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Pakistan to Host SCO Summit in August 2027 as Coordinators’ Meeting Concludes in Islamabad
September 30, 2026
The three-day meeting under Pakistan's 2026-27 chairmanship drew an Indian delegation for the first time in nearly two years, days after the two countries sparred at the UN…
11-Year-Old Bodhana Sivanandan Becomes Youngest-Ever Woman Grandmaster
September 30, 2026
SAMARKAND — Eleven-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan has become the youngest-ever Woman Grandmaster, securing her third and final norm at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, People reported Monday. The…
Morocco Names Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as First Woman Prime Minister
September 30, 2026
RABAT — King Mohammed VI on Monday appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as prime minister of Morocco, making the 50-year-old lawyer the first woman to lead a Moroccan…
U.S. and China Agree to Cut Tariffs on $60 Billion of Goods
September 30, 2026
WASHINGTON — The United States and China have agreed to cut tariffs on $60 billion worth of goods under a “30-for-30” framework covering $30 billion each in non-sensitive…
Trump Denies Offering Iran Sanctions Relief: ‘I Offered Them NOTHING’
September 30, 2026
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied offering Iran sanctions relief, writing on Truth Social that “I offered them NOTHING,” Reuters reported. The post was a direct…
Israel Kills Senior Hamas Commander Izz al-Din Al-Beik in Gaza Airstrike
September 30, 2026
GAZA CITY — Israel killed senior Hamas commander Izz al-Din Al-Beik in a dawn airstrike on Gaza City’s Nasr neighbourhood on Tuesday, Reuters reported. The strike hit in…
U.S. Completes Military Withdrawal From Iraq, Ending 12-Year Operation
September 30, 2026
IRBIL — The last American troops have departed Iraq’s Irbil air base, completing the United States’ military withdrawal from the country, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The final…
Zark News Daily Briefing: September 29, 2026
September 29, 2026
Today’s top stories: U.S. forces prepare to exit Iraq after two decades; Nepal floods and landslides kill at least 21; 838 killed as Yemen’s war reignites; Wall Street…
Nepal Floods and Landslides Kill at Least 21, Leave 5 Missing
September 29, 2026
KATHMANDU — At least 21 people have been killed and five remain missing after four days of torrential rain triggered floods and landslides across Nepal, the country’s disaster…
Prosecutors Reopen Cornell ‘Gang Rape’ Case for Grand Jury
September 29, 2026
ITHACA, N.Y. — Prosecutors in New York have reopened a criminal investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, saying they will present…
Stocks Slide as 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 19-Year High
September 29, 2026
NEW YORK — Wall Street opened the week in the red as a surge in Treasury yields rattled investors already anxious about inflation driven by the Iran war.…
WHO Says 800 Killed as Yemen’s War Reignites
September 29, 2026
SANAA — More than 800 people have been killed and thousands more injured or displaced since fighting between the Iran-backed Houthi militia and the Saudi-backed government reignited in…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Prisons Cut Transgender Care
September 29, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow federal prisons to enforce restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender inmates, putting another culture-war issue…
U.S. Forces Exit Iraq After Two Decades, Leaving Opening for Iran
September 29, 2026
BAGHDAD — U.S. forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, ending more than two decades of American military presence in a…
NASA Marks First Six Months of Moon Base Push: “We’re Going Back to Stay”
September 29, 2026
NASA's "Moon Base: The First Six Months" video recaps the agency's progress toward a permanent lunar outpost — commercial lander and rover partners, phase-one infrastructure through 2028, and…
Crew-13 Docks at International Space Station in Record-Fast U.S. Flight
September 29, 2026
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 docked with the International Space Station at 7:05 p.m. EDT Oct. 1, completing the fastest launch-to-docking flight by a U.S. spacecraft in ISS history.
Coast Guard Hoists Ill Mariner From Ship 100 Miles East of St. Maarten in Long-Range Rescue
September 29, 2026
An Air Station Borinquen aircrew hoisted a 46-year-old mariner from a commercial vessel about 100 nautical miles east of St. Maarten and flew him to a trauma center…
Pacific in 60: Air Force Recaps Atlas Angel II, Super Garuda Shield 26 and Royal Danish Air Force March
September 29, 2026
The U.S. Air Force's "Pacific in 60" for September 1, 2026 recaps the kickoff of Exercise Atlas Angel II in Sri Lanka, a multinational engineering project in Indonesia…
Rubio on Ukraine Energy Strikes: “How Do You Know We Haven’t Asked Russia to Stop”
September 29, 2026
Pressed at the U.N. General Assembly on why Washington is leaning on Kyiv over refinery strikes inside Russia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back: "How do you…
Xi Jinping at the White House: U.S. and China Must Develop AI “for Good”
September 29, 2026
In rare remarks at the White House, China's Xi Jinping said both nations are "leading nations in artificial intelligence" with a shared responsibility to keep AI "always under…