Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 

Armenia formally triggers article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty Organization after accusing Azerbaijan of launching an invasion. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says “We asked support from CSTO, including military support to restore Armenia’s territorial integrity and ensure the withdrawal of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the territory of Armenia”. (Armenpress) 

Two Tajik border guards are killed and two others are wounded during clashes with Kyrgyz guards, who accuse Tajikistan of taking positions at a demarcated area. (Reuters) 

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev agrees to change the name of Kazakhstan’s capital from “Nur-sultan” back to “Astana“. He had previously changed the capital’s name in 2019 to honor his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev. (The Guardian) 

The British supermarket chain Iceland launches an appeal to the EUIPO against the country of Iceland in a 20 year long legal process over the use and trademark of the name “Iceland”. (Retail Gazette)  

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front says that Eritrea has taken the town of Sheraro. (Al Jazeera) 

Following the release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index for the month of August, all 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average decrease in value, resulting in a 3.9% drop in the index. (The Week) 

Seventeen people are injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Sebha, Libya. (Reuters) 

A possible improvised explosive device explodes at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, injuring one person. (CNN) 

Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 

More than 30 municipal deputies of Russian cities sign a petition calling for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s resignation amid substantial Ukrainian advances in the war. (The Hill) 

The Ukrainian military says it has shot down an Iranian HESA Shahed-136 combat drone operated by Russia near Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast. An inscription on the drone identified it as an “M214 Geran-2,” which didn’t immediately correspond to known Russian weaponry. (ABC News) 

Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan says that 49 soldiers were killed during overnight clashes with Azerbaijan after it shelled villages yesterday and that fighting was ongoing. (Reuters) 

Taliban authorities say they have killed forty National Resistance Front fighters in the Panjshir Province of Afghanistan, including four commanders. (Reuters) 

Ethiopian airstrikes hit Mekelle University’s business campus and a Dimtsi Weyane radio station. (The Jerusalem Post) 

Monday,  September 12th, 2022 

Ukrainian forces continue to recapture Russian-occupied territory in Kharkiv Oblast, saying that they have seized 20 more settlements in the last 24 hours, including Dvorichna, and also claim to have captured many Russian prisoners of war. (AP) 

The Ukrainian general staff reports that Russian troops abandoned the city of Svatove in Luhansk Oblast as Ukrainian forces advanced. (Reuters) 

Multiple explosions are reported near the city of Taganrog in Rostov Oblast, Russia.  (HalkTV) 

Four Turkish soldiers are killed in clashes with PKK insurgents in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry. (Al Jazeera) 

Azerbaijan shells Armenian villages in the eastern region of the country. (The Jerusalem Post) 

A1500yearold ancientMayan settlement isuncoveredincentral Belize by archaeologists from the Belize Archaeological Institute and UIUC, dating from between 250 to 600 AD. (Heritage Daily)

A gunman kills two people, including a Toronto Police constable, and injures three others in Mississauga and Milton, Ontario, Canada, before police shoot him dead in Hamilton Cemetery. (CTV News) 

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals the first photos of Orion Nebula, which is located in the Orion constellation. (Phys.org) 

The End