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On 16 September 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed opening the door for Canada to become the European Union’s first “associate member” during her State of the Union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was present at the address, and Canada and the European Union are scheduled to hold a summit in late October 2026.
The 69th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference is being held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 19 September 2026. The Parliament of South Africa and the CPA South Africa Branch are hosting the conference under the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association framework.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 12 and 13 September 2026. The meeting was the highest-level engagement between Iran and the United Arab Emirates since the start of the West Asia conflict.
The 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi, India, on 12 September 2026. At the summit, BRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration and discussed reforms in global governance, the United Nations, and international financial institutions.
The 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi, India, from 12 to 13 September 2026. The New Delhi Declaration 2026 reaffirmed the grouping’s support for trade and investment in local currencies and called for practical cross-border payment solutions that are fast, low-cost, accessible, efficient, transparent and safe.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held bilateral talks on 12 September 2026 on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi. The two leaders discussed the boundary question between India and China, which concerns the Line of Actual Control and the wider India-China border framework.
India dispatched the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal on 12 September 2026. The consignment was handed over to Nepal’s Road Division in Hetauda for installation in the Betrawati area of Nuwakot district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised concerns over the weaponisation of technology and critical minerals at the BRICS summit held in New Delhi on 14 September 2026. He linked access to technology, mineral processing, and supply chains with shared prosperity, global resilience, and cooperation among BRICS members.
India and the United States have expanded cooperation on undersea cable networks under the US-India TRUST (Transforming the Relationship Utilising Strategic Technologies) Initiative. The partnership covers subsea systems that carry more than 95% of global digital traffic and support international communications, financial services, cloud computing, and the global digital economy.
U.S. federal health officials declared the largest recorded multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak over on 11 September 2026. The outbreak was linked to processed iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico, supplied from central Mexico, and it affected 12,883 infections across 21 states.
Princess Astrid of Norway died on 11 September 2026 at the age of 94. The Norwegian Royal House announced that she passed away peacefully on the same day. She was the last surviving child of King Olav V and Crown Princess Märtha, and she was born on 12 February 1932.
China Southern Airlines will resume regular passenger flights between Guangzhou and New Delhi from 21 September 2026. The service marks the return of China Southern’s India operations after a six-year suspension and adds one daily round-trip flight on the Guangzhou-New Delhi sector.