
U.N. Updates: Zelensky Warns of Growing Global Cost of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Ukraine’s president said rising fuel prices and deadlier drone technology showed that the fighting have spilled beyond his country’s borders. He called for steps to end to the war before winter.Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026

Tigray Region Mobilizes Forces Against Ethiopian Central Government
Tigray People’s Liberation Front seized a key airport in the city of Mekelle, as fears grow of a possible return to a full-scale war.By Matthew Mpoke Bigg
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)AfricaEthiopiaHorn of AfricaMekelle (Ethiopia)Ahmed, AbiyAfwerki, Isaias

Trump’s New Favorite Neighbor: Mexico
President Trump built his political brand in part on bashing Mexico. Now his second presidency depends on deepening partnerships with the country.By Jack Nicas, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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CanadaMexicoNorth AmericaMorena (Mexican Political Party)Sheinbaum, ClaudiaTrump, Donald J

India’s Election Panel Faces New Scrutiny Over Voter Roll Revisions
An explosive news report says election commission members objected to the measures that excluded millions of people from voting, which critics say favor the government.By Mujib Mashal, Suhasini Raj and Hari Kumar
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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Bihar (India)IndiaWest Bengal (India)Bharatiya Janata PartyElection Commission of IndiaIndian National CongressModi, Narendra

An Ancient Wall Sheds Light On an Old Question: Where Did Paris Begin?
A discovery at a Parisian hospital, on an island in the Seine, has given archaeologists clues about the city as Julius Caesar may have found it.By Giulia Imbert
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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Paris (France)FranceSeine River (France)Caesar, Julius

How China’s Leader Plans to Win the Future With A.I.
A decade ago, Xi Jinping asked if China could master A.I. His push is remaking the economy, challenging the United States and keeping society under control.By Vivian Wang
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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ChinaShanghai (China)Shenzhen (China)United StatesWashington (DC)Zhejiang Province (China)Alibaba Group Holding LtdAnthropic AI LLCCommunist Party of ChinaDeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co LtdHuawei Technologies Co LtdOpenAI LabsSenseTime Technology Development Co Ltd

Why Germany’s Leader Is Struggling: Painful Cuts and a Wooden Style
As the far right surges, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s unpopular economic policies and gruff manner have failed to sway voters turned by rivals’ promises of easy fixes.By Jim Tankersley
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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GermanyMecklenburg-West Pomerania (Germany)Saxony-Anhalt (Germany)Alternative for GermanyChristian Democratic Union (Germany)Merz, Friedrich

Prices Have Skyrocketed in Russian Supermarkets. We Have the Receipts.
Costs have risen dramatically since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And sanctions have changed some products available, too.By Valerie Hopkins, Josh Holder, Pablo Robles and Nanna Heitmann
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
worldeurope
Russia

The Winner of This Rivalry Gets Ice Cream. But So Does the Loser.
The competition between two popular ice cream shops in Ramallah inspires fierce loyalties, and a running joke, for lovers of cones piled high with flavors.By Fatima AbdulKarim
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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Ramallah (West Bank)Baladna (Ramallah, West Bank, Restaurant)Rukab's (Ramallah, West Bank, Restaurant)

U.S. Rebukes Australia Over Proposed Limits on Social Media Algorithms
The U.S. Embassy said a draft law allowing users to opt out of systems that choose what they can see in their feeds could amount to censorship.By Tiffany May
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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AustraliaUnited StatesGeneral Assembly (UN)Albanese, Anthony (1963- )Trump, Donald J

Youth Frustration and Migration Shadow Morocco’s Election
Unemployment and poor public services fueled the border crisis at Ceuta and Gen Z protests, but frustrated young people may stay away from the polls.By Aida Alami and Lynsey Chutel
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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MoroccoCeuta (Spain)International Crisis GroupInternational Monetary FundOxford UniversityMohammed VI, King of Morocco

At the U.N., Japan’s Leader Says It’s Time to End ‘Enemy State’ Label
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the United Nations should scrub the World War II-era designation from its Charter. China and Russia have used the term recently to attack Japan.By Javier C. Hernández
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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JapanChinaRussiaGeneral Assembly (UN)United NationsInternational Criminal CourtTakaichi, SanaeXi JinpingPutin, Vladimir V

