current Events/September 2022

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • Israeli Air Force jets fire four missiles at Aleppo International Airport, hitting the runway and several warehouses allegedly containing Iranian rockets, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. No casualties have been reported. (ABC News)
• Iraqi political crisis
  • 2022 Baghdad clashes
    • Four people are killed during clashes between rival Shia Muslim fighters in Basra, Iraq, three days after 30 supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr were killed during clashes in Baghdad. (Al Jazeera)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Two Palestinian men are killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank. One of the men was killed by Palestinian gunfire, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. (Haaretz)
• Cross-Strait relations
  • Taiwanese forces shoot down an unidentified civilian drone which entered its airspace near the Shi Islet in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense says that the drone ignored several warning shots before being shot down. (Reuters)
• Tigray War
  • The Tigray People's Liberation Front claims that Eritrea and Ethiopia have launched a joint offensive in the Tigray Region. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis
  • The International Monetary Fund provisionally approves a US$2.9 billion bailout for Sri Lanka. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • Victoria removes its directive to work remotely where possible. (The Guardian)
• A third person dies from an unidentified virus in Tucumán Province, Argentina. Authorities have ruled out COVID-19, influenza, and hantavirus, but continue to investigate the cluster of infections. The European Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organization have also been notified. (The Daily Telegraph)
• A temperature of 127 °F (53 °C) is recorded in Furnace Creek, California, United States, breaking the record for the highest September temperature ever recorded in the world. (CBS News)

Law and crime

• Attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
  • A Brazilian man, identified as 35-year-old Fernando Montiel, is arrested by the Argentine Federal Police shortly after attempting to shoot Vice President Cristina Kirchner. Montiel pointed a loaded pistol at Kirchner's head and apparently pulled the trigger, but the weapon did not fire. (Washington Examiner)
• Four people are killed and several others are injured after a mass shooting at a soccer field in Yecapixtla, Morelos, Mexico. (AP)
• The High Court of Malaysia finds Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, guilty of corruption. (The Straits Times) (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Afghanistan conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
    • 2022 Herat mosque bombing
      • Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan. The mosque's pro-Taliban imam, who is suspected to be the target of the attack, is among the dead. (Reuters)
• Colombian conflict
  • 2022 Huila attack
    • Seven policemen are killed and one is injured during an ambush in Huila Department, Colombia. Their vehicle hit a roadside bomb before being shot dead by gunmen. (BBC News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A Palestinian man stabs and injures an Israeli soldier near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. The attacker is shot dead by security forces. (AP)
• The Iranian Navy captures and later releases two American sea drones in the Red Sea. (MSN)

Business and economy

• 2021–present global energy crisis
  • The G7 group of nations announce plans for a price cap on Russian oil. Russia vows to halt sales to countries imposing it. (Reuters)
• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • Following the G7's announcement, Russia's Gazprom announces that flows through the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline to Europe will not resume tomorrow because of a reported "oil leak" in a turbine. It did not give a new time frame. (Reuters) (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Danielle becomes the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. (CNN)

Law and crime

• Deposed leader of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of election fraud. She will now serve an overall sentence of 20 years in prison for different charges. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• Exile of Gotabaya Rajapaksa
  • Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Colombo, Sri Lanka, after seven weeks of exile. (AP)

Sports

• FINA permits the use of special swim caps specifically designed for dreadlocks, hair weaves or extensions, and voluminous hair, branded as the Soul Cap, in all water sports competitions. It had been banned at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • Twenty people are killed in a mass shooting by al-Shabaab insurgents against vehicles transporting food supplies from Beledweyne to Mahas in the Hiran region. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Twenty-seven ancient artifacts housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, United States, are seized by federal investigators under the suspicion that they were looted. The artifacts will be repatriated to Italy and Egypt next week. (CNN via MSN)

Disasters and accidents

• Illegal immigration to the United States
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and Mexican police find nine migrants dead in the Rio Grande after dozens of migrants attempt to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas, United States. At least 70 other migrants are rescued. (AP)

