefully raise Iran&#39;s positions in international forums&quot;, according to ISNA.



پزشکیان پیش از عزیمت به نیویورک: با قدرت، مواضع ایران را در مجامع بین&zwnj;المللی مطرح خواهیم کرد
-مواردی که در سازمان ملل مطرح خواهیم کرد، بیان مظلومیت ملت ایران، جنا،یت&zwnj;هایی که رخ داده و بی&zwnj;اعتمادی&zwnj;هایی است که ایجاد شده است ۱/۲ pic.twitter.com/u4YrwZBfRw
&mdash; خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) September 22, 2026


&quot;The issues we will raise at the United Nations are expressing the oppressed state of the Iranian nation, the crimes that have occurred, and the distrust that has been created,&quot; he is reported to have said.

He added that Iran &quot;went to the negotiating table several times and signed agreements&quot;, but the agreements were not adhered to and were &quot;trampled underfoot.&quot;

Separately, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that they will &quot;express Iran&#39;s legitimate positions from the UN podium,&quot; referring to the &quot;oppression of the Iranian people, the martyrs of Iran, the martyrs of the Minab school, and at their forefront, our martyred leader and commander.&quot;



عراقچی: در تریبون سازمان ملل مواضع بر حق ایران را بیان می&zwnj;کنیم
امسال پس از جنگی که صورت گرفت، طبیعی است که تریبون سازمان ملل، محلی خواهد بود برای اینکه مظلومیت مردم ایران، شهدای ایران، شهدای مدرسه میناب و در راس آنها قائد و رهبر شهیدمان بیان شود ۱/۲https://t.co/dF3liUcguZ https://t.co/Gen0SDLtX9
&mdash; خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) September 22, 2026


According to Al Jazeera, Pezeshkian added that &quot;people cannot be forced into submission by force.&quot;



BREAKING: Iran&rsquo;s President Pezeshkian says &lsquo;people cannot be forced into submission through force&rsquo; as he flies to attend the UN General Assembly

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/VFabQ58AG8 pic.twitter.com/TC4cSICLmY
&mdash; Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) September 22, 2026


&#39;Public&#39;s memory&#39; will not forget who initiated &#39;war of aggression&#39;: Iranian FM spokesperson

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Tuesday that the US was attempting to shift blame onto Iran for rising fuel prices, adding that the public would not forget &quot;who actually initiated the war of aggression, and whose actions created the crisis that led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.&quot;



U.S. officials blame Iran for rising fuel prices, as if the public&#39;s memory is short enough to forget who actually initiated the war of aggression, and whose actions created the crisis that led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the disruption of commercial shipping.&hellip;
&mdash; Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) September 22, 2026


He likened the US&#39; shifting of blame to how &quot;Hitler similarly framed his invasion of Poland as a defensive action.&quot;

Read: All Iranian airlines to shut down worldwide by Sept 23, US Treasury chief says

&quot;When the instigator of an unlawful &#39;war of choice&#39; blames the victim for the fallout, should this be viewed as &#39;strategic brilliance&#39;, or is it simply a textbook symptom of &#39;The March of Folly&#39;?!&quot;

Trust in UN has been lost: Araghchi

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said trust in the United Nations has been lost, according to Al Jazeera, which cited his Telegram channel.

He made the remarks upon his arrival in New York before the UN General Assembly (UNGA) meeting.

&ldquo;This visit takes place following the cowardly war waged against us by the US and the Zionist regime, the subsequent developments, and in reality, amidst a situation that effectively remains a state of war,&rdquo; he said.

&ldquo;Naturally, our primary objective is to utilise a major international platform to defend the legitimacy, rights, and interests of the Iranian people.&quot;

Araghchi stated that the UN had lost credibility and trust due to its failure to uphold world peace and security, and pointed out that the UNGA is set to open on Tuesday under the theme &ldquo;restoring trust&rdquo;.

&ldquo;This reflects a universal acknowledgement that trust in the organisation has eroded, or vanished entirely, due to its failure to effectively maintain international peace and security,&rdquo; Araghchi said.

&ldquo;Certain nations arrogate to themselves the right to act with impunity, disregarding international institutions, international law, and even the collective conscience of humanity; they claim immunity for themselves and their allies.&rdquo;

&ldquo;Consequently, we see a criminal entity like the Zionist regime given free rein to commit whatever acts it chooses, while Western and European nations, which style themselves as champions of human rights and humanitarian law, remain silent.&rdquo;

Primary objective to advocate for &#39;legitimacy, rights, and interests&#39; of Iran&#39;s people: Araghchi

Araghchi said in comments carried by IRNA that the primary objective in taking part in the summit in New York was to &quot;advocate for the legitimacy, rights, and interests of the Iranian people.&quot;



As he began his journey to New York, Iranian Foreign Minister @araghchi stated that their primary objective is to take part in a significant international forum in order to advocate for the legitimacy, rights, and interests of the Iranian people. pic.twitter.com/zPNQ7pbnkU
&mdash; IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) September 22, 2026


Earlier, Baghaei released a statement on X regarding Araghchi&#39;s visit, saying that &quot;In addition to participating in the various agenda items of the United Nations General Assembly [UNGA]... Foreign Minister will hold talks and consultations with a large number of officials and foreign ministers attending the summit.&quot;



ورود وزیر امور خارجه به نیویورک جهت شرکت در اجلاس سالانه مجمع عمومی سازمان ملل متحد

سيد عباس عراقچی وزیر امور خارجه جمهوری اسلامی ایران، بعد از ظهر امروز دوشنبه در راس یک هیات دیپلماتیک برای مشارکت در مباحث اجلاس سالانه مجمع عمومی سازمان ملل متحد وارد نیویورک مقر سازمان ملل&hellip;
&mdash; Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) September 22, 2026


Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in New York on Monday to participate in the 81st session of the UNGA.



Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran @araghchi , arrived in New York on Monday local time to participate in the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. pic.twitter.com/IJsgPyKkOd
&mdash; IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) September 21, 2026


The top diplomat, who is leading a high-level delegation, was received at John F. Kennedy International Airport by Gholamhossein Darzi, Iran&rsquo;s permanent representative and charge d&rsquo;affaires to the United Nations, according to Iran&#39;s state-owned news agency IRNA.



ورود عراقچی به نیویورک https://t.co/7DO4GO03dQ pic.twitter.com/sQ5T6OtnWj
&mdash; خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) September 22, 2026


On his way to New York, Araghchi made a brief stop in Doha, where he held discussions with Qatari officials about the latest developments in the region.

Read more: Naqvi assures Iranian president of Pakistan&#39;s determination to expand multisector cooperation

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Foreign Minister @araghchi in New York to take part in the UN General Assembly&#39;s annual meeting. pic.twitter.com/hKe04c9sSd
&mdash; IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) September 21, 2026


During the summit, he is expected to meet and consult with several world leaders and officials on the sidelines.

China says it opposes &lsquo;illegal&rsquo; US sanctions on Iranian airlines

China said on Tuesday it opposed &ldquo;illegal&rdquo; US sanctions on Iranian airlines, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened potential measures in a televised interview.

Bessent told CNBC on Monday that &ldquo;all the Iranian airlines will be shut down around the world&rdquo; in a matter of days under the weight of American sanctions, as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up pressure on Tehran.

Beijing, a top economic partner and diplomatic backer of Iran, slammed the threats on Tuesday, calling such measures &ldquo;illegal&rdquo;.

&ldquo;China consistently opposes illegal unilateral sanctions that lack a basis in international law or authorisation from the UN Security Council,&rdquo; foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a news conference, according to AFP.

Saudi Arabia sends all-clear after alert issued for southern province

Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Civil Defence sent an all-clear on Tuesday after issuing an alert for potential danger in the southern Najran province.

Civil Defence said the danger had passed in Najran, without specifying the nature of the threat.

The agency earlier issued an emergency alert for potential danger in Najran through the National Early Warning Platform.

On Saturday, the Civil Defence issued alerts for potential danger in the capital Riyadh, Al-Kharj and Farasan provinces in the country&rsquo;s south. It came amid escalating tensions with the Houthi group in Yemen, which has announced what it called a &ldquo;maritime blockade&rdquo; on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea and launched missile and drone attacks on Saudi territory.

Macron, Trump hold talks on Ukraine, Red Sea, Hormuz

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he and US President Donald Trump discussed diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, increase shipping through the waterway and ease tensions in the Middle East.

Speaking after their meeting in New York, Macron said the two leaders also discussed securing oil routes in the Red Sea without escalating tensions, as well as support for Ukraine and efforts to address energy-related issues in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

There is a shared desire to &quot;do everything to open (...) Hormuz&quot; and &quot;free up volumes,&quot; he said.

They also discussed the need to help Ukrainians &quot;even faster and stronger&quot; in terms of interceptors for defence.

The two leaders also revisited &quot;the initiatives that could be taken to find a moratorium on energy issues.&quot;

Macron said he was scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and that further exchanges were planned for Tuesday with the American and Ukrainian sides.

Iran weapon test on US aircraft carrier &#39;went well&#39;: IRGC spokesperson

An IRGC spokesperson said that the test of a &quot;new Iranian weapon&quot; on a US aircraft carrier &quot;went well&quot;, according to ISNA.



سخنگوی سپاه: تست سلاح جدید ایرانی روی ناو هواپیمابر آمریکایی به خوبی جواب داد
-اگر تهاجم جدیدی صورت بگیرد غیر از این سلاح، سلاح&zwnj;های دیگری را هم به میدان خواهیم آرود pic.twitter.com/MsvtiWrbER
&mdash; خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) September 22, 2026


&quot;If a new aggression occurs, besides this weapon, we will bring other weapons into the field as well,&quot; he said in the interview.

&nbsp;

Latest Yemen clashes kill more than 150: Military sources to AFP

Fighting in Yemen between the Iran-backed Houthis and government forces supported by Saudi Arabia has killed 154 people in the past two days, military sources from both sides told AFP on Tuesday.

&quot;The death toll from Saudi airstrikes, clashes and artillery fire in the governorates of Taiz, Al-Jawf, Marib and Saada stands at 118,&quot; Houthi military sources said, while government sources reported 36 killed in their ranks.

Saudi airstrikes on port city of Mokha kill 6, says Houthi-affiliated news agency

Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha killed at least six people and injured eight others, according to a report on Tuesday by the Houthi-affiliated Saba news agency.

&ldquo;Six civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and eight others, including a child and a woman, were injured in Saudi-led airstrikes on Mokha,&rdquo; Saba said.



