Here’s your AnewZ Daily Brief for 22 September 2026. These are five key bilateral and multilateral meetings taking place on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed strengthening their strategic partnership, expanding economic cooperation and broadening areas of joint work in New York. Al-Zaidi reaffirmed Iraq’s commitment to state control of weapons and fulfilling its “sovereign obligations.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan joined a meeting with his Egyptian, Pakistani and Saudi counterparts in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Fidan also attended a coordination meeting with foreign ministers from the UAE, Indonesia, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met French President Emmanuel Macron in New York as he seeks further support for Ukraine. The meeting came hours after Macron met U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump Tower, where he called for faster delivery of defensive weapons to Ukraine and discussed a possible moratorium on energy strikes.
South Korean, U.S. and Japanese foreign ministers reaffirmed their “resolute” commitment to North Korea’s denuclearisation during talks in New York, according to Yonhap News Agency. They called on Pyongyang to engage in dialogue and stressed the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has met Libya’s Presidential Council chairman Mohamed Younis Al-Menfi in New York. Erdoğan said Türkiye will not back any arrangement against Libya’s interests. He also highlighted growing cooperation in energy, defence, and mining and invited Al-Menfi to the upcoming COP31.
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A former Ukrainian military officer has gone on trial in Germany, accused of orchestrating the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions that disrupted ...
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said late Monday that it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group toward Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia hit at least six energy targets in deadly strikes across Ukraine, showing Moscow is unwilling to accept the energy ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Kremlin on Monday rejected a 60-day ceasefire idea proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow his country to hold presidential elections, saying it wanted an overall peace deal instead.
A building at Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in the eastern city of Dhahran was attacked late Tuesday, causing a limited fire, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said on Wednesday. The incident came as fighting between the kingdom and Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi group intensify.
Thousands of young Georgians leave the country each year in search of better economic opportunities, with many moving west. As questions grow over Georgia’s European path, AnewZ spoke to people who have emigrated about what it would take for them to return.
Russian strikes killed three people in Kyiv and plunged hundreds of thousands into darkness overnight, authorities said on Wednesday, in an attack President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called “ostentatious disrespect” to Donald Trump's peace effort.
A former Ukrainian military officer has gone on trial in Germany, accused of orchestrating the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions that disrupted a major route for Russian gas supplies to Europe.
Argentina has asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, a judicial body which settles maritime disputes, to halt British-authorised oil activity near the Falkland Islands, escalating a sovereignty dispute over the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Cornell University has prohibited parties and social gatherings at fraternity houses for the remainder of the academic year following allegations of a gang rape in 2024, as criticism mounts over the institution’s handling of the case.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will depart on Saturday (17 October) on a five-day trip to India and Uzbekistan, the State Department said, adding that he will discuss energy cooperation in India.
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