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Africa: All of Africa Today - September 23, 2026

[allAfrica] UN Chief Says Security Council Remains 'Unjust' Without Permanent African Seat

Hainan steps up efforts to develop international consumption hub

Offshore customs supervision regime is expected to provide a major boost to Hainan’s retail sector

Russia pounds Kyiv with drones, killing two and wounding 23 hours before Zelenskyy's UN address

Zelenskyy is in New York for the annual UN gathering as part of his diplomatic effort to shore up and recruit further in...

Countries cancel Iran flights after US threatens to ‘shut down’ airlines

Iraq, Oman and Azerbaijan join growing list of nations suspending air travel after Scott Bessent warns of further sancti...

Dollar Notches Seasonal End-of-September Gains on Hawkish Fed

The last week of September has proved to be the dollar’s strongest over the past decade, and its current rally suggests ...

Govt to audit Discos to identify causes of power theft, technical and commercial losses

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday decided to conduct a comprehensive technical audit of all former Wapda distributi...

Lt Gen (retd) Nauman Mahmood picked as first head of Makkah defence pact secretariat

The Foreign Office (FO) announced on Wednesday that Lieutenant General (retired) Nauman Mahmood as the first secretary g...

Smuggled Western arms from Ukraine end up in Africa, Middle East — Russian envoy

Yulia Zhdanova explained that weapons and military equipment are being transported by sea from Ukraine to countries in t...

Putin's party wins again as expected. So why does Russia still hold elections?

A US Diesel Export Ban Would Be a Calamity for the Market

Withholding shipments could result in global economic damage — and potentially even higher prices in America.

Russian air defenses show unmatched efficiency repelling Sept 20 attack on Moscow — expert

Igor Potapov emphasized that this level of effectiveness was achieved through the coordinated performance of the Russian...

Trump addresses UN with mixture of boasts, threats and jibes | First Thing

US-Iran meeting takes place on sidelines despite president’s threat to ‘annihilate’ Tehran regime. Plus, one man’s month...

OpenAI gives cyber defence tools to Ukraine

Ukraine will get access to OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 Sol model under the deal - a rival to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable

United Kingdom announces action on disinformation and global AI standards

The United Kingdom will fight disinformation at home and abroad, and work to ensure global safety standards for artifici...

What the Trump-Xi meeting could do to strengthen the guardrails for AI

Beyond discussions about artificial intelligence, other key topics are likely to be the Iran war, an ongoing trade truce...

Ransomware Attacks Reach Record High for 2026

A total of 1073 firms fell victim to ransomware attacks globally in August, with the industrial sector the most affected...

UN General Assembly live: Iran’s Pezeshkian, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to speak

Second day of UN General Assembly kicks off with speeches from world leaders, including from Syria, Iran and Ukraine.

PM, top U.S. envoy discuss ways to strengthen S. Korea-U.S. alliance

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook met with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel on Wednesday to discuss ways to exp...

Houthi adviser warns of attacks on US interests if Washington intervenes in Yemen

Houthi adviser warns of attacks on US interests if Washington intervenes in Yemen A Houthi military adviser said the gro...

Russia calls for deeper biosafety cooperation within CIS — Lavrov

The Russian foreign minister said that Moscow welcomes the development of regional cooperation in the field of biologica...

UK to review Chagos deal after Trump tells Burnham it is 'terrible'

Britain has suspended its €139 million-a-year lease payments for the Diego Garcia base while ministers try to reshape th...

Perenco on offshore platform electrification quest to power Brazil’s shallow-water fields from shore

In a bid to strike a balance between maximizing asset longevity and curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Perenco Bras...

Yemen's Houthis to target U.S. interests if it supports Saudi-led strikes: Houthi military adviser

While the Yemen civil war predates the U.S.-Iran war by years, renewed fighting in Yemen pits allies of Washington and T...

Israel denounces Macron's UN remarks

Israeli officials have hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron after he criticised Israel’s conduct in the occupied...

Introduction of temporary administration preemptive signal to EU — RSPP chief

Alexander Shokhin expects the attempts to use Russian assets to continue

UBS Says Swiss Parliament Capital Decision Is Not a Compromise

UBS Group AG rejected the latest decision by the Swiss parliament which would impose substantial new capital requirement...

Guterres’s actions as Secretary-General ruined trust in UN — Russian MFA

Kirill Logvinov, Director of the MFA Department of International Organizations, said the Portuguese official’s tenure wi...

Trump’s Fuel Export Ban Threat Sends European Diesel Soaring

President Donald Trump’s push to ban American diesel exports sent European prices for the fuel surging, while US futures...

Ban on Russian diesel increases EU fuel market vulnerability — expert

Nikolay Novik explained that European refineries had historically focused on gasoline production, relying on imports to ...

As the EU advances free trade with Southeast Asia, why is there no ASEAN-wide deal?

After years of arduous negotiations, the EU is closing on a string of bilateral trade deals with countries in Southeast ...

French legal complaint says Israeli army uprooted and stole ancient olive trees from Lebanon

French legal complaint says Israeli army uprooted and stole ancient olive trees from Lebanon Submitted by MEE staff on W...

545 Hackers Tested It First. Now XRanges for AI Scores Your Security Agent

Autonomous security agents are getting good at finding bugs. Nobody has a good way to measure how good. Point one at a r...

Naoero’s president announces his country’s withdrawal from ICC from UNGA podium

According to David Adeang, the ICC has lost its relevance to Naoero

To answer far-right surge, Mamdani and Spain’s Sánchez forge global left-wing ties

Some Democrats are approaching like-minded counterparts abroad in their struggle to counter right-wing populism.

Tigray forces seize main airport in northern Ethiopia from police, residents tell the BBC

There are fears of a return to war in the northern region as tensions between the government and TPLF escalate.

Trump Hails Iran Talks, Swiss Lawmakers Reject UBS Capital Compromise

US President Donald Trump said his officials had “very good” talks with Iranian envoys in New York, reviving hopes for a...

Ukraine adds 1.1 GW of solar in H1

Analysis from the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine estimates the country's solar capacity reached up to 9.7 GW by mid...

IN BRIEF: Kremlin statements on European Russophobic stance, possible Putin-Trump meet

Dmitry Peskov emphasized that high-level negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement, including those between Russia and th...

Explosions, smoke reported near oil refinery in Russia's Bashkortostan

The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defenses had intercepted and destroyed 514 drones overnight over 18 regions, o...

AI Concerns Fuel Growing Tech Scrutiny, Backlash

The topic is set to dominate again at the UN today and in Washington.