Field Marshal Berhanu Jula also alleged that Egypt and Sudan are funding a new armed alliance operating inside Ethiopia. Eritrea denied the accusations and said it fears Ethiopia may try to invade it for access to the Red Sea.
Ursula von der Leyen announced the package in New York as the 81st UN General Assembly High-Level Week drew to a close. The EU said it would also boost emergency aid for people affected by conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine, though no disbursement timetable was given.
Clashes have spread across the Fizi, Uvira and Mwenga territories of South Kivu since Sunday, with DRC army forces backed by Burundian troops and Wazalendo fighters. Women are enlisting with the Wazalendo to defend their communities — though the militia faces accusations of gang rape and other serious abuses.
Qatari mediators shuttled between delegations at the UN General Assembly in New York, where Trump called a three-hour meeting 'very productive'. No breakthrough has been reported, and a vessel strike in the Strait of Hormuz killed one crew member as Brent crude traded above $105 a barrel.
The UN Human Rights Office updated the database on Friday after reviewing submissions on hundreds of businesses. Companies from 11 countries are now listed, including firms based in the US, UK, China, France and Germany.
Budapest says it was never consulted before Kyiv listed it as a founding member of the Carpathian Eight. The government has also blocked a deal between the two countries' energy firms on petroleum storage, citing security concerns.
A Russian military recruitment website lists a Minsk enlistment office and promises first-year payments of up to $205,000, plus death benefits and land grants. Belarusian officials deny any involvement, but whether they are helping, tolerating or simply unaware of the campaign remains unclear.
Tigrayan fighters took control of airports and attacked federal positions in two neighbouring regions. The fighting shatters the Pretoria Agreement, which ended a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands, and has held for four years.
The governor has given city agencies emergency relief powers in Nong Chok, Suan Luang and Khan Na Yao, with all 50 district offices on standby. Flooding has also reached 12 provinces, affecting more than 37,000 people.
Iran's proposal would have lifted the US naval blockade, eased sanctions and reopened the Strait of Hormuz within a week. The White House has not confirmed the Wall Street Journal's account, but officials say Trump doubts Tehran will meet his demands.
Rashad al-Alimi said oil exports have been halted for 16 months and that higher shipping and insurance costs now threaten food supplies on a large scale. He also reaffirmed support for a Saudi-Omani peace road map, accusing the Houthis of responding to it with escalating Red Sea attacks.
Tehran sent the proposal through Qatari mediators, offering to halt fighting across the region in exchange for the US lifting port blockades, releasing frozen funds and waiving oil sanctions. Iran had received no official response as of Saturday, though indirect talks are continuing.
Ukrainian specialists cataloguing drone wreckage have traced components from the US, China, Taiwan, Germany and Japan, all routed through intermediary networks. Separately, a firm called A7 processed more than $500 million in prohibited transactions in the first four months of 2025, with over $130 million going to Russia's defence industry.
The two countries co-hosted a high-level event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Italy pledged €50 million, and the campaign aims to reach at least 370 million children worldwide.
President Pezeshkian said Tehran would relinquish the material under international law and allow outside verification of its programme. But a senior Iranian official said the country would make no nuclear concessions regardless, and the Strait of Hormuz stays closed until the US meets all of Iran's economic demands.
The TPLF has taken control of three airports and announced a seven-group coalition to oust the government. The African Union is calling for de-escalation as the renewed fighting threatens the peace deal that ended a war estimated to have killed 600,000 people.
Satellite imagery obtained by CBC News shows IDF bulldozers removing debris from bombed sites, including areas being cleared for military outposts. Palestinian authorities estimate more than 10,000 people remain buried, and families say no one contacted them before the clearance began.
Tehran has set out a phased roadmap in Qatari-mediated talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Iran says the strait could open within seven days — but only if Washington lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
A seven-group rebel alliance seized airports in Tigray and launched drone strikes that sent thousands fleeing in Afar, where fighting now threatens the main trade route from Djibouti. The UN, African Union and European Union are calling for an immediate halt to the fighting.