💥 Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha killed at least six people, according to media report

Eight others injured, including woman and child https://t.co/K53wWwMgnr pic.twitter.com/kzbSXsxp5q
&mdash; Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) September 22, 2026


The Houthis are fighting Yemen&#39;s internationally recognised government in a civil war, with Saudi Arabia backing the government.

In recent days, the Houthis have claimed responsibility for drone and ballistic missile attacks targeting the Saudi capital Riyadh as well as energy facilities along the country&#39;s Red Sea coast.

G7 foreign ministers call on Iran to stop arming Houthis

G7 foreign ministers called on Iran on Tuesday &ldquo;to end its arming of and support for the Houthis,&rdquo; warning that the escalating attacks threaten international trade and global stability, according to Al Jazeera.



BREAKING: G7 foreign ministers have called on Iran to stop arming and supporting Yemen&rsquo;s Houthis, warning that the escalating attacks threaten international trade and global stability.

🔴 More on https://t.co/OwhgaIGyGh pic.twitter.com/k5sEeCF1H8
&mdash; Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) September 22, 2026


They also called on the Houthis to &quot;immediately cease all military actions, all threats and attacks against civilian shipping, and to return to the political process in good faith,&rdquo; the leaders representing Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States said in a statement.

They alleged that Tehran was in violation of past UN Security Council resolutions.

US eyes $5B fund to rebuild Gulf energy sites hit in war against Iran

The US has floated committing $5 billion to a new multinational fund aimed at repairing Gulf energy facilities hit during the war with Iran and helping regional states find export routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, according to a media report on Monday.

The Wall Street Journal, citing US and Middle Eastern officials and documents it reviewed, said Washington is seeking a matching $5 billion contribution from eight Middle Eastern partners -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq and Jordan -- which would bring the total to $10 billion.

The initiative is called the Partnership for Allied Trust and Construction (Pact).

The US Development Finance Corporation would run the fund, according to the report. The agency&#39;s past work has mostly centred on developing countries rather than rich Gulf monarchies.

US officials stressed that discussions are still underway, the terms may change, and it remains uncertain whether any country will sign on.

Some regional officials viewed the plan as an effort to portray the Strait of Hormuz as less critical and show a united front against Tehran, the Journal said. They also argued that funding reconstruction before a peace deal would be premature because Iran could target new facilities.

&quot;This strategy has risk written all over it,&quot; said Bilal Saab of the consulting firm TRENDS US.

Since the seven-month war began, Iranian missiles and drones have struck dozens of refineries, oil fields and gas export terminals, according to the report. A drone attack earlier this month also knocked out Saudi Arabia&#39;s bypass pipeline, sending more crude through the Hormuz Strait and pushing tanker rates to record highs.

Umer Karim, a Gulf security researcher at the University of Birmingham, warned that the scheme could make some participants dependent on others and strain bilateral relations.

Repair costs are estimated at tens of billions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal added.

France working on UN Security Council resolution on Hormuz: diplomatic source

France is working on a new UN Security Council resolution to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, a diplomatic source told reporters, AFP reported.

&ldquo;France wants to work with the Americans and its partners on a Security Council resolution guaranteeing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,&rdquo; the source said.

In April, Russia and China vetoed a draft resolution &mdash; spearheaded by Bahrain and backed by Gulf states and the United States &mdash; that also called for the Strait of Hormuz to be unblocked.

France seeks India&#39;s role on Hormuz Strait, welcomes Pakistan&#39;s Iran-US mediation

France sought to work with India to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and welcomed Pakistan&rsquo;s mediation efforts between Iran and the US, according to the French Foreign Ministry on Monday.

Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot met separately with his Indian and Pakistani counterparts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Also read: PM Shehbaz arrives in New York to attend 81st UNGA session amid Middle East crisis

During his meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the two ministers &ldquo;underscored the imperative of ensuring freedom of navigation&rdquo; in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Barrot proposed that India work jointly with France on the issue, which is &ldquo;crucial to the stability and prosperity of Europe and Asia.&quot;

He also recalled the Franco-British initiative launched to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

Barrot and Jaishankar reiterated France and India&rsquo;s commitment to international law and their joint support for &ldquo;effective and reformed multilateralism.&rdquo;

They also recalled their intention to reform the UN Security Council.

The two ministers reaffirmed their support for a ceasefire in Ukraine and for &ldquo;a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in accordance with international law.&rdquo;

They also welcomed progress in the &ldquo;comprehensive and special Franco-Indian strategic partnership,&rdquo; particularly in defence, new technologies and higher education.

Barrot separately met Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, with whom he discussed regional developments.

Also read: FM Dar stresses importance of GSP+ status in meeting with EU foreign policy chief

Barrot welcomed Pakistan&rsquo;s mediation efforts between Iran and the US and stressed the need for &ldquo;the most inclusive negotiations possible&rdquo; to help secure energy supplies in particular and &ldquo;sustainably address the threats posed by Iran in the nuclear, ballistic and regional spheres.&rdquo;

The two ministers agreed to continue developing bilateral relations, particularly in university cooperation, cultural cooperation and sustainable development.

EU&#39;s Kallas says Red Sea mission needs more than 10 warships

The European Union&#39;s naval mission to protect shipping in the Red Sea would need to boost its numbers to more than 10 warships, its foreign policy chief said on Monday, adding that for now there were not that many in the area.

The EU&#39;s Aspides mission was launched in 2024 to protect shipping from attacks by Yemen&#39;s Iran-aligned Houthis, and diplomats have said there are currently six warships operating.

&quot;When Aspides was put in place, then the indication was that it needs at least 10 ships. The situation, I think, is even more grave right now,&quot; Kaja Kallas told reporters on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.

The Houthis have made rapid advances in recent weeks along the Red Sea coast, further complicating routes in a region that also includes the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic had already dwindled because of the US-Iran war.

Italy, one of the key countries in the Aspides mission, announced on Thursday it was preparing a naval mission in the area for its own ships, saying it could not wait for the EU to respond to the new crisis.

Kallas said the Houthi attacks were affecting European interests and impacting the global economy.

&quot;The EU operation Aspides is making a crucial contribution to security in the region and global shipping, but the operation needs more naval assets and more air assets to address the increased level of threats in the region,&quot; she said.

Kallas sent a letter to the EU&#39;s 27 member states on September 19 asking them to up their contributions. The issue would be discussed at upcoming defence and foreign ministers&#39; meetings, she said in the letter.

&quot;This situation, which is still evolving as we speak, is already affecting European interests with repercussions on our supply chains and could have implications for our ability to support our economies which were already hit by rising fuel prices,&quot; she said in the letter.

&quot;For the moment, although the Houthis communicate that they would only target Saudi-linked interests, there is uncertainty over their course of action with respect to vessels that transit through the Strait. Regardless, they are now in a better position to potentially harm maritime shipping.&quot;

UK&#39;s Burnham agrees to Saudi request for refuelling support

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday he had agreed to a request from Saudi Arabia to provide defensive ​air-to-air refuelling for a limited time period, a move &zwnj;he described as helping to stabilise the wider region.

Riyadh requested support after the Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, intensified their attacks on Saudi ​Arabia, a new front in the wider war that began ​with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.

&quot;We ⁠have received a request from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ​for military support, and on the advice of the defence secretary and ​the foreign secretary, last night I agreed to that request for defensive air-to-air refuelling,&quot; he told reporters as he travelled to New York for a meeting ​of the United Nations General Assembly.

&quot;Because, of course, Saudi Arabia has ​been experiencing attacks... and we need to keep those pathways open, and hence our &zwnj;agreement ⁠to the request,&quot; he said.

Britain and Saudi Arabia have been close military allies for decades, with Britain serving as one of the kingdom&#39;s largest arms suppliers.

Earlier this year, Britain deployed its Sky Sabre air ​defence system to ​Saudi Arabia to ⁠help protect it from Iranian missile attacks during the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.

For the new air-to-air refuelling ​support, Britain will deploy one Voyager plane in ​the coming ⁠days.

&quot;That is a time-limited agreement in terms of the assistance that we will provide, but we will keep it under review,&quot; he said, adding ⁠that ​Britain was &quot;playing our part&quot; in the Middle ​East also by supporting efforts to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.]]>
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			<title>Typhoon Dujuan leaves four dead in Japan, 45,000 houses without power</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 10:53:59 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Search continues for six missing as torrential rain triggers landslides, floods areas near Tokyo]]>
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				<![CDATA[Typhoon Dujuan left at least four people dead and 22 injured in Japan, while thousands of houses near Tokyo were without power after the storm swept through the region, authorities said Tuesday.

The typhoon moved away from Japan&#39;s coast and out into the Pacific by morning, allowing authorities to lift or downgrade most heavy rain and landslide warnings.

Dujuan had already led to the early closure in the capital of the one of the world&#39;s biggest video game trade fairs.

Japan often sees strong typhoons in the late summer and early autumn, with other storms this season disrupting some events at the Asian Games being held in the country.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said three people died in Chiba prefecture and one in Kanagawa region, both near Tokyo. Search operations were continuing for six people missing after landslides triggered by torrential rain, the agency said.

Read:&nbsp;1 dead, 11 missing after mudslide in eastern China

More than 45,000 households in Chiba near Tokyo were still without electricity on Tuesday afternoon, while over 460 houses were damaged.

Although Dujuan weakened as it moved northeast, it dumped record rainfall in parts of the Tokyo area.

Oshima, an island about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of central Tokyo, recorded 832 millimetres of rain over 48 hours, more than double its average rainfall for the whole of September, public broadcaster NHK reported. Rainfall in Tokyo&#39;s Edogawa Ward reached a record 282.5 millimetres over 24 hours.

Scientists say human-driven climate change is intensifying the risk posed by heavy rains because a warmer atmosphere holds more water.]]>
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			<title>Student opens fire outside school in Turkiye, 11 pupils wounded</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 08:48:54 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Assailant detained, reportedly used grandfather's gun as two injured in critical condition]]>
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				<![CDATA[&nbsp;A student opened fire in front of their high school in Turkiye&#39;s western province of Manisa early on Tuesday, wounding at least 11 other pupils, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said.

Two of the wounded were in a critical condition, Gurleksaid. The assailant was caught and their mother, father, and grandfather &mdash; who owned the weapon used in the attack &mdash; have been detained, the minister added.

&quot;When the security of our children is the issue, it is not possible for any negligence, any irresponsibility to be overlooked,&quot; the minister said on X.



&Ccedil;OCUKLARIMIZIN G&Uuml;VENLİĞİNİ TEHDİT EDEN Hİ&Ccedil;BİR İHMAL KARŞILIKSIZ KALMAYACAKTIR!

