North Korean leader Kim Jong Un formally apologized to the people of South Korea for the recent killing of a South Korean official, according to a Sept. 25 announcement from South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s office.
The United Arab Emirates has submitted a formal request to the U.S. State Department to purchase American F-35 combat aircraft, Bloomberg reported Sept. 25.
The U.K. town of Llanelli will begin a lockdown on Sept. 26, followed by Cardiff and Swansea on Sept. 28, the BBC has reported. Meanwhile, in Spain, eight additional areas in the Madrid region will begin a partial lockdown on Sept. 28, El Pais has reported.Â
Hong Kong's national security police unit has taken over the case of a university student and his mother who were arrested for possession of a weapons cache at their apartment, South China Morning Post reported Sept. 25.
Farmers and agricultural workers in several Indian states staged protests against a series of new agricultural laws passed earlier this week, Al Jazeera reported Sept. 25.
Hong Kong authorities have arrested prominent activist Joshua Wong for participating in an unauthorized assembly and violating the anti-mask law, South China Morning Post reported Sept. 24.
The Israeli government approved adding restrictions to the country’s Sept. 18 lockdown mandate that will shut down most services and businesses, as well as limit prayer and close public transport, starting Friday afternoon, Times of Israel reported Sept. 24.
Turkey’s central bank raised interest rates from 8.25 percent to 10.25 percent in a regularly scheduled monetary policy committee meeting, marking its first rate hike since 2018, Bloomberg reported Sept. 24.
Turkey and Greece agreed to restart exploratory talks regarding their territorial disputes in the eastern Mediterranean, the first of their kind in four years, Politico reported Sept. 22.
In his first speech before the U.N. General Assembly, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte touted the importance of his country's 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration win, which rejected China's expansive South China Sea claims, Bloomberg reported Sept 22.
