US President Donald Trump said on Oct. 3 Iran has virtually abandoned its drive to develop nuclear weapons because severe financial exhaustion and regional setbacks crippled Tehran's strategic leverage.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said Europe’s heavy reliance on the United States for defense is unsustainable, urging European allies to take greater responsibility for their own security.
Russia has rejected a limited Black Sea ceasefire as Türkiye and the United Nations seek to arrange talks, with the Kremlin insisting on a broader settlement while saying it remains open to dialogue.
Greece is set to receive U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Oct. 6-7 for talks expected to underscore the strength of bilateral ties and address key regional issues amid growing geopolitical tensions.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his election rival Flavio Bolsonaro are leaving no controversy unturned in their last-ditch efforts to discredit each other and win over voters ahead of Oct. 4’s nail-biter election.
Türkiye has condemned an attack on civilian infrastructure serving the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, blaming Yemen’s Houthis and reaffirming its support for Saudi Arabia.
At least 10 civilians, most of them children, were killed in Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan on Oct. 1, the United Nations said, as Islamabad said it had targeted militant hideouts.
The Trump administration is removing Syria from a list of countries that are not allowed to purchase or import U.S. weaponry, a step that is part of a monthslong process of easing sanctions on the new government in Damascus and its leaders.
The motive of the Omani copilot who stabbed his captain on a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously and forcing it to land in Saudi Arabia, remained unknown on Oct. 1, as investigators across the region raced to learn more.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iran’s delegation, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, to leave the U.S. after negotiations with Tehran reached an impasse earlier this week, Axios reported on Sept. 30.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged North Korea on Octç 1 to return to dialogue, a day after Seoul’s military demanded an apology over a blast in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that severely injured three South Korean soldiers.
Russia’s new class of jet-powered drones rip across the night sky in Kiev at hundreds of kilometers per hour, leaving Ukrainian air-defense units only moments to intercept them. It’s rarely enough time.
A Tennessee woman convicted of murder survived two lethal injection doses and was hospitalized on Oct. 1, her lawyers said, marking the state’s second failed execution in months and prompting it to halt capital punishment this year.
Bolivian police arrested Attorney General Roger Mariaca on Sept. 30, two days after the United States revoked his visa over alleged links to drug trafficking, a government source told AFP.
Japan toughened requirements for foreigners wanting to obtain permanent residency on Oct. 1 as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to tighten immigration controls.
NATO has told Russia to stop making nuclear threats, Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Sept. 30, adding that the alliance faced no imminent threat to its territory.
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