Bahrain led the joint appeal at the UN General Assembly, condemning attacks attributed to Iran that have killed two people and pushed Brent crude above $105 a barrel. The US Navy says it has escorted more than a billion barrels of oil through the strait since the war began.
The TPLF and six allied armed groups have struck government positions in Afar and Amhara, while Tigrayan fighters seized airports across the region. The offensive has revived fears of a return to the civil war that killed an estimated 600,000 people.
Shehbaz Sharif told the UN General Assembly that any move to stop or redirect Pakistan's share of the Indus rivers would cross a red line. He was speaking weeks after an international court in The Hague ruled that India cannot legally suspend the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty — a decision New Delhi has rejected.
President Edgars Rinkēvičs says Latvia expects to complete the purchase of Barracuda-500 missiles, which can reach 926 km — roughly three times the range of the ballistic missiles Latvia already has on order. Poland and the US Army have also backed the weapon.
The TPLF has launched attacks into the Amhara and Afar regions and seized key airports. The earlier war, which ran from 2020 to 2022, killed at least 600,000 people.
Attacks on 23 September damaged multiple data centres and network nodes across the capital. Providers said the strikes were part of a systematic campaign against Ukraine's internet infrastructure that began in September.
The UN Population Fund found families marrying off daughters in exchange for food. Six women in displacement camps reported cases of girls given away in marriage for something to eat.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front has launched a major offensive into neighbouring regions, seizing three airports and prompting Ethiopian Airlines to suspend flights. Ethiopian forces say they have killed 272 rebels, though the figures could not be independently verified.
The Huthis have seized control of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and declared a blockade of Saudi shipping, while Iran has partially closed the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has asked Trump directly for military intervention — and been turned down.
The two presidents agreed to meet twice more before the year is out, at the APEC summit in China and the G20 in the United States. Tech executives including Elon Musk, Tim Cook and Sam Altman joined the state dinner as Free Tibet protesters marched outside.
Zelensky says Trump gave him the assurance on 22 September, at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The White House has yet to confirm it, and even if a licence is granted, building production capacity would take more than a year.
Saudi Arabia has called the talks to push for concrete action under a joint defence pact signed with both countries in August. No military deployments have been announced, and Turkey has said it will not intervene directly.
Tigrayan forces launched an offensive on September 23, seizing three airports and clashing in neighbouring Afar and Amhara. The TPLF has joined six other armed groups in an alliance seeking to remove the government in Addis Ababa.
Tehran's conditions include lifting sanctions on Iranian oil exports, ending the war on all fronts and releasing frozen assets. Britain's foreign secretary also raised the strait's disruption in talks with Iran's foreign minister at the UN, alongside Iranian-linked threats on UK soil and detained British nationals.
Thousands of families have been uprooted for a second or third time as clashes between Houthi fighters and government forces escalate. Many public health facilities are no longer functioning, and medical staff are going unpaid.
Tehran wants an end to the war, the lifting of the US naval blockade and the release of its frozen assets before traffic resumes. Iran and Oman are also negotiating a temporary shipping corridor as a stopgap.
The World Food Programme, which got nearly half its funding from the US last year, has lost support for programmes in 14 countries. In Sudan alone, its budget has collapsed from $645 million to $206 million, and it warns food aid for Sudanese refugees in Chad will be suspended next month.
President Macron said the mission was agreed with Saudi Arabia and would be strictly defensive. Saudi forces intercepted six Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Yanbu on Thursday, and tanker loadings at the port have yet to resume after drone strikes shut the pipeline earlier this month.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front says fighting with federal forces has resumed, with clashes reported in Afar and Amhara. The renewed conflict threatens the Pretoria Agreement, signed in November 2022 to end a war that killed more than 600,000 people.
The Yemen-based group says it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Greek-owned vessels account for nearly a third of those targeted, and the US has led airstrikes against the Houthis since January.
