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September 11

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from the MV ferry fire off Coron, Palawan, Philippines, rises from five to 35 after firefighters boarded the burned vessel and recovered 30 additional bodies. The coast guard continues searching for dozens of missing passengers and crew.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

A case of Ebola is reported in the Sud-Ubangi province, making it the seventh province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the outbreak has spread to.
Source: The Independent external link
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares an end to the cyclosporiasis food poisoning outbreak, which is caused by and linked to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, in the United States.
Source: Reuters external link
Indonesia works with Indian authorities to repatriate five baby orangutans found in an Odisha forest after suspected trafficking. Odisha Police and India's Wildlife Crime Control Bureau examine how the apes, which are native to Borneo and Sumatra, reached India.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
A research study at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reports that, in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, World Trade Center responders living in greener neighborhoods had lower risks of frailty, PTSD, and depression. Greater exposure to heat and air pollution was associated with higher risks of these conditions.
Source: Mount Sinai external link

Business and economy

The Kyrgyz National Bank reports that Kyrgyzstan has started domestically printing its first banknotes of the Kyrgyz som, the country's national currency, which are denominations of 20 and 50 soms. The printed banknotes are its first since gaining independence.
Source: Kursiv external link

Law and crime

The Gambia bans protests without official permits after demonstrations over prolonged power outages damaged a police post and utility offices. Police arrest 11 people in connection with the unrest and warn that they will disperse unauthorized gatherings.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: Reuters external link
The Seoul Central District Court acquits former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges that he appointed his defense minister, Lee Jong-sup, as ambassador to Australia to obstruct an investigation into a South Korean marine's drowning during the 2023 floods.
Source: AP external link
South Africa extradites six Nigerian nationals allegedly belonging to Black Axe to the United States, where they face wire fraud and money laundering charges linked to online romance scams that allegedly defrauded more than 100 victims.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukrainian drone strikes kill two people and injure three others in Tula Oblast, Russia, while a separate strike kills a 37-year-old man in Kursk Oblast, according to regional officials.
Source: Reuters external link
Russian drone strikes hit two petrol stations in Kyiv, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring 12 others. A separate attack on a residential building injures eight people, while another strike kills a woman in Kyiv Oblast.
Source: Reuters external link
Yemen's Houthis seize Perim Island in the Strait of Bab al-Mandab after government forces withdrew, completing their takeover of the surrounding area and giving them control of territory overlooking a major sea lane between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
The Houthis announces the ending and the success of its offensives, expelling government forces from six districts and seizing major locations.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy temporarily closes the country's East-West Crude Oil Pipeline as a precautionary measure following multiple projectile attacks on Thursday.
Source: CNBC external link

International relations

In retaliation to British sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements earlier this week, the Israeli government orders a team of British soldiers who train and advise Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank to leave the country.
Source: The Telegraph external link

September 10

Business and economy

Crude oil prices in the United States, including from Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate, reach US$100, the highest since May, amidst the country's renewed tensions with Iran.
Source: CNBC external link
The European Central Bank raises its three key interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, lifting the deposit rate to 2.50%, as higher energy prices linked to the Iran war increase inflation pressures across the eurozone.
Source: CNBC external link
The International Monetary Fund reports that the global growth of the global economy is on track to reach 3% in 2026 despite the war in Iran, but also cautioned that risks still remain high.
Source: Reuters external link

Science and technology

Source: Caspian Post external link

Law and crime

An Irish court charges Jason Hutch, a son of alleged crime boss Gerry Hutch, with facilitating a criminal organisation, the same day he was extradited from Spain.
Source: RTÉ external link
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturns a 2019 presidential pardon granted to Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara and orders him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence for criminally intimidating human rights activist Sandya Eknelygoda.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Houthis captures the port city of Mokha, as government forces retreat from the districts of Hays and Al Khawkhah. A mass exodus of the area from civilians towards Aden is further reported.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas senior leader Farah Hamed, a senior member who was accused of carrying out the 2003 attack that resulted in the killing of Shalom Har-Melech, the late husband of Limor Son Har-Melech, in a airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip kill a family of four.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a magnitude 4.1 earthquake has been detected after Israel carried out the strike in Ali al-Taher.
Source: Sky News external link
Russia drone strikes across Ukraine kill at least 15 people and injure 90 others, including victims in Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Pavlohrad, and Sumy. Ukraine also strikes gas facilities in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Ural, Russia.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Amnesty International says that Russia recruited foreign nationals for its war in Ukraine through deception, coercion, and exploitation, including false job offers and threats. The organization concludes that many such cases amount to human trafficking under international law.
Source: The Eastleigh Voice external link
Multiple projectile explosives believed to originate from Iraq strike pumping stations along the East–West Crude Oil Pipeline in Saudi Arabia, causing a fire.
Source: CNN external link

