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- Typhoon Yagi leaves more than 370 people dead across six Asian countries.
- Michel Barnier (pictured) is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests.
- An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead.
- A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board.
September 13, 2024 (Friday)
Business and economy
- More than 30,000 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 103 others still missing and over 800 injured. (AP)
- Borno State flooding
International relations
Law and crime
- China increases retirement age for the first time since 1978. For men, retirement age is moved up from 60 to 63. For women, retirement age is moved up from 50 and 55 to 55 and 58. (Bloomberg)
- Three people are killed during a suspected arson attack against a shop in Milan, Italy. (ANSA)
- Maria Daniela Icaza, director of the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, the largest prison in Ecuador, is shot dead in her vehicle by suspected drug gang gunmen. (CBS News)
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 Army, 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
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)
September 11, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- September 2024 Al-Jawni School attack
- 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)
- September 2024 Al-Jawni School attack
- 2024 Israeli military operation in the West Bank
- At least six Palestinians are killed by an Israeli drone strike on Tubas in the West Bank. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Russian forces reportedly recapture 10 settlements in Kursk Oblast. (Anadolu Agency)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United Kingdom reportedly approves the use of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike targets inside Russian territory. (The Kyiv Independent)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- One Hezbollah militant is killed and one militant and two civilians are injured in Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- 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)
- 2024 Nigeria floods
- 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)
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to 179 people, with 145 others still missing. The majority of the victims were killed by floods and landslides in Lào Cai, Yên Bái, and Cao Bằng provinces. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Malaysian police rescue 400 minors suspected of being sexually abused at Islamic charity homes linked to Al-Arqam. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- Victoria Police arrest 39 people and fire stun grenades, rubber bullets, and pepper spray at anti-war and pro-Palestinian protestors picketing outside a military weapons expo in Melbourne, Australia. (Al Jazeera)
- Women's rights in Afghanistan
- An All Afghan Women's Summit is held in Tirana, Albania, where more than 130 Afghan women gathered to protest the crackdown on women's rights by the Taliban. (The Guardian)
Science and technology
- Spaceflight
- Following the launch of the Russian Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, there were a record 19 people in outer space: the three astronauts on the MS-26 mission, three more on China's Tiangong space station, four people on the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, and nine more on board the International Space Station. (CollectSPACE)
September 10, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine launches drone attacks on multiple Oblasts 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)
- Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, International sanctions against Iran
- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says 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 Telegraph)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The Netherlands lifts all of its weapons restrictions on military equipment that it provided to Ukraine, allowing the Ukrainian military to target Russia with long-range weapons, while also urging NATO allies to lift their own weapons restrictions. (Kyiv Post)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 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 says the strike targeted senior Hamas commanders operating in a command center embedded inside a designated humanitarian area whom the Israel Defense Forces says were all involved in the October 7 attack. (Al Arabiya) (Times of Israel)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A Redwan Force commander is killed and fourteen civilians are injured in Israeli airstrikes on Saghbine and Rachaf in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 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)
International relations
- Belarus–European Union border crisis, Germany–Poland relations
- 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) (TVN24)
Law and crime
- 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)
- His Majesty's Prison Service begins releasing thousands of prisoners in England and Wales early amid a record high prison population and a shortage of prison cells for new inmates. (BBC News)
- 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. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Jordanian general election
- Jordanians go to the polls to elect all 138 members of the House of Representatives. (NPR)
- 2024 Mexican judicial reform
- 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 and passes the bill by an 86–41 vote. (The Guardian) (CNN)
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
- 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 to be applied universally. (Sky News)
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 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. (CNN)
September 9, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian troops capture the village of Memryk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia–NATO relations
- 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)
- Use of incendiary weapons in the Russo-Ukrainian War
- 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)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 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)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- 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) (Syriahr)
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Thirteen people are injured when a roadside bomb targets a police vehicle escorting a polio vaccination team in Wana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Arab News)
- Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
- 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)
- Sudanese civil war
- 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)
Business and economy
- Draghi report on European competitiveness is published. (Politico)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Brazil wildfires, 2023–2024 South American drought
- 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)
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to more than 64 people, with 24 others still missing. (Al Jazeera) (AP News)
- 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)
International relations
- Slovakia–Ukraine relations, Far-right politics in Ukraine
- 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)
Law and crime
- Censorship in Nigeria
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Forty-seven inmates escape from a maximum security prison in Margibi County, Liberia. (Reuters)
- Finnish-Canadian sportswear mogul Peter Nygård is sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault. (CBC 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)
September 8, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Pokrovsk offensive
- Russia formally claims control of Novohrodivka, Donetsk Oblast, twelve kilometers (seven miles) from the strategically important Ukrainian logistical hub city Pokrovsk. (Reuters)
- Pokrovsk offensive
- War in Afghanistan
- Fall of Kabul, 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
- Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee release a report criticizing U.S. President Joe Biden for his handling of the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan. (The Hill)
- Fall of Kabul, 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- The Israeli military says that several Hezbollah militants were killed in airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Syrian civil war
- Sudanese civil war
- The World Health Organization reports that the death toll from the civil war in Sudan has increased to more than 20,000 people. (AP)
Arts and culture
- 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- Wildfires in the United States during 2024
- 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). (The New York Times) (BBC News)
- Forty-eight people and 50 cattle are killed in an explosion caused by a collision between a fuel tanker and a truck in Agaie, Niger State, Nigeria. (AP)
- Fourteen people are killed and another person is injured when a bus crashes on a highway between Aden and Taiz in Yemen. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2024 Allenby Bridge shooting
- Three Israeli civilians are killed in a shooting at the Allenby Bridge on the Israel–Jordan border. (Reuters)
- Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound standoff
- 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)
- 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)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Algerian presidential election
- Incumbent President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune is re-elected for his second term with 95% of the vote. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
- 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)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Thailand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics
- Thai wheelchair fencer Saysunee Jana becomes the first female wheelchair fencer, and the second overall, to win gold medals in all three fencing disciplines, épée, foil, and sabre. (Bangkok Post)
- Thailand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics
- 2024 US Open
- 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)
September 7, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian artillery targets the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing three civilians and injuring three others. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Manipur violence
- Ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki tribes kills five people in Manipur, India. The Government of Manipur orders all schools in the state to remain closed in response. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Three Lebanese paramedics are killed and two others are wounded in an Israeli airstrike while they were firefighting in Faroun with two Amal militants killed in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah launches over 100 missiles and shelling at several Israeli military sites in Israel in retaliation. (VOA) (Middle East Eye)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Yagi
- Four people are killed and at least 78 people are injured by Typhoon Yagi in Hải Dương and Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam, as it makes landfall in Hanoi. (BBC News)
- Typhoon Yagi
- Thirteen people are killed and 44 others injured after a collision between a tank truck and a bus between Bouaké and Korhogo, in Ivory Coast. (AP)
International relations
- 2024 Venezuelan political crisis, Argentina–Venezuela relations
- Venezuelan security forces surround the Argentine embassy in Caracas after several opposition members take refuge inside the embassy. Electricity is reportedly cut to the embassy, with Vente Venezuela describing the situation as a siege. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Interstate 75 Kentucky shooting
- Several people are injured in a mass shooting near Interstate 75 in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States. (CNN)
- Five inmates escape from a high-security prison near Lisbon, Portugal. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Algerian presidential election
- Algerians vote for the President, with incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expected to win a second term. (Al Jazeera)
- French anti-Barnier government protests
- Nationwide protests against Emmanuel Macron's appointment of Michel Barnier as the new prime minister break out in 130 cities and towns across France, with left-wing coalition New Popular Front claiming that Macron stole the election. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- The Boeing Crew Flight Test capsule returns to Earth uncrewed, landing at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, United States, after being docked for three months at the International Space Station. (CNN)
Sports
- 2024 US Open
- In tennis, Aryna Sabalenka defeats Jessica Pegula in the final of the US Open Women's singles tournament to win her first US Open title ever and her second Grand Slam title overall. (Reuters) (WTA)
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