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Flooding in Kłodzko, Poland

At least 39 people are killed and thousands of others are injured after electronic devices used by Hezbollah members explode in Lebanon and Syria.
Severe flooding (pictured) in central Europe leaves at least 25 people dead and 11 others missing, with several towns submerged.
Amid widespread protests, Mexico ratifies constitutional changes that will see the federal judiciary chosen by popular vote.
Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori dies at the age of 86.

September 22, 2024 (Sunday)

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Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Hezbollah launches a barrage of rockets from Lebanon against a military base near Haifa, Israel, in retaliation for the assassination of Ibrahim Aqil. A civilian is lightly wounded by shrapnel from an intercepted projectile. (CTV News) (AP News)
- Israeli assassination airstrikes of Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe
  - The death toll from the Israeli assassination airstrikes in two days ago in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon, increases to 45 people. (Al Jazeera)
Mexican drug war
- The toll from the shootouts since September 9 between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa, Mexico, increases to 70 people killed and 51 missing. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

2024 Birmingham shooting
- Four people are killed and dozens more are injured following a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. (ABC News)
Censorship in Israel
- 2024 Al Jazeera Arabic Ramallah newsroom office shutdown
  - Israeli forces carried out a siege and ordered to shut down the offices of Al Jazeera Arabic in Ramallah, Israeli-occupied West Bank. (AP)

Sports

2024 Chicago White Sox season, Worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records
- The Chicago White Sox earn their 119th loss of the 2024 MLB season, tying the American League loss record set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers while now being one loss away from tying the post-1900 MLB loss record of the expansion 1962 New York Mets. (AP)

September 21, 2024 (Saturday)

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Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
  - 21 people are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil
  - Hezbollah confirms that Ahmed Wahbi, a top commander who oversaw the military operations of the Redwan special forces during the Gaza war until early 2024, was killed in the Israeli airstrikes yesterday in Beirut, Lebanon. (TRT World)
  - The death toll from yesterday's airstrikes in Beirut increases to 38 people, including sixteen Hezbollah militants and twenty-two civilians, with 17 others still missing. (Al Jazeera)
Nduga hostage crisis
- Papuan separatists release Philip Mehrtens, a New Zealander pilot, after more than 19 months being held hostage. (BBC)
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least 22 people are killed and 30 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on a school in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City. (CTV News)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Tabas coal mine explosion
- At least 51 miners are killed, several trapped and twenty-one injured after a coal mine explosion in Tabas, Iran, caused by a methane gas leak. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

2024 French political crisis
- Newly appointed Prime Minister of France Michel Barnier announces a centre-right coalition government, and adds ten conservative Republican members to his cabinet. (Reuters)
2024 Sri Lankan presidential election
- Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a new president. 39 candidates are running, but the main frontrunners are Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the socialist People's Liberation Front and current Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa of the progressive United People's Power Party. (BBC)

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announces plans to create a 27-acre Vatican-style sovereign enclave for the Bektashi Order in Tirana, which would be called the "Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order". (The New York Times)

September 20, 2024 (Friday)

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Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil
  - Israel launches airstrikes on the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah operatives. The airstrikes hit at least one building, killing at least 14 people, including senior Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil, and injuring 66 others. (Al Jazeera)
Mali War
- 2024 Bamako attacks
  - The death toll from the JNIM's attacks three days ago against a military camp in Bamako, Mali, and Modibo Keita International Airport is confirmed to be at least 77 people killed and around 200 others injured. (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
  - Russian management at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant accuses the Armed Forces of Ukraine of creating threats to the plant's safety by launching a drone to attack a nearby electrical substation. (Reuters)
Syrian civil war
- Three children are killed and a fourth child from the same family is injured, when a land mine in a plastic bag explodes near a park in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (SOHR)
- Kata'ib Hezbollah announce that Abu Haidar al-Khafaji, a senior commander in the group, was killed in Damascus, Syria, and blame Israel for the attack. (Barron's)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Militants kill nine Pakistani soldiers in separate attacks in North and South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (ABC News)

International relations

Afghanistan–Iran relations
- Iran summons the acting head of Afghanistan's embassy after saying that a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing during a performance of the anthem, days after a similar incident occurred in Pakistan. The Afghan delegate apologizes, claiming that this was because the public performance of music is banned by the Taliban. (Al Arabiya)
Ukraine–European Union relations
- President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announces a loan of up to €35 billion (US$39 billion) for Ukraine in military and energy support following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's drafting of a new victory plan against Russia. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Capital punishment in Taiwan
- The Constitutional Court in Taiwan upholds the legality of the death penalty in the country, but limits its use to the "most serious crimes". (Time)
Three people are injured in a stabbing attack at a mosque in Châteauguay, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The perpetrator is arrested and charged. (CTV News)

