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Alberto Fujimori in 1991
- Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori (pictured) dies at the age of 86.
- Flooding following a dam collapse in Borno State, Nigeria, leaves at least 30 people dead.
- Typhoon Yagi leaves more than 590 people dead across six Asian countries.
- Abdelmadjid Tebboune is declared the winner of the Algerian presidential election amid a dispute over the election's turnout.
September 18, 2024 (Wednesday)
September 17, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
- At least eleven people are killed and around 4,000 others are injured, including Hezbollah members and the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, when their pagers explode across Lebanon and Syria. Hezbollah accuses Israel of being behind the explosions. (The Times of Israel) (Al Jazeera) (AP) (The New York Times)
- Three Hezbollah militants are killed and two others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on Blida in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Russian artillery targets the town of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring five others. (Reuters)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Israel–Hamas war
- A poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research finds that, for the first time during the war, a majority of the Gazan public does not support Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel. (Reuters)
- Ituri conflict
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- 2024 Central European floods
- 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) (Al Jazeera 2)
- 2024 Central European floods
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 236 people, with more than 77 people still missing. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Portugal wildfires
- 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 when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating the birth of prophet Muhammad crashes in Kaduna State, Nigeria. (Al Arabiya)
- Six people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Naucalpan, Mexico. (AP)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Afghanistan
- The Taliban government reopens the Afghan embassy in Muscat, Oman. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- Bangladesh quota reform movement
- 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)
- LGBT rights in Georgia
- The Parliament of Georgia approves a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would restrict LGBTQ+ rights in the country. (DW)
- Mazan rapes
- 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 all of the charges against him in his first testimony since the trial opened on September 2. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- 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)
Sports
- 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, is formally selected as the host city of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. (BBC News)
September 16, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 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 the Nuseirat refugee camp. (DW)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- One killed and four injured in Israeli airstrikes on Hula in southern Lebanon. (Yahoo)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- 2024 Central European floods
- Four people in Poland, three in the Czech Republic, and one in Romania, are killed during massive floods today, bringing the death toll from the ongoing flood in Central and Eastern Europe to 16. (AP)
- 2024 Central European floods
- 2024 Portugal wildfires
International relations
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- The Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs invites the United Nations and the Red Cross to join humanitarian efforts in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Ukraine–United States relations, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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) (Reuters 2)
Law and crime
- Immigration to Germany
- 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 European Union's foundations of free movement and solidarity. (Reuters)
- Trump International Golf Club shooting
- 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)
- Two police officers are fatally shot by unidentified gunmen in Alibori Department, Benin. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 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 the primary enemy of North Korea. This comes after North Korea announced that it would no longer pursue peaceful Korean reunification. (NHK World Japan)
September 15, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
- 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)
- Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- At least 41 people are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (CNN)
- Kharkiv strikes
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 European floods
- 2024 Central European floods
- 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. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- 2024 Central European floods
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 74 people, with 89 others still missing and nearly 240,000 people displaced. (AP)
- English Channel migrant crossings
- At least eight illegal migrants are killed and ten others are hospitalized after a boat capsizes off the French coast while attempting to cross the English Channel. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Georgia–Russia relations, Georgian–Ossetian conflict
- 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)
Law and crime
- 2024 Nigeria floods
- Borno State flooding
- Over 280 prisoners escape from a prison in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, due to damage to prison walls caused by heavy floods. (Reuters)
- Borno State flooding
- Mining in Papua New Guinea
- At least 20 people are killed in clashes between illegal miners near the Porgera Gold Mine in Porgera, Papua New Guinea. (AP)
- Trump International Golf Club shooting
- Shots are fired near former US President Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Brazilian municipal elections
- 2024 São Paulo mayoral election
- 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)
- 2024 São Paulo mayoral election
- 2024 Mexican judicial reform
- 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)
- 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)
Science and technology
- Polaris program
- The spacecraft of the Polaris Dawn private spaceflight mission operated by SpaceX returns to Earth after five days in orbit. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2024 IndyCar Series
- 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)
September 14, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–NATO relations
- Russian officials say 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)
- NATO Chair Rob Bauer backs the use of long-range weapons by Ukrainian forces to strike targets inside Russia. (ABC News)
- Ukrainian conscription crisis
- 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)
- Russia–NATO relations
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Four injured in an Israeli airstrike on Hermel in northern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Somali Civil War
- 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) (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Brazil wildfires
- 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)
- 2024 European floods
- 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)
- At least forty people drown and 24 more are presumed dead after a wooden boat carrying farmers capsizes near Gummi, Zamfara State, Nigeria. (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Tunisian presidential election
- 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)
- 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
- 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)
- 2026 South Sudanese general election
- 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)
September 13, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- Humanitarian impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- War on drugs in Ecuador
- Ecuadorian security crisis
- 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)
- Ecuadorian security crisis
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Two Indian soldiers are killed in action in clashes with separatists in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (NDTV)
- Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- Abu Ali Al-Tunisi, an Islamic State commander for whom the U.S. Treasury Department had offered $5 million for information for, 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)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A Redwan Force commander is killed and 17 injured in Israeli drone strikes in Ahmadiya and Kfar Remen in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2024 Boeing machinists strike
- More than 33,000 Boeing factory workers go on strike for the first time since 2008 after rejecting a labor contract. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
International relations
- Germany–Kenya relations, Immigration to Germany
- 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)
- Russia–United Kingdom relations
- Russia revokes the accreditation of six British diplomats and accuses them of espionage. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
- Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
- Seven men receive prison sentences ranging from six to 25 years for sexual offences against girls aged 11 to 16 that occurred in the town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Northern England from the late 1980s until 2013. (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 on a shop in Milan, Italy. (ANSA)
- 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)
September 12, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Russian shelling of the settlement of Borova in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, kills three civilians and injures nine others, including several emergency service personnel. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations
- 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)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 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)
- Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Israeli military operation in the West Bank
- 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)
- United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
- 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)
- 2024 Israeli military operation in the West Bank
- Afghan conflict
- 2024 Afghanistan bus shooting
- 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)
- 2024 Afghanistan bus shooting
- Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- Three border guards are killed and a civilian is injured by Jaish ul-Adl gunmen in Mirjaveh, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP)
Business and economy
- 2023–2024 video game industry layoffs
- Microsoft announces that it will lay off 650 Microsoft Gaming employees as part of cuts to its workforce. (Variety)
Health and environment
- 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)
International relations
- Jordan–United Kingdom relations
- 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)
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Brazil–Ukraine relations, China–Ukraine relations
- 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)
- United States–Venezuela relations, 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
- 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)
Law and crime
- Blasphemy in Pakistan
- 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)
Politics and elections
- Papuan prime minister James Marape survives a vote of no confidence. (RNZ)
- Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolves the opposition-led National Assembly and calls for a snap election on November 17. (AP)
Science and technology
- Polaris program
- 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)
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