September 25th, 2026

• An isolated Netanyahu was defiant at UN as he seeks reelection at home
• 'War for truth': At UN, Netanyahu defends Israel against false allegations, attacks Iranian regime & 'liars' in Qatar, Turkey - 'We're going to win. We have no other choice,' declares PM
• Benjamin Netanyahu attacks Israel's enemies and allies in UN speech - Israeli prime minister denounces Iran, NYC Mayor Mamdani and critics accusing Israel of violations against Palestinians
• Netanyahu Rips Mamdani as 'Antisemitic Mayor of New York' in Fiery Moment at UN: 'Shame on You'
• Netanyahu's UN speech: Israel prevented 'the genocide Mamdani's Hamas buddies would have done to us'
• Mamdani hits back at Netanyahu after UN speech, says PM trying to 'sanitize his genocide'
• PA's Abbas at UN: Israel trying to force Palestinians out with 'genocidal war,' 'settler terrorism'
• Israel's Netanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza 'the biggest lie of the century'
• Netanyahu at UN: 'Israel didn't commit genocide, Israel prevented genocide' - PM says striking Iran was 'one of easiest decisions' he ever made, accuses world leaders of 'mind-blowing hypocrisy' and tells Mamdani: 'You can't silence the truth'
• Netanyahu's strong defense of Israel unlikely to sway critics abroad. Will it move voters at home?
• Study finds 'anti-Israel ecosystem' at UN, bias across 30 bodies
• Dozens of delegates walk out as Netanyahu addresses UN General Assembly - People have gathered in Union Square wearing "save Israeli democracy" shirts and waving the country's flag. It comes after Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas praised the UK's decision to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements.
• Anti-Zionist protesters put Netanyahu effigy in a noose outside UN headquarters - Demonstrators compare Israeli prime minister to Satan, call Israel a 'child killer regime,' during rallies outside General Assembly in New York City
• NY Jewish groups, Israelis protest against Netanyahu as he addresses UN - Presumed incoming members of Congress arrested at anti-Zionist Jewish protest; dueling pro- and anti-Netanyahu Jews face off outside United Nations Headquarters
• Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among more than 100 detained during anti-Netanyahu protest outside UN
• France says ICC warrant posed no obstacle to Netanyahu overflight
• UAE says it suspended Iranian airline flights over US sanctions
• GOP breaks ranks on Iran as voters fume over war's costs
• 4 GOP senators rebel against Trump on Iran war, vote with Dems to rein in authority - A small bloc of GOP senators, including Thom Tillis, broke ranks, but the effort lacked a veto-proof majority
• Iranian president blames US for Middle East conflict while denying nuclear ambitions, offers to dilute uranium - Masoud Pezeshkian also addressed secondary sanctions, Hormuz and the breakdown in US-Iran negotiations
• Iran Has a Secret Weapon in Its War With America: Help From China - Trump wants to preserve relations with Xi, but Iranian customs data show Chinese entities have made thousands of shipments of components used in drones and missiles
• Gulf leaders meet Trump with two fears: more war and less US protection
• Report: Israeli official claims renewed strikes on Iran 'only a matter of time' - Saudi outlet quotes source saying Tehran fortifying nuclear sites ahead of possible attack, Israel prepared to act with US or alone if 'red lines' crossed, despite renewed talks
• Saudi foreign minister warns Houthi threat goes global as Trump holds fire
• France to send military to protect Saudi Arabia on Red Sea oil route, Macron says
• Saudi reports fresh Houthi attacks as France pledges to defend key oil port
• Yemen's Houthis claim to have launched missiles, drones at Riyadh, Aramco facilities in Yanbu
• Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan to hold urgent meeting over Houthi attacks
• WSJ: The Mecca Pact Has Become a Hollow Promise
• The nightmare scenario that could ground Israel's air power - A new document prepared with former senior security and law enforcement officials warns of a convergence of three threats: vast quantities of illegal weapons in the Bedouin diaspora, nationalist extremism and Iranian direction. The danger: paralyzing Israeli Air Force bases at the height of a multi-front war.
• Two reservists killed in IDF drone explosion accident during operations in Gaza
• IDF kills Hamas commander who had held seven Israeli hostages in Gaza tunnel
• UN agency report details Gaza's 'unprecedented socioeconomic collapse' since Oct. 7
• Naza: The film cited as being against Israel provides decisive evidence against the genocide accusation
• Austrian president accuses Israel of 'war crimes,' drawing sharp rebuke from FM Sa'ar
• Gunman shouted 'you're going to die for the Jews' at cop during Onatrio synagogue attack - Officials say ex-Canadian soldier targeted Yom Kippur service and was equipped for potential mass killing; officer shot multiple times helped keep him out
• Knife-wielding suspect shouting 'Heil ******* Hitler' chases Jewish man in NYC
• Macklemore slammed as 'performative' after announcing 'Free Palestine Tour'
• 350 cultural figures back Jewish author dropped from Spanish festival over Israel support
• Arab Israeli parties barred from elections in decision expected to be struck down in court, as deadlock continues
• Election panel rejects bids to bar Democrats, Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism parties - All the Jewish-majority slates that faced challenges before committee are cleared to run, after all Arab parties were disqualified on Wednesday; Supreme Court to consider petitions next week
• Playing with fire: Democrat Senate nominee El-Sayed risks a Jewish revolt in razor-thin Michigan race
• Morocco's ruling coalition tops vote; candidate who called Jewish leader 'cancer' elected - Same candidate has also stomped on Israeli flag
• War has returned to Ethiopia's Tigray - and former enemies are now fighting together. What changed?
