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Friday,  September 20th, 2024 

In baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season. (Reuters) 

Israel launches airstrikes against Beirut, Lebanon, allegedly targeting Hezbollah operatives and hitting a building, killing at least three people and wounding 17 more. (Al Jazeera) 

The death toll from the JNIM‘s attacks three days ago against a military camp in Bamako, Mali and the Modibo Keita International Airport is estimated to be between 70 and 100 people. (Al Jazeera) 

Kata’ib Hezbollah announce that a senior commander in the group named Abu Haidar al-Khafaji is killed in Damascus,Syria and blaming Israel for the attack. (Barrons) 

Militants killed nine Pakistani troops in separate attacks in Pakistan’s northwest. (ABC News) 

The Constitutional Court in Taiwan upholds the legality of the death penalty in the country, but limits its use to the “most serious crimes”. (Time) 

Thursday, September 19th, 2024 

A poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research finds that, for the first time during the war, a majority of the residents of Gaza does not support Hamas’ offensive on Israel. (Reuters) 

The death toll from yesterday’s walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants increases to 25, with more than 600 others injured. A total of 37 people have been killed and more than 3,000 others injured in explosions over the last two days. (The Independent) 

The toll from yesterday’s walkie-talkies explosions in Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah militants, increases to 25 people killed and 708 wounded, with a total of 37 people killed and over 3,000 injured since the past two days. (Al Jazeera) 

The pagers that were used as explosive devices have links to a Bulgarian company called Norta Global Ltd, founded in April 2022, and owned by a Norwegian businessman.^[1] 

United States officials report that U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was pre-warned by Israel about the military operation in Lebanon occurring later that day, and claim that they received no prior details about the nature of the attack. (AP) 

The Israeli Air Force strikes more than 100 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, destroying multiple rocket launch systems and weapons depots. Lebanese security forces say the raids are the most intense since the conflict began. Israeli fighter jets are also reported over Beirut. One Hezbollah militant is killed. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) 

Two Israeli soldiers are killed and eight others are injured in Hezbollah drone and anti-tank missile attacks on the Israel–Lebanon border. (The Times of Israel) 

Six Palestinians are killed and 18 others are injured in an Israeli military raid in the city of Qabatiya in the West Bank. (Reuters) 

A United Nations human rights committee accuses Israel of severe violations of the international Convention on the Rights of the Child treaty through its military’s actions in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters) 

Colombia suspends peace negotiations with the National Liberation Army (ELN) insurgent group after the ELN detonated explosives on a military base, killing two soldiers and wounding more than two dozen others. (DW) 

Two New Caledonian independence activists are killed by police during an operation in Saint-Louis over their alleged involvement in the ongoing riots. (AP) 

A previously unknown piece composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ganz kleine Nachtmusik, is discovered at a library in Leipzig, Germany. The seven miniature movements for a string trio were probably composed in the 1760s, when Mozart was in his early teens. (The Guardian) 

Out of control and deadly wildfires in Peru have reached at least seven archaeological sites and have begun to burn near the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community. (Reuters) 

Ongoing severe flooding generated by Storm Boris causes more than $2.2 billion worth of damage^{[failed verification]} and at least 26 deaths^{[failed verification]} in Central Europe. (BBC News) 

Ongoing severe flooding generated by Storm Boris, causing damage of more than $2.2 billion and 26 deaths. 

A military helicopter carrying international peacekeepers crashes near Mogadishu. The helicopter was en route to Ballidogle airfield. No fatalities are reported. (Anadolu Agency) 

One person is killed and another is severely injured in a stabbing attack near the Erasmusbrug bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (AP) 

The European Parliament recognizes Venezuelan exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González as the country’s president. (Politico.eu) 

Fijian coup leader George Speight is released from prison after obtaining a presidential pardon from president Ratu Wiliame Katonivere. Speight was imprisoned in 2002 for his role in the 2000 coup d’état that overthrew the first prime minister of Indian descent, Mahendra Chaudhry. (Radio NZ) 

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and two other American agencies announce that Iranian hackers sent unsolicited emails to people associated with the Joe Biden presidential campaign that included material that was stolen from Donald Trump’s campaign. (NBC News) 