International relations

Algeria cuts diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, without specifying a reason.
Source: Reuters external link
Peruvian president Keiko Fujimori announces that Peru will join the U.S.-led Shield of the Americas coalition against drug cartels following a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 20 people are killed and five others are reported missing after a fire breaks out on a cargo ship in Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Source: CNN external link
Five people are killed and 40 others are injured after a bus carrying Dutch tourists crashes between Zernez and Susch, Switzerland.
Source: AP external link

Health and environment

Seven more children die from suspected measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 1,009.
Source: The Business Standard external link
Health minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain announces that Bangladesh will resume nationwide vaccinations beginning on September 25 amidst the ongoing measles outbreak.
Source: South Asian Herald external link

September 9

Politics and elections

The Republican National Convention is held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, U.S., ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, making it the first midterms convention to be held by the Republican Party.
Source: PBS external link
Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić dissolves the National Assembly and calls a snap parliamentary election for October 25, following a government proposal amid prolonged political tensions. The ruling Serbian Progressive Party nominates Vučić as its lead candidate and candidate for prime minister.
Source: Xinhua external link
Anti-war demonstrators in South Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul gather to oppose and urge the government not to deploy troops to the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Middle East Eye external link

Health and environment

Peninsular Spain records its hottest summer since the State Meteorological Agency's measurements began in 1961, with an average temperature of 24.5°C (76.1°F) and 61 heatwave days from June through August.
Source: Arab News Pakistan external link
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that the United States has experienced its hottest summer on record from June to August with a 23.6°C (74.5°F), surpassing the Dust Bowl.
Source: CBS News external link
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reports that August 2026 is the hottest month globally since measurements began, with an average temperature of 16.96°C (62.53°F), exceeding the previous record set in July 2023.
Source: AP external link
The C3S reports that wildfires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia, produced more than 19.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions from September 1 to 7, the world's highest total and more than one-third of global fire emissions.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

Israel opens its first embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Source: AP external link
The International Atomic Energy Agency ends its investigation into Syria's nuclear activities after the new government granted inspectors access to nuclear sites. Its board terminates a 2011 resolution that found Syria in non-compliance with its nuclear safeguards obligations.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Saudi Arabia launches 32 airstrikes in four governorates in Yemen against the Houthis.
Source: UA News external link
The death toll from the Saudi airstrike against a prison in Al-Jawf Governorate, two days ago, increases to 23 people.
Source: AP external link
Hamas claims that the Israel Defense Forces has killed Farah Hamed, a senior member who was accused of carrying out the 2003 attack that resulted in the killing of Shalom Har-Melech, the late husband of Limor Son Har-Melech, in a airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Source: VINnews external link
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launch missiles at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Azraq, Jordan, reporting damage to maintenance facilities, deployment areas, and hangars. Jordan says its forces have intercepted 18 Iranian missiles, following United States strikes that destroyed five Iranian oil tankers.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
A Russian drone strike hits a shopping centre in Sumy, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring 20 others.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed and 87 others are reported missing when a fire breaks out aboard a passenger ferry off Coron, Palawan, Philippines. The coast guard rescues 42 people from the vessel, which carried 117 passengers and 17 crew members.
Source: The Straits Times external link
A train collides with a truck at a level crossing in Sokolniki Suche, Poland, killing one person and injuring 20 others.
Source: Xinhua external link
Fourteen people are killed and eleven others are injured in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria.
Source: AP external link
Two people are killed and extensive damage is caused after an explosion at a hydroelectric power station in Piotta, Ticino, Switzerland.
Source: Reuters external link

Science and technology

Scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Colorado, U.S., and Liverpool John Moores University in England discover the first adult trackway at Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota, U.S. The study is published in the .
Source: Axios external link

Arts and culture

The state funeral of King Harald V takes place at the Oslo Cathedral in Oslo, Norway.
Source: The New York Times external link
The Tooro Kingdom in western Uganda selects Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a television news anchor and editor, as its new monarch following the death of Rukidi IV last month.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

