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ā¢ IsraelāHezbollah 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 BeirutāRafic 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¢ IranāIsrael 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)
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)
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)
ā¢ Seventeen people are killed in a mass shooting at two homes in a village in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. (Reuters)
ā¢ 2024 AFL premiership season ā” The Brisbane Lions defeat the Sydney Swans 120ā60 in the Australian Football League Grand Final to win their fourth AFL premiership title. (The Guardian Australia)
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¢ IsraelāHezbollah 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¢ IsraelāHamas 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)
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)
ā¢ IranāUnited States relations, IranāIsrael 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¢ IraqāUnited 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)
ā¢ IranāUnited 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)
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)
ā¢ 2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st loss, Worst Major League Baseball season wināloss 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)