North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un makes a statement regarding U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the U.N. general assembly, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 22, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS

 

North Korea

 

North Korea said might test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to destroy the reclusive country, with leader Kim Jong Un promising to make a “mentally deranged” Trump pay dearly for his threats. South Korea said it was the first direct statement of its kind by a North Korean leader. 

 

Detonating a nuclear-tipped missile over the Pacific Ocean would be a logical final step by North Korea to prove the success of its weapons program but would be extremely provocative and carry huge risks, arms control experts said. 

 

Graphic: Nuclear North Korea

 

Iran

 

Iran will strengthen its missile capabilities and will not seek any country’s permission, President Hassan Rouhani said in a snub to demands from Trump. Rouhani was speaking at a military parade where an Iranian news agency said one of the weapons on display was a new ballistic missile with range of 2,000 km (1,200 miles), capable of carrying several warheads. 

 

Cyber

 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security detected five “critical” cyber security weaknesses on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s computers as of January 23, 2017, according to a confidential weekly report reviewed by Reuters. The report’s findings raise fresh questions about a 2016 cyber breach into the U.S. market regulator’s corporate filing system known as “EDGAR.” SEC Chairman Jay Clayton disclosed that the agency learned in August 2017 that hackers may have exploited the 2016 incident for illegal insider-trading. 

 

Breakingviews TV: SEC’s cyber failure

 

Hack of Wall Street regulator rattles investors, lawmakers

 

Business

 

Exclusive: T-Mobile, Sprint close to agreeing deal terms - sources

 

London’s transport regulator stripped Uber of its license to operate from the end of the month, affecting over 40,000 drivers in a huge blow to the taxi app. “Uber’s approach and conduct demonstrate a lack of corporate responsibility in relation to a number of issues which have potential public safety and security implications,” Transport for London (TfL) said. 

 

Jitters over a fresh exchange of barbs between North Korea and the United States eased in Europe as strong economic data supported European stocks, and investors’ focus turned to a planned speech by Britain’s prime minister on Brexit. 

 

Flood, fix and flip: Houston housing investors see profit in Harvey's wake

 

Apple's iPhone 8 sees muted launch in Asia

 

Despite tough talk, Canada unlikely to walk away from NAFTA

 

Equifax under pressure from banks to shape up

 

Federal Reserve

 

Backstory: The fate of trillions of dollars rests on 30 minutes with the Fed

 

From her early days as Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen has been the target of criticism from Republicans worried that the central bank’s massive bond-buying programs and near-zero interest rates engineered by her predecessor would be the ruin of the country. With little more than four months left in her term and questions swirling over whether the White House will ask her to stay on for another four years, Yellen has turned that story around.

 

 

An aerial view shows the R257 "Yenisei" federal highway in the Siberian Taiga area outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

 

Special Report

 

Meet the Nujaba militia: based in Iraq, backed by Iran, pushing across Syria. Some fight because of their strong religious beliefs, but many are poor Shi’ites from southern Iraq, tempted by payments of up to $1,500 per month from Iran. The group is loyal to Iran's Supreme Leader and is trying to forge a land route from Iran to Syria, which threatens to exacerbate tensions in the region. 

 

World

 

The United Nations estimates that $200 million will be needed over the next six months to help Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in “massive numbers” to escape a bloody military campaign. 

 

Exclusive: Turkey to deploy troops inside Syria's Idlib - Erdogan

 

Breakingviews: Diplomatic fog blinds China and U.S. over N. Korea

 

Reuters TV: Germans to vote against a backdrop of division

 

Mexicans respond with faith and charity as hope fades for quake survivors

 

Hurricane Maria churns toward Turks and Caicos and leaves 32 dead

 

Commentary

 

Trump’s opening speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday is drawing widespread criticism for his aggressive statements about North Korea and Iran, but it is just as significant for what he didn’t mention at all, writes columnist Tania Karas.