Manisa&rsquo;nın Turgutlu il&ccedil;esinde, okul binası dışında, &ouml;ğrencilerimizin okullarına gittiği sokakta meydana gelen silahlı saldırıda 2&rsquo;si ağır olmak &uuml;zere 11 &ouml;ğrencimizin yaralanması hepimizi derinden&hellip;
&mdash; Akın G&uuml;rlek (@abakingurlek) September 22, 2026



&quot;The circumstances under which the child obtained the gun used in the attack, the conditions of the weapon&#39;s storage, the parents&#39; obligations regarding care and supervision, and allegations of bullying prior to the incident are being investigated thoroughly and from multiple angles,&quot; Gurlek added.

Images and video posted online showed a male figure walking on a street near the school with a rifle in his hands. He was then seen running back from the same street. Video outside the school showed police pushing away families and others outside the premises.

The motive for the attack was not immediately clear.

Read: Three students killed in Philippine school shooting, including gunman, officials say

The local governor&#39;s office has said the attack took place at around 8:00am&nbsp;(0500 GMT) at the Inci Uzmez Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in the Turgutlu district.

Two deadly school shootings in April caused outrage in Turkey and prompted officials to bring in new security measures&nbsp;for the 2026-2027 academic year, including tighter gun controls. Before then, the country had not had a history of such attacks.

Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci and Education Minister Yusuf Tekin were going to Manisa to carry out inspections.]]>
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			<title>Board of Peace reiterates Gaza objectives ahead of UN General Assembly</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 07:46:12 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Board calls on all parties to uphold their commitments, avoid actions that could undermine ceasefire]]>
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				<![CDATA[The Board of Peace on Tuesday reiterated its key objectives for Gaza as world leaders prepare to gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, calling for international support to advance a roadmap for ending the conflict.

In a statement on US social media platform X, the board said its shared objectives include the demilitarisation and deradicalisation of Gaza, sustained humanitarian aid and reconstruction, effective Palestinian civilian and security administration, and lasting security for Palestinians and Israelis.



The Board of Peace deeply appreciates the growing support of governments, international organizations, and partners for President Trump&rsquo;s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict and the Roadmap for its implementation.

As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General&hellip;
&mdash; Board of Peace (@BoardOfPeace) September 22, 2026


Read: Govt under fire for Trump&#39;s peace board

The board, chaired by US President Donald Trump, said the plan had paved the way for the release and return of all Israeli hostages, the Gaza Peace Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, and subsequent steps including UN Security Council Resolution 2803 and the establishment of the Board of Peace.

It also said an agreement reached with Hamas on July 30 provides a roadmap for the next stages of the ceasefire, including demilitarisation, Israeli withdrawal, Palestinian administration and reconstruction.

The board called on all parties to uphold their commitments and avoid actions that could undermine the ceasefire, while urging international partners to translate political support into practical commitments.

Read more: What is Pakistan getting into with Trump&rsquo;s Gaza &lsquo;Board of Peace&rsquo;?

&ldquo;UNGA provides an opportunity to consolidate the international community behind one agreed framework,&rdquo; the statement said, emphasising diplomacy as a means toward lasting peace and security in Gaza.

Since October 8, 2023, Israel has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and injured over 174,000 others in its war on Gaza, while around 90% of the enclave&rsquo;s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.]]>
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			<title>US senator calls for sanctions against Trump, Rubio over ICC pressure</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 07:21:20 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Remarks come after reports that Trump administration preparing sweeping sanctions against court]]>
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				<![CDATA[United States Senator Chris Van Hollen called Monday on European countries and other signatories to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to sanction President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the administration&rsquo;s efforts to undermine its work.

&ldquo;If European countries &amp; other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they&#39;d sanction Rubio &amp; Trump for obstructing investigations of (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu&#39;s war crimes,&rdquo; Van Hollen said in a post on the US social media platform X.



If European countries &amp; other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they&#39;d sanction Rubio &amp; Trump for obstructing investigations of Netanyahu&#39;s war crimes.https://t.co/cl1tkGUXUm
&mdash; Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) September 21, 2026



His comments came after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is preparing sweeping sanctions against the ICC, escalating its efforts to weaken the court following its arrest warrant for Netanyahu.

The report, citing US officials and documents, said the proposed sanctions would prohibit most transactions with the ICC after a six- to seven-month grace period.

The measures could prevent the court from conducting transactions in US dollars and cut it off from significant parts of the global financial system.

Read:&nbsp;Former Israeli premier says Israel associated with &lsquo;genocide&rsquo; among US students

The administration has already sanctioned several ICC officials, including its president, Tomoko Akane, judges, deputy prosecutors and the prosecutor involved in the case against Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.

The proposed sanctions would target transactions with the ICC itself rather than only individual officials, according to the report. Transactions involving communications services would be exempt.

The ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in November 2024, accusing them of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.]]>
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			<title>G7 leaders condemn Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 06:46:51 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Bloc calls on group to halt military actions, return to political process 'in good faith']]>
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				<![CDATA[G7 nations called on Yemen&#39;s Houthis Tuesday to halt strikes on Saudi Arabia, offering a show of solidarity with Riyadh as the group has added a new threat to the Middle East war.

The Houthi movement staged a lightning offensive in recent weeks to take over Yemen&#39;s entire Red Sea coast, including Mokha, threatening global trade and pushing up energy prices up.

Gains made by Yemen&#39;s Houthis have cemented Iran and its allies hold over two key waterways, including the Strait of Hormuz, that the wider Gulf and top crude exporter Saudi Arabia rely on to ship out its oil.

G7 leaders representing Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States said in a statement &quot;we call on the Houthis to immediately cease all military actions&quot;.

Read:&nbsp;Gulf on knife edge as Saudis, Houthis trade blows

&quot;All threats and attacks against civilian shipping, and to return to the political process in good faith,&quot; it added. They also called on Iran &quot;to end its arming of and support for the Houthis,&quot; alleging Tehran is in violation of past United Nations Security Council resolutions.

The war in impoverished Yemen, which began in 2014 with the Houthi capture of the capital Sanaa, had been largely frozen since 2022 but resumed in July. Saudi Arabia has led a coalition backing the internationally recognised government since 2015. Its intervention escalated the war, which has triggered one of the world&#39;s worst humanitarian crises.

Saudi strikes on Yemen&#39;s strategic Red Sea port Mokha killed at least six people and wounded eight others, the Houthi-affiliated news agency Saba reported Tuesday.

The strikes come off the back of a Houthi attack on Riyadh on Saturday which marked the first to target the Saudi capital in years and a major escalation by the group.

UK, France support

Britain agreed to give military support to Saudi Arabia, media reports said Monday, adding that the UK would provide &quot;defensive&quot; air-to-air refuelling for Saudi jets.

France also pledged their support saying it is ready to work on &quot;securing&quot; Saudi energy infrastructure targeted by the Houthis, adopting a &quot;strictly defensive approach&quot;, a diplomatic source told AFP Monday. &quot;This in no way involves taking part in the conflict with the Houthis,&quot; the source added.

The Houthis have carried out attacks against facilities belonging to the Saudi oil giant Aramco in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu. The East-West Pipeline &mdash; a crucial crude oil export route &mdash; has also been shut down following drone attacks launched from Iraq, according to Riyadh.

Read More:&nbsp;Fighting, displacement in Yemen deepen humanitarian crisis along its Red Sea coast

The head of Yemen&#39;s governing body Rashad al-Alimi held a call with US President Donald Trump to request American support against the fighters, a source in Alimi&#39;s office told AFP on Monday. Trump did not promise military support, the source said, adding that the call that took place on Sunday was intended as a show of solidarity with Yemen&#39;s embattled government.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also urged Trump to strike the Houthis, US media reported. The New York Times said the crown prince called Trump on Sunday &quot;to implore him, again&quot; to help counter the group&#39;s advances, with Axios previously saying Trump had rebuffed a similar request last week.

Fox News reported Sunday that Trump had said the Houthis have agreed not to hit US targets.

Makkah Joint Defence Agreement

The Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah (Supporters of God), is named after its late spiritual leader Badreddin al-Houthi and his son Hussein, who was killed by Yemeni government forces in 2004.

Houthi&#39;s other son, Abdulmalik, assumed the reins of power, delivering fiery speeches and transforming his group from an isolated faction in the northwest into the ruling power in the capital and a regional player.

In one such speech on Monday, Abdulmalik said Saudi had launched 760 airstrikes as of a day earlier questioning &quot;if Pakistan and Turkiye were subjected to this number of strikes, wouldn&#39;t it cause a major crisis?&quot;

Also Read:&nbsp;Houthis threaten &lsquo;decisive&rsquo; response if Pakistan, Turkiye intervene in Yemen

He said Saudi Arabia is seeking to &quot;push the Turks and Pakistanis forward and import Takfiris (the charge of apostacy) from Syria, at a time when Syria is facing total destruction&quot; advising the two countries &quot;not to become entangled for political and financial gain from the Saudi enemy&quot;.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye last month signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, committing the three countries to mutual defence in the event of any of them being attacked.

The pact came against a backdrop of war between the US and Iran and attacks in the region from Houthi forces.]]>
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			<title>Trump set for whirlwind UN meetings with wars in Iran, Ukraine on agenda</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 06:54:16 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Donald Trump is set for a whirlwind schedule of meetings with leaders from four continents at &zwnj;the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, against the backdrop of an unstable Middle East and a four-and-a-half-year-old war in Ukraine that shows no signs of abating despite the US president&#39;s repeated attempts at mediation.

Trump is expected to start the day with a speech to assembled delegates, before meeting with no fewer ​than 11 world leaders, bilaterally or in group settings. While the contents of his speech are unknown, Trump last year caused ​a stir with a combative speech, saying that their countries were &quot;going to hell&quot; for, among other things, ⁠climate policy and mass migration.

Read:&nbsp;PM Shehbaz arrives in New York to attend 81st UNGA session amid Middle East crisis

Later in the day, Trump will meet with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Venezuela&#39;s ​interim leader Delcy Rodriguez, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and the representatives of the Gulf states of ​the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.

In the evening, he may meet dozens more leaders, albeit briefly, during a leaders&#39; reception. Trump met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. Additions to his Tuesday schedule are possible.

The long list of foreign leader meetings reflects the US president&#39;s ​focus on foreign affairs during his second term, during which he has started multiple wars, questioned longstanding alliances, threatened allies with ​invasion and sought to broker well over a dozen conflicts, with mixed success.

The US-Israeli war against Iran has been particularly consequential, driving up fuel prices &zwnj;globally, dragging down ⁠Trump&#39;s approval ratings and presenting a challenge for Republicans running in the November congressional midterm election. On Monday, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Trump&#39;s approval rating falling to an all-time low of 32%, as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living.