6-Year-Old Girl in China Sets a Rubik’s Cube Record
Lian Yunzhi of China solved a Rubik’s Cube five times in an average of 4.27 seconds, setting a women’s world record.By Victor Mather
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
worldasia
China

Sri Lanka Convicts 15 in Easter 2019 Bomb Attacks
A court found 15 men guilty of coordinating a series of suicide bombings in hotels and churches, which killed more than 300 people.By Pamodi Waravita
Published on : Tue Sep 22 2026
worldasia
Colombo (Sri Lanka)Negombo (Sri Lanka)Sri LankaBatticaloa (Sri Lanka)Sirisena, Maithripala

OpenAI Agent ‘Infiltrated’ Public Health Care Site, Australia Says
Australia is exploring potential legal action after an artificial intelligence agent accessed nonpublic information on the country’s universal health care system.By Victoria Kim
Published on : Thu Sep 24 2026
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AustraliaOpenAI LabsAlbanese, Anthony (1963- )Altman, Samuel H

Interim Leader of Venezuela Promises Elections and ‘Orderly Legal Transition’
Delcy Rodríguez did not set a timeline for a vote in a speech at the United Nations.By Julie Turkewitz
Published on : Thu Sep 24 2026
worldamericas
VenezuelaRodriguez, Delcy (1969- )Chavez, HugoTrump, Donald J

Trump Aides Seek to Jump Start Diplomacy With Iran as Crisis Widens
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.S. negotiators had restarted conversations about Iran’s nuclear program, but that there were no breakthroughs.By Edward Wong
Published on : Thu Sep 24 2026
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IranBab al-Mandab StraitIslamic Revolutionary Guards CorpsKushner, JaredTrump, Donald JRubio, MarcoWitkoff, Steven

Carney Says Risk of an A.I. Catastrophe Is ‘Above Zero’
In contrast to President Trump’s calls for an unfettered A.I. industry, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada called for international coordination on regulations.By Tyler Pager and Colby Smith
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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CanadaUnited StatesFinancial Stability BoardOpenAI LabsTrump, Donald JCarney, Mark J

Mark Carney’s Balancing Act
In a wide-ranging interview, the Canadian leader laid out a detailed vision for breaking his country’s dependency on the United States.By Matina Stevis-Gridneff, David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager and Colby Smith
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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CanadaCarney, Mark JTrump, Donald J

America’s A.I. Leaders Warn U.N. of Possible Peril Absent a Global Response
Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic told the Security Council that international cooperation was needed to ensure that A.I. remains under human control.By Dustin Volz and Farnaz Fassihi
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
uspolitics
ChinaGeneral Assembly (UN)Security Council (UN)OpenAI LabsAnthropic AI LLCUnited NationsTrump, Donald JXi JinpingAltman, Samuel HAmodei, DarioMusk, Elon

Canada’s Capital Bids Good Riddance to Trump Avenue as Tensions With U.S. Rise
Ottawa’s City Council decided that the street should no longer be named for President Trump, who recently signed an executive order changing Lake Ontario to Lake America.By Neil Vigdor
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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CanadaLake OntarioOttawa (Ontario)Trump, Donald JHoekstra, Peter

Xi’s Visit Will Fuel More Scrutiny Over His Health
Discussion about the Chinese leader’s health is heavily censored in China even as the 73-year-old is expected to remain in power.By Chris Buckley
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
uspolitics
ChinaCommunist Party of ChinaXi Jinping

After Warm Meeting With Trump, Venezuela’s Leader Is Set to Address U.N.
She will be the first head of state from her country in eight years to make a speech to the body in person, and she is likely to sound radically different from her recent predecessors.By Julie Turkewitz
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
worldamericas
VenezuelaUnited StatesGeneral Assembly (UN)United NationsRodriguez, Delcy (1969- )Machado, Maria CorinaTrump, Donald JMaduro, Nicolas