International relations

• Aegean dispute
  • President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses Greece of "arming" and "occupying" the demilitarized Aegean islands, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu threatening to revoke recognition of Greek sovereignty over the islands if the alleged militarization is not halted. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev
  • The funeral of former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev is held in Moscow. (The Guardian)
• 2021–present global energy crisis
  • An estimated 70,000 people march in the Czech Republic's capital city Prague demanding that the government do more to control soaring energy prices in the country and voicing opposition to the country's involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War. The demonstration was organized by political groups including the Communist Party. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• NASA suspends the inaugural launch of the Artemis 1 rocket for a second time, after a fuel leak causes a delay of more than two hours. (MSN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
      • Ukrainian forces recapture the town of Vysokopillia in Kherson Oblast, which has been under Russian occupation since March, and raise the Ukrainian flag over the town's hospital. (Newsweek)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Six Israeli soldiers and a civilian driver are injured when three gunmen open fire on a bus in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Two of the attackers are later arrested. (Times of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• A Syrian Air Force helicopter crashes in Hama, Syria, killing all of the people on board. (Reuters)
• A private Cessna 551 crashes into the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Latvia. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2022 Saskatchewan stabbings
  • Ten people are killed and fifteen others injured in a mass stabbing at the James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby village of Weldon in Saskatchewan, Canada. The two suspects remain at large. (CBC News)
• Hamas authorities execute five Palestinians in the first executions in Palestinian territories since 2017. Two of those executed were accused of espionage. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Chilean national plebiscite
  • By a margin of 62% to 38%, Chileans vote to reject the new proposed constitution drafted by the Constitutional Convention. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
    • Thirty-five civilians are killed and 37 others injured as a convoy of vehicles carrying supplies strike a roadside bomb along the road from Bourzanga to Djibo, Soum Province, Burkina Faso. (Al Jazeera)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
    • Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul
      • Eight people are killed when an Islamic State suicide bomber detonates his explosives near the entrance of the Russian embassy in Kabul. Two of the victims were Russian staff members. (Al Jazeera)
• Five Pakistani soldiers and four Pakistani Taliban militants are killed during a gunfight in North Waziristan. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • Russia's Gazprom announces that gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline to Europe will not resume until sanctions against Russia are lifted. (Financial Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Luding earthquake
  • A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Luding County, Sichuan, China, killing at least 66 people and injuring at least 250 others. (Reuters)
• September 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
  • Ten people are killed and nine more injured during an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. (Pajhwok Afghan News)
• 2022 Pacific hurricane season
  • Three people are killed after Tropical Storm Kay strengthens into a hurricane in Mexico. (Reuters)
• A vehicle and train collision in Kunfehértó, Hungary, kills seven people and injures the train's driver. (Times Union)
• One person is killed and nine others are missing after a floatplane crashes in the Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington, United States. (AP)
• Six people are killed after a building collapses in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2022 Saskatchewan stabbings
  • One of the suspects in yesterday's mass stabbing that killed ten people in Saskatchewan is found dead. The other suspect remains at large. (AP)
• Ivan Safronov, a former Russian journalist, is sentenced to 22 years in prison on treason charges after being found guilty of disclosing "state secrets", which he alleged were open source. Safronov had been under detention since July 2020. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
  • Liz Truss is elected Leader of the Conservative Party and will succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 6 September. (BBC News)
• 2022 Kenyan general election
  • The Supreme Court of Kenya rules that William Ruto is the winner of the presidential election after facing court challenges over the results. (Leadership)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • Six people are killed and three others are kidnapped as Islamists insurgents raid the districts of Erati and Memba, Mozambique, torching dozens of houses. Six attackers are arrested.
  • Gunmen storm the Comboni Missionary Sisters' church in Chipene, Mozambique, killing an Italian nun and setting ablaze the church, the nuns' homes and the hospital. Two other nuns and two priests escaped. (Ansa)
• Mali War
  • Fights erupt in the village of Talataye between the Islamic State, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, with the Malian Armed Forces launching airstrikes amid the fighting. At least 30 people are killed. (Crisis24)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Twenty Southern Transitional Council separatist fighters are killed by al-Qaeda gunmen in Abyan Governorate. All of the six attackers are also killed in the gunfight. (Al Jazeera)
• Anglophone Crisis
  • Six people are killed and eight others are injured when separatists open fire on a public bus in South West, Cameroon. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
  • Ten people are killed in South Korea by Typhoon Hinnamnor. Seven of the victims died in a flooded underground car park. In addition, 2,900 people are evacuated and 66,000 homes are damaged. (BBC News)
• September 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
  • Six people are killed when two earthquakes strike northern Afghanistan. (Reuters)
• 2022 Binh Duong karaoke bar fire
  • At least 32 people are killed in a karaoke bar fire in Binh Duong, Vietnam. (BBC News)
• 2022 Africa floods
  • 2022 Chad floods
    • Thousands of people evacuate in N'Djamena, Chad, due to extensive flooding caused by the country's heaviest rains in 30 years. An estimated 442,000 Chadians have been impacted by the floods since the end of August. (Reuters)
• A car crash in south Sydney, Australia kills 5 children and leaves an 18-year-old driver with minor injuries. (SBS)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in India
    • COVID-19 vaccination in India
      • India approves a nasal COVID-19 vaccine to combat COVID-19, becoming the second country to do so after China. (CNA)
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
    • Hong Kong confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
    • Wisconsin and North Carolina expand their eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine in at-risk communities. (WPDE-TV) (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Law and crime

• 2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis
  • Kiribati suspends three retired New Zealand judges from the Kiribati Court of Appeal as the constitutional crisis worsens. (Reuters)
• January 6 United States Capitol attack
  • Couy Griffin, a commissioner of Otero County, New Mexico, United States, is barred from public office by a state judge due to his involvement in the January 6 attack, which was determined to be an insurrection. This is the first time that the Fourteenth Amendment has been used in more than a century to ban a person who participated in an insurrection from serving in the government. (New York Times) (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
  • Liz Truss succeeds Boris Johnson to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (Sky News)
• One person is killed during anti-U.N. protests in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)

Arts

• An AI Artist is open sourced
  • Artificial intelligence art meets Open Source. A model that cost $600000 (The Decoder) to train, is released for use by anyone, stirring controversy about creativity and the future of art, artists and digital illustrators. (InfoQ)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
      • Amid a renewed counter-offensive in the region, Ukrainian forces reportedly break through Russian defenses and advance more than 30 kilometers into Russian held territory in the Kharkiv Oblast, capturing many towns and cities including Balakliia. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Africa floods
  • 2022 Kasese District landslides
    • Fifteen people are killed by landslides caused by heavy rain in Kasese District, Uganda. (Reuters)
• 2022 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane Kay strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane south of Baja California Sur, Mexico. (Washington Post)
• Eleven people are killed and two others are injured by a building collapse in Aleppo, Syria. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • Egypt confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2022 Saskatchewan stabbings
  • The remaining suspect in Sunday's stabbing spree is arrested outside Wakaw, Saskatchewan. He later dies in custody. (CTV News Regina) (Global News)
• 2022 Memphis shootings
  • Four people are killed and three others injured after a gunman goes on a livestreamed shooting spree in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. A 19-year-old suspect is arrested. (WSMV-TV)

Politics and elections

• Albania–Iran relations
  • The government of Albania suspends diplomatic relations with Iran after a major cyberattack allegedly occurs. Iranian diplomats and embassy staff are told to leave Albania within 24 hours. (Reuters) (BBC News)
• Gervais Ndirakobuca becomes the new prime minister of Burundi, following unanimous approval by the National Assembly. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Seven people are killed and 12 others are injured by airstrikes in Idlib Governorate, Syria. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Eleven people are killed and 12 others are missing after a boat sinks off the coast of Tunisia. (BBC)
• Nine people are killed and two others are injured by a lightning strike in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. (Xinhua)
• Fourteen people are killed when a boat capsizes in Pará, Brazil. (Reuters)

International relations

• International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Poland–Russia relations, Estonia–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Lithuania–Russia relations
    • Poland and the Baltic states announce a ban on Russian tourists entering their countries beginning on September 19. (EER)

