Ukraine is working to heal a spat with South Korea over Kyiv's publicly announced transfer of two North Korean servicemen taken prisoner in the war against Russia, Ukrainian media
October 02, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that international conflicts were highly likely to continue as the world changed, but that the situation would get better as
October 01, 2026An Indian airline captain is being hailed as a hero after thwarting an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight
October 01, 2026NATO is a defensive alliance and Russia should stop nuclear threats, NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday, in response to Russia's nuclear warnings to
September 30, 2026Cuba's top trade official dismissed reports that companies linked to US President Donald Trump had come to Cuba this year to talk business, while calling
September 29, 2026By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW, Sept 28 - Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles ($202.58 billion) on defence in 2027, around 27% more than the 13.5 trillion roubles originally budgeted and the
September 28, 2026Denmark is confident that NATO will maintain a heightened presence in Greenland and the broader Arctic region over the long term following a security
September 28, 2026Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Sunday it would contribute soon to a project aimed at housing thousands of people displaced due to the war with Israel.
September 27, 2026Presidents, premiers, monarchs and cabinet ministers have plenty to say at their annual gathering at the U.N. General Assembly
September 27, 2026Trump declines to say if Ukraine can manufacture Patriot missiles to fend off Russian attacks
September 26, 2026US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the
September 26, 2026The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump
September 25, 2026The U.N. refugee chief is urging the world’s divided nations to focus on ending conflicts and crises so the more than 117 million people forced to flee their homes can return
September 26, 2026Iran will show no flexibility over its nuclear program even if the United States accepts its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
September 25, 2026The U.S.-created Board of Peace has said the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has no place in Gaza
September 25, 2026The United States has proposed that the United Arab Emirates host a trilateral meeting with Ukraine and Russia to discuss efforts to end their four-and-a-half-year war,
September 25, 2026Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said it was up to the United States to choose when the Iran war will end, when asked if the conflict could end by
September 25, 2026Saudi Arabia's top religious authority called on soldiers in the kingdom to be ready to lay down their lives to fight the Iran-backed
September 25, 2026We aren’t trying to kill Trump, Iran’s president insists to reporters at New York hotel
September 25, 2026North Korea's foreign ministry on Thursday rejected an international statement urging it to halt nuclear tests, with a spokesperson calling it "a grave political provocation
September 24, 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping has news for the people of Atlanta: The pandas are coming.
September 24, 2026Ukraine has transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, prompting Seoul
September 24, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine has sent two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
September 24, 2026Venezuela’s acting president has delivered her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power
September 24, 2026Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging world’s leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts
September 24, 2026The United Nations has chosen to "look the other way" on Argentina's dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, President Javier Milei said on Wednesday before world leaders at the UN General
September 23, 2026Canada has a new posture on the planet’s biggest diplomatic stage as world leaders convene at the U.N. General Assembly this week
September 23, 2026The United States over the weekend dramatically
September 22, 2026Fact check: Trump’s false claims to the United Nations
September 23, 2026There is not much diplomats can agree on these days
September 22, 2026France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he had discussed with US President Donald Trump initiatives aimed at securing a moratorium between Ukraine and
September 22, 2026The Netherlands is making preparations for the United States to sanction the International Criminal Court, in the last escalation of the Trump Administration’s attacks on the global tribunal
September 21, 2026What to expect at the UN General Assembly, the biggest event in world diplomacy
September 21, 2026The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia does not pose a threat to France or any European country, rejecting comments by the leadership of France's hardline National Rally as
September 21, 2026(Corrects first paragraph to say Sunday (not Monday) given Albanese was speaking in New York.)
September 21, 2026France will summon Iran's ambassador and take appropriate measures in response after Iranian authorities sealed a French language centre affiliated
September 21, 2026North Korea fired two missiles off its eastern coast on Sunday, its second set of tests in roughly a week and days after Pyongyang accused the US of driving tensions on the
September 20, 2026Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet announced on Saturday that she is withdrawing her candidacy to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, ending a
September 20, 2026The head of United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon said on Saturday it was critical to ensure other UN agencies and Lebanese troops could
September 19, 2026President Donald Trump has signed a major sanctions package targeting Russian officials and key sectors of its economy
September 19, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin's top economic envoy and Germany's far-right AfD leadership have begun preparations to meet next year to discuss
September 18, 2026At least 119 countries have asked for aid from the fund set by major greenhouse gas emitting nations four years before the deadly Nepal flood. It has paid zero claims.
