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September 26

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber blows himself up at a police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing 12 people and wounding 30 more.
Source: AP external link

Disasters and accidents

In Thailand, Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt declares a flood disaster across the city as severe flooding kills at least two people and affects more than 84,000 nationwide.
Source: AP external link
Four sailors are missing, seven others are injured, and 25 are rescued after a fire breaks out aboard the Russian fishing vessel off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

In Australian rules football, the Brisbane Lions defeat the Fremantle Dockers to win the 2026 Australian Football League season by seven points, winning their third consecutive premiership and sixth overall.
Source: AFL external link

September 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Sudanese Armed Forces announces that they have recaptured Sodri, North Kordofan.
Source: Radio Tamazuj external link
Two civilians are killed in a drone strike by Rapid Support Forces in El Obeid.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports a sharp increase in refugees fleeing from Sudan to Chad in a effort to escape the civil war and dire conditions, with 400 people a day crossing eastern Chad.
Source: Reuters external link
reports that United States president Donald Trump has rejected Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt regional fighting within seven days in exchange for easing U.S. sanctions and releasing Iranian frozen funds.
Source: Reuters external link
Russian drone and missile strikes on residential buildings and other civilian sites in Kyiv, Ukraine, kill seven people, including a 14-year-old boy, and injure 46 others.
Source: AFP via News.com.au external link
The Puntland Maritime Police Force successfully frees the oil tanker following a multi-day counter-piracy operation near Garacad, Mudug, Puntland, after it was seized by Somali pirates in August.
Source: Reuters external link
Pakistan says that its military has killed 13 Afghan security forces during shootouts at the border. Afghanistan's government denies the claim.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

Mary Jane Veloso is released from a prison in Mandaluyong, Philippines, after president Bongbong Marcos's absolute pardon of her was approved yesterday.
Source: Rappler external link
A court in Paris, France, sentences Loik Le Priol to 26 years in prison and Romain Bouvier to 19 years for murdering former Argentine rugby union player Federico Martín Aramburú in 2022. Le Priol and Bouvier had links to the dissolved far-right group Groupe Union Défense.
Source: BBC News external link
Sri Lanka's parliament approves a constitutional amendment extending the terms of senior judges by two years as part of efforts to reduce an estimated 1.1 million-case backlog.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issues a provisional measure banning online betting in Brazil, immediately halting new deposits. Users may withdraw remaining funds until October 5, and Congress must approve the measure within 120 days for it to remain in force.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Disasters and accidents

A military-leased Let L-410 carrying 17 people, including two generals, crashes near Kenge, Kwango, Democratic Republic of the Congo, while on route to Kinshasa, killing all passengers.
Source: Reuters external link
Six people are killed and two others are found injured after a suspected gas leak causes an explosion and collapses a two-storey building in Plaka, Athens, Greece.
Source: BBC News external link
Two people are killed and 13 more injured in a fire at a residential building in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.
Source: ANSA external link

Sports

In swimming, China's Zhang Zhanshuo becomes the first athlete to win seven gold medals at a single Asian Games, securing his seventh title in the men's 400-metre freestyle with a Games-record time of 3:41.28.
Source: AFP external link
In association football, an independent Premier League commission finds Manchester City F.C. guilty of 114 of 115 alleged financial-rule breaches spanning the 2009–10 to 2022–23 seasons.
Source: CNN external link

Health and environment

A laboratory-confirmed mpox case from a 21-year-old woman is reported in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Source: Reuters external link

September 24

Disasters and accidents

At least nine people are killed and many others are injured after a sleeper bus catches fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Source: DW external link
Twelve Kazakh military personnel are killed, three are rescued and two are missing after being swept into the Caspian Sea during a naval training exercise in the Mangystau Region.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

France announces that it will deploy its soldiers and air defense systems to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, to support the Saudi military against the Houthis.
Source: Reuters external link
The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet say that they have killed Hamas's chief financial officer in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip.
Source: The Yeshiva World external link
Fano fighters launch several attacks in the Amhara Region. Shootouts with the Ethiopian National Defense Force are ongoing, causing several casualties, while a colonel is captured.
Source: Daily News Egypt external link
Pakistan's military launches ten air strikes on Afghan military sites, killing four people.
Source: AP external link

Business and economy

The European Commission reports that the average diesel price across the European Union reaches a record €2.23 (US$2.54) per litre, up from €2.16 ($2.46) the previous week. Nineteen member states record new highs.
Source: Bangkok Post external link
The Emirati General Civil Aviation Authority announces the suspension of all flights between Iran and the United Arab Emirates amidst new U.S. sanctions until further notice.
Source: Gulf News external link
UN Trade and Development reports that Gaza is experiencing the most severe economic crisis on record, with 92% of economic establishments damaged or destroyed, daily per capita GDP at US$0.58, and unemployment exceeding 90% among working-age residents.
Source: AFP external link

Arts and culture

Source: Vatican News external link

Sports

In swimming, Japan's Shin Ohashi wins gold in the men's 200-metre breaststroke at the 2026 Asian Games in 2:04.83, breaking China's Qin Haiyang's 2023 world record of 2:05.48 by 0.65 seconds.
Source: AFP external link
In baseball, the Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox clinches the upcoming playoffs for the first time since 2021, following three-straight 100-loss seasons.
Source: AP external link

Politics and elections

Morocco's Authenticity and Modernity Party, led by Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, wins the most seats in yesterday's parliamentary election, taking 97 of 395 seats, followed by the ruling National Rally of Independents with 66 and the Istiqlal Party with 65, according to preliminary official results.
Source: Reuters external link
Italy's government approves a decree capping foreign students with limited Italian proficiency at 30% per classroom and banning burqas and niqabs in schools. The measure takes effect immediately but requires parliamentary approval within 60 days.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