Law and crime

• Former White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President of the United States Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to state charges in New York for allegedly defrauding donors to build a wall on the U.S. southern border. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Death of Elizabeth II, Operation London Bridge
  • Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She is succeeded as monarch by her son Charles III. (BBC News)
• The parliament of Solomon Islands votes to delay the next general election amid objections by opposition parties, who accuse Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of a "power grab". (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Northeastern Ukraine campaign
      • Governor of Sumy Oblast Dmytro Zhyvytskyi says that Russian forces have shelled a hospital in Velyka Pysarivka, causing an unspecified number of casualties. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
    • 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
      • Ukraine claims to have retaken more than 1,000 square kilometers of territory previously occupied by Russia, within the last week. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Three people are killed and 11 others are injured when a freight train and a passenger train collide in Novska, Croatia. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Iran–United States relations
  • The United States Department of the Treasury sanctions the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib in response to a cyberattack against Albania. (Al Jazeera)
• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea passes a new law formally declaring itself a "nuclear state". The law includes the right of North Korea to use "preemptive" nuclear strikes as Kim Jong-un promises to "never give up" the country's nuclear weapons. (CNN)
• Mexico transfers control over its National Guard to the Mexican Army. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• A new lunar mineral is discovered by the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, which is named Changesite–(Y). (Interesting Engineering)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
      • Ukrainian troops retake the cities of Balakliia, Kupiansk, and Izium from Russian occupation. The Russian Defence Ministry confirms the withdrawal of troops from several towns in Kharkiv Oblast in order to allow its forces "to regroup" and reinforce the Donbas. (BBC News) (Mirror)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed when their boat is hit by a whale and capsizes near Kaikōura, New Zealand. (Reuters)
• Three people are killed and five others are injured when a Black Hawk helicopter crashes during a Taliban training exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters)
• Eighteen people are killed when a bus and a tanker truck collide and cause an explosion in Tamaulipas, Mexico. (AP)

Health and environment

• The Kurdish administration in Syria, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, requests help from the World Health Organization to contain a cholera outbreak which has killed three people in the region. (Al Arabiya)

Politics and elections

• Proclamation of accession of Charles III
  • Charles Philip Arthur George is proclaimed King of the United Kingdom as Charles III by the Accession Council at St James's Palace. (BBC News)
  • Charles Philip Arthur George is proclaimed King of Canada as Charles III by the Chief Herald of Canada at Rideau Hall. (Globe and Mail)
  • Charles Philip Arthur George is proclaimed King of Australia as Charles III by the Governor-General of Australia David Hurley at Government House in Canberra. (ABC News)
  • Charles Philip Arthur George is proclaimed King of New Zealand as Charles III by the Herald of Arms at the New Zealand Parliament Buildings. (Radio New Zealand)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
      • Russian forces withdraw from most of the Kharkiv Oblast as the Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast collapses. Ukrainian soldiers retake Chkalovske and Velykyi Burluk. Governor of Belgorod Oblast Vyacheslav Gladkov says that "thousands" of civilians are fleeing across the border into the region. (Financial Post) (BBC News)
      • Russia launches missile strikes with Kalibr cruise missiles on critical infrastructure objects, including Kharkiv TEC-5, causing a total blackout and water shutdown in Northeastern Ukraine and the Kharkiv and Donetsk Oblasts. Ukrainian officials confirm at least 40 electrical substations have been destroyed in the wave of missile strikes. (The New York Times) (Reuters) (Ukrinform)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Papua New Guinea earthquake
  • At least eight people are killed and 24 others are injured after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. (Reuters)
• One person is killed and 40 others are injured after flooding causes a wall dam to collapse in Free State, South Africa. (Reuters)
• Three people are reported missing after a small plane fails to reach its destination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
• One person is killed and 39 others are injured after a firework explodes at a festival in Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico. (AP News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Swedish general election
  • Swedes head to the polls to elect members of the Riksdag. (DW)
• Proclamation of accession of Charles III
  • Charles III is proclaimed Lord of Mann by Lieutenant Governor Sir John Lorimer at Government House, Isle of Man. (Manx Radio)
• Reactions to the death of Elizabeth II
  • Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne announces his intention to hold a referendum on transitioning the country into a republic. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
      • Ukrainian forces continue to recapture Russian-occupied territory in Kharkiv Oblast, saying that they have seized 20 more settlements in the last 24 hours, including Dvorichna, and also claim to have captured many Russian prisoners of war. (AP)
    • Battle of Donbas
      • The Ukrainian general staff reports that Russian troops abandoned the city of Svatove in Luhansk Oblast as Ukrainian forces advanced. (Reuters)
    • 2022 Western Russia attacks
      • Multiple explosions are reported near the city of Taganrog in Rostov Oblast, Russia. (Meduza) (HalkTV)
    • More than 30 municipal deputies of Russian cities sign a petition calling for Russian President Vladimir Putin's resignation amid substantial Ukrainian advances in the war. (The Hill)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Operation Claw-Lock
    • Four Turkish soldiers are killed in clashes with PKK insurgents in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry. (Al Jazeera)
• 2022 Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes
  • Azerbaijan shells Armenian villages in the eastern region of the country. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Five people are killed during an attack on a senator's convoy in Anambra, Nigeria. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• A 1500 year old ancient Mayan settlement is uncovered in central Belize by archaeologists from the Belize Archaeological Institute and UIUC, dating from between 250 to 600 AD. (Heritage Daily) (Onet.pl)

Law and crime

• A gunman kills two people, including a Toronto Police constable, and injures three others in Mississauga and Milton, Ontario, Canada, before police shoot him dead in Hamilton Cemetery. (CTV News)

Science and technology

• The James Webb Space Telescope reveals its first photos of the Orion Nebula, which is located in the Orion constellation. (Phys.org)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
      • The Ukrainian military says that it has shot down an Iranian HESA Shahed 136 combat drone operated by Russia near Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast. An inscription on the drone identified it as an "M214 Geran-2", which did not immediately correspond to known Russian weaponry. (ABC News)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
    • Taliban authorities say that they have killed 40 National Resistance Front fighters in the Panjshir Province of Afghanistan, including four commanders. (Reuters)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
    • Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan says that 49 soldiers were killed during overnight clashes with Azerbaijan after it shelled villages yesterday and that fighting was ongoing. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • A roadside bombing in Swat District, Pakistan, kills eight people, including a local tribal leader known for his opposition to the Pakistani Taliban. (Reuters)
• Tigray War
  • Ethiopian airstrikes hit Mekelle University's business campus and a Dimtsi Weyane radio station. (The Jerusalem Post)
  • The Tigray People's Liberation Front says that Eritrea has taken the town of Sheraro. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • Following the release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index for the month of August, all 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average decrease in value, resulting in a 3.9% drop in the index. (The Week)

Disasters and accidents

• European migrant crisis
  • Six people are killed and five people are missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Turkey. (Reuters)
• Five people are killed and 14 others are injured after a building collapsed in Amman, Jordan, 10 people are reported missing. (Al Jazeera)
• Seventeen people are injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Sabha, Libya. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A possible improvised explosive device explodes at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, injuring one person. (CNN) (Archived Copy)

