The high-level week of the 81st United Nations General Assembly began in New York on Tuesday, September 22, bringing together world leaders and senior diplomats for a series of speeches, bilateral meetings and negotiations on some of the most pressing international crises. The official UN programme places the high-level week within the September......
OpenAI is facing renewed privacy questions over a cookie used by ChatGPT after an independent cybersecurity researcher reported that the technology could allow browsing activity on other websites to be linked to interactions with the AI service. The mechanism, identified by researcher Buchodi, involves a cookie called “__obi”.......
U.S. Representative Joe Wilson has renewed calls for the Polisario Front to be designated as a terrorist organization, placing the issue once again in the spotlight of the U.S. Congress and Morocco-U.S. relations. Wilson made the statement after meeting Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations......
Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares, are due to meet in New York this week as Madrid and Rabat continue discussions over the migration situation in Ceuta. The meeting, taking place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly's high-level week, comes after the......
US President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to deliver a stark warning to Cuba’s communist government, saying the regime was facing unprecedented pressure and would eventually collapse. Speaking before world leaders in New York, Trump said his administration was seeking a “fundamental......
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has renewed his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while acknowledging that city authorities do not have the independent legal power to enforce an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against him if he visits New York. The issue has resurfaced as Netanyahu prepares to travel to......
Morocco and the European Union have renewed their diplomatic engagement over Western Sahara while also reviewing the broader strategic partnership between Rabat and Brussels. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas in New York on September 21, on the sidelines......
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to raise the long-standing dispute over US arms sales to Taiwan when he meets President Donald Trump in Washington this week, potentially bringing a decades-old US-China agreement back to the centre of bilateral discussions. According to people familiar with preparations for the summit cited by Reuters,......
US President Donald Trump described the opportunity to address the United Nations General Assembly as an honor as he arrived at the UN headquarters in New York for the opening of the high-level debate of the 81st session. Speaking to reporters ahead of his address, Trump said he was pleased to be at the United Nations and characterized the......
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to sign a new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday, September 22, aimed at strengthening military cooperation in the Arctic while keeping Greenland under Danish sovereignty. The agreement is expected to expand the U.S. military presence on the strategically important island without transferring......
Oil prices moved higher on Tuesday as investors monitored the possibility of diplomatic contacts between the United States and Iran during the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York. By 09:15 Moscow time, October West Texas Intermediate futures had gained 1.69% to trade at around $97.40 a barrel. November Brent crude futures......
Lockheed Martin has secured a contract worth up to $1.2 billion from the U.S. Army to produce the second increment of its Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM, strengthening the company’s position in the Army’s long-range precision fires program. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity agreement covers the initial procurement......
Libya has officially entered the race for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2028–2029 term, adding a new North African contender to a diplomatic process already involving Morocco. Tripoli launched its campaign on September 17, 2026, during a high-level reception at UN headquarters in New York held alongside......
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