Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Friday for a two-day BRICS summit expected to address the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, along with economic challenges. Putin and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian are expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while China’s Xi Jinping is also due to hold talks.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Sept. 12-13, according to a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson. The summit will focus on charting a course for higher-quality “greater BRICS” cooperation, while pooling the Global South’s strength amid profound global changes.

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Vladimir Putin has arrived in India for the BRICS summit. He last visited the country in December 2025 and also met Narendra Modi this month in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India on September 11-13 for the 18th BRICS summit. He is due to address the BRICS Business Forum’s plenary session, meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visit the Innoprom exhibition organized by the two countries’ industry and trade ministries.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in India, where the capital, New Delhi, will host the BRICS summit. The Il-96 carrying him landed at Palam Air Force Station.

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Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Vladimir Putin will visit India from September 11 to 13 for the BRICS summit. The Russian president is scheduled to address the BRICS Business Forum, meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders, and visit the INNOPROM exhibition with Modi.

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Apple launched its new foldable iPhone on Wednesday with impressive features, but its U.S. starting price of $1,999 left some observers at the Cupertino event wondering whether it would appeal to anyone beyond wealthy technology enthusiasts.

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Apple’s iPhone Duo has entered China’s crowded foldable-phone market, where Chinese internet users are focusing on its price. Cheaper foldables from Xiaomi and Huawei are prompting value comparisons and complicating the product’s reception.

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A Hong Kong court sentenced three activists who had organized annual vigils remembering China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown to prison terms ranging from five to more than seven years. The case is widely viewed as a test of the city’s freedoms as Beijing intensifies its crackdown on dissent.

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A Hong Kong court sentenced three activists who had held annual vigils for the Tiananmen crackdown to between five and seven years in prison on Friday. Prosecutors said their call to “end one-party dictatorship” conflicted with China’s constitutional enshrinement of Communist Party primacy.

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A ferry caught fire near Coron in the Philippines, killing at least five people and leaving 87 missing. Coast guard crews are searching rough seas for those unaccounted for and have rescued survivors.

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Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants have yet to face trial. Although Mohammed’s trial is scheduled for June 2028, victims’ relatives fear further delays and worry they may not live to see convictions. Legal disputes over evidence linked to alleged CIA torture continue to complicate the case.

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This year’s annual September 11 commemoration at Ground Zero will include a new moment of silence for the thousands who died from diseases linked to exposure to toxic ash and rubble at the World Trade Center.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Thursday that the Trump administration is not doing enough to monitor and thwart terrorists who continue to threaten the United States, 25 years after the 9/11 attacks.

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From New York to New Zealand, people too young to remember 9/11 shared voice notes about their experiences. They described how they first learned of the attacks and how, 25 years later, 9/11 continues to shape their views of the United States and the world.

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US President Donald Trump argued that Iran is trying to prolong its conflict with the United States, hoping Democrats return to power and effectively allow Tehran to obtain a nuclear weapon. He also said Iran might already have had nuclear weapons if he had not withdrawn from the JCPOA.

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US President Donald Trump told Fox News that the Iran war could end soon after the November congressional elections, or possibly before the midterms. He said he expects the conflict to end right after the election.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sept. 9 that he believes the war with Iran will end “immediately” after the November midterm elections, adding that Iran “can’t hold out any longer.”

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Anthropic said it detected unauthorized efforts by China-based AI labs, including Alibaba and Moonshot AI, to use its Claude models to improve their own artificial intelligence systems.

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A Dutch tour bus overturned in a serious accident in eastern Switzerland, killing several people and injuring others, police said.

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A teenager was rescued after a deadly boat capsize off the Alaska coast. A Coast Guard pilot spotted the lone survivor sitting atop the overturned vessel in the Bering Sea and described the rescue as an “emotional roller coaster.”

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A 15-year-old boy from Alaska was rescued by the Coast Guard after spending three days lost in the Bering Sea. He had gone fishing with his brother and cousin and was the sole survivor.

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Cilia Flores, the wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, asked a federal judge late Wednesday to release her from jail pending trial, citing what she described as a “serious” heart condition.

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The Guardian-produced film “NAZA” examines what it presents as the Israeli system behind the genocide in Gaza. US filmmaker Rachel Szor and Israeli journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham attended the film’s photocall.

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“NAZA,” a film about the Israeli military’s alleged use of AI to aid the mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, received a record 25-minute standing ovation at its Venice Film Festival premiere on Thursday. It portrays the bombardment through anonymous interviews with 24 Israeli military or intelligence whistleblowers.

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CNN’s Aaron Blake writes that handing every American adult a $5,000 check if Republicans win the midterms could initially make people feel better about the economy. Everyone loves free money, he says—but it is not actually free.

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Jonathan Allen examines President Donald Trump’s latest promise to voters and the political risk behind the proposed $5,000 payout.

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The piece revisits the 2016 debate over whether Donald Trump’s outrageous statements should be taken seriously, literally, both or neither. It argues that the question remains relevant as his rhetoric reaches new levels of absurdity, while too many people continue to get it dangerously wrong.

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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer is asking the Massachusetts judge who presided over her murder trial to find her not guilty by reason of insanity after the mistrial. The lawyer says prosecutors did not prove that, despite her mental illness, she understood killing her three young children was wrong.

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Lindsay Clancy's trial ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict during seven days of deliberations. Her attorney is now asking the judge to impose a not-guilty finding.

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