Read more:&nbsp;We will forcefully raise Iran&#39;s positions in international forums: Pezeshkian

Among the closely watched meetings will be the seven-way gathering with the Gulf leaders, many of whom are alarmed by the recent advances ​of the Houthis&nbsp;who ​have captured wide swathes of ⁠Yemen, attacked US ally Saudi Arabia and threatened shipping through the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait.

Political allies and opponents will also be closely watching Trump&#39;s first-ever meeting with Venezuela&#39;s Rodriguez, who rose to power ​with the Trump administration&#39;s blessing after US forces snatched President Nicolas Maduro in January and took ​him to New ⁠York to face drug trafficking charges.

Trump&#39;s allies say the US is working with Rodriguez to open Venezuela&#39;s oil sector to US investment, but Democrats and some Republicans say his administration has not done enough to press for new elections in the South American nation.

During the meeting ⁠with the ​leaders of Denmark and Greenland, its overseas territory, Trump will ink an accord ​designed to increase US military presence on the island while limiting that of geopolitical adversaries. Danish and Greenland officials hope the accord will put an end to Trump&#39;s ​past comments suggesting he might take Greenland by force.]]>
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			<title>Turkish president calls for UN Security Council reform, end to veto privilege</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 05:37:51 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA['Essential to turn need for reform into concrete roadmap' with abolition of veto privilege at centre says Erdogan]]>
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				<![CDATA[Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council, including the removal of the veto power held by its permanent members, arguing that the international system must better reflect today&#39;s global realities.

In an article for Bloomberg titled &quot;The Quest for Global Justice in a Changing World,&quot; Erdogan said recent crises, including pandemics, energy shocks, disruptions to supply chains and regional conflicts, had demonstrated the limits of leaving solutions to global challenges to the decisions of a handful of capitals.

Stressing that global decision-making mechanisms must now adapt to today&#39;s conditions, he said the UN Security Council continues to reflect the structure established after World War II.

Erdogan said &quot;a more effective, fair and accountable&quot; system of representation was necessary and called for broader participation in global decision-making.

He said T&uuml;rkiye&#39;s call that &quot;the world is bigger than five&quot; should be understood as an appeal for a broader distribution of responsibility in the international system.

Read: US veto blocks UN Security Council call for Gaza ceasefire

Erdogan has long pushed for reforms to the UN, often using the slogan: &ldquo;The world is bigger than five,&rdquo; which refers to the Security Council&rsquo;s unrepresentative membership.

For years, the Council has faced claims that its five veto-wielding members -- the US, the UK, France, Russia and China -- command disproportionate influence.

&quot;It is essential to turn the need for reform into a concrete roadmap,&quot; Erdogan said. &quot;At the centre of this roadmap should be the abolition of the veto privilege.&quot;

He argued that simply adding new permanent members to the Security Council would not resolve the concentration of decision-making power in the hands of a small number of countries.

According to Erdogan, reform should instead be based on the principle that no country should have the permanent ability to block the will of the majority of the international community.

&#39;Greater role for General Assembly&#39;

The president also called for a new balance between the UN Security Council and General Assembly.

He proposed strengthening the powers of the General Assembly and creating a Security Council without permanent membership, with council members elected by the General Assembly for fixed terms.

Under the approach outlined by Erdogan, countries seeking another term would have to regain the confidence of a majority of General Assembly members through elections.

&quot;Representation and accountability of the Security Council before the General Assembly should be enhanced,&quot; he said.

He argued that the international order of the future could not be built by preserving the hierarchies of the past.

&quot;Developments over the last quarter century, which is a relatively short period in human history, have shown that no balance of power and no international order is permanent,&quot; he said.

Read More: Erdogan says Turkiye would consider full membership of China- and Russia-led security bloc

Erdogan said new centres of power had emerged in areas ranging from the economy and security to technology and diplomacy, while international institutions had failed to adapt to these changes at the same pace.

Wars, the climate crisis, irregular migration and economic vulnerabilities have underscored the importance of strong institutions, resilient economies and effective defence capabilities, he added.

The president pointed to the growing importance of secure and sustainable trade, logistics, transportation and energy corridors.

Erdogan said Asia&#39;s economic weight was increasing, while African countries were seeking stronger representation consistent with the continent&#39;s potential.

Calls for greater fairness in global economy

He also said developing countries were increasingly voicing their own priorities and argued that regional problems could not always be resolved through methods determined from outside.

&quot;Approaches based on the will of the countries concerned, local conditions and common interests will produce more lasting and stable results,&quot; Erdogan said.

He called for countries with the diplomatic capacity, economic resources and ability to communicate with different sides to assume &quot;more active roles&quot; in promoting peace and stability.

Also read: Trump says he disagrees with UK&#39;s Starmer on Palestinian state

Erdogan also addressed economic inequalities, saying expectations that globalisation would broadly distribute prosperity had not been fully realised.

He said income disparities had deepened, while technological and economic dependencies had become new areas of competition.

&quot;For global justice to be achieved under these changing circumstances, responsibilities must be shared fairly,&quot; Erdogan said, adding that developing countries&#39; right to development and access to the financing they need should be secured.

He also argued that the international system must better account for changing economic and political realities across different regions.

Erdogan said T&uuml;rkiye would continue using its extensive international relations and experience in multilateral diplomacy to support efforts to reform the international system.

&quot;We support efforts to abolish the veto privilege, give elected members greater weight in decision-making processes and strengthen the role of the General Assembly,&quot; he said.

He said cooperation among countries from different regions around common principles would strengthen the legitimacy and representative capacity of the international system.

&quot;Permanent peace in today&#39;s world cannot be achieved by multiplying blocs that are disconnected from one another and do not communicate with one another,&quot; Erdogan said.

&quot;For a more just world, we must bring together the experience, capacity and will of different regions on common ground.&quot;

Erdogan said T&uuml;rkiye would continue to assume its responsibility in efforts to reform the international system, citing the country&#39;s state tradition, diplomatic capacity and relations with different regions.]]>
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			<title>Türkiye, US agency sign grant agreement on next-generation nuclear technologies</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 05:37:52 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Agreement in line with Türkiye’s 2053 net-zero emissions, energy independence goals]]>
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				<![CDATA[The T&uuml;rkiye Nuclear Energy Incorporated&nbsp;(TUNAS) and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) signed a grant agreement on small modular reactors (SMRs) and fourth-generation reactors at a ceremony at T&uuml;rkevi in New York, T&uuml;rkiye&#39;s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Tuesday.

Bayraktar said in a post on the US-based social media platform X that the agreement will enable T&uuml;rkiye to comprehensively assess the technical, economic and regulatory feasibility of next-generation nuclear technologies.

&quot;In line with our goals of Net Zero Emissions by 2053 and full energy independence, we are committed to diversifying our energy mix,&quot; he added.

Read:&nbsp;Turkish president calls for UN Security Council reform, end to veto privilege

&quot;In addition to our large-scale nuclear power plants, we will continue with determination to build a robust and modern energy infrastructure by meticulously exploring the alternatives best suited to our country&#39;s needs,&quot; he said.

T&uuml;rkiye-US ties go beyond military cooperation, NATO remains key: Turkish president&rsquo;s chief adviser

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#39;s Chief Foreign Policy and Security Adviser Akif Cagatay Kilic said Monday that T&uuml;rkiye-US ties extend beyond military cooperation, with NATO remaining a key pillar.

&quot;The relationship that we have with the US is profoundly different to a lot of the relationships that we have around the world,&quot; Kilic told a panel titled &quot;T&uuml;rkiye-US Relations on the Eve of the Centennial.&quot;

Read more:&nbsp;US to open two new military bases in Greenland, sources say

The panel was organised by T&uuml;rkiye&#39;s Communications Directorate in New York amid the UN General Assembly week.

It was also attended by Cagri Erhan, deputy chair of the Presidential Council for Security and Foreign Policy, former US Ambassador to T&uuml;rkiye and retired diplomat James Jeffrey, and former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza.

Stressing that the bilateral ties are not solely based on military relationships alone, Kilic added: &quot;But I think NATO is an important part of our relationship.&quot;

The region and geography in which T&uuml;rkiye found itself in the 1950s and 1960s had changed significantly over time, resulting in a very different regional landscape today, he highlighted.

T&uuml;rkiye&#39;s presence stands as a constant factor in the geography, he underlined, adding that Ankara is &quot;a main and pivotal point in stability.&quot;

Meanwhile, Erhan stressed the historical aspect of the bilateral ties, saying they date back to the 1830s, when the Ottoman Empire was in place.

He recalled that although the US entered World War I, it never declared war on the Ottoman Empire.

&quot;They declared war to Germans, not Ottomans.&quot;]]>
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			<title>Bab al-Mandeb tensions test Egypt’s Suez Canal</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 10:56:33 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA['Growing pressure on Bab el-Mandeb threatens global supply chains,' logistics expert tells Anadolu]]>
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				<![CDATA[Nearly three years after tensions in Bab el-Mandeb disrupted shipping through the Red Sea and inflicted billions of dollars in losses on Egypt&#39;s Suez Canal, renewed regional tensions are once again putting the strategic waterway to the test.

Yemen&#39;s Houthi group threatened navigation through Bab el-Mandeb, the gateway from the Red Sea to Egypt&#39;s Suez Canal and onward to the Mediterranean, nearly three years ago. At the time, Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea caused losses of around $11 billion to the canal, one of Egypt&#39;s main sources of foreign currency, according to Egyptian officials.

The Houthis resumed targeting shipping in the Red Sea about two months ago, prompting Egyptian warnings over the repercussions of any disruption to international maritime routes, including the canal linking Asia and Europe.

Territorial control in Yemen has also shifted recently, with the Houthis advancing along the western coast and taking control of strategic areas, including Red Sea islands such as Mayyun Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Read:&nbsp;Iran offers to reopen Hormuz within 7 days if US takes initial steps to ease military pressure: report

Tensions in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden have escalated since July 20, when the Houthis announced a &quot;maritime blockade&quot; on vessels linked to Saudi Arabia in response to what they claim is a Saudi blockade on areas under their control in Yemen.

The Houthis have targeted oil tankers and Saudi vessels along regional shipping routes and attacked sites inside the kingdom, including civilian airports and energy production facilities, causing civilian casualties and material damage.

Saudi Arabia has led a coalition supporting Yemen&#39;s internationally recognised government since 2015, while Iran is accused of backing the Houthis, who have controlled provinces and cities, including the capital Sanaa, since 2014.

Last week, Egypt and Saudi Arabia stressed the importance of ensuring freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb and the Red Sea following talks between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Cairo.

Days earlier, Sisi called during a BRICS summit in India for safeguarding freedom of navigation through international waterways amid current developments, particularly as a significant share of global trade passes through the Red Sea and Suez Canal.

