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September 24

Science and technology

Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese announces that an AI agent deployed by OpenAI hacked a non-sensitive Medicare database in June, with OpenAI only informing the government in September via an email to a Medicare public mailbox.
Source: The Guardian external link

Disasters and accidents

At least nine people are killed and many others are injured after a sleeper coach catches fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Source: Deccan Herald external link

September 23

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

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

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
Poland deploys fighter jets into its airspace after a Russian helicopter intruded near Braniewo, Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship.
Source: Chronicle Live 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

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
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

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

International relations

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

September 22

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Houthi-affiliated Saba News Agency reports that Saudi airstrikes on the Houthi-held city of Mokha, Yemen, have killed six civilians.
Source: AFP via CNA external link

Disasters and accidents

The National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Polo has strengthened into a category 5 Pacific hurricane.
Source: The Independent external link
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.
Source: Taipei Times external link
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.
Source: AP external link

Health and environment

The Atlantic hurricane season breaks a 112-year record without a hurricane, due to a strong El Niño event in the Pacific.
Source: AccuWeather external link
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.
Source: AFP external link

Science and technology

Hundreds of flights are delayed at five primary airports across northeastern United States, namely 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.
Source: CNN external link

International relations

Source: The Guardian external link
Diplomatic sources and the United Nations say that the United States refused to issue Sudanese military chief and leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan a visa to attend the UN General Assembly. Sudan asks the UN to intervene.
Source: AFP external link
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.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Afghanistan and Turkmenistan agree to establish a joint commission on road transport and to facilitate transit between the two bordering countries.
Source: Trend News Agency external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link

Arts and culture

Silver Roman coins dating back to the 2nd century are discovered by an amateur archaeologist in Germany. The coins are placed on display at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn museum in Bonn.
Source: The Guardian external link

Law and crime

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.
Source: BBC News external link
Three men are killed in a shooting in Gugulethu, Cape Flats, South Africa. Police are investigating it as a triple homicide.
Source: Cape Town ETC external link
Sri Lanka's High Court convicts 15 men involved in the Easter bombings in 2019.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Eleven people are wounded in a mass shooting at a high school in Turgutlu, Turkey. The perpetrator is arrested.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
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.
Source: The Straits Times external link
Cybercrime group ShinyHunters says it has breached the website of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and stolen personal data on current and former employees, including addresses and Social Security numbers. The FBI investigates the claim.
Source: Reuters external link
At least three people are killed in an after-curfew ambush in Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Source: Daily Trust external link

September 21

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.
Source: AFP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

British prime minister Andy Burnham says that the United Kingdom will offer Saudi Arabia aerial refueling in its ongoing conflict with the Houthis.
Source: The Hill external link
Source: Sudan Horizon external link
The Sudanese military at night launches heavy airstrikes against Rapid Support Forces targets in Nyala, South Darfur.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
An attack on a gold mining market in North Kordofan by the Rapid Support Forces kills five citizens, including a goldsmith worker.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The United Nations's International Organization for Migration reports that 5 million displaced people have decided to return to Sudan despite the civil war.
Source: Arab News external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

Ceer Motors unveils the EXOBOT SUV and sedan in Saudi Arabia, its first electric vehicles in the country.
Source: Electrek external link

Arts and culture

The Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia is postponed to 2027 due to the ongoing conflict with the Houthis.
Source: Gulf News external link

International 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.
Source: Reuters external link

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.
Source: The Star external link

Law and crime

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.
Source: IndyStar external link
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).
Source: AFP external link

Disasters and accidents

Two pilots are killed in a helicopter crash while fighting a wildfire in Yosemite National Park, California, United States.
Source: Reuters external link
The Nepalese government announces that they are discussing resettling victims of flooding from Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality to safe places in the country.
Source: Daily Pioneer external link
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.
Source: The Peninsula external link
A helicopter crashes in a mountainous area of Urubici, Santa Catarina, Brazil, killing the five occupants, including singer Rick Sollo.
Source: Xinhua external link