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UN General Assembly enters second day with key speeches ahead

It’s Day Two of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, with a packed programme including speeches by Iranian P...

Ukrainian army lacks forces to cover front line in Donbass — former Ukrainian soldier

Borzy specified that, despite attempts to maintain the defensive line using drones, the Ukrainian armed forces continue ...

'Largest global fuel supply disruption in history': Which Europeans are paying the most for fuel?

The global oil crisis sent petrol and diesel peaking over €2.4/L and €2.5/L, but figures adjusted for the cost of living...

World leaders weigh AI worries, regulations

AI leaders are due to brief the UN Security Council at an emergency session later today. The meeting comes after weeks o...

OECD lifts 2026 global economic growth forecast to 2.9% despite Iran war disruption

The OECD has nudged up its forecast for global growth this year to 2.9%, saying the world economy has absorbed the energ...

Ukraine calls on Europe to be more Baltic after EU sanctions buckle

"We urge all other EU members to follow the example of our Baltic friends," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha posted on soc...

Tsikhanouskaya warns Russia could use Belarus for new attacks on Ukraine

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Belarusian infrastructure is already being used to sup...

America is not ready for the drone threat

Counter-drone technology is not enough to address the threat to US critical infrastructure. The post America is not read...

Xi-Trump summit: China’s state car has already proved a match for the US ‘Beast’

US President Donald Trump has made no secret of how little he agrees with his predecessor, Joe Biden, on many things. So...

Vast Announces New Lunar Programs Division

Vast announced a Lunar Programs division, building on its commercial space station and satellite development work to sup...

TotalEnergies to Develop Offshore Gas Field to Boost Nigeria LNG Supply

TotalEnergies has decided to invest in the development of the Ima gas field offshore Nigeria to increase supply for the ...

Burnham Stands by Comments That UK Is in Hock to Bond Markets

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK has left itself “overexposed” to global bond markets as he doubled down on contr...

ICC convicts former Central African Republic militia leader

Mahamat Said Abdel Kani oversaw brutal detention tactics, including torture, at Bangui facility, ICC judges rule.

Economic growth in developing Asia projected at 5% in 2026 — report

India is still the leader in the region in terms of growth rate, ADB experts said

Germany wants to manufacture American PAC-3 interceptors to help meet global demand

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has lobbied U.S. defense leaders to allow the production of PAC-3 MSE intercepto...

Over 82% of Donetsk People’s Republic residents voted in State Duma elections

Elections of the 9th State Duma took place during the three-day voting period from September 18 to 20

Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez hails ‘historic meeting’ with Donald Trump in New York

Interim president, who agreed a 65bn-barrel oil deal with the US, did not say whether she would visit her snatched prede...

Houthi-affiliated media says Saudi airstrikes kill 10 in Yemen, wound 14

Houthi-affiliated media says Saudi airstrikes kill 10 in Yemen, wound 14 Houthi-affiliated media on Wednesday said Saudi...

Nigeria: Special Report - Inside Five International Corruption Cases Involving Atiku, Ex-Wife

[Premium Times] This report examines five cases in which Atiku and his former wife, Jennifer, were linked to suspicious ...

Zelenskyy to address UN, Rubio to meet Russian counterpart — but few breakthroughs expected

Russia pounded Kyiv with drone strikes on Wednesday, hitting railway infrastructure, warehouses and fuel stations, just ...

Donbass Dome air defense system destroys nine Ukrainian UAVs over DPR in past day

The Ukrainian drones were targeting civilian infrastructure

Russian delegation gets key instructions for current General Assembly session — MFA

According to Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department of International Organizations Kirill Logvinov, parti...

Amazon, Nadara switch on 277 MW agricoltaic facility in Italy

Nadara has completed the 227 MW Big Fish agrivoltaic project in Sicily, backed by a 156 MW PPA with Amazon and described...

Latvia arrests suspected hacker for electronics repair company breach

Latvian police arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of hacking at least two companies, stealing personal information and...

Trump Hails "Very Good" Talks with Iran, Xi to Visit Washington

US equity futures waver after the Nasdaq 100 closed at its first record high since June, fueled by AI enthusiasm. Presid...

Civil society groups urge Malaysia to stop Rohingya returns

Sept 23 - More than 160 civil society organisations released a joint statement on Wednesday urging Malaysia to halt plan...

Civil society groups urge Malaysia to stop Rohingya returns

They cited severe risks of ongoing violence and forced conscription.

Ryanair Trims Winter Flight Frequency as Oil Prices Tick Upward

Ryanair Holdings Plc will keep cutting flight frequencies to avoid exposure to unhedged fuel prices during the slow wint...

Israeli soldier accused of Gaza war crimes leaves India after complaint: Report

Liberia: Liberia's Electricity Access Hits 39 Percent

[New Dawn] MONROVIA -- Liberia's electricity access rate has increased from 32 percent to 39 percent, according to the g...

Russia distances itself from two items on UN General Assembly agenda

They concern the 'temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine' and the 'international residual mechanism for criminal tr...

West turns Ukraine into global illegal arms trade hub — Russian delegation in Vienna

Russia's chief delegate to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control Yuliya Zhdanova stressed that the illi...

Burnham announces plan for new UK center to fight disinformation

The United Kingdom will create a new national center "to detect, attribute and disrupt” hostile state disinformation, Pr...

Exclusive: Astrolab, Interstellar Mapping Hunt Lunar Water

A new partnership between Astrolab and Interstellar Mapping is one giant leap for mapkind. The post Exclusive: Astrolab,...

Arista patches actively exploited VeloCloud Orchestrator zero-day

Arista Networks has released security patches for a zero-day flaw that is being actively exploited and affects VeloCloud...

Chinese beauty products prove resilient amid US-China trade war

The US-China trade war has hit exports ranging from soybeans to solar panels, but one industry appears to be weathering ...

How a Diesel Export Ban Could Impact US Fuel Prices

Daan Struyven, co-head of global commodities research at Goldman Sachs, explains the four main questions the Trump admin...

ETF Boom Draws Nearly 1 Million Retail Investors in Brazil

Retail investors in Brazil are piling into exchange-traded funds at a record pace as a wave of new products broadens the...

Chinese Wind Turbine Makers Mull Partners to Break Into Europe

Some of China’s biggest wind turbine makers are considering partnerships with local companies to break into a European p...

Why the Army needs a clean sheet modern combat vehicle

[Sponsored] The Bradley ran out of room to grow. The Lynx XM30 was designed to keep growing, for the battlefields of tom...