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Marat Kambolov
- Marat Kambolov (pictured) is declared the winner of the South Ossetian presidential election.
- An attack on a police complex in Kohat, Pakistan, leaves at least 31 people dead.
- The tilcayo, a new species of tiger cat, is formally identified.
- Former leader of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi is sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes during his leadership of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
September 23, 2026 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2026 Ethiopian offensive
- Ethiopian civil conflict
- 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. (Reuters)
- Ethiopian civil conflict
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Poland deploys fighter jets into its airspace after a Russian helicopter intruded near Braniewo, Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. (Chronicle Live)
- Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Communal conflicts in Nigeria
- 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. (Daily Post)
Law and crime
- War crimes in the Myanmar civil war
- 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. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Moroccan general election
- Moroccans vote to elect all 395 members of the House of Representatives. (AP)
- Second impeachment of Sara Duterte
- 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. (Reuters)
- 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. (AFP via France 24)
Sports
- 2026 Asian Games
- North Korea at the 2026 Asian Games, Weightlifting at the 2026 Asian Games
- 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. (AFP via France 24)
- North Korea at the 2026 Asian Games, Weightlifting at the 2026 Asian Games
September 22, 2026 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Yemeni civil war
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
- 2026 Yemen offensives
- The Houthi-affiliated Saba News Agency reports that Saudi airstrikes on the Houthi-held city of Mokha, Yemen, have killed six civilians. (AFP via CNA)
- 2026 Yemen offensives
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
- 2026 Iran war
- Casualties of the 2026 Iran war
- The Pentagon reports that a 19th U.S. service member has died amidst the ongoing war in Iran. (The Washington Post)
- Casualties of the 2026 Iran war
- Yemeni civil war
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Pacific hurricane season
- The National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Polo has strengthened into a category 5 Pacific hurricane. (The Independent)
- 2026 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Dujuan kills at least four people and injures 22 others in Japan, while six remain missing after landslides. More than 45,000 households in Chiba Prefecture lose power, and over 460 homes are damaged. (AFP via Taipei Times)
- Moldova's parliament approves a 60-day state of emergency in the energy and water sectors as low levels in the Dniester and Prut rivers threaten water supplies and global conflicts raise energy costs. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
- The Atlantic hurricane season breaks a 112-year record without a hurricane, due to a strong El Niño event in the Pacific. (AccuWeather)
- Tunisia's meteorological service reports that summer 2026 is the country's hottest since records began in 1950, with average temperatures 2.9 °C (5.2 °F) above the previous record and repeated heat waves contributing to water shortages and power cuts. (AFP)
International relations
- Eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly
- Sudan–United States relations
- Diplomatic sources and the United Nations say that the United States refused to issue Sudanese military chief and de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan a visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York City. Sudan asks the UN to intervene. (AFP)
- United States–Venezuela relations
- United States president Donald Trump and Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, marking the first in-person meeting between the countries' leaders following the 2026 U.S. intervention in Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro. (AFP via France 24)
- Sudan–United States relations
- Afghanistan–Turkmenistan relations
- Afghanistan and Turkmenistan agree to establish a joint commission on road transport and to facilitate transit between the two bordering countries. (Trend News Agency)
- Belgium–Rwanda relations
- Belgium and Rwanda restore diplomatic relations 18 months after severing ties over the Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict. The countries plan to reopen their embassies following months of meetings facilitated in part by Qatar. (Reuters)
- Greenland crisis
- Denmark, Greenland, and the United States sign an agreement expanding U.S. military access to Greenland, permitting new defence areas and a missile defence system while reaffirming Greenland's self-determination and amending the 1951 defence agreement. (DW) (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Crime in South Africa
- Eleven people are killed, including a pregnant woman, and three others are injured after three men open fire at a gathering inside a house in KwaMakhutha township, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (BBC News)