The Metropolitan Police launch a criminal investigation into Reform UK over allegations that it broke foreign funding laws in the United Kingdom, following an investigation by Channel 4 News.
Source: BBC News external link
Brazilian Supreme Court president Edson Fachin suspends conflicting rulings by two justices, allowing Federal Police chief Andrei Rodrigues to remain in office while the court reviews allegations that police monitored justice André Mendonça and other government authorities.
Source: Reuters external link

September 8

Armed conflicts and attacks

Houthi forces launch ballistic missiles and drones at several locations in Saudi Arabia, injuring 73 people, including civilians, and causing fires that temporarily halt operations at some energy facilities.
Source: Reuters external link
The confirmed toll of the offensive in western Yemen increases to 500 people killed, including 278 Houthi fighters, 216 soldiers of the Yemeni Armed Forces and 29 civilians.
Source: AFP via LBC Group external link
The toll from yesterday's Saudi airstrike against a prison in Al-Jawf Governorate increases to 17 people killed and seven more wounded.
Source: Saba News Agency external link
Russia launches drones and missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine, following a weekend pause in strikes, killing five people and injuring at least 10. The attacks damage civilian infrastructure at at least 16 locations and cause fires in five districts.
Source: Reuters external link
Around 13 people are killed in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a courthouse in Umm Ruwaba, North Kordofan.
Source: Sudan Horizon external link
Peace talks are held by mediators from the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the Arab League, the European Union and the United Nations, in Khartoum, Sudan, in an effort to end the three-year long civil war, with UN envoy Pekka Haavisto attending the talks.
Source: Arab News external link

International relations

Spain declassifies around 40 intelligence reports concerning the July migrant crisis into Ceuta, during which more than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco, amid scrutiny of whether Moroccan security forces facilitated the crossings and whether Spanish security services had prior warning of the influx.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
The United Kingdom announces it will ban imports of all goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, as well as some services, including financing, construction, infrastructure, real estate, and advertising.
Source: Telegraph India external link
To reciprocate the UK sanctions, Israel announces it will close the UK consulate in East Jerusalem. Israel also forbids the UK from participating in the U.S.-led mission for Gaza, and bans some British officials, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, from entering the country.
Source: The North West Star external link
Bosnia and Herzegovina declares two Serbian embassy diplomats, military attaché Milan Dulanović and Security Intelligence Agency representative advisor at the embassy Darko Maksimović, as after attending the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade.
Source: Reuters external link
Nicaragua urges the International Court of Justice to reject Germany's objections to its case, stating that German arms exports to Israel breach the Genocide Convention and international humanitarian law. Germany responds by saying that the court lacks jurisdiction over parts of the case.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Disasters and accidents

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reports that 13,583 people have been rescued so far since flash floods ravaged Nepal.
Source: The Rising Nepal external link
A MBB Bo 105 helicopter operating for the Flying Doctors of Malaysia crashes near Long Lellang, Sarawak, Malaysia, killing all five onboard.
Source: The Star external link
Indonesia reopens its airport in Jakarta and four others after previously being closed due to ashes from Anak Krakatoa.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

Thieves steal and by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France. The works have an estimated value of €9 million.
Source: BBC News external link

Business and economy

Canada's retaliatory tariffs of 15% to 50% on CA$27.6 billion (US$19.9 billion) of U.S. goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances, agricultural equipment, paper products, and electronics, take effect in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
In response, the United States announces a ban on the imports of Canadian alcoholic drinks, motorcycles, and dairy products beginning September 29.
Source: Reuters external link
The U.S. treasury department imposes sanctions against 27 Iranian airlines, including flag carrier Iran Air, in an effort to squeeze Iran's economy.
Source: Al-Monitor external link

Health and environment

A third-year student in the marching band at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, U.S., dies after collapsing during extreme heat at the Iowa Hawkeyes season opener at Kinnick Stadium. Temperatures reached 94°F (34°C) at the time of the game.
Source: The Athletic external link
A famine is reported across Sudan's Jebel Marra area in the Darfur region, with 20 people dying from hunger and diseases.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says that New York City, U.S., has released over 170,000 documents detailing that city officials knew about the air quality and unsafe conditions at the time of the September 11 attacks including at Ground Zero.
Source: The Guardian external link
Indonesia's food agency suspends nearly 2,000 kitchens in its national free meals programme after they fail to register for mandatory sanitation inspections, as the agency strengthens food safety measures following widespread food poisoning cases.
Source: Reuters external link

Science and technology

OpenAI says that it has solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem, with the announcement raising questions about plagiarism.
Source: Scientific American external link