A new report reveals that Taiwan has become the world’s largest importer of Russian naphtha, even as it supports Ukraine and participates in international sanctions against Russia. The report, published by the Finnish think tank the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) in…
After the U.S. Senate rejected two-party appropriation bills on September 30th, at 12:01 AM local time on October 1st, the U.S. federal government “shut down” for the first time in nearly 7 years. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees faced mandatory leave or layoffs, and the…
On September 29 local time, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed, and U.S. President Trump held a three-way telephone conference that day. In the talks, Netanyahu apologized to the Qatari side for Israel’s recent attack on Qatari capital Doha, violation of…
Local time on September 29, Russian President Putin signed the autumn 2025 conscription order. According to reports, the autumn conscription for the Russian armed forces will run from October 1 to December 31, with a plan to conscript 135,000 Russian citizens aged 18 to 30.
U.S. female gunman Sarah Jane Moore passed away on September 24 at her usual nursing home, at the age of 95. Moore had attempted to assassinate then-U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975. She was sentenced to life imprisonment for the attempted assassination and was paroled on…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a private meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. During the meeting, Zelensky requested that the U.S. provide Ukraine with “Tomahawk” long-range cruise missiles, which would enable Ukraine to…
According to media reports, Turkish President Erdogan was “forced to give way” while attending the United Nations General Assembly in the United States, as he was stopped on the roadside to wait for U.S. President Trump’s motorcade to pass through a New York street.The Associated Press…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to Tara Reade, an American woman who previously worked as a Senate aide for former U.S. President Joe Biden. The move, announced via a decree published on Russia’s official legal information portal, follows Reade’s public request for a…
Strikes and protests were held in several French cities on September 18. According to French government statistics, over 500,000 people participated in the strikes across the country, including approximately 55,000 in the capital, Paris. This marks another large-scale protest in France against the government’s proposed fiscal…
On September 17 local time, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kallas announced a series of measures to sanction Israel, including the partial suspension of trade-related matters in the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Kallas stated that the EU will not suspend trade with Israel.…