- Three men are killed in a shooting in Gugulethu, Cape Flats, South Africa. Police are investigating it as a triple homicide. (Cape Town ETC)
- 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
- Sri Lanka's High Court convicts 15 men involved in the Easter bombings in 2019. (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Turgutlu school shooting
- Eleven people are wounded in a mass shooting at a high school in Turgutlu, Turkey. The perpetrator is arrested. (Al Jazeera)
- Human trafficking in Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea police rescue 39 Indonesians allegedly trafficked through false job offers and held in Port Moresby. Officers arrest four Chinese nationals and investigate possible links to a wider transnational trafficking network. (AFP via The Straits Times)
- FBI Bureau Employee Breach
- ShinyHunters hackers vandalize the FBI website FBIjobs.gov and allege to have obtained data on current employees as well as applicants. The data includes the names of agents as well as home addresses, social security numbers, and other identifying information. (Reuters)
- At least three people are killed in an after-curfew ambush in Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Daily Trust)
Science and technology
- Flights are delayed at five major airports across the northeastern United States, including at Newark Liberty, Teterboro, Philadelphia, LaGuardia, and JFK, due to technological issues after a construction crew accidentally severed numerous cables, including fiber-optic ones used for communication with air traffic control. (CNN)
September 21, 2026 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Yemeni civil war
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict, 2026 Yemen offensives
- Saudi Arabia–United Kingdom relations
- British prime minister Andy Burnham says that the United Kingdom will offer Saudi Arabia aerial refueling in its ongoing conflict with the Houthis. (The Hill)
- Saudi Arabia–United Kingdom relations
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict, 2026 Yemen offensives
- Yemeni civil war
- Sudanese civil war
- Egypt–Sudan relations, Egypt–United States relations, Sudan–United States relations
- U.S. senior advisor Massad Boulos says that he has held talks with Sudanese foreign minister Mohieddin Salem and Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in an effort to end the three-year long civil war. (Arab News) (Sudan Horizon)
- Darfur campaign
- The Sudanese military at night launches heavy airstrikes against Rapid Support Forces targets in Nyala, South Darfur. (Sudan Tribune)
- Kordofan campaign
- An attack on a gold mining market in North Kordofan by the Rapid Support Forces kills five citizens, including a goldsmith worker. (Sudan Tribune)
- The United Nations's International Organization for Migration reports that 5 million displaced people have decided to return to Sudan despite the civil war. (Arab News)
- Egypt–Sudan relations, Egypt–United States relations, Sudan–United States relations
- 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war
- Pakistan's military launches strikes over the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in retaliation for the 2026 Kohat attack. Afghanistan's government and the UNAMA report that a family of three was killed in the strikes, while Pakistan says the strikes killed 28 Pakistani Taliban militants. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
- The Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia is postponed to 2027 due to the ongoing conflict with the Houthis. (Arab News) (Gulf News)
Business and economy
- Ceer Motors unveils the EXOBOT SUV and sedan in Saudi Arabia, its first electric vehicles in the country. (Electrek)
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 California wildfires
- Two pilots are killed in a helicopter crash while fighting a wildfire in Yosemite National Park, California, United States. (Reuters)
- 2026 Nepal–Tibet floods
- The Nepalese government announces that they are discussing resettling victims of flooding from Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality to safe places in the country. (Daily Pioneer)
- Korean conflict
- An explosion injures three South Korean military officers during an operation inside the Demilitarized Zone, south of the military demarcation line. The Joint Chiefs of Staff says the cause remains unknown. (AFP via The Peninsula)
- A helicopter crashes in a mountainous area of Urubici, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing the five occupants, including singer Rick Sollo. (Metrópoles in Portuguese) (Xinhua)
Health and environment
- New Zealand's critically endangered black robin wins Forest & Bird's Bird of the Year competition with more than 26,000 votes out of about 105,000 votes. (AFP)
International relations
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia–European Union relations
- European Union ambassadors agree in principle to remove Russian oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov from sanctions imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while renewing restrictions on about 3,000 other Russian-linked individuals and entities for three years. However, Latvia later blocks the deal. (Billionaires.Africa) (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2023 Vermont shooting of Palestinian students
