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Iran Press TV Monday, 28 September 2026 10:00 AM The spokesman for the Yemeni government has sharply criticized the international community for complicity in the ongoing brutal Saudi aggression and blockade against his nation, emphasizing that Riyadh is serving the interests of the United States and Israel, and that its atrocities will not go unpunished. "The criminal Saudi enemy is escalating its heinous crimes against the Yemeni nation.

United States Coast Guard Press Release | Sept. 28, 2026 PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Monday, following a 60-day deployment in the Windward Passage.

Speech Statement by Helen King, UK Ambassador to ECOSOC, at the UN high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Helen King Published: 28 September 2026 Location: United Nations, New York Delivered on: 25 September 2026 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) As we gather today, families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are losing loved ones to Ebola. Thousands of people have died.

20260928 Ukraine will have to "pay the price" for its actions over the past several months, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "Of course, the president [Vladimir Putin] has also spoken about this. Ukraine will have to pay the price for the actions that have taken place in recent months. That is what is happening now," Peskov told reporters. Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement on Russia's position on proposals on the Ukrainian conflict are exhaustive, Dmitry Peskov said.

Iran Press TV Monday, 28 September 2026 1:58 PM Five British men have been arrested over an alleged plot to attack RAF Fairford, a military base in western England used by US forces, according to Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP). The suspects, all London residents aged between 23 and 25, were detained on Sunday in the village of Whelford, near the Gloucestershire airbase.

Azerbaijan State News Agency - (AZERTAC) 28.09.2026 [15:27] Baku, September 28, AZERTAC China said Monday that the next UN secretary-general should be "competent, impartial and upright" and uphold the UN Charter, Anadolu Agency reported. "The election of the UN secretary-general bears on the reform and development of the UN and the vital interests of member states," Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told reporters in Beijing.

Monday, September 28, 2026 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 29, of West Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in the District of Connecticut to 92 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Government of Norway Press release | Date: 29/09/2026 Norway is increasing support for humanitarian efforts in support of deported Ukrainian children, detained civilians and prisoners of war through UNICEF and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Norway is also co-hosting a conference in Toronto to raise international awareness of their situation. Many Ukrainian children are currently in Russia after being unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred there.

Government of Iceland - Ministry for Foreign Affairs 28 September 2026 Minister for Foreign Affairs Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir in her annual address to the United Nations General Assembly highlighted how the most basic rules of international relations were now being tested. "Not because we no longer know them. We do. But because increasingly, governments apply them selectively." "Russia's brutal war against Ukraine is a clear example," Minister Gunnarsdottir said.

Republic of Estonia - Ministry of Defence 28.09.2026 | 18:23 At today's EU Defence Ministers' meeting in Brussels, the release of €6.6 billion from the European Peace Facility (EPF) to support Ukraine was welcomed. "This is a powerful step forward to ramp up aid to Ukraine and increase pressure on the Russian Federation," said Minister of Defence Martin Herem.