The intrigue: Netanyahu, who vehemently opposes a Palestinian state, will visit Trump in Washington after the assembly to seek his blessing for a strong response. The most extreme option under discussion is the annexation of most or all of the occupied West Bank. Driving the news: On Sunday, the U.K., Canada and Australia jointly announced recognition of Palestine. They were joined later by Portugal, bringing the total number of countries now recognizing Palestine over 150.
The leader of South Korea's controversial Unification Church attended a court hearing in advance of a decision to possibly issue a warrant for her arrest on corruption charges linked to the former first lady, Kim Keon Hee. During the court proceedings on Monday, Han Hak-ja did not answer questions from reporters regarding allegations of bribery as she was pushed in a wheelchair, entering the Seoul Central District Court.
Speaking at a meeting of his advisory Security Council on September 22, Putin said that allowing the treaty to expire would have negative consequences for global stability. "Russia is prepared to continue adhering to the central quantitative limitations of the New START treaty for one year after February 5, 2026," Putin said. He said the United States should do the same.
One night in August 2024, the two of us stood on a runway at Joint Base Andrews in the balmy Maryland moonlight, watching the sky for an unmarked CIA jet that would deliver three Americans who had been imprisoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin as bargaining chips. Among them was our Wall Street Journal colleague Evan Gershkovich, the first American reporter jailed on espionage charges since the Soviet era.
Security protocols in case of an emergency were reviewed and put into action: life vests, head counts and designated muster points. They were training for scenarios that could occur on any vessel fire, someone falling overboard, collision. But this training was different because there was another scenario. The volunteers were instructed on how to raise their hands in the event that Israeli soldiers intercepted the vessel, boarded it and detained them. The focus is on acting in a nonviolent way, in accordance with their mission.
The Taliban has rejected United States President Donald Trump's demand that it hand over the Bagram airbase that Washington ran during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, dismissing Trump's threat that bad things will happen if this does not come to pass. The Taliban said on Sunday that Afghanistan's independence and territorial integrity are of the utmost importance and called on the US to uphold prior agreements that it would not resort to force.
Security guarantees in essence are a deterrent. That deterrent has to be plausible and in order for it to be plausible it has to be strong, Stubb told the Guardian, in an interview in Helsinki before travelling to New York for the UN general assembly. He said the guarantees would only come into effect after a future deal between Ukraine and Russia, but insisted that Russia would have no veto over their format.
US President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and hailed progress toward finalizing a deal over TikTok, after a highly anticipated call on Friday. The in-person meeting would be the first between the leaders of the world's two largest economies since the US president returned to office, and settles an extended back-and-forth between Washington and Beijing around the venue and timing.
UN sanctions on Iran are set to be re-established at the end of the month unless the nine-member security council agrees to further extend sanctions relief. Friday's resolution, put forth by South Korea, only received support from four countries China, Russia, Pakistan and Algeria. The vote is likely to further strain relations between Iran and the west.
Russia and North Korea have a lopsided deal, with Moscow reaping far greater support for its war in Ukraine than the benefits received by Pyongyang, according to a study. Published by German think tank Friedrich Naumann Foundation on Thursday, Unequal Partnership reports that North Korea has delivered up to $9.8bn worth of weapons, as well as fighters, to Russia since 2023. Pyongyang's gains may amount to as little as an estimated $457m to $1.19bn.
The BDS movement was officially founded in 2005 by Omar Barghouti. Just as it is factual to say that Israel is currently committing war crimes in Gaza, it is also factual to say that by any objective measure BDS has failed. Over the last 20 years international pressure has successfully stifled Israeli exports, but during that period the government of Israel has become more isolated and authoritarian, as conditions in Palestine have deteriorated, first slowly, and then with horrifying speed.
After the fortnight the prime minister has had, a spot of rarefied pageantry is just the ticket. The government weathered a three-hour monsoon of questions in the Commons on Tuesday, which amounted to MP after MP asking why on earth Lord Mandelson was appointed as our man in Washington in the first place, and then why it took so long for Sir Keir Starmer to realise his position was untenable.
He offered the BBC the rights to broadcast it live, but the corporation was nervous. Mandela had been in jail since 1962 and, to the extent that he was a well-known figure, he had been branded a terrorist. Hollingsworth met BBC executive Alan Yentob, who was wavering. Alan, Tony said, you've got to bite the bullet. Eventually Yentob agreed, replying: I'll give you five hours. If the bill improves, I'll increase the time.
Some of this bashing is never enough for you, you see. It doesn't matter how critical journalists are about Israel, it will never be enough for you. Because you want the rightyou want the right to suggest that Charlie Kirk was the subject of a hit job by Israel. You want the world to think that. That's why you said what you said.
In a rare admission on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is facing isolation on the world stage after nearly two years of its genocide in Gaza - but didn't acknowledge his own government's role in the situation. At the "Fifty States - One Israel" economic conference hosted by Israel's Finance Ministry, Netanyahu blamed foreign countries and Muslims for Israel's isolation.
There have been many times in American history when celebrations of the country's multi-ethnic, ever-changing demography served as powerful counterweights to narrow, exclusionary, nationalisms. In 1855, for example, the publication of Brooklyn native Walt Whitman's offered a "passionate embrace of equality," writes Song of Myself Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, "the soul of democracy."
Doha, Qatar Foreign dignitaries from across the Arab and Muslim world have gathered in Doha, and observers are expecting them to deliver a decisive response to Israel after its attack on Qatar. The emergency summit of the Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) opens on Monday, a day after foreign ministers from the participating states met behind closed doors in Doha to hammer out a draft resolution proposing concrete measures against Israel.
The United States and China have reached a framework agreement to transfer TikTok's ownership to US control. Officials from both countries made the announcement on Monday. list of 4 itemsend of list The short-form video app was set to be banned in the US by Wednesday if its owner ByteDance did not agree to sell the company to a US-based operation or if the US did not extend a pause of the ban, which the White House has already done three times, most recently in June.
My country's capital was subjected to a treacherous attack targeting a residence housing the families of Hamas leaders and their negotiating delegation, the Qatari emir said in his opening speech at the emergency summit of the Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). list of 4 itemsend of list Our citizens were surprised, and the entire world was shocked by the aggression and cowardly terrorist act, he said, referring to the global condemnation of the September 9 attack that killed six people.
US political analyst John Mearsheimer argues that Israel attacked Qatar to preclude any closure to the war on Gaza. In the aftermath of an Israeli attack on Qatar targeting the leadership of Hamas, American political scientist John Mearsheimer argues, The Israelis are interested in making sure there are no negotiations that settle the conflict in Gaza. Mearsheimer tells host Steve Clemons that the United States and Israel basically act as a tag team, and despite a mild rebuke by President Donald Trump, the US supports Israel unconditionally.
