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September 23

Armed conflicts and attacks

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
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
Poland scrambles fighter jets after a Russian helicopter violates Polish airspace near the town of Braniewo.
Source: Chronicle Live external link

Law and crime

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

Politics and elections

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

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

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

Law and crime

Eleven people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a gathering inside a house in KwaMakhutha, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Police investigate possible links to a feud between rival groups.
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

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

International relations

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 in New York City. 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

September 21

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

Qatar's foreign ministry says that they are working to resume ceasefire negotiations between Iran and the United States.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
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.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
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.
Source: L'Unione Sarda external link
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.
Source: Arab News external link

Sports

Source: AFP external link
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.
Source: The Guardian external link

Law and crime

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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
Four unauthorized miners are killed in a shooting targeting a vehicle by unidentified gunmen in Barkin Ladi, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Source: Daily Post Nigeria external link
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.
Source: SABC external link

Business and economy

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.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Disasters and accidents

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.
Source: WFLA-TV external link
Eight people are killed and another is injured in a fire at a textile factory in Guangdong Province, China.
Source: Reuters external link
Seven people are killed and 13 others are injured after the explosion of a gas cylinder in Ashulia, Bangladesh.
Source: Xinhua external link
Six people are killed when a bus plunges about fifteen meters into a ravine in Cruzeiro, Brazil.
Source: Xinhua external link

Health and environment

The Democratic Republic of the Congo launches vaccinations for frontline workers amdist the Ebola outbreak in the country.
Source: Africanews external link

International 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.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

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.
Source: BBC News external link