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At least two Royal Australian Navy Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) will be homeported at HMAS Cairns, strengthening defence industry and regional security in Northern Australia.

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.

China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Monday said that for Japan, the pressing task is to correct the erroneous words and deeds of its leaders on the Taiwan question as soon as possible.

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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran has held another round of discussions with Qatari mediators on ideas that will be presented to the United States, with Washington's final response to be conveyed to Iran through the mediators.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has dismissed published reports about the content of consultations with the Qatari mediator on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, saying such accounts have no basis in reality and that no discussion of the details of the issues took place.

The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on September 27 issued a memorandum to disclose the truth and danger of nuclear proliferation by the U.S., which has irresponsibly neglected its disarmament duty as a nuclear weapons state, plunging the international nuclear non-proliferation system into the worst crisis.

ADV Reliant recently joined Pacific partners to conduct maritime surveillance patrols to detect and deter illegal fishing during Operation Nasse 2026.

On 28 and 29 September, the Federal Council's delegate for Ukraine, Jacques Gerber, will represent Switzerland at Pathways to Peace, the second international conference on returning forcibly transferred or deported Ukrainian children, detained civilians and prisoners of war. Switzerland's participation underpins its ongoing commitment to the protection of those affected by the war against Ukraine and to respect for international law.

Minister of Defence of Ukraine Evgeniy Khmara took part in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (Defence), attended by defence ministers of EU member states.

On Monday, NASA and Boeing provided an update on the company's Starliner spacecraft, including adding additional crew missions and certifying a new rocket for crew transportation to low Earth orbit.

The President congratulated Alexei Likhachev on Nuclear Industry Worker's Day and heard a report on the performance of the holding company.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova in the Kremlin.

The President held a meeting in the Kremlin with leaders of political parties elected to the 9 th State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

Ships, aircraft, and a submarine from the United States and the United Kingdom concluded Exercise Atlantic Thunder 2026, a multi-domain sinking exercise (SINKEX) led by U.S. 6th Fleet, in the North Atlantic, Sept. 25, 2026.

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists successfully completed its first live-site demonstration of an autonomous underwater vehicle-based sonar system designed to locate unexploded ordnance, or UXO, at a Navy munitions response site near Vieques, Puerto Rico, in June.

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In direct support of President Donald J. Trump's commitment to election integrity, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has signed a memorandum directing the Department of War to mobilize a comprehensive, whole-of-government defense of our election infrastructure from foreign adversaries.

US migration externalization arrangements are already putting migrants at heightened risk of human rights violations, including torture and persecution, Human Rights Experts** warned today, as migrant and asylum seeker transfer agreements expand across over 35 countries and territories* where their rights cannot be effectively safeguarded.