Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 

Ukraine begins the implementation of “dragon drones” that spray molten thermite on forest cover to reveal and help destroy Russian units and military equipment. (Al Jazeera) 

Kingdom of Jesus Christ pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who is charged with sex trafficking, is arrested amid a standoff between the police and members of the church at the church’s headquarters in Davao City, Philippines. (Al Jazeera) 

More than of the 80% of the animals in the Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo are killed after heavy floods in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters) 

Ali Kiba, a Tanzanian official from the opposition party Chadema, who went missing last week, is found dead with signs of beatings and acid poured on his face. (ABC News) 

Authorities in Guinea-Bissau say that they have seized more than 2.6 tonnes of cocaine that was found on a plane arriving from Venezuela at Osvaldo Vieira International Airport in Bissau. (BBC News) 

Finnish-Canadian sportswear mogul Peter Nygård is sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault. (CBC News) 

Five Palestinians are killed by an Israeli drone strike in Tubas, in the Palestinian occupied territories, West Bank. (Reuters) 

The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to 155 people, while 141 more are missing. The majority of the victims were killed by floods and landslides, mainly in the provinces of Lào Cai, Yên Bái, and Cao Bằng. (AP) 

Malaysian police rescue 400 minors suspected of being sexually abused at Islamic charity homes linked to Al-Arqam. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  September 10th, 2024 

A presidential debate hosted by ABC News between U.S. Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump takes place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (CNN) 

His Majesty’s Prison Service begins releasing thousands of prisoners in England and Wales on early release amid a record high prison population and a shortage of prison cells for new inmates. (BBC News) 

The Court of Justice of the European Union rules that Apple Inc. must pay €13 billion (US$14.3 billion) to the government of the Republic of Ireland as compensation for extraordinarily low taxes levied by Ireland against Apple. (Euronews) 

Google is fined €2.4 billion (US$2.7 billion) by the Court of Justice of the European Union for favoring its own shopping search results over those of its competitors. (Politico) 

The House of Commons of the United Kingdom votes 348–228 to end the Winter Fuel Payment for 10 million pensioners in England and Wales after Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that the scheme was no longer affordable. (Sky News) 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken claims that Russia has received a shipment of Fath 360 tactical ballistic missiles from Iran, and expects their deployment “within weeks”. Iran denies the claim, calling it “psychological warfare”. In response, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany announce new sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles. (BBC News) 

The Netherlands lifts all of its weapons restrictions on military equipment that it provided to Ukraine, allowing the Ukrainian army to target Russia with deep strikes while also urging other nations to lift their weapons restrictions. (Kyiv Post) 

Ukraine launches drone attacks on multiple regions of Russia, including Moscow, prompting all flights to be suspended at Vnukovo International Airport and Moscow Domodedovo Airport. Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz says that at least 59 Ukrainian drones have been shot down over the region. Russia also reports that two people were killed in the Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow. (Reuters) (Times of Israel) 

Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk condemns Germany’s new land border restrictions due to Germany’s previous lack of support for other European Union nations impacted by irregular migration. (Reuters) 

According to Hamas, at least 40 people are killed and more than 60 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Mawasi refugee camp in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Twenty tents housing displaced people are destroyed during the attack. (Al Jazeera) 

The Israeli military claims that it struck senior Hamas commanders operating in a command center embedded inside a designated humanitarian area who the Israel Defense Forces claims were all involved in the October 7 attack. (Al Arabiya) 

A Hezbollah militant is killed and two civilians are injured in an Israeli airstrike on Saghbine in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

The death toll from the capsizing of a migrant boat off the coast of Senegal over the weekend increases to 26 after the discovery of 17 more bodies. (Reuters) 

A Swiss appeals court convicts Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape and sexual coercion, sentencing Ramadan to three years in prison, with two years suspension. (BBC News) 

Protesters opposed to the ruling Morena party’s reform package storm the Senate of Mexico and force an interruption of the bill’s first reading in the upper house. The session reconvenes later at an alternative venue. (CNN) 

Monday,  September 9th, 2024 

Fifty-nine percent of Brazil’s area suffers from significant drought conditions, the worst national drought recorded. These conditions cause historically low Amazon basin levels and are contributing to at least 160,000 wildfires in 2024 that are causing widespread air pollution. (AP) 

The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to more than 64 people, with 24 others still missing. (Al Jazeera) 

The Nigerian State Security department arrests Joe Ajaero, the leader of the Nigeria Labour Congress, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, days after Ajaero criticised the Nigerian government for increasing gas prices. (DW) 

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry expresses “disappointment” regarding assertions made by Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico that Kyiv should remove “fascist elements” from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, using rhetoric similar to Russian allegations of current neo-Nazism in Ukraine’s Azov Brigade. (Reuters) 

The Latvian Defence Ministry confirms that a Russian military Shahed drone that crashed near the village of Gaigalava, Latvia, last week was carrying explosives and was likely intended to strike Ukraine. (Reuters) 

Russian troops capture the village of Memryk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera) 

Germany’s traffic light coalition government announces border restrictions on all its national land borders, including those with other EU nations, for at least six months in order to combat irregular migration from asylum seekers. (Reuters) 

The exiled National Council of Resistance of Iran claim that its offices in Stockholm, Sweden, were firebombed overnight with Molotov cocktails. The Swedish Police Authority announces that they have opened an investigation into the arson. (Al Arabiya) 

At least eight people are killed and dozens are wounded in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, bringing the confirmed Palestinian death toll to over 41,000. (Al Jazeera) 

At least 25 people are killed and more than 40 others are injured in overnight Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian research centers in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (The Guardian) 

Thirteen people are injured when a roadside bomb targets a police vehicle escorting a polio vaccination team in Wana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Arab News) 

The Turkish Ministry of Defense announces that a Turkish soldier was killed in clashes with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in Duhok Governorate, Iraq. (Daily Sabah) 

The Rapid Support Forces renew an assault on the city of Sennar, Sennar State, Sudan, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 100 others. (Reuters) 

Eighteen people are killed and four are missing during floods caused by torrential rains in southern Morocco. Fifty-six homes are destroyed and 110 roads damaged. (Arab News) 

At least 16 people are killed and 22 others are injured when a bus and a truck collide in Bambey Department, Senegal. (TRT Afrika) 

At least six people are killed when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Senegal over the weekend. (Reuters) 

Forty-seven inmates escape from a maximum security prison in Margibi County, Liberia. (Reuters) 

Sunday, September 8th, 2024 

American historical drama television series Shōgun wins a record 14 Emmys at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the most won for any single season. (AP) 

Russia formally claims control of Novohrodivka, Donetsk Oblast, twelve kilometers (seven miles) from the strategically important Ukrainian logistical hub city Pokrovsk. (Reuters) 

Over 11,000 people are evacuated in San Bernardino County, California, United States, as the Line Fire quadruples in size to over 27 sq mi (17,000 acres).  (BBC News) 

Nine people, including El Salvador‘s National Civil Police chief Mauricio Arriaza Chicas and a fraud suspect, are killed during a helicopter crash while being en route to San Salvador. The crash is considered to be intentional. All flags on government buildings will be flown half-mast for three days. (BBC) 

Incumbent President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune is re-elected for his second term with 95% of the vote. (Al Jazeera) 

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González flees Venezuela to seek political asylum in Spain. The Spanish government says that González left Venezuela on a Spanish Air Force plane at his own request. (BBC News) 

In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats Taylor Fritz in the final of the US Open Men’s singles tournament to win his first US Open title ever and his second Grand Slam title overall. Sinner is also the first Italian man to ever win the US Open. (CNN) 

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