Federal troops and TPLF fighters are clashing again in Tigray, with at least 14 people killed in a strike on Alamata and the airport in Mekelle seized. The TPLF has also joined six opposition groups in an alliance vowing to overthrow Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Xi Jinping's trip to Washington is his first state visit since 2015. Analysts are cautious about the chances of a major deal, though there may be room for progress on tariffs, farm purchases and some export controls.
Neria Leiter, a reservist, was hit at the Maccabim checkpoint west of Ramallah. His father, Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, said he believes his son 'needs a miracle'.
The two leaders met in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and agreed to cooperate on liquefied natural gas, space infrastructure and critical minerals. Canada is also in talks to become the EU's first associate member.
Routes to Baghdad, Muscat, Qatar, Georgia and Azerbaijan were suspended on Wednesday as a US deadline expired for foreign companies to stop servicing Iranian carriers. Thousands of travellers have been pushed towards land crossings through Turkey and Armenia.
Qatari diplomats mediated the discussions in New York, the first major contact since June. A senior Iranian official said Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington eases military and economic pressure.
Masoud Pezeshkian used his UN General Assembly address to accuse the US and Israel of terrorism and reject Trump's demand that Iran never possess a nuclear weapon. He said Tehran remained open to talks, but not under pressure.
Washington is withholding a visa for Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, tying his attendance to a 90-day truce proposal that Sudan's military has resisted. The UN secretary-general says he is deeply concerned and is pressing the US to honour its host country obligations.
Abbas Araghchi says his delegation will use the platform to defend Iran's rights and interests. He described the trip as taking place in what he called a continuing state of war, and is expected to hold talks with foreign ministers during High-Level Week.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front took control of airports including Mekelle's and launched offensives in Afar and Amhara. The group has also joined an alliance of seven armed factions seeking to remove the government in Addis Ababa, putting the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement under serious pressure.
One RAF Voyager based in Cyprus will support Saudi defensive flights in a time-limited arrangement, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced on Monday. The mission will not support Saudi strikes against the Houthis.
Airstrikes struck Kunar and Paktika provinces early Monday. Afghan Taliban officials said three members of one family were killed; Pakistan claimed it had hit suicide bomber training facilities and killed 28 fighters, a figure that could not be verified.
The accord, signed at the UN General Assembly, amends the 1951 defence treaty and allows the US to expand its military presence and build new structures without Danish or Greenlandic approval. It must clear national parliaments before it takes effect.
Iranian authorities closed the French Language Centre under a judicial order, accusing it of building networks among elite figures and helping them leave the country. France called the move unjustifiable and summoned Iran's ambassador, as the two foreign ministers prepare to meet in New York on Tuesday.
Foreign ministers meeting in New York condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and warned that the escalation threatened global energy and trade. The UK has separately agreed to send Royal Air Force tankers to support Saudi aircraft, a mission that could last weeks.
France and Luxembourg secured the exemptions as part of a deal extending EU sanctions against around 3,000 Russian individuals and entities until 2029. Ukraine called the decision shameful, with Zelenskyy warning that wars are not won through concessions.
Some 130 heads of state are expected to speak at the General Assembly in New York, with conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and beyond topping the agenda. Secretary-General António Guterres will open the session — and his second term ends in December, with no successor yet in sight.
The Iranian delegation walked out after hearing the threats. It is unclear whether their departure signals a lasting break in negotiations or a tactical response to Trump's language.
Almost two million people are under evacuation orders as the storm brings winds of 144km/h and rainfall that could break September records. Two people have died and four are missing.
The Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Alliance for Survival spans six regions and includes the TPLF and Fano militias, which fought on opposing sides of a civil war that killed around 600,000 people. The coalition says it wants to remove Abiy's government and replace it with a transitional administration, but has set out no timetable or military strategy.
Landslides in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures caused the deaths as the storm brought winds of 144 kilometres per hour to the region. More than 270 flights were cancelled and some 9,000 households lost power before Dujuan moved northeast out to sea early Tuesday.