The Red Sea tension comes amid regional escalation following US and Israeli attacks on Iran in February, which responded with missile and drone strikes across the region. Tehran also effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic route for energy supplies.

Strategic chokepoint

Egypt&#39;s calls for calm and stability in Bab el-Mandeb stem from the passage&rsquo;s position as a &quot;strategic chokepoint&quot; and from economic and strategic considerations directly affecting the country&#39;s national security, logistics expert Nasreddine Bougashish told Anadolu.

&quot;Any disruption in Bab el-Mandeb will immediately and automatically affect the Suez Canal, Egypt&#39;s vital artery, as ships would divert away from the canal,&quot; Bougashish said.

&quot;This would mean a direct blow to canal revenues, which constitute a fundamental source of the country&#39;s foreign currency,&quot; he added.

&quot;The situation in Bab el-Mandeb remains open to difficult scenarios, and growing pressure on the passage now threatens the efficiency of global supply chains and weighs directly on the economic resources of countries in the region, including Egypt,&quot; Bougashish warned.

Cairo moved to reassure the public about the Suez Canal amid growing global concern over the escalating tensions in Bab el-Mandeb.

Read more:&nbsp;G7 leaders condemn Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia

&quot;The canal is safe, navigation is regular, its services are operating efficiently, and its pilots are at the highest levels of performance and readiness,&quot; Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie said during a World Maritime Day 2026 event, as cited in an authority statement on Sept. 20.

He said navigation through the canal saw 1,358 vessels transit in August, with a total net tonnage of 68.3 million tons and revenues of $567.1 million.

&ldquo;Previous challenges directly affected global supply chains, with their repercussions extending to navigation through the Suez Canal,&rdquo; Rabie said. &ldquo;But these challenges demonstrated the canal&#39;s importance in securing global supply chains, reinforced its leading global position and proved that there is no sustainable alternative route to the canal,&rdquo; he added.

Rabie was referring to Houthi attacks on commercial vessels linked to Israel in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb following the Gaza war in October 2023. The attacks prompted major shipping companies to reroute vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, causing around $11 billion in losses to the Suez Canal.

&ldquo;The canal diversified its sources of income during the crisis by localising the production of marine vessels, establishing partnerships with the private sector and introducing new maritime services,&rdquo; Rabie said.

The assurances came as Danish shipping company Maersk and Germany&#39;s Hapag-Lloyd announced in separate statements on Sept. 14 that four joint container services would resume passage through the Suez Canal instead of using the Cape of Good Hope route around South Africa.

Economic flexibility

The security tensions around Bab el-Mandeb in 2023 placed financial pressure on the Suez Canal but did not undermine its operational structure, Khaled al-Shafei, head of the Capital Centre for Economic Studies, told Anadolu.

&quot;The canal withstood the crisis because it has the geographic and economic flexibility that ensures its continuity, limiting the losses to temporary financial impacts until security conditions stabilised,&quot; al-Shafei said.

&ldquo;The canal also offered incentives and discounts on transit fees and diversified maritime services as part of its efforts to address the crisis at the time,&rdquo; he added.

&ldquo;The decision by Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd to return to the Suez Canal reflected the importance of relying on the waterway,&rdquo; al-Shafei said.

He expects the canal to &ldquo;withstand again&rdquo; because of its geographic and economic advantages, particularly as it normally handles around 12% of global trade and about 30% of global container traffic.

Al-Shafei did not rule out Egyptian mediation to end the maritime tensions, describing it as a possible option to prevent economic repercussions affecting Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other Red Sea countries.

Full-scale escalation

Maritime transport and logistics economist Ahmed al-Shami said risks continue to threaten Bab el-Mandeb.

&ldquo;Their direct impact on the Suez Canal, however, remains limited so far as navigation through the canal continues to grow,&rdquo; he told Anadolu.

&ldquo;The current threats differ from previous tensions, particularly because the Houthis have identified Saudi vessels as their targets this time,&rdquo; al-Shami said.

&ldquo;However, the threat remains, and future developments will determine the extent of the impact on shipping,&rdquo; he added.

Also read:&nbsp;UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

&ldquo;Continued attacks on vessels would force shipping companies to adjust their routes,&rdquo; al-Shami warned.

&ldquo;Maersk&#39;s return to the Suez Canal reflects an economic assessment that passage through the waterway is more viable than sailing around the Cape of Good Hope,&rdquo; he said.

&ldquo;An expansion of Houthi attacks on vessels could lead to a full-scale military escalation affecting global trade, not just the Suez Canal, by as much as 25%-30%,&rdquo; al-Shami warned.

&ldquo;The Suez Canal is currently recording gradual growth in maritime traffic compared with the previous two years,&rdquo; he added.

Al-Shami expects canal revenues to rise above $7.5 billion by the middle of next year, compared with less than $4 billion in 2024, while also not ruling out Egyptian mediation to contain the current crisis.]]>
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			<title>Saudi defence fund speeds up maritime sector push following Houthi advance</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 10:42:26 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[MASNA Ventures seeks to plough more money into local manufacturing of US, allied defence tech]]>
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				<![CDATA[Saudi Arabia&#39;s first defence-focused venture capital fund, MASNA Ventures, is seeking to plough more money into local manufacturing of United States and allied defence technology as conflict in the Gulf&nbsp;exposes the region&#39;s military gaps.

The fund, anchored by a prominent Saudi family office and sharia-compliant, has asked the Capital Markets Authority to raise its capacity to $150 million from $100 million, General Partner Lucien Zeigler told Reuters.

Committed capital so far includes only Saudi nationals, and the firm is weighing whether to bring in international capital, Zeigler said, declining to comment further on amounts or investors, citing regulations. &quot;This is a bet on Saudi sovereignty, and we want Saudis who believe in the sector sharing in the wins,&quot; he said.

The firm is speeding up collaboration with so-called Prime Original Equipment Manufacturers and startup unicorns &quot;whose connected, autonomous platforms were designed for exactly what is happening in the Gulf and the Red Sea,&quot; Zeigler said. He declined to name the companies, citing non-disclosure agreements.

The Prime manufacturers term refers to major defence firms such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

&#39;Maritime is a priority&#39;

MASNA&#39;s focus is on autonomous systems including unmanned aerial, surface and underwater vehicles.

&quot;Maritime is absolutely a priority...we are actively accelerating that domain right now,&quot; Zeigler said.

Venture capital firms have invested $19.4 billion in defence tech globally this year, double last year&#39;s total, according to PitchBook. Saudi Arabia has recorded VC deals worth about $200 million in 2026, the data platform said.

Zeigler has spent most of the last 15 years working in the Kingdom with Saudi and US business, and in venture capital, defence, and investments. He previously headed Middle East and North Africa operations at Silicon Valley&#39;s Pilatus Venture Capital.

Read:&nbsp;How Yemen&#39;s Houthis went from a small mountain militia to a big regional threat

MASNA has partnered with SR2 Defence Systems, a local manufacturer that Zeigler co-founded, to develop advanced defence technology on Saudi soil.

The fund is targeting three operational joint ventures and six capital investments in 2026. It has already backed a joint venture between SR2 and US drone maker Vector Defence that is &quot;ramping up now,&quot; with MASNA leading a funding round that is three times oversubscribed, Zeigler said.

The firm also plans to back another joint venture producing anti-drone systems built around &quot;world-leading US hard-kill technology.&quot;

Drones have played a central role in the Houthi campaign&nbsp;in Yemen and the broader Gulf conflict involving Iran, the US and their allies. Saudi Arabia was hit by strikes from groups in recent weeks that threatened its oil exports, while a new Houthi presence near the Bab el-Mandeb strait risks further disrupting Red Sea shipping routes.

&quot;Right now, it is drones and aerial defence above all else,&quot; Zeigler said. &quot;The events of this past week emphasise those needs.&quot;]]>
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			<title>Peace in southern Lebanon remains ‘elusive’: UN mission</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 10:48:57 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Lasting peace requires political will, commitments from parties, UNIFIL says]]>
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				<![CDATA[The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Tuesday that peace in southern Lebanon remains &quot;elusive,&quot; stressing that permanently ending the conflict requires political will from the parties.

The remarks came in a statement marking the International Day of Peace, observed annually on Sept. 21, which UNIFIL commemorated Monday evening with a ceremony at its headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura.

&ldquo;Today, peace in south Lebanon remains elusive, but the hope for peace endures,&rdquo; UNIFIL said, stressing that lasting peace requires &ldquo;political commitments and solutions from the parties themselves.&rdquo;

&ldquo;Peacekeepers can help restore stability, avoid misunderstandings, and reduce the risk of escalation -- but they cannot replace the political will and decisions needed to end the conflict permanently,&rdquo; it said.

Read:&nbsp;UN chief stresses smooth Lebanon pull-out

&quot;Peace is not something we address once a year; it is an enduring responsibility,&quot; UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Diodato Abagnara said.

&ldquo;We patrol, we keep channels of communication open with the parties to reduce the risk of misunderstanding and escalation. We work with the Lebanese Armed Forces as they assume greater responsibilities in the south,&rdquo; Abagnara said.

He stressed that responsibility for reaching a political solution rests with the parties, while &ldquo;UNIFIL will continue to do its part, keeping communication open, reducing the risk of escalation, and supporting diplomatic efforts.&rdquo;

The full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 &quot;remains the objective and the basis for lasting peace and stability in south Lebanon,&quot; Abagnara added.

&ldquo;Continued cooperation between the Lebanese Armed Forces and peacekeepers remains central to maintaining stability and supporting the extension of state authority in the south,&rdquo; he added.

The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1701 in August 2006 following a 33-day war between the Israeli army and Hezbollah.

Read more:&nbsp;Pakistan, Lebanon agree to enhance intelligence sharing, security cooperation

The resolution calls for a complete cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel and for an area between the Blue Line and the Litani River in southern Lebanon to be free of weapons and armed personnel except those of the Lebanese army and UNIFIL.

Disrupted livelihoods

UNIFIL said the current conflict has forced thousands of people from their homes, with many remaining displaced.

&ldquo;It has disrupted livelihoods, caused widespread damage to homes and infrastructure, and resulted in civilian deaths and injuries,&rdquo; it added.

This year&#39;s International Day of Peace is the last UNIFIL will observe before its mandate expires at the end of 2026, following a UN Security Council decision in 2025 to end the mission.

The UN General Assembly established the International Day of Peace in 1981 to promote ceasefires, nonviolence, tolerance, justice and human rights.

Also read:&nbsp;4 killed, 20 injured in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon despite US deal

Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 have killed at least 4,386 people, injured 12,407 others and displaced more than 1 million, according to Lebanese authorities.

