September 29, 2025

MIDDLE EAST | Update from regional conflicts:

• Ahead of a White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel is working with the U.S. on a new ceasefire plan for Gaza. [more]

UKRAINE | Today is day 1,313 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates:

• Ukrainian officials say Russia launched 595 drones and 48 missiles at targets in multiple Ukrainian regions yesterday, killing at least four people and wounding 70 others. [more]
• In an interview taped Friday, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said the U.S. is reviewing a request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sell long-range U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. Reports note that Tomahawk missiles have a range of about 1,000 miles, which would put Moscow within the range of Ukrainian forces. [more]
• The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency says emergency diesel generators continue being used to power cooling and safety systems at Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after power lines to the plant were severed last Tuesday. [more]

U.S. GUN VIOLENCE | Authorities say two U.S. Marine Corps veterans are suspected of carrying out separate shooting attacks over the weekend – one in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, and one in Southport, North Carolina.

• Police say Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, who was killed at the scene, drove a pickup truck into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, yesterday and proceeded to open fire on attendees of a Sunday service and set the facility on fire. At least four people were killed, and eight others were wounded, in the incident. [more]
• Nigel Edge, 40, of Oak Island, has been accused of opening fire from a boat at a crowded waterfront bar Saturday night in Southport, North Carolina, killing at least three people and injuring five others. Authorities say Edge is now in police custody. [more]

U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDING | Majority and minority leaders of both the House and Senate are scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House for talks today ahead of tomorrow's deadline for passing legislation to extend government funding or face a potential government shutdown. Republican leaders are seeking to keep funding for federal operations at current levels, while Democratic leaders are demanding the extension of federal health care benefits that are due to expire. [more]

U.S. MILITARY | President Donald Trump will reportedly attend a summit of top U.S. military officers tomorrow at Quantico Marine Corp Base in Virginia. Some 800 generals and admirals serving around the world were summoned to gather at the meeting late last week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a move analysts have described as unusual. [more]

U.S. POLITICS | Following similar moves by Republicans in Texas and Democrats in California, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a new congressional map for his state into law yesterday as part of moves backed by President Donald Trump aimed at trying to retain Republican control of the House of Representatives in next year's congressional elections. [more]

OREGON | Despite objections by state and city leaders, President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he intends to deploy federalized National Guard troops to "protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists." Trump further noted that he was authorizing troops to use "Full Force," but did not clarify what was meant by that phrase. State leaders have filed a lawsuit in an effort to prevent the deployment. [more]

U.S. CITIZENSHIP | The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship – a long-standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." [more]

NEW YORK | In a social media post yesterday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that he is suspending his struggling reelection campaign. [more]

U.S. WEATHER | South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has declared a state of emergency and storm warnings have been issued in multiple states in the south-eastern U.S. as Tropical Storm Imelda is set to begin impacting the region later today. [more]

IRAN | The United Nations has reimposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program after the U.N. Security Council rejected a last-minute effort by Russia and China on Friday to extend the deadline for Iran to reach an agreement on international demands to allow U.N. inspections of its nuclear facilities. Iran condemned the move, but has yet to announce a formal response to the renewed sanctions. [more]

MOLDOVA | With nearly all ballots counted, election data indicates that the pro-European Union Party of Action and Solidarity has won Moldova's parliamentary election with 50.1% support, while the Russia-friendly Patriotic Electoral Bloc received 24.2% of the vote. [more]

VIETNAM | At least 12 deaths in central Vietnam have been linked to the former Typhoon Bualoi, which moved into neighboring Laos today as a weakened tropical storm. [more]

INDIA | Officials say at least 40 people died, and more than 100 others were injured, Saturday in a stampede at a political rally held by actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu. [more]

DENMARK | Following recent drone flights that disrupted operations at multiple Danish airports, Denmark imposed a ban on civilian drone flights yesterday, and France, Germany, and Sweden say they will send military personnel and anti-drone systems to Denmark to boost security for this week's E.U. leaders' and European Political Community summits in Copenhagen. [more]

ECUADOR | Reports say at least one civilian was killed, and 12 soldiers were injured, yesterday in clashes between authorities and Indigenous protesters sparked by demonstrations over a recent government cut to fuel subsidies. [more]

NAMIBIA | Government officials say more than 500 soldiers have been deployed to help fight a wildfire that started last Monday and has burned about 30% of Namibia's 8,600-square-mile Etosha National Park. [more]

SURINAME | The government of Suriname has announced a pledge to permanently protect 90% of its tropical forests. Reports note that about 93% of the South American country is covered by tropical rainforest and that the protection pledge far surpasses the "30x30" U.N.-backed goal for countries to protect 30% of land and oceans by 2030. [more]

GOLF | Europe clinched a win over the U.S. yesterday in the Ryder Cup golf tournament – their 11th win over the U.S. in the last 14 tournaments. This year's event, held at New York's Bethpage Black course, was marred by what reports say was nearly constant heckling and verbal abuse of European players by the largely American crowds of spectators. [more]

COLLEGE FOOTBALL | Following weekend games, Ohio State remains at No. 1 atop the AP Top 25 College Football Poll, followed by Oregon, Miami, Ole Miss, and Oklahoma. After beating then-No. 8 Florida State, 46-38, on Friday night, Virginia enters the poll for the first time in six years at No. 24. [full poll] [more]

WEEKEND MOVIES | "One Battle After Another" topped the North American box office over the weekend with an estimated $22.4 million in receipts, followed by "Gabby’s Dollhouse" and "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle." [more]

TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 1923, set in motion by the Balfour Declaration of 1917, the British mandate for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine was approved by the Council of the League of Nations. [more history]