Debate opened at the UN General Assembly and leaders from across the world made their arguments.

Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi broke the women’s Rubik’s Cube world record twice in three days, averaging under 4.5 seconds.

Young voters are being courted with football slogans, promises of jobs and anti-Israel rallying calls.

Shadrack Sibiya, who has made no comment, is alleged to have groomed a 16-year-old and raped an 18-year-old.

In his address, the US president pondered whether a peace deal would be agreed or whether he would have to take extreme action against Iran.

The G7 also condemns "in the strongest terms" Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, saying that the escalation in fighting in Yemen jeopardises global energy security.

Three Palestinians killed in Gaza, settlers raze olive trees in West Bank village A Palestinian was killed, and three others were injured, on late Tuesday night in Israeli shelling near al-Nafaq Street, east of Gaza City, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Earlier, two Palestinians were killed and several others injured when Israeli forces targeted a group of Palestinians near Muscat School in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood, northeast of Gaza City, according to Wafa. Meanwhile, Palestinian media outlets reported detentions and damage to Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank: Olive trees razed: Israeli settlers on Tuesday night razed Palestinian-owned land planted with olive trees in the town of Huwwara, south of Nablus. Palestinian arrested: Israeli forces 'abducted' a Palestinian, Qutaiba Imad Abu Arra, after storming his home in the town of Aqaba, north of Tubas, in the occupied West Bank, Quds News Network reported.  Vehicle set on fire: In Hebron, near Qussa village, close to the city of Yatta, Israeli settlers set fire to a vehicle belonging to Palestinian workers following a pursuit, according to Al Jazeera.

Iran's supreme leader hails IRGC in hand-written note, IRNA reports Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei, has hailed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force for its “tireless efforts”, according to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).  According to IRNA, Khamenei’s hand-written note addressed to the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force read: “You have written very little about your own tireless efforts and those of your unsung, humble comrades—as is ever the way of the sincere.” “Yet, by divine wisdom, the outcome of this quality is—God willing—the affection and esteem that the Almighty (Glory be to Him) bestows upon the sincere, along with manifold blessings and victories.”   

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists that Kyiv is ready to halt strikes on Russian energy infrastructure if Moscow does the same, with hopes to end the war before winter.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded for “a world built on interdependence” Tuesday as he made his final address to the annual gathering of world leaders convening to face a formidable menu of challenges, from climate change and war to inequality and the rise of artificial intelligence. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Washington for a state visit, receiving an unusual planeside welcome from President Donald Trump. This gesture underscores efforts to honor Xi despite existing tensions between the U.S. and China.

There is “simply no alternative” to the two-state solution, the UN secretary-general said on Tuesday, warning that time is running out as the foundations of a future Palestinian state are being dismantled. Antonio Guterres delivered his remarks during a closed high-level meeting on the two-state solution chaired by France and Saudi Arabia on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. “One year ago, many of your countries joined others in recognizing the State of Palestine,” he told the gathering,

Heavy security was deployed in South Sudan on Tuesday as the president prepared to dissolve the government for the first-ever election, with analysts warning that last-minute legal changes give him total control over the transition

Noma is a rapidly progressing and often fatal infection of the face and mouth. It begins with gum inflammation in malnourished children living in polluted environments and quickly spreads to destroy soft tissues and bones. It mostly affects 2- to 6-year-old children, especially in poor communities.