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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister warned on Saturday that escalating threats across the Middle East risked international peace, energy security and global trade, calling for stronger international cooperation to protect Gulf States and vital shipping routes.

In his speech at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on the state of global affairs, including the changing world order, the Middle East, Cuba, and the conflict in Ukraine.

Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, accused Western countries of destabilising the world through "force and double standards" in his address to the UN General Assembly on Saturday, vowing that Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine would be "carried through to the end."

China's Vice President, Han Zheng, urged the world to defend the postwar international order on Saturday, telling the UN General Assembly that geopolitical conflicts, widening development gaps and mounting global challenges make multilateralism more urgent than ever.

The United States, Denmark and its autonomous territory of Greenland on Tuesday signed an agreement in New York to expand the U.S. military presence on the strategic Arctic island.

The RAF has launched No. III Space Effects Squadron, its first dedicated unit to counter hostile threats to UK satellites.

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The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, this afternoon at the UN General Assembly.

The Prime Minister met the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, at the United Nations General Assembly today.

A spokesperson for China's State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday criticized Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for abandoning national principles in a deeply contemptible manner over their problematic maritime cooperation with the Philippines.

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A Royal New Zealand Navy Task Group has bolstered enforcement of United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea, as vessels of interest were monitored during maritime patrols on international waters in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea.

President Gitanas Nausėda met with Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, in New York on Tuesday. The meeting focused on opportunities for the company to expand in Lithuania, cooperation in defense and security, and Lithuania's potential to become a regional hub for Palantir serving the Baltic states and NATO's eastern flank.

Iran Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has approved new penalties for vessels violating transit regulations in the Strait of Hormuz as part of legislative steps to consolidate Iran's sovereign control over the world's most critical energy chokepoint.

The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and Khatam al-Anbya Central Headquarters announced that the hostile statements and repeated threats against Iran by the US president-accompanied by the abuse of the United Nations podium to legitimize aggression, the incitement of insecurity, and global banditry-serve merely as a tool for domestic propaganda rather than being grounded in the realities on the ground.

A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has deployed under Operation Argos, reaffirming Australia's commitment to enforcing United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against North Korea.

Exercise Agile Tasman took place in Ohakea, NZ, from September 7 to 10, and included the first landing of an Australian F-35A Lightning II on New Zealand soil.

HMAS Supply has returned to Sydney after a 101-day deployment across the Indo-Pacific, demonstrating Australia's commitment to regional security while strengthening partnerships with key nations and supporting maritime operations.