A federal jury in San Jose has found American Airlines liable for $9.6 million in damages after a California man, Jesus Plasencia, suffered two strokes during an international flight and the airline failed to follow its own medical emergency protocols.
In a controversial move, lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro have approved a bill to offer bonuses to police officers for killing "criminals," drawing widespread condemnation from human rights advocates.
On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen traveled to Nuuk, Greenland, to formally and personally apologize for a forced birth control campaign conducted decades ago by Danish officials.
During his address to the U.N. General Assembly, on September 24, 2025, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed that Iran will never build a nuclear bomb.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a contentious and lengthy address to the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he criticized European nations, qualified the world body as "ineffective," doubled down on his climate change denial, and suggested that Ukraine could "win" its war against Russia.
During the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2025, the body overwhelmingly voted to allow Palestinian representatives to participate virtually after the U.S. denied entry visas to President Mahmoud Abbas and other officials.