• Ethiopia: Internet disrupted in Tigray amid conflict
• Several Afghan Taliban killed as Pakistan thwarts border attack, sources say - The incident comes as tensions have resurfaced between the allies-turned-foes after three months of relative calm, following a deadly attack on a police facility in northwestern Pakistan last week
• Pakistani airstrikes target Afghanistan after Islamabad accuses Kabul of drone attacks
• Twelve Kazakh soldiers die in Caspian Sea training incident - At least 17 Kazakh soldiers swept out to sea during naval training in western Mangystau region
• Kazakhstan declares national day of mourning after tragedy
• Krasnodar Region Declares State of Emergency as Ukrainian Strikes Cripple Grain Exports
• Hunger on the Horizon: The New Black Sea Grain Crisis - Recent escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war has halted the Black Sea grain trade and metastasized into a war on the global food system. Combined with drought in the Northern Hemisphere, a looming super El Nino, and persistent instability in the Middle East—the world is on the verge of a crisis that could erase years of progress in reducing global hunger and push millions into acute food insecurity
• Russian intelligence warns of European efforts to establish a supranational body to seize frozen assets
• Kremlin condemns EU transfer of profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine as illegal 'theft'
• Russian central bank ready to loosen regulation on corporate loans to build anti-drone defences
• Russian strikes kill 8 in Ukraine as the UN debates how to end the war
• Ukrainian drones kill two in Russia as Moscow hits main port hub in Black Sea
• Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer - Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi has erased Russian gains with the help of robots
• Drones only need 2 nights to lay a minefield that would take troops 2 weeks: Ukrainian corps
• Russian plot uncovered to 'infiltrate US Secret Service'
• Russian Plot to Infiltrate Department of War and Secret Service During Biden Administration Busted - US Tech CEO Charged
• Belarus Claims It Foiled 'Sabotage' Plot Targeting Russia
• Poland says fire at Starlink station is sabotage as Denmark warns of rising Russian threat
• Russia may strike NATO nation to disrupt Ukraine support, intel report claims - and it could come soon
• Russia is Planning 'Something Big' This Year, Sikorski Warns as Escalation Fears Grow - Poland's Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned that Russia may be preparing a major operation this year, potentially including a false-flag attack to justify mobilization
• CIA said to warn Europe of Russian plans to launch drones at Italy, France or Spain - Russia may launch small-payload explosive drones from merchant vessels to threaten Ukraine's allies during election season, Spanish newspaper reports, citing Lithuanian source
• Poland's foreign minister stocks rice and homemade jam as country prepares for potential crises
• Zelenskyy says Ukraine sent 2 North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
• Trump and Xi strike cordial tone despite deep US-China divisions
• Superpowers cannot solve world's problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address - Antonio Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strain
• US relations strained after Trump push for Greenland, EU foreign policy chief says
• Globalist Canadian PM Mark Carney Tells New York Times He's Prepared for Military Action from America - Also Reveals His Scheme to "Diversify" Away from U.S.
• Dramatic eviction of 87-year-old Madrid tenant spotlights Spain's housing crisis
• Protests Flare in Spain After Eviction of 87-Year-Old Woman
• Brexit Backtrack? British PM Burnham Refuses to Rule Out Rejoining European Union
• Global debt tops $365 trillion as economists sound alarm over 'vicious cycle'
• The economic squeeze is pushing up poverty rates for older adults
• Gallup Poll: Socialism's Positive Rating Tops 40% for First Time
• Sen. Rick Scott: Rising Costs Fueling Support for Socialism
• Tucker Carlson Issues Shocking Call for Trump's Cabinet to Remove Him from Office Via 25th Amendment: He Should Be 'Bundled Up and Taken Out!'
• NYT: 'Survival Mode Time': Republicans Accelerate Their Break With Trump - The dissent reflects growing unease about the party's prospects in November, as the G.O.P. struggles to overcome the president's unpopularity
• Mike Lee explodes on voting error that 'keeps happening' as huge number of noncitizens found on rolls - The Utah senator says current laws against noncitizen voting are 'rendered difficult and essentially impossible to enforce'
• California Supreme Court Rules Against Sheriff Bianco in Massive Election Fraud Investigation Related to Seizure of 650,000 Ballots
• Romania: AUR Chief George Simion Demands President's Suspension as Georgescu's Arrest Deepens Country's Annulled-Election Legitimacy Crisis
• The High-Stakes Corruption Scandal Shaking Up Brazil's Election - Allegations embroiling the Brazilian judge who jailed former President Bolsonaro are reshaping an election that has consequences for Latin America and Washington.
