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September 12

Health and environment

The Atlantic hurricane season reaches a 103 day record without a major hurricane after the season started on June 1, the first since 1941, with the El Niño in the Pacific Ocean being a big factor.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran and the United Arab Emirates sign a joint statement that calls for restraint in the war. Additionally, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Abu Dhabi ruler Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan at the BRICS summit, the highest profile meeting between the two countries since the war started on February 28.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
reports that Iran has received Chinese satellite images before launching a July 17 strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base that killed three United States Army soldiers.
Source: Arab News external link
Russian drone strikes across Ukraine kill eight civilians, inlcuding two people in Zaporizhzhia, two people at a grocery store in Zhytomyr, one person in Kryvyi Rih, while a "massive attack" targeting the Port of Odesa and surrounding areas wounds at least 28 people.
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A Russian drone strikes a civilian vehicle in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing three people.
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Arts and culture

Rukidi IV, the late king of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom, is buried.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

North Korea launches a series of SRBM missile tests from Wonsan in response to trilateral Freedom Edge military drills conducted by the United States, South Korea, and Japan.
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily external link

Disasters and accidents

The Philippine coast guard confirms that 41 more bodies have been discovered aboard the burned vessel MV off Coron, Palawan, bringing the death toll from the fire to 76.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Law and crime

French officials investigate if the derailment was caused by sabotage after a fragment of rail was found on the tracks.
Source: France 24 external link
Several residents are arrested after riots erupted yesterday in Kobani, Syria, over a murder of a Kurdish citizen that was blamed on an Arab man, while a prison riot at Kobani prison leaves seven inmates dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the violence erupted over plans to transfer some prisoners to another prison in Aleppo.
Source: ABC News external link

September 11

Politics and elections

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency releases 71 documents warning of a threat from Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda prior to the September 11 attacks, including presidential daily briefs during the administrations of former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush from 1998 to the day after the attacks.
Source: Al Jazeera 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

Arts and culture

Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late Norwegian King Harald V and daughter of Olav V, dies at the age of 94.
Source: Sky News external link

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
At least 16 people are killed in a fire in a retirement home near Pitrufquén, Chile. Ten people are rescued and hospitalized.
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Business and economy

The Kyrgyz National Bank reports that Kyrgyzstan has started domestically printing banknotes of the Kyrgyz som, the country's currency, for the first time since independence.
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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
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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
The Lebanese Army arrests Suleiman Hilal Al Assad, a cousin of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, along with two other men, on drug trafficking charges. The men are now under the custody of the Lebanese Defence Ministry.
Source: Gulf News 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

Armed conflicts and attacks

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 attacks by drones from Iraq on Thursday.
Source: CNBC external link
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

September 10

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

Science and technology

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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

Armed conflicts and attacks

Houthis capture the port city of Mokha, as government forces retreat from the districts of Hays and Al Khawkhah. A mass exodus of civilians from the area towards Aden is 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
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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

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

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

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

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
The United States Southern Command's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere kills three people in a strike on a alleged narcotrafficking drug boat in the Caribbean Sea.
Source: SOUTHCOM external link
A Russian drone strike hits a shopping centre in Sumy, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring 20 others.
Source: Reuters 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
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign has been launched in Tawila, North Darfur in a effort to immunize 95,000 people in the area. Additionally, 16 deaths are reported from cholera in Sudan's West Kordofan state.
Source: AllAfrica 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

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

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

Politics and elections

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: CNA 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

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