Trump’s Board of Peace Lays Out 6-Month Plan for Gaza That Faces Roadblocks
The board briefed donors on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, where some world leaders have criticized Israel’s continued attacks and restrictions on humanitarian access in the Palestinian enclave.By Zane Irwin
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
world
Board of PeaceKushner, JaredWitkoff, StevenMladenov, Nickolay ERubio, MarcoNetanyahu, BenjaminTrump, Donald J

Decoding Trump-Xi
The Chinese leader seems to have the upper hand heading into a state visit to Washington and talks on trade, A.I. and Taiwan.By Katrin Bennhold
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
world
ChinaTaiwanXi JinpingTrump, Donald JPezeshkian, Masoud

Zelensky Warns Russia’s War Will Expand if It Is Not Ended Soon
The Ukrainian president called for measures to disrupt “Russia’s finances and Russia’s production” before another deadly winter of war.By Ephrat Livni
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
worldeurope
Security Council (UN)Zelensky, VolodymyrLavrov, Sergey VMiliband, Edward S

Iran’s president says his country will not give up its right to a peaceful nuclear program.
By Anushka Patil
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
worldmiddleeast

At Trump’s Request, Nations Are Designating Crime Groups as Terrorists
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said leaders of countries across Latin America and the Caribbean had begun making the designations. The actions could help provide a public rationale for military strikes.By Edward Wong
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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State DepartmentTrump, Donald JRubio, Marco

Iran Will Not Be Bullied, President Says in Defiant U.N. Speech
President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country would not give up its civilian nuclear program, but left the door opened for diplomacy with the United States.By Farnaz Fassihi
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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IranGeneral Assembly (UN)United NationsPezeshkian, MasoudAraghchi, AbbasKhamenei, AliKushner, JaredTrump, Donald JWitkoff, Steven

Argentina’s Milei assails the U.N. as a ‘useless’ enabler of ‘fatally arrogant’ bureaucrats.
By Emma Bubola
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
world

Stanislas Hutin, Who Denounced Torture in France’s Algerian War, Dies at 95
He was among the first to chronicle the French force’s systematic abuse of Algerians, brutal encounters that he documented in his journal and with his photography.By Adam Nossiter
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
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AlgeriaFranceHutin, Stanislas (1930-2026)

Zelensky Is Expected to Warn Russia’s Aggression Won’t Stop at Ukraine’s Borders
President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to convey the critical urgency of his nation’s plight to world leaders increasingly distracted by competing global crises and domestic political pressures.By Marc Santora
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
worldeurope
UkraineRussiaGeneral Assembly (UN)United NationsZelensky, VolodymyrTrump, Donald J

Walkouts Are a Longstanding Tradition at the U.N. General Assembly
As President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran delivered his speech, the lone U.S. diplomat sitting in the hall left.By Leo Sands
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
world
CubaAlgeriaSouth AfricaIsraelIranUnited StatesUSSR (Former Soviet Union)FranceEnglandHungaryGeneral Assembly (UN)United NationsAhmadinejad, MahmoudNetanyahu, BenjaminPezeshkian, MasoudTrump, Donald J

The Secret History of Bats: A New Study Redraws Their Family Tree
The largest analysis of bat genomes and fossils suggests that the first bats emerged in Europe roughly 65 million years ago and that echolocation evolved early.By Emily Anthes
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
science
American Museum of Natural HistoryCity College of New York

Myanmar Has an Envoy at the United Nations. Why Is He Not Speaking?
U Kyaw Moe Tun has kept a low profile at the General Assembly for years, part of an arrangement to keep his post despite the military-backed government’s efforts to remove him.By Verena Hölzl and Francesca Regalado
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
worldasia
MyanmarGeneral Assembly (UN)United NationsKyaw Moe Tun

Syria’s Leader, Though Strengthened, Faces Tests as He Addresses U.N.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa has improved his diplomatic standing since he last addressed the U.N. General Assembly but faces mounting domestic economic and security challenges.By Christina Goldbaum
Published on : Wed Sep 23 2026
worldmiddleeast
Damascus (Syria)IsraelTurkeyGeneral Assembly (UN)al-Shara, Ahmed (Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) (1982- )