The explosion occurred south of the military demarcation line during a military operation. It is unclear whether the device was a North Korean mine, a South Korean mine or something else — an echo of a 2015 blast that Seoul blamed on Pyongyang and Pyongyang denied.
Kyiv targeted the capital's main oil refinery and disrupted flights at all four Moscow airports. Exit polling showed Vladimir Putin's United Russia party on course to win nearly half the vote in the parliamentary elections.
A new UN Human Rights Office report attributes 89 percent of verified cases to Russian forces, who used sexual violence to torture and coerce prisoners throughout captivity. The investigation could only operate in Ukrainian-held territory, meaning the true number of cases is likely far higher.
The French president said Russia's campaign of sabotage, cyberattacks and drone incursions against Europe had intensified. He warned the activity would not go unanswered and pledged to maintain France's support for Ukraine.
The pull-aside with Delcy Rodríguez will be the highest-level contact between Washington and Caracas since Obama met Nicolás Maduro briefly in Panama in 2015. It follows the US operation that captured Maduro earlier this year, and comes as Trump says a deal would give the US majority control of Venezuela's oil reserves.
Poland's prime minister told parliament that Russian intelligence assessments pointed to hybrid drone and missile attacks on countries backing Ukraine. Moscow would frame any strike as accidental, he said, to undermine the will of NATO members to defend each other.
Netanel Shakrun, a father of six, was killed at a spring where Israelis had gathered for ritual bathing. Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian motorist the same day, saying he had tried to ram their vehicle — though the circumstances remain unclear.
Washington has granted visas to President Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Araghchi for the General Assembly, with tight curbs on movement and purchases. The White House denied the same entry to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the second year running.
The Treasury Department removed six designations on 18 September 2026, including Eritrea's Defence Forces and ruling party. The move followed the automatic lapse of an emergency order Biden signed in 2021 over the conflict in northern Ethiopia.
The group denied targeting the holy city, saying its strikes are directed at Saudi oil facilities and military bases. The incident comes as the Houthis claim recent territorial gains and Saudi infrastructure faces mounting damage.
The summit in western Ukraine produced 50 agreements, more than half focused on solar and wind energy. Zelenskiy said the grouping could reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy and strengthen regional security.
Yemen's Houthi rebels say they fired ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones at sensitive sites in the Saudi capital and at Aramco facilities in Yanbu. A fuel tank was seen burning near King Khalid International Airport and flights were severely disrupted, though it was not established that the claimed attack caused the fire.
A Russian frigate fired two emergency flares at a Danish Fennec helicopter monitoring it in the Baltic Sea, with one passing close to the aircraft. Denmark called the act reckless; Russia said it will investigate and accused Danish helicopters of dangerous flying near its warships.
The huge pro-regime march came as the US-Iran war entered its seventh month with no resolution in sight. Trump is weighing further military action to break the deadlock, and told Americans that rising gas prices were 'a very inexpensive price to pay'.
The announcement points to a possible shift from rotation to a permanent presence, in a country that already hosts almost 10,000 US troops. Key details — location, scale, cost and timetable — remain undisclosed.
Five people including a child were wounded in the Black Sea resort city, which closed its beaches because of continuing strike risk. Russian drones killed five on a passenger bus in Ukraine and three at a farm warehouse in Chernihiv.
The president claims Iran wants a deal and that he has spoken with officials there directly. A UN mission complicates the picture: it says two US strikes in February, one on a primary school where about 120 children died, amount to war crimes.
The State Department cited Palestinian failures to reform and their use of international courts to press for statehood. Abbas will address the General Assembly by prerecorded video, after 142 countries endorsed Palestinian statehood at a conference co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
Four journalists were among those released and were immediately deported to Lithuania. More than 900 political prisoners are thought to remain in Belarusian custody, according to the human rights group Viasna.
The $2.8 billion package reverses a Biden-era pause over civilian casualty concerns in Gaza. At least one US senator has said he will work to block it.
