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Iranians drive next to a billboard displaying pictures of nuclear scientists, centrifuges and a sentence reading in Farsi 'Science is the power'

Set to go into effect

UN to vote on Iran as sanctions loom

Ceara's civil police officers check the bodies of two teenagers killed in a shooting inside a public school parking lot

Two teens killed in shooting at Brazil school

Ghanaian President John Mahama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 25, 2025.

At UN, Ghana's leader warns against normalizing anti-migrant 'hatred'

Laurent Saint-Cyr, who has thrown his support behind a US stabilization plan, on Thursday emphasized the risks of the Haitian crisis spreading

Call to defeat gangs

'Bullets, fire and fear': Haiti is at war, its leader warns

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Ettersburg Castle near Weimar, eastern Germany, on September 25, 2025

Amid growing tensions

Germany vows defence against Russia in drone warfare and in space

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas speaks by video during the United Nations General Assembly

Via video conference

Palestinian leader tells UN no role for Hamas in state

The US sent UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a letter on Wednesday demanding answers about an escalator that failed, stranding Trump and first lady Melania Trump

'Thorough investigation'

UN tells Trump probe launched over his 'sabotage' claims

The verdict was a stunning reverse for Sarkozy

Spectactular downfall

France's Sarkozy: from palace to prison

A French Rafale fighter jet deployed to Poland as part of NATO's Eastern Sentry mission

After high-profile violations

NATO sticks to guns as allies talk tough on Russian jets

Japan arrests woman for keeping daughter's body in freezer for 20 years

Colombian government negotiator Alvaro Jimenez says the country's largest drug-trafficking cartel has reached its

Colombia's top drug cartel in decline, may lay down arms: negotiator

Morning Roundup

Generators donated to Ukraine, property market rebounds, and Sarkozy to learn fate in campaign financing trial

Relatives mourn victims of the Shakahola Massacre amid reports of fresh atrocities blamed on a Kenyan death cult

Despite major police operation

'Morgue is full': how Kenyan starvation cult kept killing

Newly arrived Afghan migrants from Iran queue to receive food packages at the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat. A massive spike in millions of migrants could fuel Islamic State militancy, diplomatic and security sources fear

Return of millions of Afghans fuels terror potential

Tens of thousands of Brazilians sing along at a 'musical protest' on Copacabana Beach against a series of controversial laws passed in Congress

Following mass protests

Under-fire Brazil Senate scraps immunity bid

Work has been underway for a while on the 'Walk of Fame'

Trump trolls Biden with White House 'autopen' portrait

Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were forced to walk up the UN escalator after it suddenly halted

Technical mishaps?

Escalatorgate: Trump demands probe into UN 'triple sabotage'

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa concludes his remarks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly

'From an exporter of crisis to an opportunity for peace'

New Syria leader warns on Israel attacks on UN charm mission

Hundreds of young people carrying portraits of Wine gathered in defiance of electoral commission advice to avoid political gatherings

Intense political repression

Police clashes mar rally for Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine

While Zelensky played up the value of US support, he warned that membership of military alliances like NATO was not in itself a guarantee of safety

Flip-flopped opinion

Trump 'incredibly impatient' with Russia on Ukraine, VP Vance says

Supporters of Peter Mutharika, 85, and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) took to the streets in celebration

'Insurmountable lead'

Malawi's ex-president Mutharika returns to power in crushing vote win

Jens-Frederik Nielsen (R) and Mette Frederiksen listened to the speeches delivered by victims of the policy

Dark chapter in history

Danish PM apologises to victims of Greenland forced contraception

Moldova's President Maia Sandu has warned of 'unprecedented interference' by the Kremlin

Deepfakes and accusations

Russia-linked disinfo campaign targets Moldovan election

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly

Masoud Pezeshkian

Iran will never seek nuclear weapons, president tells UN

One dead, two wounded in shooting at US immigration facility

The Global Sumud Flotilla aims to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid

Immediate intervention authorised

Italy deploys frigate after drone 'attack' on Gaza aid flotilla

Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman rejected US President Donald Trump's latest comments on Russia's offensive in Ukraine

Russia vows to press offensive, rejects idea Ukraine can retake land

A portion of a busy road in the Thai capital caved in, leaving a massive 50-metre-deep hole in front of a main hospital and forcing people nearby to evacuate

Massive sinkhole in Bangkok street forces evacuations

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