President Donald Trump met on Tuesday with Sanae Takaichi, leader of America’s closest Asian ally, days before a high-stakes trip to Washington by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with the session slated to feature Japan’s ties with its giant neighbor.

Xi Jinping arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday ahead of a high-stakes summit with the U.S. president.

For the Chinese leader's first trip to the US in nearly three years, Trump will greet Xi and his wife on the tarmac when they arrive Wednesday evening at the Maryland military base that hosts Air Force One.

Our North American business correspondent Samira Hussain and senior China correspondent Laura Bicker assess what both sides want from the visit and how the relationship between the two leaders could shape the outcome.

Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to use his UN address on Thursday to berate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for calling him a war criminal, a feud that highlights the Israeli leader's growing isolation ​ahead of elections at home that he may lose.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called for the Israeli prime minister’s arrest.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the "architect of horrific genocide against Palestinians," when asked to respond to a video Netanyahu posted about him.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ⁠on ⁠Tuesday he would use his ⁠speech at the United Nations this week to defend Israel's military ​actions against the Palestinians, while accusing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of supporting Hamas.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to express Australia's "extreme concern" about the incident.

The OpenAI agent hacked a statistics portal containing "non-sensitive" data from Australia's universal healthcare scheme.

Anthony Albanese says the AI agent "infiltrated" a statistics portal on an Australian government website.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent unlawfully accessed public and non-public Medicare data, marking the first known case of an AI system infiltrating a government network. Australia has launched a forensic probe and is scrutinizing OpenAI’s delayed disclosure of the breach. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery reports.

Powerful Hurricane Polo is sending bands of heavy rain across Mexico’s Pacific coast as Tropical Storm Nolo approaches Hawaii with the potential for catastrophic flooding

Hurricane Polo, an "extremely dangerous" storm, is expected to skirt Mexico's Guerrero state, submerging coastal areas with 4 to 6 inches of rain through Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Hurricane Polo's rainbands reached Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday, posing life-threatening flooding risks, the US ​National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Polo has rapidly intensified off the coast of Mexico to become one of the most powerful storms of the season in the Pacific Ocean. A Hurricane Hunter aircraft, operated by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly, that Tehran would never surrender to the US but still believed in diplomacy. His comments came a day after US President Donald Trump used the same forum to threaten to “annihilate” Iran.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to make a rare appearance on the world stage when he speaks at the U.N. General Assembly in what is likely the first time a foreign leader addresses the worl

The defiant speech by President Masoud Pezeshkian marked a striking instance of a foreign leader addressing the world body while their country is at war with the host nation.

Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at U.N. General Assembly a day after President Donald Trump said he could “annihilate” the Islamic republic.

Ahead of Xi's meeting with Trump, Zelensky said the Chinese leader has unique leverage to help end the Ukraine war.

President Donald Trump struck an optimistic tone Tuesday during a bilateral meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly about reaching a deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine,

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that ​he discussed an energy ‌ceasefire and how to end the war with Russia during his ​meeting with U.S. President Donald ​Trump.

President Trump and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky met after Russian missiles and drones struck at least four Ukrainian regions overnight, strikes that officials said killed five people.