September 13
Law and crime
Disasters and accidents
September 12
International 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.
Source:
The Jerusalem Post
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.
Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of UkraineBrazil–Ukraine relationsChina–Ukraine relations
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Kyiv Independent
The United States government imposes sanctions on 16 allies of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, accusing them of voter suppression and human rights abuses.
Source:
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.
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AP
Science and technology
American billionaire Jared Isaacman becomes the first person to perform a commercial spacewalk as part of the private spaceflight mission operated by SpaceX.
Source:
AP
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.
Source:
Sky News
Business and economy
Microsoft announces that it will lay off 650 Microsoft Gaming employees as part of cuts to its workforce.
Source:
Variety
Politics and elections
Source:
RNZ
Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolves the opposition-led National Assembly and calls for a snap election on November 17.
Source:
AP
Law and crime
A police officer shoots and kills a man being held in custody on suspicion of blasphemy at a police station in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Source:
Al Arabiya
Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
Source:
Reuters
Russian shelling of the settlement of Borova in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, kills three civilians and injures nine others, including several emergency service personnel.
Source:
Reuters
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".
Russian invasion of UkraineList of military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian WarRussia–NATO relations
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The Independent
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
Al Jazeera
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.
Source:
AP
September 11
Politics and elections
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.
Source:
Al Jazeera
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.
Source:
The Guardian
Law and crime
Disasters and accidents
Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, as a Category 2 hurricane.
Source:
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
Reuters
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Armed conflicts and attacks
Eighteen people, including six UNRWA staffers, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on a school in central Gaza.
Source:
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.
Source:
Times of Israel
Source:
Reuters
Russian forces reportedly recapture 10 settlements in Kursk Oblast.
Source:
Anadolu Agency
The United Kingdom reportedly approves the use of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike targets inside Russian territory.
Source:
The Kyiv Independent
One Hezbollah militant is killed and one militant and two civilians are injured in Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon.
Source:
Al Jazeera
September 10
Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
Source:
Times of Israel
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.
Russian invasion of UkraineIran and the Russian invasion of UkraineInternational sanctions against Iran
Source:
The Telegraph
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.
Source:
Kyiv Post
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
Times of Israel
A Redwan Force commander is killed and fourteen civilians are injured in Israeli airstrikes on Saghbine and Rachaf in southern Lebanon.
Source:
Al Jazeera
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
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.
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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.
Source:
BBC News
Disasters and accidents
International 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.
Source:
TVN24
Politics and elections
Jordanians go to the polls to elect all 138 members of the House of Representatives.
Source:
NPR
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.
Source:
CNN
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.
Source:
Sky News
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.
Source:
CNN