- Jason Eaton is found guilty for shooting and critically wounding three Palestinian students in Burlington, Vermont, United States, who wore keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestine in the wake of the beginning of the Gaza war. (The Guardian) (IndyStar)
- Singapore's Land Transport Authority introduces fines of up to S$500 (US$390) for eating on public buses or placing feet on seats, while severe cleanliness or safety violations can incur penalties of up to S$5,000 (US$3,900). (AFP)
Politics and elections
- Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education introduces nationwide rules restricting cellphone and tablet use throughout the school day in public primary and secondary schools, effective November 3. High schools set their own limits for educational use. (AFP via The Star)
September 20, 2026 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Iran war ceasefire, Qatar as a mediator in conflict
- Qatar's foreign ministry says that they are working to resume ceasefire negotiations between Iran and the United States. (Middle East Eye)
- 2026 Iran war ceasefire, Qatar as a mediator in conflict
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Ukrainian forces launch a massive drone attack on Moscow Oblast, Russia, with more than 1,600 long-range drones launched from Ukraine. At least two people are killed with hundreds more evacuated while Moscow Refinery is on fire following several direct hits. (Al Jazeera)
- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirms he ordered the attack on Moscow in response to Russian forces targeting civilians in Ukrainian cities, saying that FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were also used in the attack. (L'Unione Sarda)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Ethiopian civil conflict
- Seven Ethiopian armed groups, including Tigrayan forces, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the Fano militia, and the Oromo Liberation Army, form an alliance against the federal government. The TPLF says the coalition seeks to remove the government and establish a transitional administration. (AFP via Arab News)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
- The Statistical Center of Iran reports that the country's gross domestic product contracted 10.1% year-on-year from late March to late June, during the war, amid longstanding sanctions and currency depreciation. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
- The National Hurricane Center reports that Tropical Depression Six strengthened into Tropical Storm Fay amidst an unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season caused by El Niño, becoming the sixth named storm of the season. (AccuWeather) (WFLA-TV)
- Eight people are killed and another is injured in a fire at a textile factory in Guangdong Province, China. (Reuters)
- Seven people are killed and 13 others are injured after the explosion of a gas cylinder in Ashulia, Bangladesh. (Xinhua)
- Six people are killed when a bus plunges about fifteen meters into a ravine in Cruzeiro, Brazil. (G1 in Portuguese)(Xinhua)
Health and environment
- 2026 Ebola epidemic
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo launches vaccinations for frontline workers amdist the Ebola outbreak in the country. (Africanews)
International relations
- France–Iran relations
- Iranian authorities close down a French language centre affiliated with the French embassy in Tehran under a judicial order. Prosecutors say it operated without a licence and conducted activities against Iranian culture and national security. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Assassination of Jovenel Moïse, Haiti–United States relations
- Haiti sends 18 suspects in the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse to the United States to face federal charges related to the killing. (Reuters)
- Pakistani police arrest businesswoman Aleema Khan, sister of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, at her home in Lahore, Punjab, one week before his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party's planned protest march. Police and the government do not state a reason for the arrest. (Reuters)
- Four unauthorized miners are killed in a shooting targeting a vehicle by unidentified gunmen in Barkin Ladi, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Daily Post Nigeria)
- Three people are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting at a shack in an informal settlement in Philippi, Cape Flats, South Africa. (SABC)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2026 Berlin state election
- State elections are held in Germany for the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Berlin House of Representatives, with an expected decline for the Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party, the CDU. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2026 Asian Games
- Japan at the 2026 Asian Games, Triathlon at the 2026 Asian Games
- Japanese triathlete Takumi Hojo wins the first gold medal of the 2026 Asian Games. (AFP)
- Japan at the 2026 Asian Games, Triathlon at the 2026 Asian Games
- 2026 UCI Road World Championships
- In cycling, Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel becomes the first man to win four consecutive Road World Championship titles in the individual time trial event and equals Fabian Cancellara and Tony Martin's joint record for the most titles. Swiss rider Marlen Reusser wins the women's time trial event. (AFP via The Guardian)
