Iran says it defused 30 bombs in Tehran, detained 28 — ground.news: 35 media reports — 24 September 2023 (LINK)

Latest talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over mega dam on the Nile end without breakthrough — ground.news main source: AP, 15 media reports — 24 September 2023 (LINK)

Ethnic Armenians "will leave Nagorno-Karabakh" — adviser — cnbc — 24 September 2023 (LINK)

UK Home SecretarySuella Braverman makes fresh attack on European court of human rights — The Guardian UK ● — 24 September 2023 (LINK)

Tentative deal reached to end the Hollywood writers 5-mnoth strike. No deal yet for actors — ground.news: 350 media reports — 24 September 2023 (LINK)

Russian foreign minister lambastes the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech — AP — 23 September 2023 (LINK)

IRS teams up with global agencies to train Ukrainian law officers to combat crypto-enabled crime — cryptopotato — 23 September 2023 (LINK)

The Climate Ambition Summit was notably unambitious, advocates say: one activist compared the new climate pledges announced at the summit to "trying to put out an inferno with a leaking hose". — insideclimatenews ● — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Biden tells Zelenskyy that U.S. will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles, say officials — ground.news: 46 media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Satellite images show increased activity at nuclear test sites in Russia, China and US — ground.news: media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Asylum seekers in Italy told to pay $5,259 to avoid detention — ground.news: 15 media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

EU to disburse $135 mln to Tunisia as part of migration pact — ground.news main source: Reutrs, 12 media reports — 23 September 2023 (LINK)

US pledges $100M to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to Haiti — ground.news: 13 media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Attacks in northern Mali have more than doubled since U.N. peacekeepers completed the first phase of their withdrawal last month after a decade of fighting Islamic extremists, resulting in more than 150 deaths — ground.news main source: AP, 12 media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Yemen's southern leader renews calls for separate state at UN — ground.news: 16 media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Gases from Philippine volcano sicken dozens of children, prompting school closures in 25 nearby towns — ground.news main source: AP, 22 media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

China MeToo activist stands trial for subversion — ground.news: 14 media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez and wife indicted on federal bribery charges> — cbsnews — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Azerbaijan sends food, other aid to Nagorno-Karabakh after ending an offensive against Armenians — ground.news: 19 media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

A cross-party delegation of Australian lawmakers travelled to the US seeking the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, say they had a productive discussion in Washington with the US justice department — ground.news main source: Reuters, 16 media reports — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Murdoch Family Trust: The real battle over succession has yet to begin — Reuters ● — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Italian mafia boss Matteo Denaro dies aged 61 after cancer battle — thethaiger — 22 September 2023 (LINK)

Gunmen kidnap dozens in Nigerian university — ground.news: 8 media reports — 23 September 2023 (LINK)

Afghans who arrived in US 15 March 2022-20 September 2022 get temporary legal status from Biden administration: some 14,600 Afghan migrants affected — ground.news main source: AP, 18 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Biden announces $325 million in Ukraine aid during Zelensky visit — Axios — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Poland to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine over grain row — ground.news: 96 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Brazil's Supreme Court upholds indigenous land protections in win for Lula — ground.news: 28 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

UN reports says West Bank settler violence has displaced more than 1,100 Palestinians since 2022 — ground.news: 10 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Wildfire-prone California to consider new rules for property insurance pricing — ground.news main source: Reuters, 48 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Sam Bankman-Fried to remain behind bars; US Appeals Court denies bail — coinpedia.org — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Airbnb removes 59,000 fake listings, blocks 157,000 fake accounts Additionally, the company said that over 260,000 listings have adjusted or eliminated cleaning service fees — ground.news: 42 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Mexican cartels rank as nation's fifth-largest employer: study — ground.news main source: Science, 10 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Toshiba: Troubled electronics and energy giant to leave stock market after more than 70 years — ground.news main source: AP, 23 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

— Toshiba's privatization comes after a series of challenges, including a sprawling accounting scandal in 2015 and losses in its nuclear energy business. The company also faces the daunting task of decommissioning the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Despite the delisting, Toshiba's CEO is determined to improve its value. A consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners has purchased a majority stake in Toshiba, allowing the company to go private. The deal is worth $14bn and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Ukraine suspends spokeswoman from US over unapproved comments, alleged spat with rightwings Sen. J.D. Vance — ground.news: 17 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Azerbaijan and Armenian forces reach cease-fire deal for breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, officials say — ground.news: 161 media reports — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

— Armenian separatists effectively surrender control of their territory to the Azeri government.