Wednesday, September 18th, 2024 

Wednesday, September 18th, 2024 

Alleged Ghost developer and administrator Jay Je Yoon Jung is arrested in Sydney, Australia, on five charges related to the encrypted communication network’s development and operation. (The Register) 

Nine people are killed and over 2,750 others are injured, including civilians, Hezbollah members, and the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, when their booby trapped pagers explodes in Lebanon and Syria. Hezbollah accuses Israel of perpetrating the attacks.  (AP) 

Walkie-talkies and other electronic devices continue to explode across Lebanon, including at a funeral in Baalbek for three Hezbollah members and a boy who were killed in yesterday’s explosions. At least 20 people are killed and more than 450 others are injured. (Al Jazeera) (AP) 

Several home solar energy systems explode in Beirut, Lebanon. (ABC News) 

The United Nations General Assembly votes 124–14 with 43 abstentions to demand that Israel end its unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territories within the next 12 months. (Reuters) 

Instagram introduces teen accounts for users under the age of 18 that will be private by default, limit “sensitive content” and allow parents to view contacts. (DW) 

A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian weapons depot in Toropets, Tver Oblast, causes an explosion large enough to be detected as an earthquake by monitoring stations. Local residents are told to evacuate and schools in the region are closed. (The Guardian) 

Mexican Secretary of Defense Luis Cresencio Sandoval announces that at least 30 people have been killed since September 9 during shootouts between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa, Mexico. (AP) 

At least 30 people are killed since September 9 during shootouts between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa, Mexico. (AP) 

President of Peru Dina Boluarte issues a state of emergency for the departments of Amazonas, San Martín, and Ucayali, which have been significantly impacted by wildfires that have killed at least sixteen people. (Reuters) 

Twelve people are arrested on suspicion of arson resulting in widespread wildfires in Northern and Central Portugal that have killed at least seven people. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  September 17th, 2024 

Dominique Pélicot, the 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to rape her for more than ten years, admits to all of the charges against him in his first testimony since the trial opened on September 2. (BBC News) 

Three Hezbollah militants are killed and two others are injured in Israeli attacks on Blida in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

Russian artillery targets the town of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring five others. (Reuters) 

Doctors Without Borders halts its operations in Russia after the Russian government removed the organization from its roster of approved foreign charities. (Al Jazeera) 

The Taliban government reopens the Afghan embassy in Muscat, Oman. (ABC News) 

JNIM gunmen open fire against a military camp in Bamako, Mali, killing a number of soldiers. The perpetrators tried to infiltrate the camp, and also opened fire against the Modibo Keita International Airport. At least 15 suspects are arrested. (AP) 

CODECO militants kill ten civilians in an overnight attack on a Hema village in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some of the victims were beheaded, according to local authorities. (Reuters) 

Four people are found dead after floods in Austria, while another is killed in Poland, bringing the death toll from the ongoing floods in Central and Eastern Europe to 21. (Al Jazeera) 

The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 236 people, with more than 77 people still missing. (Al Jazeera) 

Three Portuguese firefighters die while fighting wildfires in the country’s central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people. (Reuters) 

At least 25 children are killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria, when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating Mawlid crashes. (Al Arabiya) 

Six people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Naucalpan, Mexico. (AP) 

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee President Shahriar Kabir is arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on charges of crimes against humanity, mass killing, and murder for his involvement with Sheikh Hasina‘s government during the quota reform movement. (Dhaka Tribune) 

The Parliament of Georgia approves a law on “family values and the protection of minors” that would restrict LGBTQ+ rights in the country. (DW) 

Meta Platforms bans Russian state media from Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, including RT and Rossiya Segodnya, citing alleged deceptive tactics used by the networks to carry out “influence operations” while evading detection. (CBC News) 

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, is formally selected as the host city of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. (BBC News) 

Monday,  September 16th, 2024 

Ryan Wesley Routh is charged with two gun-related crimes in federal court after being suspected of attempting to assassinate former United States President Donald Trump. (Reuters) 