September 19, 2026 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Iran war ceasefire
- Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaee says that Iran has set seven conditions for resuming ceasefire negotiations with the United States. (Iran International)
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- United States Central Command commander Brad Cooper says that oil, cargo, and liquefied natural gas shipments in the Strait of Hormuz have hit a six-month high. (Bloomberg) (Middle East Eye)
- 2026 Iran war ceasefire
- Gaza war
- Israeli airstrikes kill at least three Palestinians in Gaza, including the eldest son of the Gaza Health Ministry director-general. Israel says it targeted militants, while medics report additional deaths in Sheikh Radwan and Shuja'iyya. (Reuters)
- 2026 Iran war
- Operation Southern Spear
- United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
- The U.S. military strikes a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people whom the Southern Command says were involved in drug trafficking. (Reuters)
- United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
- Islamic State insurgency in the Philippines
- A series of clashes, involving combined police and military forces and remaining wanted members of the Dawlah Islamiya and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, erupts in Tugunan, Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro, Philippines. Seven members from both groups are killed. (The Philippine Star)
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Depression Six forms in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores amidst an unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season caused by El Niño. (Fox Weather) (WTSP)
- 2026 Indonesia wildfires, Indonesia–Malaysia relations
- Indonesia accepts Malaysian assistance to combat wildfires in Kalimantan, including a Bombardier CL-415MP aircraft, three helicopters, and 52 personnel, as the fires cause transboundary haze affecting Southeast Asia. (AFP via France 24)
International relations
- Eritrea–United States relations
- The U.S. treasury department lifts the sanctions against Eritrea's ruling party previously imposed by former U.S. president Joe Biden's administration. (AP)
- 2026 United Nations Secretary-General selection
- Chilean Michelle Bachelet announces that she is withdrawing from the race to become UN Secretary-General after losing support, and that in the latest informal poll, Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan is reported in the lead. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Domestic violence in South Africa, Sexual violence in South Africa
- South Africans hold memorial runs and protests after police find the bodies of nine women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, over two months. Police investigate possible links between the killings, which renew public concern over violence against women. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Russian legislative election
- Russian election commission chairperson Ella Pamfilova reports cyberattacks targeting Russia's online voting system during the second day of the parliamentary election and says they are repelled. The Minkomsvyaz separately reports thwarting a sabotage attempt on Far Eastern communication lines. (ABC News Australia)
- 2026 South Ossetian presidential election
- Marat Kambolov is declared the winner of the presidential elections in the partially recognized South Ossetia. (Reuters)
- Donald Trump's conflict with the news media
- United States president Donald Trump's executive office denies journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico access to the White House and confiscates or disables their press passes, citing their coverage of his administration. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Sports
- 2026 Asian Games
- The 20th Asian Games are opened by Emperor Naruhito in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. (Reuters)
- 2026 WNBA season
- In women's basketball, Atlanta Dream player Angel Reese becomes the first player in Women's National Basketball Association history to reach 500 rebounds in a single season. (Bleacher Report)
- 2026 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
- In rugby union, hosts Japan win their fourth Pacific Nations Cup title after defeating the defending champions Fiji 20–15 in the final at Chichibunomiya Stadium in Tokyo. (AFP via RFI)
September 18, 2026 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- The IRNA reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has hit the Togo-flagged oil tanker Trend as it attempted to pass the Strait of Hormuz. (AFP via FMT) (Al Jazeera)
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2026 Kohat attack
- A suicide car bombing outside a mosque located inside a police station in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, kills at least 31 people, including 16 policemen, and injures at least 100 more. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group claims responsibility. (AFP)
- 2026 Kohat attack
- Mali War
- 2026 Mali offensives
- At least 100 Malian soldiers are reported to have been killed in a attack on the Dioura central army base in Mali over the past weeks. (AFP via Arab News)
- 2026 Mali offensives
- Sudanese civil war