Politics and elections

• Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev agrees to change the name of Kazakhstan's capital from "Nur-Sultan" back to "Astana". He had previously changed the capital's name in 2019 to honor his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian forces launch eight cruise missiles at the dam of the Karachunivske reservoir causing extensive flooding in Kryvyi Rih and a 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) increase of water level in the Inhulets River. (The Guardian)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
    • Armenia formally triggers article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) after accusing Azerbaijan of launching an invasion. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says that "we asked support from CSTO, including military support to restore Armenia's territorial integrity and ensure the withdrawal of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the territory of Armenia". (Armenpress)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • One al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade member and an Israeli soldier are killed during a shootout at a checkpoint in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Aftermath of the 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
  • Two Tajik border guards are killed and two others are injured during clashes with Kyrgyz guards, who accuse Tajikistan of taking positions at a demarcated area. (Reuters)
• Tigray War
  • Ten people are killed when Ethiopian airstrikes hit a residential area in Mekelle, Tigray Region. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Muifa makes landfall in eastern China with the maximum wind speed near its centre reaching 42 metres per second (150 kilometres per hour (93 mph)). (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
• Fourteen people are killed and 25 others are injured in a three vehicle collision in Kyaukpadaung, Myanmar. (AP)
• Eleven people are killed and 29 others are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (AP)

Law and crime

• Iceland v Iceland Foods Ltd
  • The British supermarket chain Iceland launches an appeal to the EUIPO against the country of Iceland in a 20-year-long legal process over the use and trademark of the name "Iceland". (The Pembrokeshire Herald)
• Two Thai military personnel are killed and another is injured after a gunman opens fire at a military facility in Bangkok. The gunman is later arrested. (CNA)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
      • War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
        • Izium mass graves
          • Ukrainian police say that a mass grave containing more than 440 bodies has been discovered in the recently recaptured city of Izium. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine people are killed and 20 others are injured during a stampede at a concert in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. (AP)

Law and crime

• Iguala mass kidnapping
  • Authorities in Mexico confirm the arrest of a retired military general for his alleged role in the kidnapping of 43 students in the state of Guerrero in 2014. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Armenia–United States relations
  • U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi announces a visit to the Armenian capital Yerevan as a show of support for Armenia amid renewed clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the past week. (Politico)

Science and technology

• Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency, changes its consensus mechanism from proof of work to proof of stake, ceasing all mining and reducing its energy consumption by over 99.9% (CNBC)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Western Russia attacks
    • A civilian is killed and two others are injured by Ukrainian shelling on Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. (UrduPoint) (MSN)
• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
    • Myanmar Army helicopters attack a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, killing six children and injuring 17 people. Military officials say that the school was being used as a base by anti-coup insurgents. (The Jerusalem Post)
• 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
  • According to Kyrgyzstan, Tajik forces again open fire on its outposts and clashes occur along the border with Tajik forces using armored vehicles and mortars. Tajikistan accuses Kyrgyz forces of shelling one of its outposts and several villages. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts
  • The Phantom of the Opera, currently the longest-running show in Broadway history, announces that it will end production in February 2023, stating that a decline in attendance caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has made it unable to recoup the weekly costs of running the show. (The New York Times)

Business and economy

• American computer hardware company EVGA terminates its partnership with fellow hardware manufacturer Nvidia and withdraws completely from the graphics card market, alleging that the latter forced them to sell their cards at a loss and would refuse to disclose important information, such as sales numbers. (The Verge)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022–23 European windstorm season
  • Ten people are killed, 50 others are injured, and three people are reported missing as floods hit Ancona, Marche, Italy. (Reuters)
• 2022 South Asian floods
  • Twelve people are killed by heavy rains in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, with nine of the people killed when a wall collapsed. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
    • Bahrain confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Killing of Mahsa Amini
  • Widespread protests occur in Iran after a woman is detained and allegedly beaten to death in Tehran by officers from Iran's religious police system for not properly wearing her hijab. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Salvadoran general election
  • Incumbent President Nayib Bukele announces that he will run for re-election in 2024, one year after the Supreme Court ruled that he was eligible to do so despite a constitutional ban on presidential re-election. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• September 2022 Damascus airstrikes
  • Five Syrian soldiers are killed in missile strikes launched by the Israeli Air Force near Damascus. (Haaretz)

Arts and culture

• COVID-19 pandemic, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, Tourism in Germany
  • The annual Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, opens after not being held for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (BR)

Business and economy

• Poland opens the Vistula Spit canal connecting the Vistula Lagoon and Gdańsk Bay after three years of construction. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
  • The Japan Meteorological Agency urges residents to evacuate southern parts of the island of Kyushu as super Typhoon Nanmadol approaches. An official for the agency warns that Nanmadol can bring "unprecedented" storms and rain to the area. (Reuters)
• Twenty-two people are killed and 10 others are injured by a landslide in Achham, Nepal. (Reuters)
• Nine people are killed and 55 others are rescued after a bus crashes in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, during heavy rains. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Politics of the Philippines
  • Vic Rodriguez steps down as Executive Secretary and will continue to be Bongbong Marcos chief of staff. (Inquirer)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Russian forces shell a psychiatric hospital in Strelechya, Kharkiv Oblast, killing four medics and injuring two patients. (The Guardian)
• 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
  • The death toll from the fighting between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which began four days ago, increases to 94. Fifty-nine of the people were killed in Kyrgyzstan, and the 35 others were killed in Tajikistan. Another 139 people are injured. (BBC News)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Ukraine withdraws its 250 troops from the United Nations peacekeeping force MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A Ukrainian Air Force aviation unit also withdraws its eight helicopters from the mission, which made up a third of the UN's fleet. (BBC News)
• Mexican drug war
  • Five gunmen storm a rehab center in the early morning in Cortazar, Guanajuato, Mexico, and open fire, killing three people and injuring two others. (MegaNoticias)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Taitung earthquakes
  • A second earthquake in less than 24 hours strikes southeast Taiwan, killing one person and wounding 146 other people. The 6.9 magnitude earthquake is felt in Taipei and tsunami warnings are issued. (Reuters)
• 2022 Guizhou bus crash
  • Twenty-seven people are killed and 20 others are injured when a bus carrying people to a COVID-19 quarantine facility crashes on a highway in Sandu County, Guizhou Province, China. (Reuters)
• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico causing the entire island to lose power. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warns of "life-threatening flash flooding" on the island amid "historic" rainfall. (AP) (The Independent)