A court in Jakarta, Indonesia, reduces former education minister and Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim's prison sentence from 10 to nine years for corruption involving Chromebook procurement, while lowering restitution from Rp809 billion (US$45 million) to Rp548 billion ($30 million).
Source: Reuters external link
A Croatian court approves Ukrainian national Volodymyr Zhuravlov's extradition to Germany over his alleged involvement in sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in 2022.
Source: AP external link
American news outlets CNN, MS NOW, and regain access to the White House after U.S. federal judge Timothy J. Kelly temporarily blocked the ban by President Donald Trump, ruling that the outlets are likely to show that their press passes were revoked without adequate due process.
Source: BBC News external link
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos grants an absolute pardon to Mary Jane Veloso, a former overseas worker in Indonesia who was arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to death in 2010, but was later granted a reprieve and extradited back to the Philippines.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
Source: Reuters external link
A priest is killed and four other people are injured in a mass stabbing by a Ukrainian national at a Benedictine abbey in Jarosław, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

Source: AFP via France 24 external link

September 23

Disasters and accidents

Tropical Storm Fay re-emerges as a tropical depression with a sustained wind of 35 mph amidst a unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season caused by El Niño.
Source: Sun Sentinel external link

Law and crime

A court in New York, United States, sentences former film producer Harvey Weinstein to 15 years in prison for committing a criminal sexual act against former production assistant Miriam Haley.
Source: BBC News external link
Congresswoman Margarita López Pérez reports that, since 2021, Searching Mothers have found around 1,600 milk teeth, among other skeletal remains, in a mass grave in Zacapu, Michoacán. The state prosecutor's office denies having reports on the case.
Source: Guillermo Ortega external link
Human Rights Watch reports that women held as political prisoners in Myanmar face torture, sexual violence, and inadequate medical care. The group says more than 6,600 women and 640 children are among over 30,000 political prisoners detained since 2021.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

The United States and African Union hold the first joint Quad-Quintet talks at the United Nations General Assembly sidelines in a effort to end the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Source: Notes from Poland external link
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev pardons a French national who served a 10-year prison sentence for espionage, and orders his release as one of 20 pardoned prisoners.
Source: BBC News external link
Taiwan's coast guard increases patrol capacity around the disputed Pratas Island in the South China Sea by stationing a new 100-tonne patrol boat and regularly deploying larger vessels, citing increased China Coast Guard activity near the Taiwan-controlled outpost.
Source: Reuters external link
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea after capturing them in Kursk Oblast, Russia, in January 2025.
Source: UPI external link

Sports

North Korean weightlifter Ri Song Gum wins gold in the women's 49kg category at the 2026 Asian Games while setting three world records: 94kg in the snatch, 121kg in the clean and jerk, and 215kg overall.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Science and technology

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says that an OpenAI-deployed agent accessed public and restricted files on a Medicare database during testing in June. OpenAI notified the government in September, while investigations continue into the breach.
Source: The Guardian external link
Croatia joins the U.S.-led Artemis Accords, becoming the 74th country to do so.
Source: Croatia Week external link

Politics and elections

The Central Elections Committee votes to disqualify Ra'am and all parties on the Joint List from running, alleging they promoted terrorism against Israel. Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh and MK Ofer Cassif are also specifically barred from running.
Source: Times of Israel external link
Moroccans vote to elect all 395 members of the House of Representatives.
Source: AP external link
The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, rules that only senator-judges able to participate count toward the conviction threshold in vice president Sara Duterte's trial, reducing the required votes from 16 to 14.
Source: Reuters external link
The United Kingdom establishes a National Centre for Information Defence to detect and counter foreign disinformation, including AI-generated content. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the centre will address disinformation attacks to states such as Russia.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Health and environment

The Atacama Desert in Chile reports blossoms of flowers amidst the ongoing El Nino event in the Pacific.
Source: Phys.org external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States Central Command says that the U.S. military has redirected 115 commercial vessels since the reinstatement of its blockade on July 14.
Source: Gulf News external link
An Indian wiper is killed during an attack on the bulk carrier MV near the Strait of Hormuz, with Oman's navy confirming that 27 crew members have been evacuated.
Source: The Indian Express external link
Iran reopens schools and universities after months of closures caused by the war. About 16.5 million schoolchildren begin the new academic year, with reopening ceremonies held across the country.
Source: AFP via Channels Television external link
Acting United States Navy secretary Hung Cao reports that eight sailors on the USS have attempted suicide during its long deployment including during the Iran war.
Source: BBC News external link
The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) seizes several airports in Tigray, while clashes are ongoing in the nearby regions of Afar and Amhara. The TPLF says that it has started a "defensive war" against the federal government of Ethiopia.
Source: Reuters external link
Russian drone and missile attacks across Ukraine kill at least eight civilians, including six agricultural workers in Kharkiv Oblast and two people in Kyiv, while strikes also hit Odesa. Ukraine says it intercepts or suppresses 119 of 161 drones.
Source: AP external link
Poland deploys fighter jets into its airspace after a Russian helicopter intruded near Braniewo, Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship.
Source: Chronicle Live external link
Threats and attacks by the Conquering Self-Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) bring Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia, to a standstill, closing businesses and public transport. The group orders the shutdown after security forces kill 13 ACSN members.
Source: Reuters external link
Fifteen people, including a village head, are killed in an armed ethnic clash in Bagudo, Kebbi State, Nigeria. Six suspects are arrested following the attack.
Source: Daily Post external link

Business and economy

Iranian airlines suspend services to Azerbaijan, Baghdad, Georgia, Muscat, and Qatar, after new U.S. sanctions target Iran's aviation sector.
Source: AFP external link