Hear it from the countries involved. Today's major international stories, as outlets in the countries at their centre and around the world reported them.
At the UN General Assembly, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused the United States and Israel of attacking Iran, said Iran would not surrender, and offered talks without force.
Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s military actions and rejected genocide allegations in his UN address, while dozens of delegates walked out and protesters gathered near the assembly.
After President Donald Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, the outlets sued, arguing the ban punished their reporting and denied them due process.
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv, Odesa and other Ukrainian regions from September 22 through 24, damaging homes, hospitals, railway and internet infrastructure, businesses and warehouses, and causing deaths and injuries.
Different emphasis How Odesa-region sites and damage were characterized
The Russian army also hit three logistics centers in the city of Odessa, which were used to store and distribute military and dual-use cargo for the Ukrainian military.
A hospital, a secondary school, residential buildings, a shopping centre, warehouses and other civilian facilities came under attack.
Houthi forces advanced along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, fought government forces and claimed attacks on Saudi targets, while reports described shipping disruption and large-scale displacement.
The Strait of Hormuz has been blocked or restricted during the US-Iran war, while the United States maintains a naval blockade of Iranian ports; energy supplies and trade have been disrupted.
U.S. and Iranian officials held indirect, Qatar-mediated contacts in New York and explored a possible phased arrangement linking Iran’s reopening of the Strait of Hormuz with the United States easing its blockade.
The United States denied visas to Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian officials for a second consecutive year, preventing them from attending the General Assembly in person.
At the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump threatened to annihilate Iran if it did not reach a deal, demanded that it reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and urged other countries to isolate it.
U.S. and Chinese officials held economic and trade consultations in New York and Washington, including their first AI dialogue under the bilateral consultation mechanism.
The UN Security Council held a France-convened meeting on artificial intelligence and international security, hearing from leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face.
At the UN General Assembly, Emmanuel Macron defended the UN and international law, criticized conditions in Gaza and violence in the West Bank, and said Hamas had not been active there.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met privately in New York on September 23 during the UN General Assembly, discussing the war in Ukraine and bilateral relations.
Mehr News Agency · Iran
NPR · United States
Daily Jang · Pakistan
