26 September 2025
United States
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of senior officers to Virginia for a meeting. Hundreds of generals and admirals have to travel from across the globe for this unusual meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, but there is no official word on the meeting’s agenda. There are rumours that it may be a mass firing, a fitness test, or even just a general lecture on the direction the department is taking.
South Korea
South Korean forces fired warning shots at a North Korean merchant vessel that crossed the disputed sea border between the two countries in the Yellow Sea for up to an hour. The North Korean ship retreated from the South’s maritime control area after dozens of warning shots were fired by the South Korean military.
US-Ukraine
In a closed-door meeting at the UN, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested “Tomahawk” Land Attack Cruise Missiles from President Trump. The missiles have a 2400km range and could easily strike Moscow. Trump is reportedly open to selling them to Ukraine.
Iran
The United Nations Security Council will vote today on a resolution proposed by Russia and China to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran for six months, but diplomats said it was unlikely to pass. All U.N. sanctions on Iran are due to be reimposed at 8 p.m. EDT on Saturday (0000 GMT) after Britain, France and Germany triggered a 30-day process accusing Tehran of violating a 2015 deal with world powers aimed at preventing it from developing a nuclear weapon.
West Africa
The French Navy seized nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine off the West African coast. Since the beginning of the year, 54 tonnes of drugs have been seized in the area. In particular, seizures of cocaine have risen due to increased smuggling from South America to Africa and then onto Europe.
Social Media Wires
Trump accuses the UN of sabotage
French President Macron gets roasted by Erdogan
Feature Photo: “Tomahawk cruise missile at American Air Museum” – Wikimedia Commons, 2025
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