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Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina at their Bahamas wedding, which was secretly funded by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev

Trump Jr.’s Russian-Funded Wedding Has a GOP Senator Calling for Subpoenas

Republican Sen. John Curtis asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. after a Kremlin-linked oligarch secretly paid for his Bahamas wedding. Curtis included Hunter Biden, arguing oversight standards must

September 22, 2026

by Jennifer Hicks

Donald Trump speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, September 2026

Trump Issues Iran Ultimatum at the UN: Make a Deal, or Face Annihilation

President Trump opened UN General Assembly High-Level Week with a binary choice for Iran: rebuild under a deal, or face annihilation, tying the answer to the US midterm elections, while his bilateral schedule covered Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Japan.

September 22, 2026

by Jennifer Hicks

Donald Trump meets Gulf Cooperation Council leaders at UNGA sidelines in New York

Gulf Leaders Came to UNGA With Two Fears. Trump Is the Source of Both.

Gulf state leaders met Donald Trump at the UNGA sidelines on Monday with two fears that

Donald Trump Jr. Bahamas wedding celebration secretly funded by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev

GOP Senator Demands Trump Jr. Subpoena Over Russian Oligarch’s Bahamas Wedding

Senator John Curtis of Utah became the first Republican to formally demand a congressional subpoena for

A Mahan Air aircraft on the tarmac as US sanctions ground Iranian airline routes to Turkey and Georgia

US Sanctions Ground Mahan Air in Turkey and Georgia, Sealing Tehran’s Air Isolation

Operation Economic Outcast has closed Iran's last regional air corridors, suspending Mahan Air routes to Turkey, Georgia and Oman within one week as US sanctions reached ground-handling companies in Ankara and Tbilisi.

September 21, 2026

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AfD party supporters celebrate election victory in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as results show 38.2 percent

AfD Wins Mecklenburg as Germany’s CDU Falls Out of Parliament

Germany's far-right AfD has won Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with 38.2 percent, eliminating the CDU from the state parliament for the first time in 81 years. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the result a disaster as

September 21, 2026

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron at Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon summit

Canada and France Forge Alliance on the Island Trump Tried to Claim

Canada's PM Mark Carney met France's Macron on the islands Donald Trump had claimed for the US to seal a new pact on space, AI, and critical minerals. The summit, the first

September 21, 2026

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Iran Warns US: ‘World Will Be Astonished’ by Its New Weapons

Iran's IRGC warned Monday it has new weapons and new targets ready, claiming its September operations already delivered a major intelligence defeat to Washington. The geography of war will change if the

September 21, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

UN Security Council chamber during Secretary-General straw poll vote September 2026

The UN Could Elect Its First Woman Leader in 81 Years. It Cannot Agree on Who.

Three straw polls, eight candidates, and no consensus: the race to succeed António Guterres is entering its most consequential stretch at UN General Assembly week, with Rebeca Grynspan and Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett as

September 21, 2026

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Iraq and Jordan join Trump's expanded GCC Arab summit at UNGA September 2026

Arab Coalition Swells as Iraq and Jordan Join Trump’s UNGA Iran Summit

Iraq and Jordan confirmed they will join Trump's GCC summit at UNGA, with Egypt expected too. Baghdad's Iran-backed government at the table deepens the meeting's core paradox, and with both Hormuz and

September 21, 2026

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York

US Proposes AI Safety Pact With China — No One Else Was Invited

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed a new AI safety notification mechanism to Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at JPMorgan Chase's global headquarters in New York, a bilateral framework for managing AI

September 21, 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Government and Politics·News·Technology

Anwar Gargash, UAE presidential diplomatic adviser, speaks about Arab-Iran dialogue at UNGA 2026 in New York

UAE Calls on Arab States to Open Direct Channel With Iran as UNGA High-Level Week Begins

UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash called on Arab states to open direct talks with Iran at a New York forum, saying Washington alone cannot manage Gulf-Tehran stability. His remarks came as the

September 21, 2026

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World leaders at the Partners for Multilateralism P4M summit at UNGA in New York, September 2026

Four Powers Launch Multilateral Alliance at UNGA the Day Before Trump

Four world leaders launched the Partners for Multilateralism at UNGA on Monday, hours before Donald Trump addresses the same assembly. India's Jaishankar attended, and the coalition's reform agenda puts UN Security Council

September 21, 2026

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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and CIA Director John Ratcliffe meet at Ittihadeya Palace in Cairo during Iran war diplomacy

CIA Chief in Cairo as Iran War Pushes Washington Toward Arab Mediation

CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Cairo on Sunday to meet Egypt's Sissi as Tehran transmitted its war-end conditions to Washington and Houthis attacked the Saudi capital for the first time. The

September 21, 2026

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Trump Jr.’s Russian-Funded Wedding Has a GOP Senator Calling for Subpoenas

Trump Issues Iran Ultimatum at the UN: Make a Deal, or Face Annihilation

Gulf Leaders Came to UNGA With Two Fears. Trump Is the Source of Both.

GOP Senator Demands Trump Jr. Subpoena Over Russian Oligarch’s Bahamas Wedding

US Sanctions Ground Mahan Air in Turkey and Georgia, Sealing Tehran’s Air Isolation

Canada and France Forge Alliance on the Island Trump Tried to Claim

Iran Warns US: ‘World Will Be Astonished’ by Its New Weapons

The UN Could Elect Its First Woman Leader in 81 Years. It Cannot Agree on Who.

Arab Coalition Swells as Iraq and Jordan Join Trump’s UNGA Iran Summit

US Proposes AI Safety Pact With China — No One Else Was Invited

UAE Calls on Arab States to Open Direct Channel With Iran as UNGA High-Level Week Begins

Four Powers Launch Multilateral Alliance at UNGA the Day Before Trump

CIA Chief in Cairo as Iran War Pushes Washington Toward Arab Mediation

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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