Politics and elections

• LGBT rights in Turkey
  • Thousands of people march in Istanbul, Turkey, to demand legislation against LGBT organizations and their activities. (AP)

Sports

• EuroBasket 2022
  • EuroBasket 2022 Final
    • Spain defeats France 88–76 in the final to win their fourth EuroBasket title. (Manila Bulletin)
• 2022 WNBA Finals
  • The Las Vegas Aces win their first WNBA Championship in a series against the Connecticut Sun. (ESPN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Donbas
      • Thirteen people are killed and many others are injured in explosions in the Donetsk People's Republic-held city of Donetsk. DPR leader Denis Pushilin accuses Ukraine of being behind the attacks. (BBC News)
      • The Ukrainian Ground Forces recapture the village of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast as it advances on Lysychansk. (The Telegraph)
      • Luhansk People's Republic authorities say that a Ukrainian shelling attack has killed seven civilians including three children in the town of Krasnorichenske. (Reuters)
• Four people are killed and more than 30 injured as police open fire on people protesting in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, Iran, over the death of a woman under police custody in Tehran. (The Guardian)

Arts and culture

• Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II
  • The state funeral of Elizabeth II is held in London, United Kingdom. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in the Dominican Republic after causing massive devastation in Puerto Rico, killing three people. (CNN)
• 2022 Western Mexico earthquake
  • A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Michoacán, Mexico, killing two people and wounding 12 others. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• Mongolia places Khovd Province under quarantine after confirming a case of bubonic plague in Möst district. (Xinhua)

International relations

• Afghanistan–United States relations
  • Afghanistan releases American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai, who has been held by the United States on drug charges since April 2005. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Equatorial Guinea
  • Equatorial Guinea abolishes the death penalty after its president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signs a new penal code into law. (The Guardian)
• Irish judge Síofra O'Leary is elected the new president of European Court of Human Rights, becoming the first woman to hold that position. (The Journal)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Russian-occupied Ukraine annexation referendums
  • The State Duma of Russia reports that a referendum on the accession of the Luhansk People's Republic to Russia will be held in the near future. (TASS)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russian mobilization
      • Russian State Duma deputies approve the introduction of the concepts of mobilization, martial law, wartime and armed conflict, as well as punishment for desertion, into the Criminal Code. (Forbes)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A civilian is killed and another is critically injured during clashes between Al-Qassam Brigades' supporters and Palestinian authorities outside a police station in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, following the arrest of two militants. (Al Jazeera)
  • An 84-year-old woman is murdered in Holon, Israel in a suspected terror attack. The Qalqilya-born suspect is found dead, presumably by suicide, inside an abandoned building in Tel Aviv. (Times of Israel)
• Tigray War
  • Tigray People's Liberation Front authorities say that Eritrea has launched a full-scale intervention into the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The National Bank of Georgia formally applies to join the European Union's Single Euro Payments Area. (Agenda)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
  • Four people are killed and 114 others are injured as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall on the island of Kyushu, Japan. (BBC News)
• 2022 Pakistan floods
  • Nine people have died of diarrhea, malaria and gastroenteritis during the last 24 hours in Sindh Province, Pakistan, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll from flooding to more than 1,600 people. (Al Jazeera)
• Eight people are injured after an explosion tore through a building in Austin, Chicago, Illinois, United States. (AP)
• Nine people are killed and 31 others are injured after a concrete slab collapsed on top of the auditorium bleachers during a political event in Itapecerica da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil. (Latin Post)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
      • COVID-19 pandemic in New York City
        • New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces that the city will end its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses on November 1. (Axios)
• Uganda reports an outbreak of Ebola after a rare case of the Sudan ebolavirus strain was confirmed in a 24-year-old man who later died, becoming the first known fatality from the strain since 2011. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine
  • It is announced that the referendums on the entry of the Luhansk People's Republic, the Donetsk People's Republic, and the occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts into Russia as federal subjects will be held from September 23 to 27. (RIA Novosti)
• Death of Mahsa Amini
  • Protests continue for the fourth consecutive day across Iran in response to the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police. Two people are killed during protests in Kermanshah. (The Washington Post) (Times of Israel)

Sports

• UEFA announces that Russia will continue to be suspended meaning their team is barred from the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying draw. (UEFA)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russian mobilization
      • In a major address to the nation, Russian president Vladimir Putin announces a partial mobilization, with the exceptions of students and conscripts. (AP)
      • Lithuania places its rapid reaction force on high alert in response to Russia's mobilization, according to Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas. (LRT)
      • NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that Russia's military mobilization is "dangerous and reckless", and condemns Putin's use of "nuclear rhetoric". (NTV) (Reuters)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Three people are killed and 13 others are injured in an explosion at a restaurant in Deh Mazang, Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)
• Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
  • Fulani herdsmen shoot and kill 14 civilians in Logo, Benue State, Nigeria. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Fiona reaches Category 4 as it moves from the Turks and Caicos Islands toward Bermuda. (CNN)
• Two people are killed and 5 others are injured after a helicopter crashes while travelling to a wildfire in Marmaris, Muğla Province, Turkey. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
    • Queen Margrethe II tests positive for COVID-19 for the second time. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Two Ukrainian staffers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are sentenced to 13 years of prison by a court in the separatist Luhansk People's Republic for "alleged high treason and espionage for the United States". (Politico)
• Letitia James, the New York Attorney General, files a civil lawsuit in state court against Donald Trump, his three children as well as companies in The Trump Organization. The lawsuit alleges that Donald Trump committed fraud by artificially inflating his net worth in order to gain prestige and thus increase his property's value. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022 anti-war protests in Russia
    • Anti-mobilization and anti-war protests occur across Russia, with many arrests also occurring. (Reuters)