Ukrainian officials publicly distance themselves from the Donald Trump-involved shooting suspect and warn that Russia will use the situation for anti-Ukraine propaganda, following reports of the suspect protesting for the Azov Brigade and regularly calling for international support and troops for Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs invites the United Nations and the Red Cross to join humanitarian efforts in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters) 

Germany initiates rigorous temporary border checks at all of its borders in order to reduce irregular migration, prompting criticism from some European Union member nations stating that the border checks contradict the EU’s foundations of free movement and solidarity. (Reuters) 

Four people in Poland, three in the Czech Republic, and one in Romania, are killed during massive floods, bringing the death toll from the ongoing flood in Central and Eastern Europe to 16. (AP) 

At least 16 Palestinians are killed and at least thirteen others are wounded in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, including several houses in Gaza City and Nuseirat refugee camp. (DW) 

One person is killed and four others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Hula in southern Lebanon. (Yahoo) 

Portugal asks the European Union for help to fight large wildfires in the northern and central regions of the country. (Reuters) 

Two police officers are fatally shot in Alibori Department, Benin. (Reuters) 

North Korea announces that it will revise its constitution on October 7, with changes including the designation of South Korea as a separate country and its primary enemy. This comes after North Korea announced that it would no longer pursue peaceful Korean reunification. (NHK World Japan) 

Sunday, September 15th, 2024 

Shots are fired near former US President Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. (AP) 

São Paulo mayoral candidate Pablo Marçal is hospitalized after being assaulted by fellow candidate Datena with a metal chair during a televised debate on TV Cultura. (AP) 

President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador signs a series of constitutional amendments that overhaul the federal judiciary, allowing voters to elect federal judges. (Reuters) 

Georgian oligarch and Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili proposes a national apology to South Ossetia after blaming former President Mikheil Saakashvili for starting the Russo-Georgian War at the will of Western powers. (Reuters) 

King of Jordan Abdullah II approves the resignation of Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh, and appoints chief of staff Jafar Hassan as the new prime minister. (Al Jazeera) 

At least 20 people are killed in clashes between illegal miners near the Porgera Gold Mine in Porgera, Papua New Guinea. (AP) 

Over 280 prisoners escape from a prison in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, due to damage to prison walls caused by heavy floods. (Reuters) 

A Houthi ballistic missile launched from Yemen reaches central Israel for the first time. The missile is fragmented by an interceptor, with no casualties reported. (Reuters) 

At least 41 people are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (CNN) 

The death toll from the ongoing floods in Central and Eastern Europe increases to eight, including six people in Romania, one in Poland, and a firefighter in Austria.  (Reuters) 

The spacecraft of the Polaris Dawn private spaceflight mission operated by SpaceX returns to Earth after five days in orbit. (BBC News) 

In open-wheel car racing, Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou wins the IndyCar Series championship, his third series championship in the last four seasons. (NBC Sports) 

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Sunday, September 15th, 2024 

Shots are fired near Donald Trump in Florida. (AP) 

NATO Chair Rob Bauer backs the use of long-range weapons by Ukrainian forces to strike targets inside Russia. (ABC News) 

The United Kingdom reportedly approves the use of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike targets inside Russian territory. (The Kyiv Independent) 

At least 41 people are injured when Russian guided bomb hit an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (CNN) 

The spacecraft of the Polaris Dawn private spaceflight mission operated by SpaceX returns to Earth after five days in orbit. (BBC) 

A Houthi ballistic missile launched from Yemen reaches central Israel for the first time. The missile is fragmented by an interceptor, with no casualties reported. (Reuters) 

The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 74 people, with 89 others still missing and nearly 240,000 displaced. (AP) 

The death toll from the ongoing floods in central and eastern Europe increases to seven, including five people in Romania, a person drowned in Poland, and a responding firefighter in Austria. (Al Jazeera) 

Three people are killed and two are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision in San Bernardino, California, United States. (KTLA-TV) 

Saturday, September 14th, 2024 

A Bulgarian Air Force L-39 Albatros jet crashes during rehearsals for an air show at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, killing both pilots. (AP) 

At least four people are killed and thousands of homes are damaged in floods in Romania and the Czech Republic. (Reuters) 

