The US Senate confirmed Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown as its new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman,the debris of a missing F-35 jet was located in South Carolina,the US and Saudi Arabia explored a defense pact,South Korea detained 17 US soldiers for alleged drug trafficking,and Taiwanese officials criticized China's rise in military activities near the island.Meanwhile, Armenian and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire amid ongoing clashes,Sudan's army chief warned that its conflict may spill over to neighboring regions,and at least six Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces.

On Monday, the New York Times published an investigation claiming evidence "strongly suggests" Ukraine was behind a Sept. 6 attack on the Donetsk city of Kostiantynivka - a strike Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy had blamed on Russia.On Tuesday, Zelenskyy spoke at the UN General Assembly, which saw him accuse Russia of committing genocide and of "kidnapping" tens of thousands of children.His speech came the same day that 48 children from the Donbas region - which Russia claimed to have annexed last year - reportedly arrived in Belarus, with Western media linking it to allegations that Minsk had forcibly removed over 2K children from Ukraine.Meanwhile, amid a growing dispute over Ukrainian grain imports, Poland said on Wednesday that it would stop sending weapons to its neighbor.Zelenskyy challenged the decision and, without directly naming Warsaw, accused "some in Europe" of playing "political theater."Elsewhere, Ukraine attacked Russia's Black Sea fleet headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Friday.

The UN's annual General Assembly began,the US and China launched two economic working groups,Saudi Arabia said it's moving closer to normalizing relations with Israel,and the US and Iran completed a prisoner swap.Meanwhile, India and Canada clashed over the murder of a Sikh activist,China allegedly barred three Indian athletes from its Hangzhou Asian Games,Japan called on China to remove a buoy in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ),and the Philippines accused China of damaging the coral reefs in its EEZ.In other news, Chinese tech giant Huawei allegedly circumvented US export controls,the UK charged five Bulgarians with spying for Russia,and Italy passed stricter measures to deter migrant arrivals.

The government prepared for a shutdown amid GOP opposition to its spending bill,Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Serviceas he prepared to plead not guilty to three federal gun charges,Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife were indicted on bribery charges,and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted.Meanwhile, Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee,former Oath Keepers member Ray Epps was charged for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riots,Donald Trump Jr.'s X account was hacked,and Pres. Joe Biden gave a speech in New York.In other news, Biden offered Temporary Protected Status to 472K Venezuelans,former Pres. Donald Trump pledged to send troops to the US-Mexico border if re-elected,Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton said she won't seek re-election,and the White House announced its first office of gun violence prevention.

Iran passed a bill to increase penalties for dress code violations,Tunisian authorities arrested and released a cartoonist who is well-known for mocking Pres. Kais Saied,and Brazil's Supreme Court ruled to restore an Indigenous group's rights to its ancestral land.Meanwhile, an Indonesian woman was jailed over a TikTok video,and the UN recorded 1.6K instances of abuse against detainees in Taliban custodyand warned of ongoing crimes against humanity in Ethiopia.

A report warned that around 35M US homes are "essentially uninsurable" due to climate risks,Biden launched the American Climate Corps,California sued some of the world's largest fossil fuel companies,and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey banned state agencies from buying plastic bottles.Meanwhile, a study reported that Antarctica's sea ice level is at its lowest in 36 years,Australia warned that the El Niño weather pattern would bring dry conditions,and at least 10 people were killed in a tornado in China.

The International Criminal Court said it had been hacked,a cyberattack disrupted Clorox's operations,a child died of an apparent drug overdose at a New York City daycare,media personality Russell Brand was accused of sexual assault,and Venezuela seized control of a gang-run prison.

Elon Musk floated the idea of paywalling X,Rupert Murdoch stepped down from Fox,technology giant Cisco bought AI firm Splunk,and bankrupt crypto exchange FTX sued the parents of its founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

Global debt surged to a record $307T,the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged,and the US considered banning medical debt from individuals' credit reports.

Musk’s Neuralink began recruiting people for its first brain implant trial,Google expanded its AI bot to other products,and a NASA capsule carrying pieces of an asteroid landed in Utah.

Dozens were killed after a bus accident in Peru..