Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council, including the removal of the veto power held by its permanent members, arguing that the international system must better reflect today's global realities, according to Anadolu Agency.
Humanity faces four defining "tests of power" - around war or peace, inequality, climate change and AI - that will determine whether the world moves towards a new era of cooperation or deeper division, the UN chief warned the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Addressing the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Erdoğan said: "We are compelled to change the current understanding where international law is applied differently to the strong and the weak. Let us not forget that an international system where wrongdoers get away with it and, worse still, where impunity has become the norm, is doomed to decay."
Labor Minister Hung Sun-han (洪申翰) said Tuesday that Taiwan was not subjected to any "downgrading" during his participation in an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meeting in China and was granted the same rights as other members.
President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) called for deeper cooperation between Taiwan and Eswatini on Tuesday and thanked the African country's deputy prime minister for helping ensure his visit there in May went smoothly.
Taiwan has warned its high-tech professionals that if they visit mainland China, they could be stopped for questioning - or even barred from leaving the country - under new regulations that analysts told Radio Free Asia were put in place likely because Beijing is afraid of losing AI talent.
A new study reveals that Jezero Crater's enigmatic 'Margin Unit' was shaped by a complex sequence of ancient lakes, groundwater systems, and hydrothermal fluids, according to NASA.
The ministers of foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the State of Qatar, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Republic of Türkiye met in New York on September 21, 2026, on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a phone call with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet session held today in Jeddah
Vladimir Putin met with CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank German Gref at the Kremlin. The discussion focused on promising projects in the fields of healthcare, education, and the social sphere, as well as on the bank's current activities.
Today, on September 22, EU member states agreed to extend sanctions against nearly 3,000 individuals and entities linked to Russia's aggression for three years, rather than the usual six months. Estonia will impose national sanctions on Russian businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, who were removed from the sanctions list for political reasons to secure the agreement.
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