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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One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a fresh attack on Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Houthis killed 13 people and wounded more than 300.
Yemen's Houthis renewed warning to airlines, airport workers, and travellers against using Saudi airports, saying the warning should be taken seriously and that the kingdom “bore responsibility for failed interceptions”, a day after an attack on Riyadh's international airport that killed 12 people.
The Houthi movement has escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting the airport in Riyadh and other cities, killing more than a dozen people.
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.
Ukraine is ready to stop attacks on Russian oil refineries if Moscow also halts strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.
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 14-year-old pupil has been arrested after shooting and injuring a headteacher and a teacher with a hunting rifle at a school in Aubagne, near Marseille, on Monday. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries, officials said.
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The Houthi movement has escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting the airport in Riyadh and other cities, killing more than a dozen people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that Ukraine is ready to respect the energy ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, but only if Russia does the same, saying Moscow has already violated the agreement.
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