The attacks have continued despite the two countries signing a US-brokered framework agreement on June 26 providing for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territory in exchange for the deployment of the Lebanese army and the disarmament of Hezbollah.

Israel occupies areas in southern Lebanon, some for decades and others since the 2023-2024 war, while Israeli forces have advanced more than 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) during the current offensive.]]>
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			<title>US to open two new military bases in Greenland, sources say</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 26 06:23:55 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Deal to be signed at UNGA puts Arctic security under watch of NATO, comes after months of pressure from Trump]]>
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				<![CDATA[The United States plans to re-establish a Cold War-era military base in southern Greenland and set up another on the east coast, now used by the Danish dog sled patrol, under a deal to be signed with Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The sites are Narsarsuaq, whose population has dwindled to a few dozen people since the US closed its Bluie West One military base in the 1950s, and Mestersvig, a military outpost used by the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, a Danish special forces unit, said two of the people.

Denmark, Greenland and the US are expected to sign their new agreement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City at 10:30am ET (1430 GMT) on Tuesday.

The text of the agreement has not been made public and the three people familiar with the deal, speaking on condition of anonymity, said its details will not be finalised until it is signed.

The governments of Denmark and Greenland did not immediately respond to a request by Reuters for comment.

Read: Trump deal won&#39;t compromise &#39;sovereignty&#39;

A White House spokesperson declined to comment on the details of the agreement, repeating an earlier statement that its signing on Tuesday would &quot;secure and defend the security of Greenland and the United States.&quot;

Denmark says the agreement puts Arctic security under the watch of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the military defence alliance, rather than leaving it solely to the US and Denmark.

The deal follows months of pressure from US President Donald Trump, who has long said he wants the US to control Greenland and has at times refused to rule out military or economic force to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory. The idea has been rejected by an overwhelming majority of Greenlanders, polling shows.

Trump&#39;s threats, which peaked in January, triggered a diplomatic crisis within NATO and pushed Denmark and Greenland into negotiations with Washington aimed at defusing the pressure.

During the Cold War, the US ​maintained 17 military installations and more than ⁠10,000 personnel in Greenland. Today only Pituffik Space Base remains, with some 150 US military personnel.]]>
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			<title>Nobel prize sum raised to $1.27m for 2026</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2630063/nobel-prize-sum-raised-to-127m-for-2026</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 26 13:34:40 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Nobel prize hike adds $106,000, with the sum shared if more than one laureate wins in a category]]>
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				<![CDATA[This year&#39;s Nobel Prize winners, to be announced from October 5-12, will receive 12 million kroner ($1.27m) per discipline, up from 11m&nbsp;in 2025, the Nobel Foundation said on Friday.

The hike is equivalent to around $106,000 or 9 per cent more and the sum is shared if there is more than one laureate in any of the six prize categories.

&quot;This year, we are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Nobel Prize, and in connection with this, we are pleased to be able to increase the prize amount by one million (kroner),&quot; the director of the Nobel Foundation, Hanna Stjarne, said in a statement.

&quot;By increasing the prize amount, we uphold the long-term significance of the Nobel Prize and ensure that the financial part of the prize retains its value over time,&quot; she said.

Read More: Sweden&#39;s centre-left wins election

The first Nobel prizes were awarded in 1901, when the prize sum was 150,782 kroner per discipline.

The medicine prize will kick off this year&#39;s Nobel week on October 5, followed each day by the prizes for physics, chemistry, literature and peace. The economics prize will wrap up the announcements on October 12.

Winners of this year&#39;s prizes in physics, chemistry, peacemaking, literature, economics and medicine or physiology will be announced between October 5 and October 12, marking the 125th anniversary of the first awards.

Established by the will of Swedish 19th-century businessman Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, the first awards in 1901 were for 150,782 crowns per category, according to the foundation.]]>
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			<title>How Yemen's Houthis went from a small mountain militia to a big regional threat</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 26 17:24:23 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Yemen's 2011 turmoil helped the Houthis gain ground and forge ties with Iran and Hezbollah]]>
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				<![CDATA[A lightning advance by Yemen&#39;s Houthi group has brought the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait under its control, making the once ragged highland militia a regional player with global clout.

This is how the group evolved into a formidable fighting force with Iranian support that can disrupt vital shipping and strike critical oil and gas facilities in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.

Who are Houthis?

Starting out in the late 1990s as a Zaydi Shia&nbsp;Muslim revival movement in ​north Yemen under the Houthi family, the group waged six wars against the government, building a strong local militia.

When Yemen&#39;s central state disintegrated during the 2011 Arab Spring, the Houthis took advantage, &zwnj;gaining more ground and developing a relationship with Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.

In 2014, they seized the capital Sanaa, ousting the government and halting a Gulf-backed political transition.

That prompted a Saudi-led military intervention to support the government, leading to years of civil war that ground to a stalemate and a 2022 ceasefire.

The Houthis fired missiles and drones at Israel and international shipping in the Red Sea during Israel&#39;s war in Gaza from 2023-25, in what they said was solidarity with Palestinians.

Also Read: Yemeni airstrikes hit Houthi sites as clashes intensify in Taiz, Lahj: official

With their closest ally Iran under attack by the United States ​since February 28, the Houthis have again been firing on Red Sea shipping as well as energy facilities inside Saudi Arabia.

What is the military situation inside Yemen?

The ceasefire collapsed over recent weeks and fighting resumed ​along the old front lines: Marib and Jawf governorates in the north, the city of Taiz in the southern highlands, Dhale in central Yemen and the Red Sea ⁠coastal strip known as the Tihama.

Last week, the Houthis rapidly advanced into the southern Tihama, seizing first the port city of Mocha and then the rest of the Red Sea coastline and islands, putting their guns along the whole ​shore of the 19-kilometre-wide&nbsp;Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Those territorial gains make it easier to block shipping on the Red Sea, a key route for Saudi oil exports to Asia, and set up a potential launchpad for a new ground thrust towards ​Aden.

Saudi Arabia has conducted airstrikes in support of government-aligned forces.

What do we know about Houthis missiles and drones?

The group&#39;s ability to strike at distance with growing accuracy is why it now matters far beyond Yemen.

Houthi ballistic missiles have reached as far as Israel, more than 1,800km&nbsp;away, and one struck the perimeter of Israel&#39;s main airport in 2025. They have struck more frequently in Saudi Arabia, targeting cities and infrastructure. And Houthi missiles have been fired at ships in the Red Sea, halting traffic in the waterway.

Houthi drones have ​also struck repeatedly at Saudi targets and are now increasingly deployed on the battlefield &mdash; a big change from the last bout of civil-war fighting before the 2022 ceasefire.

What equipment have the Houthis been seen using?

The Houthis have posted ​videos online since the start of September that show some of the military equipment they are using.

Videos show drones dropping different types of mortar and other bombs onto vehicles and opposition fighters, a rocket or missile launching, and precise munition hits on &zwnj;buildings and trucks ⁠at a camp, filmed by a high-resolution drone.

Read More: China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say

Other videos show Houthi forces on the ground, including in pick-up trucks, some mounted with weapons, and on foot. Many fighters are shown in Arab robes rather than uniforms and carrying assault rifles. One video also showed a small group of fighters in camouflage uniforms. In some videos, fighters are shown with light and heavy machine guns and scoped rifles.

Videos showed them parading equipment captured from the Saudi-backed forces in the Tihama, including armoured and combat vehicles, a tank, an artillery gun, a satellite dish, small arms and a drone jamming device. But the videos do not generally show the captured hardware in action.

How do the Houthis get their weapons?

A United Nations ​panel of experts&#39; report in 2025 said the Houthis ​had developed missile and drone technologies through both ⁠technical assistance and domestic manufacturing.

It found there had been widespread arms smuggling despite a UN arms embargo, including overland shipments across the Omani border as well as seaborne smuggling.

Items seized included drone control devices, equipment to receive ships&#39; navigational data, drone engines and missile components. A 2023 UN report noted seizures of entire drones, ballistic missile components such ​as chemical precursors and Iranian-made anti-tank missiles.

Iranian sources have said Tehran has supplied its Houthi allies with both weapons and experts. However, Iran has officially denied arming the ​Houthis in violation of the ⁠UN arms embargo.

A 2025 assessment by the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank found that while the Houthis had made advances in domestic arms production, they remained dependent on Iran for key technologies and advanced capabilities.

In what other ways have the Houthis developed militarily?

The UN panel of experts&#39; report described Houthi military tactics as being focused on infiltration, drone attacks and shelling along front lines, and the laying of mines and other explosive devices.

They assessed that the Houthis had 350,000 fighters, ⁠partly through the ​recruitment of fighters under 18.

Training by Iran and Hezbollah has been critical for the Houthis, according to Yemen analysts. Baraa Shiban, an associate ​fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, said such training had begun soon after the Arab Spring and had helped the Houthis transform from a militia to a more organised military force with changes to their structure and movements.

Hezbollah missile and drone operatives were present with ​the Houthis in 2025, the UN experts said. Iranian Qods Force general Abdolreza Shahlaei was also present in Yemen for some time&nbsp;working with the Houthis, the experts said.]]>
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			<title>Iran says US warships suffered ‘serious damage’ in strikes</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 26 14:49:23 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Tehran claims attacks forced US forces farther from Iran as Pentagon watchdog reports strategic munitions shortfalls]]>
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				<![CDATA[Iran&rsquo;s deputy chief of staff of the armed forces, Brigadier General Kiumars Heydari, has claimed that Iranian missile strikes inflicted serious damage on US warships and forced American forces to move hundreds of kilometres farther from Iran, as new US reports and photographs point to extensive damage to American military facilities across the Middle East.

Speaking at a meeting of the Council of the Foundation for the Preservation and Publication of Sacred Defence and Resistance Values on Wednesday, Heydari said Iran had emerged victorious because its forces had prevented the United States from achieving its objectives.

&ldquo;Today, there is no doubt that our armed forces are victorious on the battlefield,&rdquo; Iran&rsquo;s state-run Press TV quoted him as saying, arguing that a defender prevails when it prevents an attacker from reaching its objectives at a predetermined time and place.



Iran inflicted &lsquo;serious damage&rsquo; on US warships: Generalhttps://t.co/xPO5Zq6Vu8
&mdash; Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) September 16, 2026


Heydari said the United States, which Iran had accused of seeking to overthrow its system, was now responding to Iranian military actions. &ldquo;The enemy that dreamed of overthrowing the system is now acting passively on the battlefield,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If it carries out any action, it is in response to our actions.&rdquo;

The Iranian commander also claimed that Iranian missiles had struck US warships and frigates, describing the attacks as evidence of the vulnerability of American naval power. &ldquo;The peak of American military capability is its navy and its warships,&rdquo; Heydari said, adding that Iran had recently targeted &ldquo;heavy warships and frigates&rdquo; and inflicted serious damage on them.

