Erdoğan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi agreed in New York that Türkiye will gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zilkan camp it has held near Mosul since 2015. Iraq pledged tighter security in the area and the removal from Sinjar of armed groups Ankara considers a threat. No handover date has been set yet.
Justice Minister Akın Gürlek said 45 suspects have now been remanded in custody in the investigation into the 131 investment funds regulators began winding down last week, up from the 25 facing prosecution reported on 22 September. Legal action has now been taken against 76 people in total, with 14 still in police custody and 12 more being sought.
Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş said parliament will quickly form a monitoring commission when the new legislative year opens on 1 October, to oversee the "terror-free Türkiye" process. The panel follows an August law under which the PKK's promised full disarmament would postpone legal proceedings against some of its members for five to ten years.
The three countries' top generals met to coordinate support for Saudi Arabia after its air defences intercepted six Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Taif and Yanbu. It is the first such meeting since Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a mutual-defence pact in Mecca on 7 August, under which an attack on one is treated as an attack on all three.
EU governments agreed to release the €6.6 billion from the European Peace Facility that Hungary had vetoed since spring 2023. Of the total, 900 million euros goes to the EU's military training mission for Ukraine, 1 billion euros funds joint equipment purchases, and 4.7 billion euros reimburses member states that already sent their own military aid.
Brussels confirmed that Prime Minister Péter Magyar's government, in office since April, will take only 5.4 billion euros of the 16.4 billion euros originally allocated to Hungary under the EU's SAFE defence loan programme. Magyar had asked to reassess the deal over alleged corruption risks linked to the previous Orbán government.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine's $27 billion defence funding gap is mostly for drones and missiles, with about a third needed specifically for drones for January to March. He said Ukraine must place and pay for those orders in October and November or face serious shortages this winter, and that talks with the EU, the IMF and private financial groups have had a positive response.
A drone struck a 16-storey apartment block in Kyiv's Pecherskyi district overnight, killing a 14-year-old boy and eventually wounding 20 people as the barrage continued into the morning. Russia launched nearly 300 drones at Ukraine overnight, with buildings also damaged in three other districts of the capital.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi outlined a proposal at the UN General Assembly under which Iran would reopen the strait on day six if the US lifts its naval blockade and oil sanctions and backs a ceasefire, with talks on a final deal starting on day seven. The offer closely mirrors a June memorandum of understanding but on a faster timetable. Washington has not confirmed acceptance, calling talks with Tehran "positive and constructive".
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US and China agreed to extend their trade truce, due to expire in November, to 10 January. Tariffs, Chinese purchases of US goods, rare-earth supplies and technology restrictions remain unresolved. Xi urged Washington to handle Taiwan cautiously and reiterated Beijing's opposition to independence for the island; no change in the US position was announced.
President Mahmoud Abbas reaffirmed the 28 November legislative vote will go ahead despite serious doubts inside his own Fatah movement, which has not faced an election since Hamas won in 2006 and took control of Gaza. Israel has refused to let ballot boxes, papers and ink into Gaza, nearly two million Palestinians there remain displaced, and Palestinians in East Jerusalem would need Israeli permission to take part. Candidate registration was due to open on 26 September.
Police and prosecutors are investigating several fraud complaints over the September 13 vote, centred on Left Party MP-elect Mohamed Abdukardir Ali, who unexpectedly leapfrogged other candidates after reports of pre-marked ballots. Ali has taken leave while the case is investigated. A confirmed fraud finding could force a re-run in one constituency, putting up to 11 seats back in play just as the centre-left tries to turn its one-seat majority into a government.