American billionaire Jared Isaacman becomes the first person to perform a commercial spacewalk as part of the Polaris Dawn private spaceflight mission operated by SpaceX. (AP) 

Following the launch of the Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, there is a record 19 people in outer space at the same time. The previous record was set in 2023 with 17 people. (USA Today)(CollectSPACE) 

Russian president Vladimir Putin warns that Ukrainian use of NATO weapons to strike deep into Russian territory indicates NATO’s formal entry into war against Russia, due to the programming of these weapons by NATO personnel representing a “direct confrontation”. (The Independent) 

The U.S. State Department approves $165 million in weapons sales to Israel to fund tank transporters along with spare parts, tool kits, and technical and logistics support. The parts are expected to be delivered in 2027. (AP) 

Germany and Kenya agree on a labour migration deal which will see 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers go work in Germany amid a shortage of skilled labour in the German economy. The agreement will also simplify the return of illegal migrants to Kenya. (BBC News) 

China increases the country’s retirement age for the first time since 1978. Beginning in 2025, the retirement age for men will be increased to 63, and the retirement age for women will be increased to either 55 or 58 depending on their occupation. (NPR) 

Russia says that the approval of Ukrainian use of long-range weapons to strike inside Russia will result in an “uncontrolled escalation” with the West and the “destruction” of Kyiv. (Reuters) 

Following a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, the foreign ministers of Poland and Ukraine call for ending social benefits for Ukrainian men in Poland, and for programs in the European Union to return them to Ukraine in order to stop draft evasion. (Reuters) 

At least five people are killed and eight others are injured in a series of roadside explosions in Kahda District, Mogadishu, Somalia. The local government blames jihadist group Al-Shabaab due to its frequent targeting of civilians. (Garowe Online) 

The estimated area burned by wildfires in Brazil this year reaches 37.6 million hectares (93 million acres), an area larger than the size of Germany and more than double the yearly average from 2012–2023. (Financial Times) 

At least four people are killed and thousands of homes are damaged in floods in Romania and the Czech Republic. (Reuters) 

At least 15 people are killed and around 40 others are injured when a tank truck explodes in Miragoâne, Haiti. (Al Jazeera) 

At least three people are killed and 49 others are injured in a train collision in Zagazig, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. (CNN) 

Tunisian police arrest more than 80 members of the opposition Ennahda Movement party amid protests against President Kais Saied in the capital city Tunis. (Al Jazeera) 

Venezuelan interior minister Diosdado Cabello announces that three US citizens, two Spanish citizens, and a Czech citizen have been arrested and are accused of planning to “generate violence” and “destabilize” Venezuela, with the Spanish citizens also accused of being Spanish secret service workers. (Reuters) 

The government of South Sudan and President Salva Kiir postpone the general election originally scheduled for December 2024 to December 2026, citing a need for additional time to complete a census, register political parties, and draft a permanent constitution. (Al Jazeera) 

Friday,  September 13th, 2024 

More than 30,000 Boeing factory workers go on strike for the first time since 2008 after rejecting a labor contract. (CNBC) 

Maria Daniela Icaza, director of the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the largest prison in Ecuador and the site of the country’s deadliest prison riot in 2021, is fatally shot in her vehicle by suspected drug cartel gunmen. (CBS News) 

A court in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, sentences 37 people to death for their alleged roles in the attempted coup the prior May. (AP) 

Reuters reports that Russia has begun production of thousands of Garpiya-A1 long-range combat drones used against Ukrainian civilian and military targets, that incorporate engines, parts, and technology from China. (Reuters) 

Russian artillery targets 15 areas in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, killing two civilians near the village of Yampil and injuring nine others. (Reuters) 

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency reports that due to the ongoing war, Ukraine’s death rate is now the highest in the world at 18.6 per thousand people, while its birth rate is the lowest at six children born per thousand people. (Kyiv Post) 

Two Indian soldiers are killed in action in clashes with separatists in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (NDTV) 

Abu Ali Al-Tunisi, an Islamic State commander for whom the U.S. Treasury Department had offered $5 million for information, is killed during a joint United States–Iraq operation in Al Anbar Governorate. Ahmad Hamed Zwein, an Islamic State deputy commander in Iraq, is also killed in the operation. (AP) 

