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Hope for progress after U.S., Iran hold first shuttle talks in months

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner communicated ⁠through mediators o...

Trump to meet China’s Xi as Congress mulls bill banning artificial superintelligence – US politics live

Congress has so far done little to rein in the AI industry even as some of its most prominent leaders warn about potenti...

Microsoft: September Windows updates break Always On VPN connections

Microsoft warned that the September 2026 security updates may also break Always On VPN connections on some Windows 11 sy...

US treasury chief Scott Bessent could be Trump's new AI adviser amid US-China talks: Report

First switch on for ESA-JAXA Ramses asteroid mission

The European Space Agency’s and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Ramses planetary defence spacecraft has been turned...

South Sudan's president dissolves government ahead of country's first elections

South Sudan has not held elections since independence in 2011 - polls have twice been postponed.

Leaders scramble to curb rising fuel prices

Some 90 countries have implemented some form of support to cushion the blow on consumers, after the Iran war sent prices...

Anthropic and OpenAI bosses to address the UN

Analysts say Washington and Beijing are unlikely to reach any wide-ranging pact in talks to constrain AI.

Germany urges US to allow Patriot missile production in Europe

Berlin wants to manufacture more interceptors to boost stocks as Ukraine struggles to secure enough air-defence systems

Saddam Hussein used Oliver Reed and a James Bond director to tell Iraq’s story – but who tells it now?

Iraq’s media landscape has undergone profound change over the past two decades.

Exploit Released for Unpatched Ubuntu Linux Flaw Enabling Host-Root Container Escape

A use-after-free in the Linux kernel's AF_UNIX socket subsystem can be used to escape a container and gain root on the h...

Germany Set to Sign $8 Billion Submarine Deal With India, Envoy Says

Germany is ready to sign an estimated $8 billion deal to build submarines with India, its envoy Jasper Wieck said, as th...

U.N. Live Updates: Iran’s President to Address World Leaders After Trump Threat

Masoud Pezeshkian is the first leader whose country is at war with the United States to travel to New York to address th...

US AI Force being created after same pattern as Space Force — expert

Alexander Stepanov also noted that the new organization will be headed by a person whom Trump himself has called the "AI...

Research on Models Engaging in Genie-Like Behavior

New paper: “Self-Jailbreaking: Language Models Can Reason Themselves Out of Safety Alignment After Benign Reasoning Trai...

Qatar on mediation efforts: ‘We can’t let diplomacy fail’

Qatar’s Majed al-Ansari says Doha is determined to make diplomacy work to end the US-Iran conflict.

Tigray rebels seize airport and clash with federal forces as fighting in Ethiopia reignites

TPLF forces took control of Mekelle airport and fought federal troops at two locations in the Afar region, while Ethiopi...

China cracks down on scam centres in neighbouring Myanmar

In Southeast Asia, hundreds of thousands of people working in fraud centres are scamming people across the world. US aut...

UK on course to miss climate targets, energy secretary admits

Miatta Fahnbulleh promises ‘pragmatic’ approach on North Sea oil and gas, as decisions on Rosebank and Jackdaw fields lo...

A new report from Europe raises serious alarms about orbital collisions

"I think we are going to lose the ability to use certain orbits."

What's at stake when Trump and Xi meet in the US?

The BBC’s China correspondent and US editor explain everything you need to know ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting in Washing...

China hawks grumble over Trump’s lavish welcome planned for Xi state visit

Hours before President Xi Jinping’s aircraft lands at Joint Base Andrews, Washington is preparing for a scene that seeme...

66 projects, $2.45 billion: Trump’s Board of Peace to unveil six-month Gaza recovery plan, says report

At U.N. Meeting, Syria’s Leader Is Strengthened, but Faces a Difficult Test

President Ahmed al-Sharaa has improved his diplomatic standing since he last addressed the U.N. General Assembly but fac...

India Ramps Up Cooking Gas Output as Festival Season Begins

India’s state-owned refiners have stepped up production of liquefied petroleum gas, as the country’s festive season lift...

When climate mitigation becomes 'political': The Guardian uncovers IPCC links to Saudi oil industry

François Picard is pleased to welcome Eoghan Gilmartin, an award-winning investigative journalist and part of The Guardi...

Flock cameras are the latest weapon of America's post-9/11 surveillance state

Flock cameras are the latest weapon of America's post-9/11 surveillance state Submitted by Belen Fernandez on Mon, 09/21...

Iran satisfied with pace of military cooperation with Russia, says ambassador to Moscow

According to Kazem Jalali, the cooperation is expanding more rapidly than in the past

Three commodity vessels transit Strait of Hormuz on September 22 — Reuters

All three vessels, including one Panamax tanker, were exiting the strait

Tokyo must abandon anti-Russian stance to resume dialogue with Moscow — senior diplomat

Andrey Rudenko recalled that in response to the Japanese government's unilateral restrictions against Russia on March 21...

U.S. ambassador to the U.N. discusses Trump's address at UNGA

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz about President Trump's trip to the U.N. General ...

U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz on Iran, Venezuela and Trump's foreign policy

Deals, threats and oil are all on the table as the president's foreign policy takes center stage.

Russia attacks four Ukrainian regions overnight

Ukrainian authorities say Russia attacked at least four regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing at least fiv...

Starlink’s Kenya Subscriber Base Grows by 10,191 in One Year as Market Share Reaches 1%

Starlink’s subscriber base in Kenya grew by 10,191 users year-on-year to reach 27,616 in June 2026, representing annual ...

Risks of creating biological weapons with AI help are real — Brazilian BWC official

According to Frederico Meyer, US technology company Anthropic recently announced that it had "detected and prevented sev...

Savannah raises $30M to advance Barroso lithium project

Fresh funding will push Barroso through engineering, permitting and early works as Savannah moves towards development.

US Senate Democrats seek sanctions over Israeli settlements, bill says

By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A group of US Senate Democrats will introduce legislation on Wednesd...

Hope for progress after US, Iran hold first shuttle talks in months

DUBAI/UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran for months raised h...

First US-Iran talks in months raise hopes for progress despite no concessions

By Parisa Hafezi, Humeyra Pamuk and Jana ChoukeirUNITED NATIONS/DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The first shuttle talks betwe...

US President warns Tehran at UN but says talks ongoing

The day began with Donald Trump threatening to annihilate Iran but ended with a three-hour meeting between US and Irania...