UN chief puts spotlight on 'movers,' excludes US, China at climate summit and also missing from the list of invited speakers: the United Arab Emirates, the host of the COP28 gathering in December — sReuters ● — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

UN rights experts report a rise of efforts in Venezuela to squelch democracy ahead of 2024 election — ground.news main source: AP, 20 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)

Son Of ousted Gabon leader held in corruption case — ground.news: 11 media reports — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

Britain delays ban on new petrol and diesel cars to 2035 — ground.news main source: AP, 49 media reports — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

Swiss parliament approves ban on full-face coverings like burqas, and sets fine for violators — ground.news main source: AP, 12 media reports — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

Vietnam detains energy policy think-tank chief, human rights group says — ground.news main source: AP, 14 media reports — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

Pacific islands nation Niue sells stakes in ocean protection to fund conservation — ground.news main source: AP, 33 media reports — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

Fed declines to hike, but points to rates staying higher for longer — ground.news: 126 media reports — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

Trump jumps to 47-point lead over GOP rivals in national poll — ground.news: 8 media reports — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

Vietnam detains energy policy think-tank chief, human rights group says — ground.news: 14 media reports — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

Consciousness theory slammed as 'pseudoscience' — sparking uproar — nature — 20 September 2023 (LINK)

UN chief says people are looking to leaders for action and a way out of the current global 'mess' — ground.news main source: AP, 18 media reports — 19 September 2023 (LINK)

80% of people with high blood pressure don't get proper treatment, WHO says — ground.news: 12 media reports — 19 September 2023 (LINK)

Israel kills four Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank: three during a raid in the occupied West Bank at Jenin refugee camp, wounding 20 more, and another in a separate incident in the blockaded Gaza Strip, as Israel bars entry to thousands of Palestinian labourers from the coastal enclave — Al Jazeera — 19 September 2023 (LINK)

timesofisrael: Military says it used suicide drone against gunmen during arrest raid: A local wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group said its members opened fire at Israeli forces and detonated explosive devices — (LINK)

Libya flood: Derna mayor's house burnt down in protests — BBC — 19 September 2023 (LINK)

'Credible evidence' India behind alleged assassination of Sikh leader, says Trudeau — The Guardian ● — 19 September 2023 (LINK)

India rejects allegations of Canada's prime minister in the slaying of a Sikh activist as absurd — (LINK)

India expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat move as row over assassinated Sikh activist deepens — (LINK)

Argentina's former detention and torture site added to UNESCO World Heritage list — ground.news: 31 media reports — 19 September 2023 (LINK)

US national debt hits $33T for first time in history — ground.news: 13 media reports — 18 September 2023 (LINK)

— Janet Yellen, the Treasury Secretary, is not yet concerned about the U.S. national debt, which stands at nearly $33 trillion, as she believes that the interest payments on the debt are under control and represented 1.86% of GDP in 2022.

Oil closes in on $95 per barrel, keeping gas prices near summer highs — ground.news: 9 media reports — 18 September 2023 (LINK)

Attack on Turkish-backed opposition fighters in Syria kills 13 of the militants, activists say — ground.news main source: AP, 14 media reports — 19 September 2023 (LINK)

Peru declares state of emergency in parts of capital after crime spike — ground.news main source: Reuters, 8 media reports — 18 September 2023 (LINK)

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence — ground.news main source: AP, 17 media reports — 18 September 2023 (LINK)

Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life — phys.org — 18 September 2023 (LINK)

Five Americans freed in prisoner swap with Iran, official says — will unfreeze Iranian funds worth $6 billion in exchange — ground.news: 124 media reports — 18 September 2023 (LINK)

'El Chapo' son Ovidio Guzmán López pleads not guilty to US drug and money laundering charges — ground.news: 100 media reports — 18 September 2023 (LINK)

Leading the way: 7 lessons for banks from crypto nation Switzerland — LinkedIn — 19 September 2023 (LINK)

Hunter Biden sues IRS for alleged breach of his privacy by leaking his private tax return information to the media — ground.news: 124 media reports — 18 September 2023 (LINK)

Taiwan says 103 Chinese warplanes flew toward the island in a new daily high in recent times — ground.news: 58 media reports — 18 September 2023 (LINK)