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SecurityTrump Tells UN He Could Annihilate Iran as Delegation Walks Out
President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that he could annihilate Iran or cut a rebuilding deal, prompting most of Tehran’s delegation to walk out before U.S. officials confirmed direct talks with Iranian envoys on the sidelines in New York.
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SecurityTrump and Burnham Clash Over Chagos Base After Warm UN Meeting
StocksASPEED Server BMC Orders Jump as Taiwan ODMs Bid Copilot-Ready Motherboard Lines
SecurityOntario Watchdog Confirms Belleville Synagogue Shootout Suspect Died in Hospital
SecurityBurnham Launches National Centre for Information Defence to Counter Russian Deepfakes
StocksFTSE 100 Edges Higher as Gilt Yields Dip Ahead of Bank of England Minutes
PoliticsTrump to Greet Xi on Andrews Tarmac in First U.S. Visit Since 2015
StocksUMC Rises as Foundry Spot Pricing Signals Firm Q4 Utilization in Taipei Session
PoliticsRubio and Lavrov Plan Wednesday UN Meeting as Moscow Confirms Schedule
StocksM&M Shares Gain After Western Maharashtra Farm Equipment Mandi Orders
PoliticsTakaichi and Trump Signal Stronger U.S.-Japan Alliance at New York Summit
PoliticsSix Arrested After Hostile Protests Disrupt Planned Gosport Migrant Landing
PoliticsZelenskyy Prepares UN General Assembly Address With Patriot Missile Shopping List
PoliticsTaiwan Tracks Nine PLA Jets Across Median Line as MND Debuts 105mm Armored Gun Live Fire
SecurityKyiv Petrol Stations and Rail Links Hit in Russian Jet-Drone Barrage Wednesday
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Ontario Watchdog Confirms Belleville Synagogue Shootout Suspect Died in Hospital
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit said Sean Ward, 29, died Monday night from wounds sustained in a Yom Kippur shootout outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville as police probe motive and officer conduct.
Takaichi and Trump Signal Stronger U.S.-Japan Alliance at New York Summit
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump said they agreed to deepen the U.S.-Japan alliance after talks in New York, with Tokyo highlighting extended deterrence and supply-chain security ahead of a Trump-Xi summit.
Six Arrested After Hostile Protests Disrupt Planned Gosport Migrant Landing
Hampshire police arrested six people after anti-migrant demonstrators clashed with officers when a Channel small boat was diverted from Gosport to Dover, following a 33-hour crossing that refused French rescue help.
Burnham Launches National Centre for Information Defence to Counter Russian Deepfakes
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the United Nations on Tuesday that security chiefs will stand up a National Centre for Information Defence to detect and disrupt AI-enabled disinformation campaigns, citing forged BBC branding and bot networks tied to Moscow.
FTSE 100 Edges Higher as Gilt Yields Dip Ahead of Bank of England Minutes
London’s FTSE 100 nudged higher as gilt yields eased ahead of the Bank of England’s September minutes, with traders hunting for how many MPC members worried that long-end term premia—not QT—moved borrowing costs.
Zelenskyy Prepares UN General Assembly Address With Patriot Missile Shopping List
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he asked Donald Trump for more Patriot interceptors and floated a reciprocal halt to energy-sector strikes after a 40-minute UNGA meeting, hours before he is due to address the General Assembly and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets Sergey Lavrov.
Taiwan Tracks Nine PLA Jets Across Median Line as MND Debuts 105mm Armored Gun Live Fire
Taiwan’s military counted nine Chinese aircraft crossing the median line in 24 hours while the army staged its first media-observed live-fire drill with a domestically built 105mm wheeled gun in Tainan, insisting arms sales with Washington stay on schedule before this week’s U.S.–China summit.
Kyiv Petrol Stations and Rail Links Hit in Russian Jet-Drone Barrage Wednesday
Russian jet-powered drones struck petrol stations, warehouses and Ukrainian Railways infrastructure across Kyiv on Wednesday morning, killing at least two people and injuring 22 as Moscow pressed its summer campaign against the capital’s fuel and logistics nodes.
Trump to Greet Xi on Andrews Tarmac in First U.S. Visit Since 2015
President Donald Trump plans a rare planeside welcome for Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday afternoon, kicking off a three-day state visit that will test trade, technology and Taiwan arms sales before a November tariff deadline.