September 18, 2026At least 112,000 people have been displaced inside Yemen within the last two weeks as fighting continues along the country's west coast amid a renewed
September 18, 2026US officials make rare trip to Myanmar to free former marine as isolated regime seeks greater recognition
September 18, 2026New Zealand has not had any discussions with the European Union about becoming an associate member, a spokesperson for New Zealand
September 18, 2026Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have authorized U.N. experts to keep monitoring sanctions that were reimposed against Iran over its nuclear program
September 18, 2026Argentina's government has presented a bill to crack down on companies operating in the Falkland Islands, potentially escalating tensions with the United Kingdom over the territory
September 17, 2026An AI system that interferes with a nuclear command network or launches a military cyber operation could leave Washington or Beijing
September 17, 2026The United Nations chief is urging global competitors in artificial intelligence to cooperate in addressing threats from the technology, warning that “the world cannot afford a race to the bottom on AI safety.”
September 17, 2026The Trump administration paid $725 million to the United Nations, the organization said on Wednesday, reducing Washington's large debt and
September 16, 2026A building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed suddenly in Gaza City, killing at least 21 people in their sleep, including 11 children
September 16, 2026Ukraine is proposing record defence spending for 2027 as the cost of the war with Russia, now in its fifth year, rises and the country needs more financial
September 16, 2026Russia believes there is still time to prevent an arms race in space by drawing up a legally-binding international treaty to outlaw the deployment of offensive weapons
September 16, 2026The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal
September 16, 2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the U.S. was announcing a new visa restriction policy targeting some foreign
September 16, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada intends to emerge from its trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump “stronger, more resilient, more independent,” while telling Washington that future cooperation must be based on respect for each country’s sovereignty
September 15, 2026Trump has approached governing through the same framework as his former business portfolio, where he casts the US as a flagship holding whose value he was elected to increase.
September 15, 2026President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to stop strikes on Russian territory if allies secure a Russian commitment not to hit Ukraine’s infrastructure
September 14, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel infrastructure, saying attacks are causing a global shortage
September 13, 2026State-run media in Iran say an Iranian commercial vessel has been struck off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded
September 13, 2026Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has called for a renewed commitment to peace as he marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. Speaking from St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, he offered prayers for victims and those still affected by the tragedy
September 13, 2026Trump says Iran likely responsible for attack that shut vital Saudi oil pipeline
September 12, 2026Ukraine is fighting Russia anywhere it can – even in the deserts of Africa
September 12, 2026Saudi Arabia says it shut down a major pipeline a day after it was attacked by drones, and Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said, opening a new front in the Iran war
September 11, 2026Yemen's Houthi rebels have taken the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, bringing them closer to controlling key shipping routes
September 10, 2026Britain plans to ban goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
September 08, 2026Democratic Republic of Congo plans to tighten control over geological data that guides billions of dollars in mining exploration, potentially
September 08, 2026Local authorities say Russia has struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with drones and missiles, killing two people and injuring at least 10
September 08, 2026Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods took effect just after midnight on Tuesday as Prime Minister Mark Carney increased economic pressure on his
September 08, 2026The European Union is promising Greenland a stronger partnership and hundreds of millions of euros in investment
September 07, 2026Iran state media says a ballistic missile with improved capabilities demonstrates Tehran's shifting stance toward taking preemptive action against threats
September 08, 2026Jamaica is pushing for Britain to pay reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade
September 07, 2026Israeli strikes killed seven people, including two women, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel retaliated for what it said were Hezbollah
September 06, 2026US military strikes three Iranian tankers in retaliation for missile attacks
September 05, 2026UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different
September 04, 2026The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board next week reporting Iran
September 04, 2026Iranian mourners carried caskets at a funeral on Thursday for victims of a U.S. airstrike said to have struck a wedding party, and Tehran launched missiles and drones
September 03, 2026Many Venezuelans see the deal giving the United States control of roughly one-fifth of their country's oil reserves as a surrender
September 03, 2026Dozens of civil rights and advocacy groups are urging Congress to scrap a defense bill provision that would deepen U.S.-Israeli military technology ties
September 03, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was a chance of reaching an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, while Ukrainian
September 03, 2026Iran retaliates after US strikes, defying Trump’s warning it could be hit ‘much harder’
September 01, 2026President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russian troops had captured 270 square km of Ukraine’s Donetsk region in August and a large group of Ukrainian troops were
September 02, 2026Oil prices jumped more than $4 a barrel on Tuesday, settling at a five-week high, as traders feared more supply disruptions from the Middle East due to
September 02, 2026Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that the war in Ukraine needed to end for humanity's sake and that New Delhi would
August 31, 2026Russian forces have relentlessly battered Kyiv and nearby cities for a fifth straight day
August 31, 2026Leaders from some of the world’s least populous states are gathering in Palau for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
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