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September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29) (Sunday)

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September 28, 2024 (2024-09-28) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  ā€¢ Israelā€“Hezbollah conflict
      ā–” September 2024 Lebanon strikes
          ā˜† 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike
              ā—‹ Hezbollah announces the deaths of leader Hassan Nasrallah and
                commander Ali Karaki in yesterday's Israeli airstrikes in
                Beirut, Lebanon. (Reuters) (The New York Times)
              ā—‹ Interim Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announces the
                country will have a national mourning period of three days for
                Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, starting on Monday. (Al
                Jazeera)
              ā—‹ Iran confirms that Abbas Nilforoushan, an Islamic Revolutionary
                Guard Corps deputy commander, was killed in yesterday's
                airstrikes in Beirut. (Al Arabiya)
          ā˜† The Israel Defense Forces begin a blockade of Beirutā€“Rafic Hariri
            International Airport in order to prevent the shipment of Iranian
            weapons to Lebanon. The blockade will not affect the operation of
            civilian flights at the airport. (The Jerusalem Post)
  ā€¢ Iranā€“Israel proxy conflict
      ā–” Red Sea crisis
          ā˜† The Houthis launch a ballistic missile from Yemen towards Ben
            Gurion Airport in Israel, prompting air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and
            most of Central Israel. (Reuters)
  ā€¢ Russian invasion of Ukraine
      ā–” Ten people are killed and 22 others are injured in a Russian double tap
        strike on a medical facility in Sumy, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  ā€¢ Somali Civil War
      ā–” At least five people are killed and several others are injured when a
        car bomb explodes outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. (VOA
        Somali)

Disasters and accidents


  ā€¢ 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
      ā–” Hurricane Helene
          ā˜† The death toll from Hurricane Helene in the United States increases
            to at least 64 people, including 21 in South Carolina and 18 in
            Georgia. (AP)
  ā€¢ A helicopter carrying Mari Petroleum employees crashes in North Waziristan
    District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing six people and injuring
    eight others. (AP)
  ā€¢ At least 66 people are killed and 69 others are missing in floods and
    landslides in Nepal. (BBC News)
  ā€¢ Nine people are killed, 27 others are rescued, and 48 others are missing
    when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of El Hierro in the
    Canary Islands, Spain. (AP)

Health and environment


  ā€¢ United Nations Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres declares a warning at the
    UN General Assembly for nearly a billion people living in low-lying coastal
    areas due to the risk of rising sea levels caused by climate change
    potentially resulting in catastrophic flooding, coastal erosion, and
    climate migration. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime


  ā€¢ Seventeen people are killed in a mass shooting at two homes in a village in
    Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. (Reuters)

Sports


  ā€¢ 2024 AFL premiership season
      ā–” The Brisbane Lions defeat the Sydney Swans 120ā€“60 in the Australian
        Football League Grand Final to win their fourth AFL premiership title.
        (The Guardian Australia)

September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  ā€¢ Russian invasion of Ukraine
      ā–” Eastern Ukraine campaign
          ā˜† The Russian Ministry of Defense claims soldiers captured the
            village of Marynivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya)
      ā–” Kryvyi Rih strikes
          ā˜† At least one person is killed and five others are injured in a
            Russian missile strike on a police department in Kryvyi Rih,
            Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
      ā–” Nuclear risk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian
        involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
          ā˜† Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warns that Belarus will
            use Russian nuclear weapons if the country is attacked by NATO.
            (Anadolu Agency)
      ā–” Southern Ukraine campaign
          ā˜† Russian loitering munitions hit the city of Izmail in Odesa Oblast,
            Ukraine, killing three people and wounding fourteen. (Reuters)
  ā€¢ Israelā€“Hezbollah conflict
      ā–” September 2024 Lebanon strikes
          ā˜† Israel carries out several airstrikes using bunker buster bombs on
            Beirut, Lebanon, killing six people, injuring about a hundred and
            destroying six buildings. These also targeted Hezbollah's central
            headquarters to assassinate its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. (L'Orient
            le Jour) (Al Jazeera) (Ynet News)
          ā˜† A second wave of airstrikes hits three buildings in Beirut. (Al
            Jazeera)
      ā–” Israel launches an airstrike against a Syrian military post in the
        countryside near Damascus, killing five soldiers and injuring another.
        (Al Arabiya)
  ā€¢ Israelā€“Hamas war
      ā–” An aid worker of a United States-based charity is shot and killed in
        her car by Palestinian gunmen near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. Gazan
        government officials claim that the gunmen had mistakenly identified
        the vehicle. (Al Arabiya)
  ā€¢ Haitian crisis
      ā–” The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
        reports that at least 3,661 people, including 100 children, have been
        killed in the first six months of the year by ongoing gang violence in
        Haiti. (Al Jazeera)
  ā€¢ Sudanese civil war
      ā–” At least 18 people are killed when the Rapid Support Forces attack a
        market in Al-Fashir, Sudan. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents


  ā€¢ 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
      ā–” Hurricane Helene
          ā˜† At least 17 people are killed and more than 900,000 people are
            reported to be without power due to high winds and flooding caused
            by Hurricane Helene in Georgia, United States. A rare flash flood
            emergency is also issued for the Atlanta metropolitan area. (CNN)
          ā˜† The Walters Dam in Tennessee suffers a catastrophic failure due to
            ongoing heavy rainfall, with Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis ordering
            the immediate evacuation of parts of the nearby city of Newport.
            (WVLT-TV)
          ā˜† The Emergency Management department of Rutherford County, North
            Carolina, issues a warning for the "imminent" failure of the Lake
            Lure Dam due to significant rainfall, and orders immediate
            evacuations. (USA Today)
  ā€¢ 2024 Pacific hurricane season
      ā–” Hurricane John
          ā˜† Tropical Storm John brings over 950 mm (37 inches) of rainfall to
            southern Guerrero, Mexico, twice eclipsing the amount of rainfall
            dropped by Hurricane Otis on the same area in 2023. (Reuters)
  ā€¢ Fifteen people are killed when an illegal gold mine collapses in Solok
    Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
  ā€¢ Twelve people are killed after an explosion at a fuel station near
    Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. (AP)

International relations


  ā€¢ Iranā€“United States relations, Iranā€“Israel relations
      ā–” The Iranian Foreign Ministry accuses Israel of using United States
        -produced and gifted 5,000 lbs bunker buster munitions to strike
        Hezbollah targets in residential areas in and around Beirut, Lebanon.
        (Reuters)
  ā€¢ Iraqā€“United States relations, Operation Inherent Resolve
      ā–” Iraq and the United States agree to end the U.S.-led coalition mission
        in Iraq by September 2025, with all remaining American troops
        withdrawing by the end of 2026. (Reuters)

Law and crime


  ā€¢ Iranā€“United States relations
      ā–” The United States Justice Department charges three members of the
        Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for hacking Republican
        candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign and "trying to disrupt
        the 2024 presidential election". (Reuters)
  ā€¢ Hamburg Police seize two tons of cocaine worth ā‚¬100 million ($112 million)
    and arrest twelve suspects in Hamburg, Germany, including several
    foreigners. (DW)

Politics and elections


  ā€¢ 2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election
      ā–” Shigeru Ishiba defeats Sanae Takaichi in a runoff election to become
        the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party and prime minister
        designate. (Kyodo News)

Sports


  ā€¢ 2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st loss, Worst Major League Baseball season
    winā€“loss records
      ā–” The 2024 Chicago White Sox earn their 121st loss against the Detroit
        Tigers, breaking the Major League Baseball record for the most amount
        of losses in a post-1900 season. (AP)