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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.

The Albanese Government has launched a new online platform today to strengthen defence cooperation, build capability and make training opportunities more accessible for the Pacific's defence and security personnel.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met US special envoy Steve Witkoff on the sidelines of the UN

Ahead of a high-stakes US-China summit planned for September 24 at the White House, Beijing appears to be spotlighting its influence over Iran to gain leverage during negotiations with its chief geopolitical rival.

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US President Donald Trump used his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to defend recent military action against Iran, urging countries to maintain economic pressure on Tehran - and declaring that he now faces a choice between making a deal, or taking far more drastic steps.

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The UN chief warned on Tuesday that the two-State solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict is at risk of collapse amid illegal Israeli settlement expansion and annexation.

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR's Yemen Representative Armen Yedgaryan - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

As hostilities worsen in Yemen, more people have been fleeing their homes, further intensifying the humanitarian crisis within the region, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday.

Drone strikes on two warehouses in Shikan locality, North Kordofan, on 20 September destroyed over 292,000 school textbooks, 40,000 Arabic Language and Mathematics Review Books, and other learning materials intended for distribution to children.