Türkiye Set to Gain Observer Status at Ibero-American Summit
The decision on Ankara's associate observer role is expected to be formalized when leaders meet in Madrid on November 4-5.
The decision on Ankara's associate observer role is expected to be formalized when leaders meet in Madrid on November 4-5.
The Chinese president said Beijing and Washington should work to turn a shared vision of strategic stability into concrete outcomes.
In a Guardian opinion piece, former international editor Steve Bloomfield argues that France's Macron struck a tone at the UN that could encourage other 'middle power' leaders to more openly resist Donald Trump.

Pakistan will host the inaugural meeting of the SCO's Council of National Coordinators from September 28-30 under its chairmanship of the bloc's Council of Heads of State.
Han Zheng said Beijing will continue pushing for a political settlement to the conflict through negotiation.
As bombing continues in several conflict zones, Al Jazeera's Emma Withrow put the question to Qatari official Al Anoud Al Thani: does diplomacy still work?
Moscow says the new negotiation process will be open to all interested Eurasian states and grounded in sovereign equality, inclusiveness and transparency.

Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov said senior executives from international organizations plan to attend the event.

Hungary's president said the United Nations is facing a "crisis of trust" and urged the organization to demonstrate that it can still function effectively.
Petr Pavel warned that artificial intelligence could cause serious harm without effective safeguards, even as it offers major benefits.

Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and several other heads of state are among more than 50 leaders absent from this year's UN General Assembly, citing illness, domestic matters and scheduling conflicts.
More than 80 years after its founding, the UN continues to face conflicts and atrocities it was created to prevent, Al Jazeera reports.
While all UN member states get a vote, five countries hold powers the other 188 do not, Al Jazeera explains.

The news outlet traces Iran's decades-long history under international sanctions, dating back to the 1979 revolution, in a new explainer.
Ione Belarra, leader of Spain's left-wing Podemos party, told Anadolu Agency that global measures against Israel fall far short of what is needed, calling for the country's expulsion from international organizations and a full severance of military and trade ties.

An opinion article argues that international relations lacks vocabulary for powerful states whose actions cause global harm, contrasting existing terms used for weak or failing states.

Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev says the Shanghai Cooperation Organization supports a legally binding international agreement to keep weapons out of space.

Rex Li, a professor of international relations at King's College London, told France 24 that Beijing is promoting an alternative security order but has yet to offer concrete proposals for the Middle East conflict.

A senior official from the Collective Security Treaty Organization said global contradictions are rising as international mechanisms struggle to resolve disputes between states and blocs, according to TASS.

Summit participants said such measures have far-reaching negative effects on human rights and violate international law, according to TASS.