- 2026 Blue Nile campaign
- The Sudanese Armed Forces says that they have killed several Rapid Support Forces militants in Sudan's Blue Nile state. The country's defence ministry also confirms the attacks. (Radio Tamazuj)
- 2026 Blue Nile campaign
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
- The Bank of Japan raises its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.25%, the highest level since 1995, citing inflation pressures from rising energy costs and a weak yen, and signals further increases. (AFP via France 24)
- 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
- Russia places the local assets of Auchan and Nestlé under temporary administration, transferring their control to Russian firm L.E.V. Management, headed by interior minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev. The government cites the companies' origins in countries it designates as "unfriendly" amid broader seizures of foreign-owned businesses. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024–2026 Cuba blackouts
- Millions of people are left without electricity in Cuba as a result of a collapse of the country's energy power grid. (AP)
Health and environment
- Zealand Pharma's drug Zeydovio receives approval by the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use to treat short bowel syndrome. (Reuters)
International relations
- Denmark–United States relations
- Greenland crisis
- Denmark and the United States reach a deal allowing the U.S. to expand its military presence in Greenland and granting permanent basing, overflight, and access rights, while barring non-NATO countries from establishing bases and restricting sensitive investments on the island. (Reuters)
- Greenland crisis
- International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, United States and the Russo-Ukrainian war, United States sanctions against Iran
- U.S. president Donald Trump signs the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which authorises and expands statutory sanctions, tariffs, and prohibitions on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran until 2031. (Middle East Eye) (Kyiv Indepedent)
- Polish prime minister Donald Tusk announces that Poland has joined the Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition to develop a joint anti-ballistic missile defence system with some other European countries. (Firstpost)
Law and crime
- 1MDB scandal
- King Sultan Ibrahim of Malaysia grants former prime minister Najib Razak a conditional pardon, allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until August 23, 2028, following his corruption conviction linked to 1MDB. (Reuters)
- 2026 Ceuta migrant crisis
- Spanish police begin moving more than 3,000 migrants from beaches in Ceuta to temporary accommodation at the port. The operation prompts crowding and clashes, with officers firing warning shots and several people sustaining injuries. (News.Az)
- 2026 South Cotabato school shooting
- Three students, including the perpetrator, are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Banga, South Cotabato, Philippines. (AA)
- Afghanistan–Pakistan relations
- Pakistan's medical regulator orders Afghan students enrolled in medical and dental programs to leave their colleges and return to Afghanistan. Dozens challenge the directive in court, while a Lahore judge temporarily suspends expulsions in Punjab. (AFP via France 24)
- Protests erupt in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, after 37 miners died yesterday in custody of the Security and Civil Defence Corps following raids on suspected illegal mines. Niger state governor Mohammed Umar Bago imposes a curfew. (Reuters)
- Russia designates filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev a foreign agent, subjecting him to financial restrictions, reporting requirements, and mandatory labels on published material. Zvyagintsev, who lives abroad, has criticized the Russo-Ukrainian war and president Vladimir Putin. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Russian legislative election
- Russians begin voting to elect 450 seats of the State Duma over a period of three days following Ukrainian attacks upon oil infrastructure. The elections are also held under strict control during the Russo-Ukrainian war, combined with an ongoing crackdown on anti-war opposition and the anti-war party Yabloko being disqualified from running. (AFP via RNZ) (AP)
- The Senate of Bolivia ratifies an agreement to take a US$1.9 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund amid a deep economic crisis in the country, with trade unions threatening renewed protests in response. (AP)
Science and technology
- Investigation of UFO reports by the United States government
- The U.S. Defense Department releases a sixth batch of classified files related to unidentified flying objects, including videos of several orbs flying over Washington, D.C. in 1952 and orbs flying near Tremonton, Utah, also in 1952. (BBC News) (CBC News)
September 17, 2026 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- Israeli government response to the October 7 attacks
- Lt. Col. "Aleph", the chief police officer in the Southern Command's Gaza Division, is dismissed following his role in the failures leading to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel. (The Times of Israel)
