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• Developing El Niño becomes strongest on record weeks before expected peak

  22-09-2026 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say the developing El Niño is now the strongest on record with weather impacts already being felt around the world.
  
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• Women in Gaza are being traded for food, forced to marry their rapists: UN

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Women in Gaza are being traded for food and forced into marriages with their rapists, according to a pair of reports from the United Nations — underscoring the critical importance of President Trump’s Board of Peace in the war-torn enclave. There was a 123% increase in the number of early and forced marriage incidents across Gaza in the first quarter of 2026, with women between the ages of 18-59 sufferin
  
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• 'Very powerful' Hurricane Polo upgraded to category 5 as 'major' fears grow in Mexico

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  Residents are worried everything could be 'destroyed' as the 'very powerful' hurricane in the Pacific is set to batter parts of Mexico as it has been upgraded to a category 5 storm ......
  
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• US drafted Rubio memo condemning UK over West Bank sanctions. It was never released

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  US officials prepared a statement condemning UK, France, and...
  
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• UNGA Sees US-Iran War Of Words As Pezeshkian And Trump Clash Over Nuclear Rights

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  UNGA Sees US-Iran War Of Words As Pezeshkian And Trump Clash Over Nuclear Rights ......
  
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• Ukraine war must end before AI is used on the battlefield, Zelensky tells UN

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations on Wednesday that the Ukraine War — and all current wars must end — before artificial intelligence is deployed to the battlefield to make life-and-death decisions. Speaking before the UN General Assembly in New York, Zelensky warned that the time would soon come when AI dictates how wars are conducted as smarter and smarter weapons are made a
  
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• UAE central bank imposes strict sanctions on Bank Melli Iran branches

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  The UAE's central bank has prohibited Iran's Bank Melli from...
  
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• Trump to raise detainees issue with Xi, but other rights issues may not come up

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  US President Trump intends to raise the issue of two detained US...
  
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• Saudi Arabia Weather Alert: Thunderstorms, Heavy Rain and Flash Flood Risks Across Multiple Regions Through Sunday

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Civil Defence has urged the public to exercise caution as thunderstorms are forecast to continue across several regions of the Kingdom through next Tuesday.The Civil Defence called on residents to remain in safe...
  
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• Republicans unleash spending blitz in record US midterms

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  They are hoping...
  
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• Putin suffers 'humiliating' loss as Zelensky warns of further 'pain' for Russia

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  Volodymyr Zelensky says that if Vladimir Putin's forces continue to target Ukraine's energy system, then it will be a 'painful' winter for Russia ......
  
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• Presley Gerber Death: Fresh details linked to Cindy Crawford’s son’s body emerge days after his ...

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford,...
  
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• Powerball jackpot numbers for September 23 revealed - Check who won the $332 million top ...

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  The Powerball Jackpot has climbed to $332 million for the September...
  
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• Pentagon probes diverted F-35 parts shipment that surfaced in Hong Kong

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  Pentagon probes diverted F-35 parts shipment that surfaced in Hong Kong ......
  
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• Pakistan hits 10 Afghan sites after alleged drone attacks on border posts

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan hits 10 Afghan sites after alleged drone attacks on border posts ......
  
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• Pakistan confirms strikes on 10 Afghanistan targets after resident says Kandahar hit

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  An overnight airstrike hit Kandahar, Afghanistan, with Pakistan confirming...
  
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• OpenAI hacks Australian government health website

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  In June, an autonomous program from OpenAI accessed restricted files on an...
  
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• Model found dead in ex’s car hours after texting panicked warning about him

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A model was found stabbed to death in her ex-boyfriend’s car – just hours after she texted her mom about the organized-crime-linked ex turning up at her home, according to reports The body of Brazilian beauty Larissa Brito, 25, was found hidden under plastic bags on the back seat of her ex’s car during a random customs check on a motorway in...
  
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• Missing American, 46, found dead abroad in padlocked room with limbs bound

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  Tamir Nadav, 46, had been missing for more than two weeks when cops found him locked in a room with his hands and feet bound at his home in Maring�, Brazil ......
  
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• Iran’s president claims country has been ‘victim of terrorism’ at UN — despite funding terror ...

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed Wednesday his country has “been the victim of terrorism” and blamed the US and Israel for instability in the Middle East during a wild address to the United Nations General Assembly. Pezeshkian, whose nation is the leading funder of terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah— reiterated claims that an American attack was behind the deadly Feb. 28 Minab school
  
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• Iran Uses Balakrishna’s ‘Bhagavanth Kesari’ Clip to Mock Trump’s Iran Threats, Sparks Bollywood vs Tollywood Debate

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: Iran has taken an unusual pop-culture route to respond to US President Donald Trump’s warning to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic, sharing an action clip featuring Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna.The Iranian Embassy in Zimbabwe posted a 58-second clip from the 2023 film Bhagavanth Kesari...
  
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• 'For the sake of humanity': Tech leaders urge UN to control the AI technology they created

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  Heads of AI firms, including Anthropic and OpenAI, urged the UN...
  
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• Death toll from capsized Indonesian ship climbs to 28 as search widens for 107 missing

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google JAKARTA — The death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank off Indonesia 10 days ago rose to 28 on Wednesday, officials said, with rescuers expecting to find more bodies as their underwater search widens. The Virgo Transport 8 ferry was carrying 243 people, including 30 crew and an unknown number of vehicles, when it capsized in bad weather early on September 13 during a voyage from Surabaya in East
  
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• China expanding nuclear arsenal at alarming rate, analysis shows — despite Xi’s calls to de-escalate

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google China’s nuclear arsenal is vastly expanding under President Xi Jinping – despite his claimed desire to scale back the world’s doomsday weapons, according to a new report. At least seven nuclear test and construction facilities have cropped up or been expanded in recent months, with vast networks of infrastructure and testing sites being built across the Chinese countryside, satellite imagery analyz
  
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• After Trump-Xi handshake, Bessent says US-China 'Busan Agreement' extended till January 10

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the extension...
  
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• 8 sailors in USS Lincoln strike group attempted suicide, navy says

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  In August, Trump dismissed concerns about difficult conditions reported aboard the ship. ......
  
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• 8 attempted suicides reported across USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group during extended Iran deployment

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  During a challenging deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln...
  
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• 2 dead, 23 injured in Ukraine after Russian drones attack Kyiv hours before Zelensky’s UN address

  24-09-2026 05:55 via article.wn.com
  See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google KYIV, Ukraine — Russia hammered Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepared for meetings with world leaders at the UN General Assembly. Two people were killed and 23 were wounded in Kyiv, and palls of black smoke floated above the city following the latest in what have been daily Russian attacks that torment Ukrainian civilians
  
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• Zelensky Urges World Leaders To Choke Russia's Revenues To End War

  24-09-2026 05:38 via article.wn.com
  The war has had global repercussions for fuel, fertilizer and grain shipments - and for geopolitics, widening divisions between Russia and the West. ......
  
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• Xi Jinping Lands In US For Key State Visit, Trump Receives Him

  24-09-2026 05:38 via article.wn.com
  Trump, wearing a long coat and gloves, and Xi then stood side by side on the tarmac as a military band played, before two B-1 bombers staged a noisy flyover. ......
  
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