Hundreds of far-right masked protesters block the Port of Dover in Kent, England, causing massive disruption to traffic.
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BBC News 
September 5
Law and crime
Disasters and accidents
One person is killed and 11 others are reported missing after a mudslide buries a village and damages 12 homes in Suichuan County, Jiangxi, China.
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AP
September 4
Politics and elections
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government becomes the longest serving in Italy during the postwar era.
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DW
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Reuters
Law and crime
A Philippine regional trial court issues an arrest warrant for vice president Sara Duterte on three counts of grave threats against president Bongbong Marcos, first lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and former House speaker Martin Romualdez, setting bail at ₱120,000 (US$2,000) per count.
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Reuters
Police in Guangxi, China, arrest 52 Singaporeans over suspected involvement in illegal pyramid-scheme activities as part of a broader law-enforcement operation. Singapore's foreign ministry says it is providing consular assistance.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
The Nepali Army rescues two people from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station in Rasuwa District, a week after floods ravaged the country.
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NBC News
At least two people are killed, 62 others sustain injuries, and 14 others remain unaccounted for after a blast at a military base storing pyrotechnic material in Viacha, Bolivia
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Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Israel Defense Forces state that Mohammad Mahmoud Marshad al-Qadi, a Nukhba Force commander who participated in the October 7 attacks on the Sufa post, was killed in an airstrike in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.
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The Times of Israel
Israel frees four prisoners, including two Syrian citizens, via International Committee of the Red Cross as part of efforts to revive U.S.-backed peace talks signed between Israel and Lebanon.
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The Hill
Over 120 people are confirmed to have been killed since yesterday during the clashes between Houthis and the Yemeni Armed Forces in western Yemen.
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AFP via France 24
The Pakistani military says it has killed 48 Baloch seperatists in a series of raids on hideouts over the past 72 hours in Balochistan, Pakistan.
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AP0
Health and environment
Malaysia declares a state of emergency in Serian Division, Sarawak, after haze from wildfires in nearby Kalimantan, Indonesia, pushed air pollution above hazardous levels, closing 647 schools.
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AFP via France 24
New Zealand becomes the second country after Australia to authorize pharmaceutical-grade MDMA for severe post-traumatic stress disorder, with Medsafe allowing two psychiatrists to prescribe it alongside psychotherapy in controlled clinical settings.
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AFP via France 24
Sports
The opening ceremony for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup is held in Berlin, Germany, with the United States defeating China 94–61.
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AP
International relations
The Royal Cambodian Army announces that they will resume joint military exercises with the United States beginning in February 2027 after it was suspended in 2017. The exercise will be codenamed Exercise Angkor Sentinel.
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AP
The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution supporting the Equal Earth map projection over the Mercator projection, with 164 countries voting in favor, one against (United States), and six abstaining.
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The Guardian
European Union enlargement chief Marta Kos cancels a visit to Serbia after a Serbian government plane took the remains of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić to Belgrade for his funeral.
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Reuters
Business and economy
The American Automobile Association reports that the average U.S. diesel price reached a record $5.85 per gallon, up from $3.71 a year earlier, amid disruptions to global energy markets caused by the Iran war.
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AFP via France 24
France allocates more than €1 billion to support farms affected by drought and heatwaves, including compensation for crop losses, liquidity assistance, tax relief, and support for fertilizer and agricultural diesel costs.
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The Peninsula
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opens an investigation into whether Tesla's new Cybercab robotaxi models are properly certified and demonstrates compliance with motor vehicle safety standards.
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Reuters
Arts and culture
An Argentine judge orders the repatriation of Giacomo Ceruti's 18th-century painting , looted by Nazi Germany from Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker during World War II, to Goudstikker's daughter-in-law Marei von Saher.
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AFP via France 24
September 3
Science and technology
The begins its final mission to Mercury, eight years after its launch by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
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Space.com
NASA discovers a 10–sided pattern on the south pole of Saturn using its Hubble Space Telescope from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, United States.
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ScienceDaily
Disasters and accidents
Authorities in Indonesia rescue a mother orangutan and her baby from wildfire smoke on the island of Borneo.
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The Borneo Post
United Arab Emirates president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan announces that the country will deploy an emergency relief mission to Nepal to support people affected by the deadly floods and landslides.
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Gulf News
At least 37 people are killed after inhaling petroleum fumes while allegedly siphoning fuel from an illegally tapped pipeline in Rivers State, Nigeria.
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AFP via France 24
Six crew members are referred to court as part of the investigation into the ship collision in the Sea of Marmara yesterday, while the search continues for the ten Turkish crew members aboard the sunken MV cargo ship.
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BBC News
International relations
Officials at a United Nations Security Council meeting say that Syria has started the process of destroying clandestine chemical weapons from former president Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Reuters
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says that Russia will close Goethe-Institut cultural centers in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg in response to Germany closing Russia's consulate in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin following the drone attacks at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month.
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AP
Law and crime
The Philippine education department initiates nationwide school safety drills to prepare students and staff for armed intruders, involving police and emergency responders after two school shooting incidents.
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AFP via France 24
A court in Moscow, Russia, places children's hospice founder Lida Moniava under judicial supervision, imposing a nightly curfew, internet ban, and contact restrictions over a 2023 post prosecutors said spread false information about the military.