Sports

• World Taekwondo denies giving bribes in order to become an Olympic sport after allegations emerge from a former employee turned whistleblower. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russian mobilization
      • Large numbers of fighting-age men leave Russia after the announcement of the mobilization. Long traffic jams occur at international border crossings and the price of tickets for international flights sharply increases. (BBC News)
      • At least 1,300 protesters rallying against the mobilization are arrested throughout Russia. (BBC News)
    • Donetsk People's Republic authorities accuse Ukraine of shelling a market in Donetsk, killing six civilians. (Times of Israel)
    • Ukraine and Russia release 55 Russian prisoners of war and 215 fighters from the Siege of Mariupol as part of a prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Among those released are pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, Azov Regiment commander Denys Prokopenko, British volunteers Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan volunteer Saadun Brahim. (Times of Israel), (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 71 people are killed when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon capsizes off Syria's coast. (Al Jazeera)
• Two people are killed by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Mexico City. The earthquake was an aftershock of the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred three days ago in Michoacán, Mexico. (The Guardian)
• At least three people are killed by an explosion at an oil refinery in Neuquén Province, Argentina. (AP)
• Seven people are killed by landslides in El Salvador. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Mahsa Amini protests
  • Amid protests after the death of Mahsa Amini, Iran restricts access to several websites, including Instagram and WhatsApp. (The Washington Post) (Reuters)
• Corruption in China
  • China's former justice minister Fu Zhenghua is sentenced to death with reprieve, which means his sentence will be life in prison without the possibility of parole, after pleading guilty to accepting bribes. (DW)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Afghanistan conflict
  • September 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
    • Seven people are killed and 41 others are injured when a car bomb explodes at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters)
• Tigray War
  • A 60-year-old man is killed by an Ethiopian airstrike on Mekelle, in the rebel-controlled Tigray Region. (Reuters)
• Mexican drug war
  • Gunmen kill ten people in a mass shooting at a pool hall in Tarimoro, Guanajuato, Mexico. (CBS News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, Tourism in Bhutan
  • Bhutan reopens its borders for international tourists following a two-year closure due to the pandemic. (ANINews)

Law and crime

• Mahsa Amini protests, Iran–United States relations
  • Sanctions are imposed on seven Iranian government officials and one group by the United States Department of the Treasury, which blames the Guidance Patrol for the death of Mahsa Amini. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine
      • Referendums begin in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk on whether to join Russia, in what Ukraine and other countries consider to be "sham" referendums. (AFP via Barron's)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russian mobilization
      • Thousands of fighting-age men continue to leave Russia due to the mobilization. Massive lines are reported at the country's borders with Georgia and Finland. (iNews)
    • 2022 anti-war protests in Russia
      • At least 700 people are detained during anti-war protests across Russia. (ITV News)
• Kurdish separatism in Iran
  • The Iranian Revolutionary Guards shell the "[h]eadquarters of anti-Iranian terrorists" in Iraqi Kurdistan. (Reuters)
• Fifteen people are killed and many others are injured after armed bandits attacked a mosque in Zamfara, Nigeria. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Fiona leaves more than 500,000 people without power in Atlantic Canada. (CBC)
• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
  • Two people are killed and 120,000 people experience a power outage after Tropical Storm Talas hits central Japan. (NBC News)

International relations

• Iran–Ukraine relations
  • Ukraine announces a reduction of Iranian diplomatic mission staff in response to the delivery of drones to Russia as part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Mahsa Amini protests
  • The death toll from the protests in Iran increases to 50. (Hindustan Times)
  • The Iranian Army announces that it will "confront the enemies" in response to the ongoing protests. (Dawn)
  • Reports emerge that protestors have allegedly "taken control" of the city of Oshnavieh after security forces withdraw. (Atalayar)
• Three people are injured after a shooting occurred at an amusement park in West Mifflin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP) (Wikinews)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Nauruan parliamentary election
  • Voters in Nauru head to the polls to elect members of parliament. (RNZ)
• 2022 Angolan general election
  • Thousands of people protest in Luanda, Angola, accusing incumbent president João Lourenço of electoral fraud in the latest election. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Mahsa Amini protests
  • Elon Musk says that Starlink will be enabled inside Iranian cities after the United States State and Treasury Departments announce measures to increase internet freedom and access to information in the country. (Reuters)
• The planned launch of Artemis 1 is newly delayed due to a storm. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2022 AFL Grand Final
  • In Australian rules football, the AFL season concludes with Geelong defeating the Sydney Swans in the Grand Final by 81 points. (The Australian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russian mobilization
      • 2022 anti-war protests in Russia, 2022 North Caucasian protests
        • Mass protests against mobilization take place in Dagestan with protesters clashing with police. (Reuters), (Radio Liberty)
        • The number of people detained in anti-war protests across Russia increases to more than 2,000. (BBC News)
    • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirms that Ukraine has received NASAMS air defence systems from the United States. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • One soldier is killed and six others are injured in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan suspends the use of Russia's card payment system Mir. The move was supposedly warranted by the need "to carry out the necessary technical procedures" and was not related to sanctions. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

• A ferry carrying Hindu pilgrims capsizes and sinks in Panchagarh District, Bangladesh, killing 66 people and leaving dozens of others missing. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
    • Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez tests positive for COVID-19. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• Mahsa Amini protests
  • The Iranian government announces that security forces have regained control of Oshnavieh, a day after protestors allegedly "took control" of the city. (BBC News)
• Eleven people are killed during an ambush by cattle rustlers in Turkana County, Kenya. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Italian general election
  • Italians head to the polls to elect members of the Parliament. (AP)
  • Exit polls show that the centre-right coalition led by Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni has won the election with a majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. (BBC News)
• 2022 Cuban Family Code referendum
  • Cubans vote on legalizing same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption. The government urges people to vote in favour of legalization while the Catholic Church urges people to vote against legalization. (DW)
• 2022 Swiss referendums
  • The Swiss go to the polls to decide four ballot questions. The voters agree to raise the retirement age for women to 65 and to increase the value added tax rates from 7.7% to 8.1%. However, voters rejected the proposal to exempt domestic bonds from taxation and to ban intensive animal farming. (Bloomberg) (Swissinfo)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russian mobilization
      • 2022 anti-war protests in Russia, 2022 North Caucasian protests
        • Spontaneous protests against the mobilization continue in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria. (Radio Liberty)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • A police officer is killed and another injured during a shooting and bomb attack near a police station in Mersin, Turkey. Both the attackers are killed. (Reuters)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • Eleven soldiers are killed as a 150-vehicle convoy carrying supplies to Djibo is ambushed by Islamist militants in Gaskindé (Pobé-Mengao), Soum Province. (Reuters)
• Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, publicly admits for the first time that he founded the Wagner Group, a private military company accused of war crimes in places where they had been deployed. Prigozhin had previously denied any involvement with the organization. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

