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September 10

Business and econony

Crude oil prices in the United States, including from Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate, reach US$100, the highest since May, amidst renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
Source: CNBC 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
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip kill a family of four.
Source: Reuters external link
Russia launches drone strikes at Ukraine, killing at least seven people.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

International relations

Algeria cuts diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, without specifying a reason.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

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
Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, who conducted medical experiments at Auschwitz concentration camp.
Source: The Washington Post external link

Health and environment

Seven more children died 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

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

September 9

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

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

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

Saudi Arabia launches 32 airstrikes in four governorates in Yemen against the Houthis.
Source: UA News 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

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

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

September 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 7

Armed conflicts and attacks

Oman's navy says that they have rescued 16 crew members from a Saudi Arabia-flagged oil tanker that was attacked a week ago in the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: The New Arab external link
Nine people, including two children, are killed, and five others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Kfar Reman, Lebanon. Separately, in the same city, two medics are killed in another airstrike on a vehicle.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The United States Southern Command says that they have sunk a vessel allegedly belonging to the Los Choneros.
Source: AP external link
More than 300 people are killed amid the deadliest fighting in the war since 2022.
Source: Barron's external link
Amid the offensive, Saudi Arabia launches an airstrike against a prison in Al-Jawf Governorate, killing seven people, including a child, and trapping 35 more under the rubble.
Source: AP external link

Sports

In Australian rules football, the Australian Football League introduces limits on contact training from the 2027 preseason to reduce concussion risk, capping weekly contact at 120 minutes initially and 160 minutes later while prohibiting high-intensity sessions on consecutive days.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Politics and elections

Kenya grants temporary legal status to undocumented East African nationals who registered with their embassies, after president William Ruto ordered the closure of small businesses operated by foreign traders without work permits.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

The Philippine Sandiganbayan appellate court issues an arrest warrant for Leyte's 1st district representative and former House speaker Martin Romualdez after the Office of the Ombudsman filed charges of plunder against him for the alleged ₱7.44 billion (US$118.62 million) worth of kickbacks he received from flood control, infrastructure, and other government projects.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

Malaysia lifts the state of emergency in Serian Division, Sarawak, after air pollution fell below hazardous levels, although several areas remain "very unhealthy" because of smoke from wildfires in Indonesia.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from an explosion at military barracks in Viacha, Bolivia, three days ago, increases to nine people.
Source: Reuters external link
A private Piper PA-34-200T Seneca aircraft goes missing off Andros Island, the Bahamas, with four people on board. A search and rescue operation is ongoing.
Source: NBC News external link
A PAC P-750 XSTOL aircraft operating a passenger flight for Niugini Aviation crashes near Simbai, Madang, Papua New Guinea, during approach. All four people on board are killed.
Source: ASN external link

International relations

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announces that Greenland and the European Union have reached a €200 million (US$232.5 million) partnership deal.
Source: Reuters external link
North Korea and Russia opens the Yakov Novichenko Bridge at its border, the first road bridge connecting the two countries.
Source: The Independent external link
A military funeral and burial is held for convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade, Serbia, despite objections from the European Union due to concerns that the honors glorify a person convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Source: The Guardian external link

Business and economy

The government of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, announces plans to prohibit more than half of its vacation rentals in residential areas and near schools after complaints increase over noise, smoking, trespassing, and improper waste disposal.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link