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NEW YORK, 11 September 2026 (Ghufran): New York commemorated the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on Friday with a solemn ceremony at Ground Zero, amid controversy over President Donald Trump’s absence and criticism from right-wing groups over the attendance of the city’s first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Trump paid his respects at the Pentagon instead of attending the New York ceremony, where hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center and most of the 2,977 people killed that day lost their lives. Vice President JD Vance and Trump’s four living predecessors — George W. Bush, Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton — gathered at the memorial site in Lower Manhattan. The ceremony, which began shortly after 8:40am local time, was deliberately kept apolitical ...

TEHRAN, 11 September 2026 (Nosheen): Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has strongly criticised the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), accusing him of undermining the organisation’s impartiality and neutrality. Baghaei said IAEA reports were being used by certain countries to build political and legal cases against other states, stressing that the agency’s findings should not be exploited for political purposes. He alleged that the IAEA’s independence and neutrality were increasingly being influenced by political agendas, which he said contradicted the organisation’s fundamental mandate. The Iranian spokesperson stressed that an institution established to contribute to international peace and security should not become part of efforts to cr...

 OTTAWA, 11 September 2026 (Ghufran): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Canada seeking increased military and financial support for Ukraine as the country faces intensified Russian air attacks ahead of winter. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada plans to produce millions of drones over the next two years, with one-third of the drones to be sent to Ukraine to support its defense. Carney said newly announced contracts would increase Canada’s military drone fleet tenfold from its current level of around 2,000 drones. Canada also announced a package of air-defense interceptors worth 350 million Canadian dollars ($254 million), to be delivered to Ukraine through a U.S. mechanism, while Zelenskyy described the assistance as crucial amid a global short...

LONDON, 11 September 2026 (Kamran Raja): Princess Diana’s iconic “revenge dress”, one of the most memorable fashion statements in royal history, is set to go on sale for the first time in nearly three decades, with the legendary black evening gown expected to fetch up to $300,000 at auction. Designed by Greek fashion designer Christina Stambolian, the figure-hugging silk dress will be unveiled at Sotheby’s London on September 18 before travelling to Hong Kong, Geneva and New York ahead of the December 9 auction. Diana wore the striking shoulder-baring dress to a party at London’s Serpentine Gallery on June 29, 1994, the same day her then-husband, now-King Charles III, publicly admitted in a television documentary that he had been unfaithful. She completed the look with black heels, a clutc...