The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to 233 people, with more than 820 others injured, and 103 people still missing. (AP) 

At least ten people are killed by flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi in Thailand, along with at least 33 people killed in Myanmar. (DW) 

Two people are presumed dead and at least two others are injured in an explosion and subsequent fire at a gas station in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States. (AP) 

Russia revokes the accreditation of six British diplomats and accuses them of espionage. (BBC News) 

Seven men receive prison sentences ranging from six to 25 years for sexual offences against girls aged 11 to 16. (BBC News) 

Bedfordshire Police arrest an 18-year-old man on suspicion of murder after three people are found dead in flat in a tower block in Luton, England, United Kingdom. (BBC News) 

Three young Chinese people are killed in a suspected arson attack against a shop in Milan, Italy. (ANSA) 

Thursday, September 12th, 2024 

Microsoft announces that it will lay off 650 Microsoft Gaming employees as part of cuts to its workforce. (Variety) 

A new wave of shootouts erupts in Haiti over soccer match leaving at least one gang leader dead. Reports admit being unable to determine the total death toll. (AP) 

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly denounces a Brazilian–Chinese peace initiative, stating that both nations are effectively siding with Russia for allowing the Russian army to take Ukrainian territory as a means to “de-escalate” the war instead of assisting Ukraine in resisting the invasion. (Kyiv Independent) 

Russian artillery shelling kills three Red Cross workers and injures two others in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

A spokesperson for the Indian Foreign Ministry say that about 45 Indian nationals have been discharged from the Russian military, with efforts currently underway to get a further 50 Indians released. (Reuters) 

Russian shelling of the settlement of Borova in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, kills three civilians and injures nine others, including several emergency service personnel. (Reuters) 

Ukraine accuses Russia of conducting missile strikes on a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged bulk carrier carrying grain to Egypt in the exclusive economic zone of Romania in the Black Sea. No casualties are reported. (Reuters) 

The death toll from Israel’s military operation in the occupied West Bank increases to 50, with three people killed by a drone strike in Tulkarm. (Al Jazeera) 

Fourteen people are killed and six more are injured during a mass shooting by Islamic State militants against a bus carrying Shia Hazara people between the Afghan provinces of Ghor and Daikundi, after returning from a pilgrimage in Iraq. (AP) 

Three border guards are killed and a civilian is injured by Jaish ul-Adl gunmen in Mirjaveh, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP) 

The British government announces that a ban on junk food adverts on television before 9 PM will enter force in October 2025 under plans to tackle childhood obesity. (Sky News) 

The United Kingdom suspends visa-exempt status for Jordanian nationals traveling to the UK due to an increase in asylum claims made by Jordanians. (The Jerusalem Post) 

The United States government imposes sanctions on 16 allies of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, accusing them of voter suppression and human rights abuses. (AP) 

The United States announces it will support the addition of two new permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council for African nations and one non-permanent seat for a small island developing nation. (AP) 

A police officer shoots and kills a man being held in custody on suspicion of blasphemy at a police station in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Arabiya) 

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolves the opposition-led National Assembly and calls for a snap election on November 17. (AP) 

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 

Eighteen people, including six UNRWA staffers, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on a school in central Gaza. (Reuters) 

An Israeli Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Rafah during a mission to evacuate an injured combat engineer, killing two personnel on board. (Times of Israel) 

At least six Palestinians are killed by an Israeli drone strike on Tubas in the West Bank. (Reuters) 

Russian forces reportedly recapture 10 settlements in Kursk Oblast. (Anadolu Agency) 

One Hezbollah militant is killed and one militant and two civilians are injured in Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

Hundreds of workers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, go on strike to protest against a planned deal to lease the airport to the Indian conglomerate Adani Group for 30 years. (Al Jazeera) 

Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, as a Category 2 hurricane. (National Hurricane Center) 

The National Weather Service issues a flash flood emergency for New Orleans and municipalities west of it, due to the eye wall of Hurricane Francine stalling over the region. (NBC News) 

Due to the Alau Dam collapse by heavy floods more than 80% of the animals in the Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters) 

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