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Iran President vows to ‘firmly defend’ country’s positions at UN

September 22, 2026 admin

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian departs for New York, at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2026 | Photo Credit: via Reuters Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) vowed to “firmly defend” his country’s positions, as he departed for New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly. “We emerged with our…

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Trump coverage by White House press pool halted. All you need to know

September 22, 2026 admin

Left to Right: CNN reporter holds an empty credential folder following the ban, Donald Trump’s file photo. | Photo Credit: AP, Reuters Top five U.S. broadcasters, namely ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC, stopped their “pool” coverage of the White House and U.S. President Donald Trump on September 21, 2026. In a statement, the five…

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Typhoon Dujuan leaves at least four dead in Japan, 45,000 houses without power

September 22, 2026 admin

An aerial view shows a residential area flooded due to heavy rain caused by Typhoon Dujuan in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. | Photo Credit: Reuters yphoon Dujuan left at least four people dead and 22 injured in Japan, while thousands of houses near Tokyo were without power after the storm swept through the region, authorities…

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Texas man shot by ICE agent detained with bullet still lodged in his body: lawyer

September 22, 2026 admin

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was making a DoorDash delivery when an unmarked black truck sideswiped him on September 20, 2026 | Photo Credit: AFP A Venezuelan national shot and wounded by a U.S. immigration agent in Texas was jailed with the bullet still inside his body, his lawyer said Monday (September 21, 2026). Wilber Rafael…

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G7 leaders condemn Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia

September 22, 2026 admin

G7 nations called on Yemen’s Houthis on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) to halt strikes on Saudi Arabia, offering a show of solidarity with Riyadh as the Tehran-backed fighters have added a new threat to the West Asia war. The Houthi movement staged a lightning offensive in recent weeks to take over Yemen’s entire Red Sea…

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Jaishankar urges reformed multilateralism amid rising geopolitical tensions

September 22, 2026 admin

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during the ‘Partners for Multilateralism, International Law, Peace & Prosperity’ (P4M) Summit in New York. Photo credit: @DrSJaishankar/X via PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has called for stronger multilateral cooperation and reforms in global institutions, warning that the international order is facing growing pressure from intense competition, geopolitical tensions…

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Trump inaugurates new WH helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight

September 22, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away in protest of CNN being banned from the grounds. A drizzle fell on the South Lawn on Monday (September 21, 2026) as Mr. Trump used…

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The View From India newsletter: Punished for importing Russian oil

September 22, 2026 admin

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) War is the reality of our times. Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine began over four years ago. It is nearly three years since the United States-Israel combine’s war, termed by…

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Trump praises leftist Mamdani after meeting in New York

September 21, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speak to reporters during a press conference following their meeting at Gracie Mansion in New York City, U.S., on September 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump heaped praise Monday (September 21, 2026) on New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani as the…

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Unsafe space: On the U.S. and ‘on-orbit space control weapons‘

September 21, 2026 admin

Although the U.S. military doctrine was openly considering offensive and defensive space control by 2025, the admission on September 14 by U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, and confirmed by Space Force chief Gen. Douglas Schiess, that the country has deployed “on-orbit space control weapons” to “defend against hostile adversary action” is cause for concern….

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