September 9
Disasters and accidents
At least one person is killed and twenty injured when train collides with a truck at a level crossing in Sokolniki Suche, Poland.
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TVP World
Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
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AFP via France 24
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.
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BBC News
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.
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The Athletic
A famine is reported across Sudan's Jebel Marra area in the Darfur region, with 20 people dying from hunger and diseases.
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Sudan Tribune
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.
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Reuters
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
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
A MBB Bo 105 helicopter operating for the Flying Doctors of Malaysia crashes near Long Lellang, Sarawak, Malaysia, killing all five onboard.
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The Star
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.
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Reuters
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
The toll from yesterday's Saudi airstrike against a prison in Al-Jawf Governorate increases to 17 people killed and seven more wounded.
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Saba News Agency
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.
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Reuters
Around 13 people are killed in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a courthouse in Umm Ruwaba, North Kordofan.
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Sudan Horizon
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 a effort to end the three-year long civil war, with UN envoy Pekka Haavisto attending the talks.
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Arab News
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.
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AFP via RFI
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
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina declares two Serbian embassy diplomats, military attaché Milan Dulanović and Security Intelligence Agency representative advisor at the embassy Darko Maksimović, as persona non grata after attending the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade.
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Reuters
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.
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Al Jazeera
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
September 7
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
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.
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Reuters
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
North Korea and Russia opens the Yakov Novichenko Bridge at its border, the first road bridge connecting the two countries.
Source:
The Independent
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.
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The Guardian
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
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
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.
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Al Jazeera
The United States Southern Command says that they have sunk a vessel allegedly belonging to the Los Choneros.
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AP
More than 300 people are killed amid the deadliest fighting in the war since 2022.
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Barron's
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
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
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
Disasters and accidents
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
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.
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ASN
September 6
Disasters and accidents
Three more children are reported to die from suspected measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 997.
Source:
The Daily Star
The death toll from mudslides caused by Typhoon Saudel in Suichuan County, Jiangxi, China, increases to three.
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AP
A Boeing 767-300 cargo plane operated by 21 Air, contracted by Amazon Air, overshoots the runway and strikes vehicles while landing at Miami International Airport in Florida, United States, killing five people and injuring five others.
Source:
The New York Times
Eleven people are killed and seven others are injured when a fuel tanker hits other cars and explodes, reportedly due to a faulty brake system, near Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, Iran.
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AP
Eleven climbers are killed and six others are injured after an avalanche struck a group of 33 on Mount Mizhirgi in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. Six other climbers are missing as rescuers continue search operations.
Source:
Firstpost
Jakarta's Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Indonesia's busiest airport, suspends flight operations after volcanic ash from Anak Krakatoa reaches the airport.
Source:
AFP via ABS-CBN News
Politics and elections
Exit polls show the far-right Alternative for Germany party winning the Saxony-Anhalt state election in Germany but failing to secure an absolute majority of seats.
Source:
The Guardian
Armed conflicts and attacks
A Palestinian man and his daughter are killed and 6 others wounded in an Israeli strike that targeted a car in Al Nasr District, Gaza City, Gaza Strip.Also medics says that two separate Israeli strikes killed two other people, including a child in Gaza City, in addition, an Israeli strikes killed at least one near the telecommunication company east of Gaza City while an Israeli tank at a school housing displaced families killed a 3-year-old boy, takes the death toll to 4.
Source:
Reuters
Seven people are killed and 20 more injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
Source:
Al Jazeera 2
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner make their first visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks amidst renewed efforts to end the war.
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CNBC
The Sudanese Armed Forces and Joint Forces advance in Sudan's North Kordofan state, and recaptures the town of Hamrat al-Wiz.
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Sudan Tribune
The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that over 11,000 people have been reported missing since the civil war.
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Sudan Tribune
Sports
In Formula One racing, Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli wins the Italian Grand Prix, becoming the first Italian driver in 60 years to win on home soil after Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966.
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Reuters
In association football, Toluca defeat Monterrey 2–0 in the final to claim their first Leagues Cup championship.
Source:
USA Today
In NASCAR racing, Joe Gibbs driver Christopher Bell wins the Southern 500 race at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, U.S., snapping a 33-race winless streak.
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ESPN
The final day of the World Nomad Games is held, with hosts Kyrgyzstan defeating Kazakhstan 12–0 to win the kok-boru final in Cholpon-Ata. Kyrgyzstan wins the gold medal in kok-boru, Kazakhstan wins the silver, and Russia wins the bronze.
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24.kg
Kazakhstan finishes first in the medal standings at the World Nomad Games.
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Qazinform
Manchester Storm set a new attendance record for a match between two Elite Ice Hockey League teams, with 11,062 people watching their pre-season friendly against Sheffield Steelers at the AO Arena, the first professional hockey game the venue has hosted since 2004.
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EIHL
Arts and culture
Rob Reiner wins a posthumous award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in nine months after his killing.
Source:
The New York Times