September arrived without any resolution to several global conflicts. Were you able to look beyond those front-page headlines to keep up with the world’s other developments?

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September arrived without any resolution to several global conflicts. Were you able to look beyond those front-page headlines to keep up with the world’s other developments?

1. Voters in Iceland on Sunday rejected a government proposal to reopen talks to do what?

Create an official standing army

Join the European Union

Absorb Greenland as a new province

Expand U.S. military access to the country

The move was prompted by concerns over Iceland’s lack of a military and its reliance on the U.S. security umbrella, Gloria Dickie wrote last week.

2. U.S. President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated video on Sunday depicting U.S. military forces doing what?

Lifting weights as part of “Make America Healthy Again” promo content

Parachuting into Venezuela to protect oil fields

Dancing to the Village People’s “YMCA”

Attacking Iran’s Kharg Island

Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran has almost certainly irreparably damaged his foreign-policy toolkit and led to the premature peak of his global influence, FP’s Ravi Agrawal writes in an exclusive prerelease from our latest magazine.

3. Why did China’s Pacific islands envoy on Monday threaten “consequences” for........

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