- The Israel Defense Forces confirm that they have killed a Al-Qassam Brigades Nukhba Forces commander who took part in the October 7 attacks in a airstrike and a Hamas navy officer in another airstrike in Gaza City. (Israel National News) (JFeed)
- Israeli government response to the October 7 attacks
- 2026 Iran war
- US war crimes in Iran strikes
- The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission finds "reasonable grounds" that the United States military may have committed war crimes with attacks on the Minab school and Lamerd sports hall in southern Iran. (Reuters)
- US war crimes in Iran strikes
- Yemeni civil war
- 2026 Yemen offensives
- Al-Akhbar reports that Saudi Arabia has sent a proposal for Oman to mediate a two-week ceasefire with the Houthis. (AzerNews)
- A Yemeni resident is reported to be killed by debris from a drone in Taif, Mecca Province. (Arab News)
- 2026 Yemen offensives
- Gaza war
- Aftermath of the South Sudanese Civil War
- Twenty-six people are killed and 82 more injured during clashes between two rival communities in Abyei, at the border between Sudan and South Sudan. (Al Jazeera)
- Fifteen civilians are killed during an armed attack by unknown individuals in Madegoua, Far North Region, Cameroon. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- France–Mexico relations
- The 16th-century Codex Azcatitlan goes on display in Mexico City after France loaned two folios nearly two centuries after the manuscript left the country. Mexico continues seeking the codex's permanent return from France. (AFP) (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Seventeen people are killed and two others are injured after a passenger vehicle collided with a truck in Inhambane, Mozambique. (Xinhua)
Health and environment
- Environmental policy of the second Trump administration
- The United States Fish and Wildlife Service narrows its enforcement of the Endangered Species Act by excluding unintentional wildlife deaths from its definition of prohibited take, including foreseeable deaths linked to activities such as commercial fishing and logging. (AFP via France 24)
- Biologists publish a study in the journal Current Biology describing a new species of wild cat belonging to the genus Leopardus, commonly called the "tilcayo", in the Yungas cloud forests of Bolivia. This discovery marks the first new cat species in over 100 years. (Cell) (Reuters)
- The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence approves the Trastuzumab deruxtecan drug for women in England with metastatic or incurable HER2-breast cancer that cannot be removed surgically, making it the first licensed targeted treatment for patients, two years after it was rejected due to its cost effectiveness. (Sky News) (The Independent)
International relations
- Eighty-First session of the United Nations General Assembly, Palestine and the United Nations
- The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) votes 152–3, with four abstentions, to allow Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and other senior Palestinian officials to address UN meetings, including the general debate of the eighty-first session of the UNGA, by video for one year after United States visa restrictions prevented their travel to New York City, where the UN headquarters are. (Reuters)
- Israel–Serbia relations
- Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić inaugurates a factory for Israeli-made drones that will be produced by the country's Krušik company, with Vučić stating that it will employ 100 people and produce advanced equipment for the Serbian military. (AP)
Law and crime
- Human rights in Pakistan
- Pakistan's Supreme Court suspends 17-year prison sentences imposed on human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband over anti-state social media posts, and grants them bail pending an Islamabad High Court ruling. (Reuters)
- Malawian police rescue a 47-year-old British woman after her abduction in Blantyre. Four suspected kidnappers are killed in a shootout with officers, while a senior police officer is injured and hospitalized in stable condition. (AP via ABC News)
- Thirty-seven suspected illegal gold miners die in custody of Nigeria's civil defence agency in Minna, Niger State. Survivors say overcrowding and poor ventilation caused breathing difficulties, while an intelligence report links the deaths to those conditions. The government orders an investigation. (AFP)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Swedish general election
- Ulf Kristersson announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Sweden after his right-wing bloc wins 173 seats in the Riksdag, compared to 176 won by the opposition, led by Magdalena Andersson. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
- Censorship and media control during the Venezuelan presidential crisis
- Venezuela restores access to 17 news websites that were previously blocked, including EFE, El Nacional, NTN24, and Semana, as the interim government and opposition resume political transition talks that include freedom of expression. (AFP via Gulf News)
- Visa policy of Australia
- Australia tightens visa rules for international students and working holidaymakers, restricts visa switching, and increases enforcement against overstayers as it seeks to reduce net overseas migration to 225,000 by 2027–28 and ease pressure on housing. (AFP via France 24)
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