He further claimed that Iranian attacks had compelled US forces to move at least 500 kilometres away from Iran.

Read: Houthis claim attack on Aramco facilities in Yanbu, airbase in Khamis Mushait

There was no independent confirmation in the material reviewed of Heydari&rsquo;s specific claim that US warships had suffered serious damage.

However, a Pentagon inspector general report released this week provides evidence of substantial damage to US military infrastructure across the region during the conflict.

According to the report, US Central Command told investigators that Iranian strikes damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures at American bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.

The report also said US diplomatic facilities in four countries suffered physical damage from Iranian strikes, with the State Department estimating the cost at about $184 million.

The extent of the damage was also illustrated by photographs obtained exclusively by CBS News from active-duty US service members who provided them anonymously because of military restrictions on the media.

One photograph from Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia showed what CBS described as a direct hit on a Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft, with its tail severed from the charred fuselage. The aircraft&rsquo;s rotating radar is used for airborne intelligence and surveillance.

Other photographs showed damaged buildings, barracks and vehicles at US positions in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, including Camp Buehring and Camp Arifjan.

One US service member told CBS that the damage to American bases had not been fully communicated to the public. The Pentagon did not respond to CBS&rsquo;s request for comment.

Read more: Iran war exposed &#39;strategic&#39; US munitions shortfalls: Pentagon watchdog

The Pentagon watchdog&rsquo;s report also detailed losses of military equipment. CBS reported that the inspector general put equipment losses at up to $3.7 billion, while its report listed four F-15s destroyed, one F-35 damaged, seven KC-135 tanker aircraft damaged, and as many as 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones destroyed.

The report also highlighted pressure on US weapons stocks after months of fighting.

Between February 28 and June 30, Operation Epic Fury had an estimated cost of $33.4 billion, according to the inspector general. Of that amount, $22.3 billion was spent on munitions alone.

The report said the scale of expenditure had resulted in &ldquo;strategic inventory shortfalls&rdquo; and exposed bottlenecks in the US industrial base responsible for replenishing weapons.

The findings came despite repeated assurances from US officials that American weapons stocks remained sufficient. President Donald Trump has publicly dismissed concerns over ammunition shortages, saying the United States had extensive supplies and was producing munitions at unprecedented levels.

The scale of the problem has nevertheless prompted US defence officials to push manufacturers to expand weapons production. CBS reported that a Patriot missile production facility operated by Lockheed Martin was producing about 750 missiles a year, with each missile costing roughly $4 million.

The inspector general&rsquo;s findings also add to broader estimates of the cost of the conflict. CBS reported that US officials had previously estimated the cost of Operation Epic Fury at around $25 billion in April, while officials familiar with internal assessments subsequently put the figure closer to $50 billion at that stage.

Iran points to domestic capabilities

Heydari attributed Iran&rsquo;s ability to sustain the confrontation to its domestic defence industry, saying the country had relied primarily on indigenous capabilities despite years of sanctions.

&ldquo;If we had not relied on our domestic capabilities, our stockpiles and reserves could not have met the demands,&rdquo; he said.

Also Read: Chinese FM urges Iran, US to return to Islamabad MoU in meeting with Iranian counterpart

Iran has developed an extensive indigenous military-industrial base that produces ballistic and cruise missiles, drones, anti-ship systems and other weapons. Tehran has repeatedly highlighted these capabilities as a means of deterring attacks and threatening hostile military assets in and around the Persian Gulf.

Heydari said Iran had responded to what he called every &ldquo;brazen move&rdquo; by the enemy with large-scale missile attacks.

&ldquo;Today, in response to every brazen move by the enemy, we are raining a barrage of missiles across the region and have surprised the enemy,&rdquo; he said.

He also warned that a continuation of the war would expose US forces in the region to further losses.

&ldquo;If the Americans continue the war, large numbers of their forces ... will return to their country on the decks of those same warships, while many others, God willing, will sink to the bottom of the region&rsquo;s waters,&rdquo; he said.

Heydari said Iran&rsquo;s military measures were calibrated to widen the distance between the two sides and ultimately enable Tehran to declare victory.]]>
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			<title>Belgian mosque defaced with anti-Islam message for 2nd time</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 26 17:42:49 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Tawfieq mosque in Schelle was again targeted with anti-Islam graffiti, Muslim Rights Watch Belgium said]]>
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				<![CDATA[A mosque in Belgium was defaced with an anti-Islam message for the second time in 10 days, broadcaster VRT reported on Tuesday.

The Tawfieq mosque in the town of Schelle was again targeted with the words &quot;F**k Islam&quot; spray-painted across the width of its facade, according to Muslim Rights Watch Belgium (MRWB).

&quot;This is the second time in barely 10 days,&quot; MRWB Chairman Mohamed Amin Chaib told the broadcaster.

Chaib said the repeated targeting of the mosque showed that places of worship serving Muslim communities are vulnerable, and he urged greater attention to their security.

&quot;This can no longer be dismissed as mere vandalism,&quot; he said, questioning whether authorities would have responded with the same urgency if another religious community had been targeted.

Read More: Saudi civil defence says danger has passed in six cities including Yanbu

The Rupel police zone said an investigation is underway to determine whether the same person was responsible for both attacks.

The mosque was vandalised on September&nbsp;5, when the same anti-Islam message and swastikas were painted on the building.

Dog excrement was also left near the entrance, according to reports.

The mosque&#39;s administration filed a complaint against unknown perpetrators following the first incident, while police launched an investigation.

No suspects have been identified.]]>
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			<title>Israeli newspaper rejects Netanyahu’s demands, vows to reveal truth in court after lawsuit threat</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 26 15:50:05 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Haaretz claims Netanyahu ignored the 'UAE warning' about the possibility of a Hamas attack 10 days before Oct 7]]>
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				<![CDATA[Israeli left-wing newspaper Haaretz on Thursday rejected three demands by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avoid being sued and vowed to reveal the truth in court.

The dispute concerns a report published on Tuesday by the newspaper that said Netanyahu received a warning from United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a call before October 7, 2023, that Hamas was planning to launch an attack.

Netanyahu denied having any contact with the UAE president or receiving any warning from him. The UAE Foreign Ministry said it did not comment on reports of talks between government leaders.

Haaretz said in a statement that it recently sent a response to Netanyahu&rsquo;s lawyers rejecting his threat to sue the newspaper and journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruti Yuval.

The newspaper said the report concerned a warning from the UAE president to Netanyahu 10 days before the October 7 attack about a major operation that late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning against Israel.



Following Oct. 7 Expos&eacute; &bull; Haaretz response to Netanyahu threat: &#39;Won&#39;t hesitate to expose truth in court&#39; https://t.co/TePnw2IiJr
&mdash; Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) September 10, 2026


The Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, attacked military bases and settlements near the Gaza Strip, killing and capturing Israelis.

Israeli military, intelligence and political officials described the attack as an unprecedented political, security and military failure in Israel&rsquo;s history.

Read: Netanyahu warned by UAE president before October 7 events, failed to brief security chiefs: Haaretz

While several security, military and political officials acknowledged responsibility for the failure, Netanyahu had rejected responsibility and instead blamed the military.

Haaretz said the report was &ldquo;the product of an in-depth, well-sourced journalistic investigation into a matter of the utmost public interest&rdquo;.

The newspaper told Netanyahu&rsquo;s lawyer that &ldquo;in the absence of full accountability to the public on behalf of your client, the press is fulfilling its role and revealing information to the public, piece by piece.&rdquo;

It rejected Netanyahu&rsquo;s demands to remove the report, issue an apology, and pay one million shekels ($331,000) as part of a settlement, coupled with a threat to file a lawsuit seeking more than 2.5 million shekels ($827,000).

The newspaper stressed that the demands and threat to sue reveal the true nature of Netanyahu&rsquo;s approach, &ldquo;the sole purpose of which is to silence journalistic criticism&rdquo;.

Haaretz said it received a warning letter on Wednesday from Netanyahu in response to its publication of the report.

Also on Wednesday, Netanyahu instructed his team to file a defamation lawsuit against Haaretz, the journalists and &ldquo;other elements&rdquo; he did not identify.

Netanyahu ignored the &ldquo;UAE warning&rdquo; about the possibility of a Hamas attack and did not inform the military or the Shin Bet security agency, according to the newspaper.

While declining to comment on the report by Haaretz, the UAE Foreign Ministry said that Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv maintained &ldquo;open and direct channels of communication&rdquo; since establishing relations more than five years ago, through which they exchange intelligence when necessary.



بيان صادر من وزارة الخارجية بشأن تقارير إعلامية

Statement by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Response to Media Reporting pic.twitter.com/9S4Zavjjzc
&mdash; MoFA وزارة الخارجية (@mofauae) September 8, 2026


Since October 8, 2023, Israel has carried out a genocidal war in Gaza that has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and injured over 174,000, most of them women and children, according to Palestinian authorities.

Netanyahu has been wanted by the International Criminal Court since 2024 for war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza.]]>
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			<title>Ash-covered shoes and a president in crisis: A Reuters reporter remembers 9/11</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 26 16:31:52 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Bush was reading to children when an aide whispered, 'America is under attack,' as the 9/11 attacks unfolded]]>
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				<![CDATA[President George W Bush was jogging around a Florida golf course before dawn when I first saw him on September 11, 2001.

As one of two Reuters correspondents travelling with Bush that day, I was covering what was expected to be a routine event with schoolchildren to promote his education policies. He had been president of the United States for less than eight months.

Within hours, the untested Bush was confronting the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbour in 1941.

The tragedy unfolded as Bush visited the Emma E Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida. As the president was meeting staff and students, I was in a nearby press centre set up for reporters.

We watched a live television broadcast showing smoke pouring from one of the World Trade Centre twin towers in New York. It had been hit by a plane in what we initially assumed was an accident.

Then, as we watched, a second plane struck.

Bush was at the school, reading to children. Cameras captured the shocked look on his face as a White House aide entered the classroom and whispered to him about the second plane, saying, &quot;America is under attack.&quot;

By the end of the week, Bush would show a range of emotions as he came to grips with events that marked a turning point in his presidency and in American life &mdash; horror and anger at the attacks, grief and tears for the victims, and defiant promises to make those responsible pay.



US President George Bush (R) is pictured with Vice President Dick Cheney (L) and senior staff in the President&#39;s Emergency Operations Centre in Washington in the hours following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Photo: Reuters/ File

The former president, now 80, plans to attend a ceremony on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks at Ground Zero in New York. On Wednesday evening, he will share his reflections on the anniversary at his presidential library in Dallas, while 16 artworks he has painted reflecting the courage and sacrifice of that day will be on display.

