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2026-09-24 · The Independent · Politics

Trump orders diplomats worldwide to start referring to AI as ‘super intelligence’

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2026-09-17 · The Independent · Politics

US approves visas for Iranian leaders to attend UN meeting despite war stalemate

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2026-09-28 · The Independent · Politics

Mediators are working to broker a US-Iran deal, but major hurdles remain

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2026-10-13 · The Independent · Politics

US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns after allegations of improper conduct

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2026-10-31 · Toronto Star · Politics

G20 foreign ministers to end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issues

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2026-10-30 · Toronto Star · Politics

G20 diplomats, including from China and Russia, face deep rifts as they prepare to meet in Atlanta

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2026-09-17 · The Independent

🔮 Those constraints tightly regulated how far Iranian officials could travel in New York City from their UN mission and explicitly barred them from shopping at wholesale membership stores, such as Costco and Sam's Club. assertive

2026-09-24 · The Independent

🔮 We will be using ‘SI’ in all remarks, positions and press elements moving forward." assertive

2026-09-25 · Toronto Star

🔮 The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because a decision on the details of what the restrictions will entail has not yet been finalized. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Independent

🔮 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi — who stayed in New York after last week’s gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly — will meet with Qatari mediators Monday about the latest discussions, Iranian state media reported Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei as saying. assertive

2026-09-29 · Toronto Star

🔮 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is set to issue a last-minute reprieve Tuesday over the planned closure of a camp in Qatar that houses more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort or are the relatives of U.S. service members. mixed

2026-09-29 · Toronto Star

🔮 The Council of Europe said Tuesday that the U.S. formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or GRECO. assertive

2026-10-08 · Toronto Star

🔮 Rubio told reporters that he would not discuss the allegations contained in a Wall Street Journal story that said Guilfoyle had asked a donor and supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did. mixed

2026-10-18 · Toronto Star

🔮 Rubio has been unapologetic about his role as both President Donald Trump’s chief diplomat and national security adviser and has brushed aside suggestions that he is eschewing the most difficult issues in favor of taking on lower-hanging diplomatic fruit with less risk of failure and political damage. “It’s an important relationship,” Rubio told reporters Saturday before departing Washington, noting that he selected a time when the Central Asian leaders would be able to meet. assertive

2026-10-20 · Toronto Star

🔮 “He can wake up tomorrow morning, decide he’s done enough on this, and he might start to lean back in the other direction.” assertive

2026-10-24 · Toronto Star

🔮 The embassies will remain open. assertive

2026-10-30 · Toronto Star

🔮 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will chair the gathering Friday and Saturday that will set the stage for a G20 leaders summit hosted by President Donald Trump at his Miami golf club in December. assertive

2026-10-31 · Toronto Star

🔮 Top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies will wrap up two days of talks in Atlanta on Saturday without reaching consensus on several critical global security issues after divisions, notably over Russia’s war with Ukraine, overshadowed the start of the meeting. assertive