Friday,  September 27th, 2024 

Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, who has waited his potential execution for 56 years, is acquitted in Japan after a retrial. (BBC News) 

The U.S. state of Alabama executes a man via inert gas asphyxiation using nitrogen in the country’s second ever execution by this method. (AP) 

A United States defence official claims that a Chinese nuclear attack submarine, the first of the new Zhou-class, likely sank during construction earlier this year. (ABC News) 

A Mallorcan football fan is sentenced to one year in prison for yelling racist insults at football players Vinícius Júnior and Samuel Chukwueze. (Al Jazeera) 

Norwegian police issue an international search request for a Norwegian-Indian man linked to the sale of pagers to Hezbollah that exploded last week. (Times of Israel) 

At least fifteen airstrikes are carried out against Beirut, Lebanon, in what is described as the worst attack in the city so far. Israel claims they have targeted Hezbollah’s central headquarters. Four buildings are destroyed. (Al Jazeera) 

Israel launches an airstrike against a military post in the countryside near Damascus, Syria, killing five soldiers and wounding another. (Al Arabiya) 

During the first six months of this year at least 3,661 have been killed in Haiti, including 100 children, amid the ongoing gang violence. (Al Jazeera) 

Russian Ministry of Defense claims full occupation of Marynivka village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya) 

At least one person is killed and five others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a police department in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

Three people are killed and 14 others are injured when Russian drones hit Izmail in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

Fifteen people are killed after the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Solok Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters) 

Shigeru Ishiba defeats Sanae Takaichi in a runoff election to become the next president and prime minister designate. (kyodonews) 

One million power outages are reported in Georgia, United States due to wind and flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. A rare flash flood emergency is issued for Metro Atlanta. (WABE-TV) 

Thursday, September 26th, 2024 

Prior to a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. President Joe Biden announces a military aid package of more than $8 billion for Ukraine and directs The Pentagon to allocate all remaining security funds to Ukraine by the end of his presidential term in January 2025. (Reuters) 

The United States grants Israel a $8.7 billion military aid package, with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stating that the U.S. will not change its commitment to providing military aid to Israel. (Reuters) 

Israel rejects proposals from the United States, Australia, and the European Union to initiate a temporary 21-day ceasefire with Hezbollah. (Reuters) 

Two people, including Mohammad Hussein Srour, a senior commander in Hezbollah, are killed and 15 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

At least 92 people are killed and 153 others are injured in airstrikes across Lebanon, bringing the total death toll from the airstrikes to more than 700 people. (Al Jazeera) 

Algeria imposes visa requirements on Moroccans, accusing them of criminal activity in Algeria, including “espionage” and “drug and human trafficking”. (Al Arabiya) 

At least 46 people, including 37 children, who were taking part in Jivitputrika festivities in Bihar, India, drown in rivers and bodies of water swollen by ongoing flooding across India. (Reuters) 

Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida, United States, as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 938 millibars. (National Hurricane Center) 

Tropical storm conditions occur across western Florida, with an automated weather station recording sustained winds of 54 mph (87 km/h) with gusts up to 68 mph (109 km/h) near Tampa Bay. (National Hurricane Center) 

A bus crashes in to a river in Wolaita, Ethiopia, killing 28 people and wounding 19 more. (Barron’s) 

The End