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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his country should be ‘proud’ after the Government did not recognise an Independent Palestinian statehood at the UN.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it has freed US citizen Amir Amiri, who was detained since late 2024.

AARON PATRICK: A spokesman for the terrorist group boasted that its attack on Israel two years ago had won support for the Palestinians from around the world because of Israel’s forceful response.

AARON PATRICK: Campaigns for a seat at the apex of international diplomacy often descend to little more than state-sponsored bribery.

The indictment makes Mr Comey the first senior government official to face prosecution in connection with the Russia probe, which Donald Trump has long derided as a ‘witch hunt’.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told world leaders that Hamas will be barred from governing Gaza after the war and must hand over its weapons.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: At the United Nations, world leaders got to see both sides of President Trump: bellicose in public and far more conciliatory in private.

Australia’s dream of hosting the world’s biggest climate talks may hinge on a face-to-face deal between Anthony Albanese and Tayyip Erdogan.

China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, aims to reduce economy-wide emissions by 2035, President Xi Jinping says.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The reaction to Trump’s blustery general assembly address ignores two inconvenient truths: The UN is feckless and the US remains the undisputed leader of the world.

In a meandering address, President Trump rebuked global institutions and complained about immigration, environmentalists, windmills and more.

A closer look at Donald Trump’s UN speech reveals inflated figures, false claims about China’s energy use and misleading boasts on gas prices.

Australia’s push to lock in security deals with neighbouring Pacific nations has hit further trouble after Vanuatu signalled it’s ready to increase policing cooperation with Beijing. 

AARON PATRICK: Celebrating its 80th birthday this week, the global body created to prevent wars and other man-made catastrophes is weak and compromised, according to critics.