• September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget
  • The pound sterling falls to its record lowest level against the U.S. dollar. (BBC News)
• Inter-American Development Bank chief Mauricio Claver-Carone is fired by the bank's board of governors after an external investigation, started because of a whistleblower complaint, found that Claver-Carone had an undisclosed intimate relationship with his subordinate and committed several ethics violations in connection with her. (Reuters) (Financial Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
  • Six people are killed as Typhoon Noru makes landfall on the island of Luzon, Philippines. (NPR)
• Six Pakistani military personnel are killed in a helicopter crash in Balochistan, Pakistan. (Barron's)
• Seven people are killed in a fire in a shopping mall in Daejeon, South Korea. (AP)
• Three people are killed in a building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP)
• Four people are killed after a boat sinks in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
    • Chancellor Olaf Scholz tests positive for COVID-19. (Reuters)
• 2022 Uganda Ebola outbreak
  • The death toll from an Ebola virus outbreak in Mubende District, Uganda, increases to 23, with a total of 36 confirmed and suspected cases. (CNN)
• The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Syria increases to 29, with a total of 338 cases reported, the majority of whom are in Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Colombia–Venezuela relations
  • The Colombia–Venezuela border reopens for commerce and trade after a seven-year closure. (Bloomberg)
• Kazakhstan–Russia relations
  • Kazakhstan says that it will not recognize the results of the ongoing annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Izhevsk school shooting
  • A man kills 17 people and injures 24 others in a mass shooting at a school in Izhevsk, Russia, before killing himself. (BBC News)
• 2022 California wildfires
  • The United States Forest Service seizes equipment owned by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, as part of a criminal investigation into the company's role in the Mosquito Fire. (Reuters)
• Russia–United States relations
  • President Vladimir Putin signs a decree granting Russian citizenship to American whistleblower Edward Snowden. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Cuban Family Code referendum
  • A referendum is approved in Cuba, granting, among other things, broader rights for the LGBT community, including marriage. (Time)

Science and technology

• Double Asteroid Redirection Test
  • NASA's DART spacecraft successfully impacts Dimorphos at 23:16 UTC, becoming the first spacecraft to impact an asteroid. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russian mobilization
      • Kazakhstan says that around 98,000 Russian civilians have entered the country by land and air since Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a military mobilization. (HuffPost)
      • Latvia announces a state of emergency over the influx of Russian citizens fleeing mobilization. Special measures are taken in the border regions of the country and at all ports of entry. (ERR)
• 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
  • Three separate spills are detected in the Baltic Sea following explosions in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in what appear to be acts of sabotage. (Euronews)
• Terrorism in Norway
  • Norway raises its "emergency preparedness" in response to sightings of "unidentified drones" near its offshore oil and gas facilities in the North Sea, and is coordinating with its armed forces, police, and oil and gas industry operators, according to energy minister Terje Aasland. (S&P Global)

Business and economy

• Baltic Pipe
  • Leaders from Poland, Norway and Denmark hold a ceremony to open the Baltic Pipe natural gas pipeline that will transport natural gas from the Norwegian shelf via Denmark to Poland. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane. Residents of the Tampa Bay area of Florida, United States, are ordered to evacuate. (Washington Post) (Reuters)
• Two people are killed in a fire at a PKN Orlen plant in Płock, Poland. (Euronews)

Health and environment

• The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo formally declares an end to the country's latest outbreak of Ebola. (Reuters)

International relations

• Afghanistan–Russia relations
  • Russia and the Taliban sign a provisional deal for Russia to supply Afghanistan with gasoline, diesel, gas and wheat. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine
  • According to the results released by Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts overwhelmingly vote in favor of annexation, with 99.23%, 98.42%, 93.11% and 87.05% of support, respectively. Turnout exceeded 75% in each region and exceeded 97% in Donetsk Oblast. However, the voting has been widely dismissed as a sham referendum. (RIA Novosti) (AP)
  • Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, expects the annexation to be formalised by October 4. (Reuters)
• The state funeral of assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is held at the Budokan in Tokyo. (NPR)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
      • North Ossetia–Alania which contains the only border crossing between Russia and Georgia-controlled territory, bans all Russian cars that do not have the licence plate of the republic, with the exception of tourists travelling to the region. This comes as those fleeing the draft overwhelm the border. (Reuters)
      • A mobile draft centre is built at the Torfyanovka checkpoint, the busiest checkpoint on the Finland–Russia border, in order to prevent people who are fit to serve from fleeing the country. However, as of midday, the centre is not yet open. (The Insider)
• Kurdish separatism in Iran
  • Thirteen people are killed and 58 others are injured as Iran launches missiles and drones upon the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan's offices in Koye, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Iran accused the group of being involved in the ongoing protests in the country. (Al Jazeera)
  • An Iranian drone is claimed as shot down by US forces in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (CENTCOM)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Four Palestinians are killed and 44 others are injured when Israeli soldiers storm a refugee camp in Jenin, West Bank. The brother of the 2022 Tel Aviv shooting's perpetrator is among those killed. (YNetNews) (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • One person is killed and two others are injured when a gunman opens fire against Chinese-Pakistani nationals at a dental clinic in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. All of the victims were in their 70s and had worked for the clinic for more than 40 years. (BBC News)
• Anglophone crisis
  • Authorities in Cameroon ban "undeclared meetings and manifestations" in Bamenda, the capital of the Northwest Region, after separatists announced a manifestation to commemorate the declaration of independence of Ambazonia, a breakaway state consisting of the English-speaking regions of Cameroon. (Xinhua)

Business and economy

• Economy of the United Kingdom
  • The Bank of England buys 65 billion pounds of bonds in a bid to stabilise the UK economy. (NBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Ian
    • Two people are confirmed dead in Cuba because of the hurricane, and the island temporarily loses electricity from the damage caused. (CNN)
    • Hurricane Ian makes landfall near Englewood, Florida, United States, as a high-end Category 4 hurricane. (CNBC) (WXII-TV)
    • Over 200,000 customers are left without power throughout Florida, U.S, due to Hurricane Ian. (Sun Sentinel)
• A restaurant fire kills 17 people and injures three others in Changchun, Jilin, China. (AP)
• Three people are killed and 15 others are reported missing after a bridge collapses in Careiro, Amazonas, Brazil. (Reuters)
• Two people are killed and 10 others are injured after a three-way car crash in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas, United States. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2022 Oakland school shooting
  • Six people are shot and injured near several high schools and alternative schools in Oakland, California, United States. (KGO-TV)
• Former Guinean military leader Moussa Dadis Camara and ten others go on trial for their alleged involvement in a massacre of anti-government demonstrators in 2009. (Al Jazeera)
• Jonathan Dowdall and his father Patrick plead guilty to facilitating the Killing of David Byrne in 2016. (The Journal)

