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Australia says current priority with EU remains securing trade agreement after European Parliament President suggests associate member status

18 Sep 2026 | 11:20 PM

Canberra/Brussels, Sep 18 (UNI) After European Parliament President Roberta Metsola suggested that Australia and New Zealand could also be considered for "associate membership" of the European union following the bloc's invitation to Canada, Australia has said its immediate priority remains concluding a long-awaited trade agreement with Europe.

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Trump preparing for possible meeting with Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez next week

18 Sep 2026 | 11:16 PM

Washington, Sep 18 (UNI) US President Donald Trump is preparing for a possible first face-to-face meeting with Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez as early as next week, according to people familiar with the discussions cited by Axios.

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Bangladesh Law Minister claims Jamaat accepts its role in Liberation War was wrong

18 Sep 2026 | 10:11 PM

Dhaka, Sep 18 (UNI) Bangladesh Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has claimed that Jamaat-e-Islami had indirectly accepted that its role and position during the 1971 Liberation War were wrong.

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Pakistan’s DG ISPR says Islamabad willing to go to ‘any extent’ to defend Saudi Arabia, says Riyadh’s security is ‘unconditional’

18 Sep 2026 | 9:32 PM

Islamabad, Sep 18 (UNI) Pakistan military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that Pakistan will go to “any extent” to defend Saudi Arabia, adding that Islamabad’s commitment to the kingdom’s security is “unconditional”.

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16 killed, 50 injured, in suicide blast at mosque in Pakistan's Kohat district in KPK

18 Sep 2026 | 6:54 PM

Peshawar, Sep 18 (UNI) At least 16 people, including five police officers, were killed and more than 50 injured after a vehicle packed with explosives detonated near a mosque, followed by terrorists storming the compound and attacking police facilities, in Kohat district of Pakistan's north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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UN mission says reasonable evidence to believe US carried out war crimes in initial hours of Iran war

18 Sep 2026 | 5:43 PM

New York, Sep 18 (UNI) A UN fact-finding mission said on Thursday there were reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes during two strikes in Iran in the opening hours of the current war, while also finding that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during their deadly crackdown on anti-government protests before the conflict.

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AI safety regulation debate intensifies as Anthropic says AI systems moving towards building themselves

18 Sep 2026 | 5:35 PM

San Francisco, Sep 18 (UNI) The debate over the risks posed by artificial intelligence has intensified in recent months, fuelled by a series of incidents and increasingly stark warnings from people working in the industry.

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Car bomb kills 15 near police facility in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

18 Sep 2026 | 4:59 PM

Islamabad, Sep 18 (UNI) More than 15 people were killed and over 50 wounded in a car bomb attack at a mosque in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, during Friday prayers.

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US F-16s move into Arctic as NORAD steps up Northern Defence

18 Sep 2026 | 12:39 PM

Washington, Sep 18 (UNI) The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has deployed F-16 Fighting Falcons from Alaska to Canada as part of a multinational Arctic operation aimed at strengthening air defence and maintaining a military presence across the region.

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Trump administration clears $24.3 billion F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia despite China concerns

18 Sep 2026 | 11:40 AM

Washington, Sep 18 (UNI) The Trump administration has cleared a potential $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, despite concerns from US lawmakers and defence officials that the deal could give China access to highly sensitive American military technology.

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UN approves video address of Palestinian President Abbas after US visa denial

18 Sep 2026 | 9:18 AM

New York, Sep 18 (UNI) The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to allow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address world leaders by video next week, after the US again denied him a visa to attend the annual gathering in New York.

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Russia, China veto US-backed UN resolution to extend Iran sanctions monitoring

18 Sep 2026 | 8:48 AM

New York, Sep 18 (UNI) Russia and China vetoed a US-backed United Nations Security Council resolution seeking to extend the mandate of an independent panel of experts tasked with monitoring sanctions on Iran.

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Trump approves visas for Iran President, FM Araghchi for UN meet amid unresolved tensions

18 Sep 2026 | 8:34 AM

Washington, Sept 18 (UNI) President Donald Trump’s administration has approved visas for Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to attend next week’s UN General Assembly high-level meeting in New York.

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Climate change resulted in deadly flooding in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, notes study

17 Sep 2026 | 11:33 PM

Kathmandu, Sep 17 (UNI) Climate change helped create the conditions that contributed to the devastating ice-rock avalanche and subsequent flooding in Nepal’s Rasuwa district by gradually weakening the high-mountain environment, according to an international scientific study.

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Europe recorded to be world’s most unusually hot region in 2026 amid heat crisis

17 Sep 2026 | 11:08 PM

Brussels, Sep 17 (UNI) Europe has turned out to be the world’s most unusually hot region relative to its historical climate in 2026, with 89% of its population having experienced at least one month of extreme heat during the period from June to August.

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