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) 

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Sunday, September 11th, 2022 

Russian forces withdraw from most of the Kharkiv Oblast as the Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast collapses. Ukrainian soldiers retake Chkalovske, Velykyi Burluk, and Borova. Governor of Belgorod Oblast Vyacheslav Gladkov says that “thousands” of civilians are fleeing across the border into the region. (BBC News) 

Russia launches missile strikes with Kalibr cruise missiles on critical infrastructure objects, including Kharkiv TEC-5, causing a total blackout and water shutdown in Northeastern Ukraine and the Kharkiv and Donetsk Oblasts. Ukrainian officials confirm at least 40 electrical substations have been destroyed in the wave of missile strikes.  (Reuters) 

One person is killed and 39 others are injured after a firework explodes at a festival in Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico. (AP News) 

Swedes head to the polls to elect members of the Riksdag. (DW) 

Charles III is proclaimed Lord of Mann by Lieutenant Governor Sir John Lorimer at Government House, Isle of Man. (Manx Radio) 

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne announces his intention to hold a referendum on transitioning the country into a republic. (BBC News) 

Saturday, September 10th, 2022 

Ukrainian troops retake the cities of Balakliia, Kupiansk, Izium and Lyman from Russian occupation. The Russian Defence Ministry confirms the withdrawal of troops from several towns in Kharkiv Oblast in order to allow its forces “to regroup” and reinforce the Donbas. (BBC News) 

Three people are killed and five others are injured when a Black Hawk helicopter crashes during a Taliban training exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters) 

The Kurdish administration in Syria, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, requests help from the World Health Organization to contain a cholera outbreak which has killed three people in the region. (Al Arabiya) 

Charles Philip Arthur George is proclaimed King of the United Kingdom as Charles III by the Accession Council at St James’s Palace. (BBC News) 

Charles Philip Arthur George is proclaimed King of Canada as Charles III by the Chief Herald of Canada at Rideau Hall. (Globe and Mail) 

Charles Philip Arthur George is proclaimed King of Australia as Charles III by the Governor-General of Australia David Hurley at Government House in Canberra. (ABC News) 

Charles Philip Arthur George is proclaimed King of New Zealand as Charles III by the Herald of Arms at the New Zealand Parliament Buildings. (Radio New Zealand) 

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Friday,  September 9th, 2022 

A new lunar mineral is discovered by the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, which is named Changesite–(Y). (Interesting Engineering) 

Ukraine claims to have retaken more than 1,000 square kilometers of territory previously occupied by Russia, within the last week. (BBC News) 

Governor of Sumy Oblast Dmytro Zhyvytskyi says that Russian forces have shelled a hospital in Velyka Pysarivka, causing an unspecified number of casualties. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) 

The United States Department of the Treasury sanctions the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib in response to a cyberattack against Albania. (Al Jazeera) 

North Korea passes a new law formally declaring itself a “nuclear state“. The law includes the right of North Korea to use “preemptive” nuclear strikes as Kim Jong-un promises to “never give up” the country’s nuclear weapons. (CNN) 

Mexico transfers control over its National Guard to the Mexican Army. (Reuters) 

Thursday, September 8th, 2022 

Former White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President of the United States Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to state charges in New York for allegedly defrauding donors to build a wall on the U.S. southern border. (AP) 

Seven people are killed and 12 others are injured by airstrikes in Idlib Governorate, Syria. (AP) 

Poland and the Baltic states announce a ban on Russian tourists entering their countries beginning on September 19. (EER) 

Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She is succeeded as monarch by her son Charles III. (BBC News) 

The parliament of Solomon Islands votes to delay the next general election amid objections by opposition parties, who accuse Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of a “power grab”. (Reuters) 

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