Politics and elections

2024 United States presidential election
- Jill Stein 2024 presidential campaign
  - The United States Supreme Court rules in favor of a Democratic Party bid to withhold the Green Party from the Nevada ballot for the 2024 presidential election, which was caused by the Nevada Secretary of State mistakenly directing the Green Party to use an incorrect affidavit form for ballot qualification. (Reuters)

September 19, 2024 (Thursday)

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Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
  - The death toll from yesterday's walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants increases to 25, with more than 600 others injured. A total of 37 people have been killed and more than 3,000 others injured in explosions over the last two days. (The Independent)
  - United States officials report that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was pre-warned by Israel about the military operation in Lebanon occurring later that day, and claim that they received no prior details about the nature of the attack. (AP)
- The Israeli Air Force strikes more than 100 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, destroying multiple rocket launch systems and weapons depots. Lebanese security forces say the raids are the most intense since the conflict began. Israeli fighter jets are also reported over Beirut. One Hezbollah militant is killed. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Two Israeli soldiers are killed and eight others are injured in Hezbollah drone and anti-tank missile attacks on the Israel–Lebanon border. (The Times of Israel)
Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
  - Six Palestinians are killed and 18 others are injured in an Israeli military raid in the city of Qabatiya in the West Bank. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child accuses Israel of severe violations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child through its military's actions in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
Colombian conflict
- Colombian peace process
  - Colombia suspends peace negotiations with the National Liberation Army (ELN) insurgent group after the ELN detonated explosives on a military base, killing two soldiers and wounding more than two dozen others. (DW)
2024 New Caledonia unrest
- Two New Caledonian independence activists are killed by police during an operation in Saint-Louis over their alleged involvement in the ongoing riots. (AP)

Arts and culture

A previously unknown piece composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ganz kleine Nachtmusik, is discovered at a library in Leipzig, Germany. The seven miniature movements for a string trio were probably composed in the 1760s, when Mozart was in his early teens. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

2024 South American wildfires
- 2024 Peru wildfires
  - Out of control and deadly wildfires in Peru have reached at least seven archaeological sites and have begun to burn near the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community. (Reuters)
A military helicopter carrying international peacekeepers crashes near Mogadishu. The helicopter was en route to Baledogle Airfield. No fatalities are reported. (Anadolu Agency) (Garowe Online)

Law and crime

One person is killed and another is severely injured in a stabbing attack near the Erasmusbrug bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (AP)

Politics and elections

2024 Venezuelan political crisis
- International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
  - The European Parliament recognizes Venezuelan exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González as the country's president. (Politico.eu)
2000 Fijian coup d'état
- Fijian coup leader George Speight is released from prison after obtaining a pardon from President Wiliame Katonivere. Speight was imprisoned in 2002 for his role in the 2000 coup d'état in which ethnic Fijian nationalists attempted to overthrow Indo-Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry. (RNZ)
Iranian interference in the 2024 United States elections
- The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and two other American agencies announce that Iranian hackers sent unsolicited emails to people associated with the Joe Biden presidential campaign that included material that was stolen from Donald Trump's campaign. (NBC News)

Sports

2024 Major League Baseball season, 40–40 club
- In baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season. (Reuters)

September 18, 2024 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
  - The death toll from yesterday's pager explosions in Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah's communication network, increases to twelve, including four healthcare workers and two children, with more than 2,800 others injured. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
  - Walkie-talkies and other electronic devices continue to explode across Lebanon, including at a funeral in Baalbek for three Hezbollah members and a boy who were killed in yesterday's explosions. At least 20 people are killed and more than 450 others are injured. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
  - Several home solar energy systems explode in Beirut, Lebanon. (ABC News)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli occupation of the West Bank
  - The United Nations General Assembly votes 124–14 with 43 abstentions to demand that Israel end its unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territories within the next 12 months. (Reuters)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian weapons depot in Toropets, Tver Oblast, causes an explosion large enough to be detected as an earthquake by monitoring stations. Local residents are told to evacuate and schools in the region are closed. (The Guardian)
Mexican drug war
- Mexican Secretary of Defense Luis Cresencio Sandoval announces that at least 30 people have been killed since September 9 during shootouts between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa, Mexico. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador partially blames the United States for the surge in violence. (AP) (AP 2)

Disasters and accidents

2024 South American wildfires
- 2024 Peru wildfires
  - President of Peru Dina Boluarte issues a state of emergency for the departments of Amazonas, San Martín, and Ucayali, which have been significantly impacted by wildfires that have killed at least sixteen people. (Reuters)
2024 Portugal wildfires
- Twelve people are arrested on suspicion of arson resulting in widespread wildfires in Northern and Central Portugal that have killed at least seven people. (Reuters)