The European Commission president made the proposal during her annual address to the European Parliament, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in attendance. EU treaties contain no such category, and its rights, obligations and institutional shape remain undefined.
A 1,000-page report based on leaked state documents says orders went out to respond 'mercilessly' and 'go as far as causing death'. Amnesty has named 87 officials it says should face criminal investigation for crimes against humanity.
The deal, brokered in New York with US involvement, also includes trade and investment agreements and the return of direct flights. No timetable was given for when the embassies would actually open — a similar pledge was made in 2022 and never carried out.
The multistorey block had sheltered displaced families after being hit in an Israeli strike early in the war. About 400 buildings across Gaza are said to be at risk of collapse, with roughly 2,000 damaged structures still inhabited.
The regulations, signed by Premier Li Qiang, allow open-ended travel bans on anyone judged a risk to China's industrial or technological security. Exit-ban records in the country's court database have risen from 89 in 2016 to nearly 189,000 last year.
The Virgo Transport 8, carrying 243 people, overturned in three-metre waves early Sunday while sailing from Surabaya to Banjarmasin. Rescuers have brought 103 survivors to safety, but seven people are confirmed dead or dying.
Leaders meeting in New Delhi adopted the New Delhi Declaration, urging maximum restraint as US-Iran strikes resumed. The statement also criticised unilateral sanctions, called for UN Security Council reform, and backed greater use of local currencies in trade within the bloc.
Five army units took part in Saturday's live-fire exercise, which included attack drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles fired into the country's eastern waters. Pyongyang called it a test of coordinated strike capability across a unified command system.
Baghdad confirmed the attack originated in Iraqi territory and dismissed the province's military commander and police chief. Saudi Arabia shut the pipeline but held back from retaliation, giving Iraq time to act.
The attack near Qeshm Island wounded four others, and Trump declined to say whether the US was responsible. A planned meeting in Oman on maritime traffic through the strait was postponed the same day, as shipping through the waterway remains roughly 90% below pre-conflict levels.
All 206 passengers had been evacuated minutes before the strike at Yahodyn station. Boris Johnson, David Petraeus and other Western figures were passing through on diplomatic trains at the time, and Ukraine's state railway says the diplomatic train may have been the intended target.
The film features testimony from 24 anonymous Israeli military and intelligence insiders describing AI-assisted targeting systems they say were expected to kill civilians. The IDF categorically rejects the allegations, saying strike decisions are made by humans only.
The Virgo Transport 8 went down in rough seas on Sunday during a journey between two Indonesian cities. Six people were found dead and 107 rescued, but around 130 passengers and crew remain unaccounted for.
Speaking in Ireland on Sunday, Trump said the strikes were causing a global diesel shortage — not the Middle East conflict, as many analysts argue. Zelenskyy has not responded, and it is unclear how the public dispute will affect US-mediated peace talks.
The two leaders backed a "fair and mutually acceptable" resolution to their long-running border dispute but set no timetable. Trade imbalances and supply chains were also on the table, with no deal announced on either front.
The Iran-UAE split over the US-Israeli war is blocking a joint declaration, with Kremlin officials saying it has had a 'negative impact' on the group. Xi Jinping is also attending, in his first visit to India since 2019.
The capture of Perim Island gives the group a position at the mouth of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the route Saudi Arabia has depended on since the Iran conflict closed Hormuz. Saudi crude output has already fallen to its lowest level in more than three decades.
The Financial Times says US officials have briefed European counterparts on plans to expand John Ratcliffe's involvement. The CIA called the report false, without saying which parts it disputes.
Eight F-15s were also hit, though they returned to service. The attack is the latest exchange in a war that has now killed 18 US service members, injured more than 800, and burned through roughly 65% of America's Patriot interceptor stocks.
The diplomats were accused of activities incompatible with their status under the Vienna Convention, though Budapest gave no further details. It is Hungary's first such expulsion since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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