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AFP via France 24
Health and environment
Malaysia's disaster agency, meteorological agency, and air force launch cloud-seeding operations in Sarawak to reduce haze and increase water reserves.
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AFP via France 24
Sports
In association football, the French Football Federation upholds Bordeaux's relegation to Régional 1, the sixth tier of the French football league system, rejecting the club's request for reinstatement in National 2 following its exclusion from national competitions over financial concerns.
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AFP via France 24
Politics and elections
In the United States, the Supreme Court of Missouri blocks the use of a congressional map intended to favor Republicans, despite the map having already been used for primary elections in the state. A referendum on the 2025 map will appear on the ballot for the November election in the state.
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The Guardian
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iran's military launches drones and missiles on Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait and Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, targeting United States military facilities and equipment to retaliate for the recent U.S. bombardment of Iran that killed at least 19 people.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warKuwait in the 2026 Iran warUnited Arab Emirates in the 2026 Iran war
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South China Morning Post
U.S. vice president JD Vance says that the country will investigate its military strike against a wedding in Bandar Sirik that killed five people.
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The Jerusalem Post
Israel releases prisoner Malek Ghazi and hands him over to the Lebanese army, the first release since the war started in March, as part of an effort to revive peace talks.
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Arab News
The Houthis launch an offensive in western Yemen, clashing with the Yemeni Armed Forces and aiming to reach and cut the road linking Taiz to Al-Makha district. Fourteen balistic missiles and several drones are launched in Taiz and Hodeidah. At least 18 Houthi fighters and 13 government troops are killed in the clashes.
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Al Jazeera
Russian forces say they have captured several settlements in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, encircling Ukrainian forces.
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ISW
The Security Service of Ukraine open fire against agents of the Main Directorate of Intelligence in Kyiv during a search at an apartment related to an arrest against a Russian national fighting for Ukraine, wounding three people.
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The Guardian
The International Organization for Migration reports the first operation of a voluntary repatriation flight for stranded migrants in Khartoum, Sudan, since the war started three years ago.
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Sudan Tribune
A Colombian judge orders president Abelardo de la Espriella's government to suspend airstrikes on guerrilla camps in the Guaviare Department when intelligence indicated that minors may be present, after recent bombings killed at least three teenagers.
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AFP via France 24
Five people are killed and several other residents are abducted during a bandit attack in Kebbe, Sokoto State, Nigeria.
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Daily Post Nigeria
September 2
Disasters and accidents
At least 22 people, including ten Jordanians, are killed and 28 others are injured in a bus accident in South Sinai, Egypt.
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AFP via France 24
The MV cargo ship sinks in the Marmara Sea after a collision with an oil tanker, leaving ten people missing.
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Euronews
At least 13 people are killed and five others sustain critical injuries after two minivans collide head-on in Greater Accra, Ghana.
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Xinhua
Five people are killed and 20 others injured after a passenger bus collides with a tanker truck on the National Highway 39 in Rewa District, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Times of India
An explosion at the Augsburg train station in Swabia, Germany, injures two people. The cause is unknown.
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Euronews
A crew member is killed, six others are missing, and one is rescued when a tugboat capsizes and sinks off the coast of Busan, South Korea.
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AP
Law and crime
Following the drone attacks at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month, German security authorities are focusing on several suspects with ties to Russia. According to investigations by the NDR, WDR, and SZ, the suspects are two men from Belarus and Lithuania who are also said to hold Russian passports.
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DW
U.S. federal judge Deborah Boardman of Maryland's district court blocks an attempt by the Trump administration from implementing an executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship in the country.
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Reuters
A Maltese jury acquits businessman Yorgen Fenech of complicity in the 2017 car-bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and of criminal association, finding him not guilty by an 8–1 vote.
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AP via NPR
Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and six others are injured in a mass shooting in Loring Park, Minneapolis, United States.
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DW
Digital rights organization SHARE Foundation documents at least 14 Serbian students and opposition activists targeted with Pegasus or NoviSpy spyware in 2026, while Citizen Lab confirms Pegasus infection in at least one case.
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Financial Times
Sports
In association football, Major League Soccer announces that all 27 teams from the United States will return to the U.S. Open Cup beginning in 2027, making it the first full participation in the tournament since 2023.
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The Guardian
Armed conflicts and attacks
In Kyiv, Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) have a shootout, injuring three HUR officers. ()
Palestinian officials say two teenagers were killed during an incident involving Israeli settlers and soldiers in al-Mughayyir, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, West Bank. The villiage council states that the Palestinian teenagers were killed when they were trying to prevent the Israeli settlers from stealing livestock. Israel's military says troops shot stone-throwers while protecting an Israeli civilian and police retrieving livestock.
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BBC News
The World Food Programme reports that an airstrike hit two UN food aid trucks in Dilling, South Kordofan, Sudan, over the weekend, destroying emergency supplies.
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Sudan Tribune
Business and economy
The global stock index rises following recent declines amidst the war in Iran including renewed tensions with the Japanese yen gaining against the United States dollar.
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Reuters
The Dutch central bank reallocates 86 tonnes of gold reserves from Ottawa, Canada, and New York City, United States, to London, United Kingdom, increasing the share held there to 32.1%, citing "increasing geopolitical unrest".
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Seoul Economic Daily
Politics and elections
Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise, the only candidate, is elected by the Riigikogu as President of Estonia. She will be sworn into office on October 12, succeeding Alar Karis.
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Reuters