Trump with Middle Eastern leaders:

I know these people. They’re brilliant people.

High energy, maybe sometimes too high energy, right?

We could use the brilliance and a little bit of a lower energy on occasion.

Trump on Iran:

Either we’re gonna make a deal, or it’s gonna end very, very quickly.

It will end so quickly your head will spin.

Turkish President Erdogan met UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham at UN headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly.

The leaders discussed Türkiye–UK relations, regional issues and global developments.

Canadian PM Mark Carney:

In Gaza, immense human suffering continues.

Next door, Israelis continue to live with existential threats from Hamas and from Iran and its proxies.

Canadian PM Mark Carney:

I’m announcing C$100 million in international assistance for Palestine, C$80 million of which is for humanitarian aid and C$20 million to support peace and security capacity building.

The Trump administration plans to admit up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next year, according to a notice sent to Congress.

The State Department said the refugee slots will primarily go to Afrikaners, whom Trump has claimed face persecution in South Africa.

The South African government rejects claims of racial persecution, saying Afrikaners are not facing genocide.

Source: CBS News

Cybercrime group ShinyHunters said it breached the FBI and stole data on current and former bureau employees, including agents and job applicants.

The group claimed it accessed information on “almost ALL FBI Agents” and released samples as proof.

Source: Reuters

Trump:

We're gonna someday drop Marco Rubio off in the middle of Cuba. On the way back from Iran, we're gonna have one of those big, beautiful aircraft carriers drop him off.

Chris Christie says he is considering a third presidential run in 2028 but wants to see the 2026 midterm results first.

Christie previously ran for president in 2016 and 2024.

Netanyahu will make a very brief U.S. visit this week to address the UN General Assembly, spending only a few hours in the New York area before returning to Israel.

He is expected to land in New Jersey rather than at JFK, partly over concerns about protests and possible complications involving New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Source: ynet

Netanyahu’s UN speech is expected to focus heavily on Iran, with aides saying it will contain unspecified “surprises.”

Israel’s delegation is also preparing for possible heckling or a coordinated walkout during the speech.

Source: ynet

IRNA reports that an explosion was heard near Iran’s Qeshm Island.

The sound appeared to come from the sea, with no reported impact on the island itself.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa:

I had nothing to do with 9/11. I was 13 years old at that time. I didn’t know anything about this stuff.

Of course, I am sorry for all the victims, both in the U.S. and those who fell in the Middle East because of the policies that were pursued there.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa:

I don’t believe that it’s an appropriate time to discuss things that happened 25 years ago. I was at a different age, and the conditions in the region were different.

Ending the war with Iran has become a top White House priority, according to U.S. officials, despite Trump publicly saying he is comfortable with the conflict continuing through the November midterms.

Source: WaPo

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa:

It’s a right for the Kurds who are living in Syria to have their cultural and linguistic rights recognized in Syria.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa:

At the end of the day, we agreed that Kurdish-inhabited areas are going to learn in the Kurdish language.

After 100 years, the Kurds had their rights recognized.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent could become Trump’s new AI czar as the administration prepares to create a new AI adviser role and an “AI force.”

Source: Reuters

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Israel:

We almost reached 90% of an agreement with Israel, but then Israel withdrew from the agreement for different reasons they put in place.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa:

The Golan Heights are Syrian territory under the recognition of the UN.

There’s no discussion about those territories and to whom they belong.