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China confirms Xi Jinping will visit the US September 23–25 for talks with President Trump. Here is what is officially known and what remains unannounced.

Zelenskyy and Trump will meet in New York as diplomacy resumes. The meeting is confirmed, but no ceasefire formula or peace agreement has been announced.

A new satellite synthesis finds Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice since 1979, adding 3.1 cm to sea levels.

Russian missile and drone strikes injured at least 19 in Kyiv and its region as Ukraine renewed calls for an energy and Black Sea truce.

Trump says the Iran war is "hopefully" near its end and claims direct contact with Tehran, but Iranian officials call it mixed signals amid a UN war crimes probe.

A Saudi-led coalition shot down a Houthi drone before it reached Mecca's restricted airspace, the first such security alert near Islam's holiest city since 2017, as Riyadh launches retaliatory strikes on Yemen.

Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro warned of a possible Chinese opening but said US commitments and military activity with Manila remain unchanged.

DHS plans to propose ending H-4 spouse work eligibility, but no proposed rule date, final rule or immediate permit cancellation has been announced.

The United States is urging G20 members to favour light-touch AI regulation as ministers and technology executives meet in North Carolina.

Iran says it will reciprocate if the United States returns to a June ceasefire framework, but neither side has announced a restored agreement.

The Dan Driscoll resignation was confirmed by the White House after the US Army...

Niger says loyalist forces regained Air Base 101 in Niamey after a military mutiny. The number of soldiers killed or arrested is not independently verified.