• Conservative Colombia Torches Globalism at U.N.: 'Perverse and Harmful'
• Somali Far-Left Candidate Takes Leave Amid Voter Fraud Investigation That Could Flip Sweden Elections
• Cambodia No 'Safe Haven' for Scams, Prime Minister Tells Anti-Fraud Summit
• CNN, MS NOW, Politico journalists unable to access White House despite judge's order
• Trump melts down over lack of Xi coverage after picking fight with press
• Chinese Reporters Clash With Secret Service, Shove American Reporters During Xi's White House Visit
• Trump rolls out red carpets for Xi Jinping, though he has portrayed China as a global menace - Just two months ago, President Donald Trump gave a primetime speech accusing China of interfering in the 2020 election
• Trump Shows off Biden Autopen Portrait and White House Helipad to Xi Jinping
• Trump-Xi summit puts AI safety talks on the table but neither side wants to slow down
• Feds Target AI Critics As "Foreign Agents"
• AI political ads warp reality ahead of US midterms
• Research: The AI Boom Has Reshaped the American Economy
• The 'Godfather of AI' on the Best Chance Humanity Has to Survive - Geoffrey Hinton still believes the potential benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh its potential for destruction
• CNN Poll: 3 in 4 Americans Fearful, Concerned About AI
• Mad Scientists: Anthropic Claims Claude AI Has Discovered an Enzyme with Gene-Editing Potential
• Google Gearing Up to Launch Experimental "Data Center" Into Space Next Week - Could this really solve our data center woes?
• China is taking the fight to the stars. America must reclaim space supremacy - Thanks to Kennedy, the United States did once occupy "a position of preeminence" in space. But no more. China now holds that title
• UAP whistleblower details shocking 100-foot triangle UAP encounter
• UAP whistleblower makes stunning claim about secrets behind government's recovered craft
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Metinaro, Timor Leste
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 13,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 10,000ft
• Typhoon Dujuan leaves 12 dead and 3 missing, record rain, floods and landslides hit Japan
• Nolo to become major hurricane, slam Hawaii with potentially historic multiday deluge
• Tropical Storm Nolo strengthens south of Hawaii, up to 890 mm (35 inches) of rain forecast
• Nor'easter to bring major coastal flooding; potential for hurricane-force gusts in New England
• Nepal's climate-connected catastrophe is a warning to the rest of the world, prime minister tells UN
• The Guardian view on a supersized El Nino: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination - Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice
• Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045 - Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
• Half of younger churchgoers say culture change makes some biblical truths 'obsolete'
• The murky legacy of America's first televangelist 'saint' - Fulton Sheen's beatification proceeds despite questions over his alleged role in reappointing a priest accused of sex abuse
• More Wiccans than Presbyterians? What's driving the witch revival
• Stabbing at Catholic convent in Poland leaves 1 person dead and 4 wounded
• Zelenskyy on fatal attack by Ukrainian at Polish monastery: We are shaken by this evil
• Michigan Dem Christina Hines Started Program Allowing Those Accused of Serious Crimes to Potentially Avoid Jail
• El-Sayed Compares Oklahoma Sharia Law Ban to Trail of Tears, Tulsa Race Massacre
• Trump Asks Supreme Court to Restart Deportations to 'Safe Third Countries'
• 'Latino Power': Rep. Delia Ramirez Wants to Abolish DHS, Create 'Community Safety' Immigration Agency
• Trump Immigration Crackdown Pushing Illegal Aliens Out U.S. Banking System
• New Jersey Gov Mikie Sherrill calls on lieutenant governor to resign after sexual harassment investigation - Democrat says Lt Gov Dale Caldwell's conduct persisted despite repeated warnings and training
• Former NC State Athletic Trainer Hit with 32 Sexual Abuse Charges
• Non-Binary Episcopal Priest Declares: "God is Trans" - "I think Jesus transitioned"
• 'Trans-Identifying Nurse' Charged With 4 Counts of Child Abuse After Abusing a Premature Baby Girl in the Hospital
• At least 6 hospitals vow to end child sex changes after Trump admin mandate
• Trans activists shoot themselves up with hormones outside NYU Langone to protest hospital's end of child sex change services
• Intimate partner violence - not transphobia - primary cause of trans murder: report
• 50 Pro-Life Leaders Urge FDA to End Biden's Mail-Order Abortion Scheme Ahead of Commissioner Confirmation Hearing
• Families describe grief as Canadian seller linked to suicides worldwide faces sentencing
• Criminal Investigation Underway After Family Says Christian Grandmother Euthanized Without Consent
• Boy with rare brain-eating amoeba dies after Sea of Galilee swim