Politics and elections

• 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine
  • The Russian-installed heads of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts' occupation administrations, as well as Leonid Pasechnik, leader of the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic, officially request that they be annexed to Russia, following a referendum, widely seen as fraudulent, conducted in those regions of Ukraine. Donetsk People's Republic's leader Denis Pushilin has not yet submitted such a request but has gone with Pasechnik to Moscow for talks about the annexation, and is expected to send a request shortly. (The Guardian) (The Washington Post)
• Russ Kun becomes the President of Nauru, succeeding Lionel Aingimea. (RNZ)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
        • Russian forces strike a residential neighborhood in Dnipro with a cruise missile, killing a family of four, including two children, and injuring 18 other civilians, according to local authorities. (Ukrinform) (Ukrainska Pravda)
        • Three people are killed and 12 others are injured by a Russian cluster munition attack on a bus stop in Mykolaiv, according to mayor Oleksandr Sienkievych. (Ukrainska Pravda)
    • Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
      • Finland announces that it will deny entry to Russian tourists beginning on Thursday night, thereby cutting off the last direct link between Russia and the European Union. (Reuters)
• Kurdish–Iranian conflict
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launches ballistic missiles at Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, killing nine civilians and injuring 32 others. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry says that it will summon the Iranian ambassador in response to the attacks. (RFE/RL)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Ian
    • A section of the Sanibel Causeway in Florida, United States, collapses following damage from Ian, blocking access to the islands of Sanibel and Captiva. (Tampa Bay Times) (WTVJ-TV)
    • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces that the state has launched efforts to rescue people stranded from their homes by flooding from Ian. Additionally, President Joe Biden declares Ian a major disaster. (Politico)
    • The death toll from the hurricane increases to at least 17. (CNN)
• 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
  • Swedish authorities report a fourth gas leak from the Nord Stream pipelines. (Sky News)
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the Nord Stream gas leaks "an unprecedented act of international terrorism". (RBK)
• One person is dead after a fire breaks out at an election agency in Asunción, Paraguay. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia
        • Indonesia grants approval for the first Chinese mRNA vaccine against COVID-19, the Walvax COVID-19 vaccine. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
      • Taiwan announces that it will end the mandatory quarantine of visitors on October 13 and will also restore temporarily suspended visa-free travel for countries that had a relevant agreement with the island. (The Straits Times)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Nicaragua
  • Bettina Muscheidt, the European Union ambassador to Nicaragua, is declared persona non grata, presumably due to her criticism of undemocratic policies of President Daniel Ortega. (Euractiv)
• Montenegro–Russia relations
  • Montenegro expels six Russian diplomats, whom the country accuses of spying. In response, the Russian embassy in Montenegro announces that its consular section will suspend its services beginning on Friday and "until further notice". (Reuters) (Pobjeda)

Law and crime

• Abortion in India
  • The Supreme Court of India strikes down a portion of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act that forbade unmarried women from having an abortion, thus legalising the procedure for all women until the 24th week of pregnancy. The ruling also notes that forcing a woman to carry the child could constitute marital rape, which is not, however, recognised as an offence in India. (Al Jazeera)
• Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted leader of Myanmar, is sentenced to a further three years' imprisonment for "violating the state's secrets act". She is already serving 20 years on other charges. (AP)
• The Catholic Church reveals that it disciplined Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, an East Timorese minister and former bishop who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996, over allegations of sexual abuse of teenage boys committed in the early 1990s. (Reuters)
• The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda begins the trial of Félicien Kabuga, one of the richest Rwandan businessmen in the 1990s who is implicated in the Rwandan genocide. Kabuga pleads not guilty and does not appear on the first day of the proceedings. (BBC News)
• The European Commission sues Malta in the European Court of Justice, seeking to end the country's "golden passport" scheme, which is the only such scheme still active in the EU. This scheme allows large investors to be granted Maltese citizenship, and by extension, citizenship of the European Union. (Bloomberg)

Politics and elections

• Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
  • Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov says that the Kremlin is scheduled to sign agreements on the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine by Russia on September 30. (Forbes)
  • President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that he will convene an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on September 30. (Ukrainska Pravda)
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree recognizing the "independence" of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, which were proclaimed yesterday. (The Guardian) (RIA Novosti)
• 2022 Nauruan parliamentary election
  • Russ Kun is inaugurated as President of Nauru following the general election on 24 September. (Radio New Zealand)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
        • Russian attack on civilian convoy in Zaporizhzhia
          • Russian forces launch 16 missiles at areas near the city of Zaporizhzhia, including a gathering point for civilians preparing to cross into Russian-occupied territory, where at least 25 people are killed and 50 others are injured. (NBC News)
    • Ukraine–NATO relations
      • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requests fast-track NATO membership following the Russian annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine. (BBC News)
    • 2022 Russian mobilization
      • Uzbekistan says that it will not deport Russians fleeing conscription. (Reuters)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • September 2022 Kabul school bombing
    • Twenty-six people are killed and 56 others are injured by a suicide bomber at a school in Dashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. (CNN)
• Papua conflict
  • Four people are killed when armed rebels open fire on civilians in West Papua, Indonesia. (Reuters)
• September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
  • Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is removed from office in a coup d'état after gunfire in the Burkinabé capital of Ouagadougou. Coup leader Ibrahim Traoré imposes a curfew, suspends all political civil society activities as well as the Constitution, and closes all land and air borders. (AP) (France24)
• Mahsa Amini protests
  • Nineteen people are killed and 32 more injured when three gunmen attack a police station and open fire in a mass shooting in Zahedan, Iran. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge, Economy of the Netherlands
  • Inflation in the Netherlands increases to 17% amid a substantial increase in energy and fuel prices. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Ian makes its fourth landfall in South Carolina, after devastating portions of Florida and Cuba. (National Hurricane Center)
• Two people are killed and 25 others are injured by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
• Eight people are killed and three others are missing after flooding in Táchira, Venezuela. (Reuters)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Nicaragua
  • The Nicaraguan government announced that it had severed diplomatic relations with the Netherlands.

Politics and elections

• Russian annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
  • Russian president Vladimir Putin signs accession treaties to annex the occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia. However, the accession treaties must be ratified by both houses of the Russian parliament before becoming effective under Russian law. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)
• Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirms that the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense was hacked and that leaked data included information about the president's health issues and other national security issues. (Proceso)