&quot;It became evident ... that the world had changed,&quot; Bush would later tell CBS&#39;s &quot;60 Minutes II&quot;.

Bush spent the rest of his presidency working to prevent another such attack.

The hijackings exposed security vulnerabilities, spurring increased safety measures at airports and public buildings. His administration drew fire for the harsh interrogation tactics used on some Islamic militant suspects, and his 2003 invasion of Iraq was seen by many as a costly mistake.

The former president declined an interview request from Reuters for this story.

Scrambling to protect the president 

A quarter century later, the memories remain vivid.

In the immediate aftermath of the hijacked plane attacks, there was a scramble to protect the president. As Bush was whisked away to Air Force One to leave Florida, the scale of the crisis was becoming clear.

The World Trade Centre towers collapsed, leading to the deaths of about 3,000 people. A third plane ploughed into the Pentagon, killing 64 people on the plane and 125 in the building.

A fourth plane slammed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers fought back against the hijackers, and all 44 people on board died.

Panic gripped Washington. Plumes of smoke from the Pentagon prompted fears of car bombs.



Pedestrians react to the World Trade Centre collapse, September 11, 2001. Photo: Reuters/ File

The White House was evacuated, with the Secret Service telling female staffers to take off their heels and run.

Bush spent the day flying across the country on Air Force One, first to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and then to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.

Later, he was to push for improved communications equipment on Air Force One after he had trouble staying in touch with the White House as he flew around the country.

In Nebraska, he entered an underground bunker to hold a teleconference briefing with top national security aides and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Eager to return to Washington, Bush arrived back at the White House late that afternoon. That night he gave an Oval Office address.

&quot;The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger,&quot; Bush said.

Meanwhile, along with much of the White House press corps, I was still stranded in Florida, unable to fly anywhere as all air travel had been shut down.

As president of the White House Correspondents&#39; Association at the time, I helped push for our return home, and we finally took a chartered bus back to the capital.

After a 14-hour drive, our first view of Washington was the smoking gash in the Pentagon.

On September 14, I travelled with Bush to Ground Zero. The towers were still burning, the smell evident miles away.

As Bush walked around the ravaged site with then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, there were worries that some surrounding buildings had weakened to the point of collapse.



Reuters Correspondent Steve Holland sits for an interview in Washington, DC, US, September 3, 2026. Photo: Reuters

A thick layer of ash lay everywhere, on sidewalks, streets and on the shoulders of weary firefighters.

Standing on the remains of a firetruck, Bush told emergency crews that the United States was now at war with Islamists.

&quot;I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!&quot; he said through a bullhorn.

The shoes I wore that day were covered with ash and soot.

When I got back home, I put them in a plastic bag and stowed them in a closet.

Twenty-five years later, there they remain.

Too ruined to wear, too dear to throw away.]]>
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			<title>Trump posts map appearing to show North America, other territories as part of US</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 26 16:31:59 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Shares photo showing 'Mexico' crossed out in New Mexico and replaced with 'America']]>
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				<![CDATA[United States President Donald Trump has shared a map on his Truth Social account that appears to depict much of North America and surrounding territories under the US flag, in the latest in a series of provocative posts involving geography and territorial claims.

The image shows the American flag covering the US as well as large parts of Canada, Greenland and Mexico, while US-style imagery also appears across other areas of the region. The post did not include an explanation from Trump.



The image comes a day after Trump shared another graphic that appeared to rename the US state of New Mexico as New America, with the word Mexico crossed out and replaced by America. The White House has not announced any formal effort to change the state&#39;s name.



Alongside the North America map, Trump posted several other similar images after the New Mexico graphic drew criticism from state officials.

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said on X that the state&rsquo;s name &ldquo;isn&rsquo;t up for debate&rdquo;, accusing Trump of &ldquo;colouring on maps&rdquo; while working families face rising fuel costs.

Senator Martin Heinrich said on X: &ldquo;Three things I will always call by their actual names &hellip; The Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario, New Mexico.&rdquo;



Three things I will always call by their actual names...

The Gulf of Mexico
Lake Ontario
New Mexico
&mdash; Martin Heinrich (@SenatorHeinrich) September 6, 2026


Representative Melanie Stansbury also rejected the idea, saying: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re New Mexicans. Period.&rdquo;

Rep Gabe Vasquez said Trump could not &ldquo;erase New Mexico&rdquo;, its history or culture.

Trump has increasingly used geographic renaming and maps as part of his political messaging. In January 2025, he ordered the Gulf of Mexico to be referred to by the US government as the &ldquo;Gulf of America&rdquo;. On August 27, he signed an executive order directing federal agencies to rename Lake Ontario &ldquo;Lake America&rdquo;, a move that came amid sharply deteriorating relations with Canada.

The Trump administration has also pursued claims over Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, prompting diplomatic tensions.

Washington&#39;s pressure on Cuba has also intensified, with the US imposing sanctions and maintaining a broader economic pressure campaign against Havana.]]>
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			<title>UN agrees text on lethal autonomous weapons</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 26 19:05:03 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said 128 countries agreed to the deal after talks led by the Netherlands]]>
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				<![CDATA[Nearly 130 countries on Saturday agreed on a text defining lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) &mdash;&nbsp;&quot;killer robots&quot; to their critics &mdash;&nbsp;a first step towards talks on a possible international treaty to regulate them.

The text agreed upon has not yet been made public &mdash;&nbsp;but campaign groups following the talks have already criticised leading countries for dragging their feet on the issue.

Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen announced the agreement, by 128 countries, on Saturday. The Netherlands has been overseeing the talks.



Positive news from Geneva: 128 states have reached consensus in the GGE LAWS. As military technology is evolving rapidly, this marks an important step in the regulation of lethal autonomous weapon systems that the Netherlands, in its capacity as Chair, helped shape. pic.twitter.com/Tpnkha1StL
&mdash; Tom Berendsen (@ministerBZ) September 5, 2026


Countries are already developing and using weapons capable of selecting targets and using force against them without human intervention.

But the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned in a statement that &quot;the unconstrained development and use of autonomous weapon systems pose serious legal, ethical and humanitarian challenges&quot;.

The ICRC and several campaigning groups have called for international legally binding rules to restrict and regulate their use.

Read More: UN adopts new map showing Africa bigger, US smaller

Nicole van Rooijen, executive director of Stop Killer Robots, an international alliance of campaign groups, accused the United States, Russia and their allies of trying to weaken the agreed text.

Lex International, a Geneva-based philanthropic group funding work on key policy issues, also criticised some nations&#39; positions.

&quot;The United States, Russia, India and Israel are amongst the key opponents of negotiations,&quot; it said.

&quot;The governments of Brazil, Ireland, and Norway are leading efforts to get such negotiations started in November,&quot; it added.

UN member states will decide at November talks of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons whether to move towards an international treaty regulating such weapons.]]>
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				<![CDATA[A United States judge said on Friday he must declare a mistrial after the jury remained deadlocked in ​the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy for killing her three young children, a tragedy her attorney said occurred while she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.

Judge William Sullivan&#39;s &zwnj;decision came after jurors sent a note indicating that they had been unable to reach a verdict, the third such note they sent this week. The 12 jurors in Plymouth, Massachusetts, have been deliberating for seven days.

The nearly six-week-long televised trial revived longstanding debate about how postpartum mental health in women is treated in the US, and how the country&#39;s legal system addresses cases when mothers kill their children.

No one disputed that Clancy, 36, strangled her three ​children with exercise bands in January 2023 in the basement of their home in the Boston suburb of Duxbury. She then cut herself with a knife and jumped from ​a second-story window in an attempt to take her own life that left her paralysed.

Clancy&#39;s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, sought throughout the trial to convince ⁠jurors she should be found not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility, or reason of insanity, arguing she was a loving mother in the midst of a psychotic episode when she killed ​Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and 8-month-old Callan.

Sullivan said at 11:30am&nbsp;ET (1530 GMT) he would hold off on formally declaring a mistrial for an hour to give Reddington a chance to file an ​emergency appeal so jurors could keep deliberating.

Prosecutors said they backed the mistrial declaration, which would enable them to decide whether to try the case again.

Earlier on Friday, Sullivan rejected a defence request to remove a juror that he said was preventing the jury from returning a not guilty verdict.

Sullivan cited a note the jury foreperson sent on behalf of 11 jurors indicating that one of them had acknowledged doubt but refused to apply it to ​the verdict.

Jurors can only find Clancy guilty of first-degree murder if the prosecution proves its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Prosecutions said Clancy planned killings 

Prosecutors did not dispute that Clancy, a former labour ​and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, had been dealing with mental health issues. But they argued she was able to appreciate the wrongfulness of killing her children and intentionally chose to do so anyway.

They presented &zwnj;testimony from ⁠a psychologist who, after examining Clancy, concluded that she had planned to take her own life and chose to kill her children because &quot;she was convinced that they would suffer without her&quot;.

Read More: Deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy&#39;s murder trial deliberates for sixth day

Prosecutors focused on evidence showing how shortly before the killings, she sent her husband to pick up a food order and go to a pharmacy after mapping on her phone the time it would take for him to return home.

The trial drew comparisons to the case of Andrea Yates, a Texas woman who drowned her five children in a bathtub in 2001. After an appeals court overturned her initial ​murder conviction, she was found not guilty by ​reason of insanity in 2006. Her lawyers had ⁠said she suffered from severe postpartum psychosis.

Clancy struggled with mental health, husband says

Testimony from family members, including Clancy&#39;s now ex-husband, Patrick, detailed how she had struggled with her mental health in the months following the birth of her third child, repeatedly seeking treatment from healthcare providers who prescribed a ​myriad of drugs.

Patrick Clancy testified that his wife had been discharged from a psychiatric hospital weeks earlier but showed no signs that she planned ​to hurt herself or ⁠her kids in the days that followed. She had a &quot;normal&quot; demeanor when he left to pick up dinner, he said.

He spoke on the phone briefly with his wife while at the pharmacy. Upon his return, he discovered her lying on the ground in the backyard with cuts on her wrists and neck. She told him she had tried to kill herself.

He said he asked where the children were, and she ⁠said they ​were in the basement. After he called 911 and first responders arrived, Patrick Clancy said he ran to the basement ​and discovered them with exercise bands tied around their necks.

Several witnesses, including Patrick Clancy, testified that later, while Lindsay Clancy was at a hospital, she spoke about having heard a man&#39;s voice tell her that if she did not act, ​she would lose her chance.]]>
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