Law and crime

2024 Shenzhen stabbing
- A 10-year-old Japanese student is killed in a stabbing near his school in Shenzhen, China. (BBC)
2024 Armenian coup attempt allegations
- The Government of Armenia announces that the National Security Service (NSS) has thwarted a coup attempt by Armenian Russophiles armed, trained, and financed by the Russian Federation. (Politico)
Alleged Ghost developer and administrator Jay Je Yoon Jung is arrested in Sydney, Australia, on five charges related to the encrypted communication network's development and operation. (The Register)

Science and technology

Instagram introduces teen accounts for users under the age of 18 that will be private by default, limit "sensitive content" and allow parents to view contacts. (DW)

September 17, 2024 (Tuesday)

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Hezbollah–Israel conflict
- 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
  - Nine people are killed and over 2,750 others are injured, including civilians, Hezbollah members, and the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, when their booby trapped pagers explode in Lebanon and Syria. Hezbollah accuses Israel of perpetrating the attacks. (AP) (The Times of Israel) (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
- Three Hezbollah militants are killed and two others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on Blida in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
  - Russian artillery targets the town of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring five others. (Reuters)
- Doctors Without Borders halts its operations in Russia after its government removed the organization from its roster of approved foreign charities. (Al Jazeera)
Israel–Hamas war
- A poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research finds that, for the first time during the war, a majority of the residents of Gaza does not support Hamas' invasion of Israel. (Reuters)
Ituri conflict
- CODECO militants kill ten civilians in an overnight attack on a Hema village in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some of the victims were beheaded, according to local authorities. (Reuters)
Mali War
- 2024 Bamako attacks
  - JNIM gunmen open fire on a military camp in Bamako, Mali, killing a number of soldiers. The perpetrators tried to infiltrate the camp, and also opened fire on the Modibo Keita International Airport. At least 15 suspects are arrested. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

2024 European floods
- 2024 Central European floods
  - Four people are found dead after floods in Austria, while another is killed in Poland, bringing the death toll from the ongoing floods in Central and Eastern Europe to 21. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera 2)
2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 236 people, with more than 77 people still missing. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Portugal wildfires
- Three Portuguese firefighters die while fighting wildfires in the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people. (Reuters)
At least 25 children are killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria, when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating Mawlid crashes. (Al Arabiya)
Six people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Naucalpan, Mexico. (AP)

International relations

Foreign relations of Afghanistan
- The Taliban government reopens the Afghan embassy in Muscat, Oman. (ABC News)

Law and crime

2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee President Shahriar Kabir is arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on charges of crimes against humanity, mass killing, and murder for his involvement with Sheikh Hasina's government during the quota reform movement. (Dhaka Tribune)
LGBT rights in Georgia
- The Parliament of Georgia approves a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would restrict LGBTQ+ rights in the country. (DW)
Mazan rapes
- Dominique Pélicot, the 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to rape her for more than ten years, admits to all of the charges against him in his first testimony since the trial opened on September 2. (BBC News)

Science and technology

Meta Platforms bans Russian state media from Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, including RT and Rossiya Segodnya, citing alleged deceptive tactics used by the networks to carry out "influence operations" while evading detection. (CBC News)

Sports

2026 Commonwealth Games
- Glasgow, Scotland, is formally selected as the host city of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. (BBC News)

September 16, 2024 (Monday)

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Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    - At least 16 Palestinians are killed and at least thirteen others are wounded in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, including several houses in Gaza City and Nuseirat refugee camp. (DW)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- One person is killed and four others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Hula in southern Lebanon. (Yahoo)

Disasters and accidents

2024 European floods
- 2024 Central European floods
  - Four people in Poland, three in the Czech Republic, and one in Romania, are killed during massive floods, bringing the death toll from the ongoing flood in Central and Eastern Europe to 16. (AP)
2024 Portugal wildfires
- Portugal asks the European Union for help to fight large wildfires in the northern and central regions of the country. (Reuters)

International relations

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
  - The Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs invites the United Nations and the Red Cross to join humanitarian efforts in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
Ukraine–United States relations, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian officials publicly distance themselves from the Donald Trump-involved shooting suspect and warn that Russia will use the situation for anti-Ukraine propaganda, following reports of the suspect protesting for the Azov Brigade and regularly calling for international support and troops for Ukraine. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)

Law and crime

Immigration to Germany
- Germany initiates rigorous temporary border checks at all of its borders in order to reduce irregular migration, prompting criticism from some European Union member nations stating that the border checks contradict the EU's foundations of free movement and solidarity. (Reuters)
Trump International Golf Club shooting
- Ryan Wesley Routh is charged with two gun-related crimes in federal court after being suspected of attempting to assassinate former United States President Donald Trump. (Reuters)
Two police officers are fatally shot in Alibori Department, Benin. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

North Korea announces that it will revise its constitution on October 7, with changes including the designation of South Korea as a separate country and its primary enemy. This comes after North Korea announced that it would no longer pursue peaceful Korean reunification. (NHK World Japan)

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