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MV June Aster after the fire

• A fire on a ferry (aftermath pictured) off Coron, Palawan, Philippines, kills at least 76 people.
• In Yemen, heavy fighting between the Houthis and the Presidential Leadership Council leaves hundreds of people dead.
• American journalist and feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies at the age of 92.

Ongoing:

• Iran war (Lebanon war)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
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Recent deaths:

• François Rossé
• Johan Mijail
• Erni Mangold
• Joe Morgan
• Margaret Bedggood
• Frank McDonald

September 13, 2026 (2026-09-13) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  • The Ghana Army says that Battalion 92 of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) will return to Ghana following a year of duty in southern Lebanon. (Ghana Web)

Disasters and accidents

• Sinking of the Virgo Transport 8
  • Six people die, 97 are rescued and 140 remain missing after the sinking of the Virgo Transport 8 ferry in the Java Sea, Indonesia. (BBC)
• Sinking of the MV Matui
  • One person dies, 12 are rescued, and more than 30 remain missing after the sinking of the MV Matui ferry off Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, during rough seas. (The Guardian) (Radio New Zealand)

International relations

• Myanmar's Union Government revokes Kyaw Moe Tun's status as the country's permanent representative to the United Nations, accusing him of illegal activities, as the UN Credentials Committee prepares to consider the country's disputed representation. (AFP via France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Swedish general election
  • Swedes vote to elect all 349 seats of the Riksdag. Incumbent prime minister Ulf Kristersson, who seeks to lead the Moderates to a second consecutive government while including the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats in his cabinet, is being challenged by the former prime minister and SAP leader Magdalena Andersson. (AP) (DW)
• Kosovo political deadlock
  • The Assembly of Kosovo is declared constituted by acting president and speaker Albulena Haxhiu, but without the deputy speaker from the PDK. The Assembly then accepts the fourth cabinet of incumbent prime minister Albin Kurti. The PDK and the AAK both challenge the legitimacy of Kurti's government at the Constitutional Court. (AP) (Reuters)

September 12, 2026 (2026-09-12) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 East–West Crude Oil Pipeline attack, Iran–Iraq relations, Iraq in the 2026 Iran war
      • Iraq closes three border crossings with Iran after Iraqi and Saudi officials said that a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East–West Crude Oil Pipeline originated from Iraq. (AFP via The Times of Israel)
    • 2026 Iran war ceasefire, Iran–United Arab Emirates relations
      • Iran and the United Arab Emirates sign a joint statement calling for restraint in the war. Additionally, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and Abu Dhabi ruler Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan meet at the BRICS summit, the highest profile meeting between the two countries since the war started on February 28. (Al-Monitor) (Hindustan Times)
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan, China in the 2026 Iran war
      • The Wall Street Journal reports that Iran had received Chinese satellite images before launching a July 17 strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that killed three United States Army soldiers. (AFP via Arab News)
  • Yemeni civil war
    • 2026 Yemen offensives, Strait of Bab al-Mandab crisis
      • Yemeni government forces strike Houthi positions near the port of Mokha, Taiz Governorate, and along the Mokha–Dhubab road, reporting that they destroyed vehicles and weapons and killed Houthi fighters after the group captured the city. (AFP via France 24)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Kryvyi Rih strikes, Odesa strikes, Zaporizhzhia strikes
    • Russian drone strikes across Ukraine kill eight civilians, including two people in Zaporizhzhia, two people at a grocery store in Zhytomyr, one person in Kryvyi Rih, while a "massive attack" targeting the Port of Odesa and surrounding areas wounds at least 28 people. (AP)
  • Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • A Russian drone strikes a civilian vehicle in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing three people. (AP)

Arts and culture

• 83rd Venice International Film Festival
  • May el-Toukhy's film Woman Unknown wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in Italy, while Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's NAZA win the competition's Grand Jury Prize and Special Jury Prize, respectively. (Japan Today)
• Celine Dion Paris 2026–2027
  • Canadian singer Celine Dion performs her first concert at the Plenitude Arena in six years in Paris, France, following a absence with the rare neurological disorder Stiff-person syndrome. (France24) (NPR)
• Rukidi IV, the late king of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom, is buried. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• MV June Aster ship fire
  • The Philippine coast guard confirms that 41 more bodies have been discovered aboard the burned vessel MV June Aster off Coron, Palawan, bringing the death toll from the fire to 76. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Health and environment

• 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
  • The Atlantic hurricane season reaches a 103-day record in the satellite era without a hurricane after the season started on June 1, the first since 1941, with the El Niño in the Pacific Ocean being a big factor. (CNN) (The New York Times) (USA Today)

International relations

• North Korean missile tests
  • North Korea launches a series of SRBM missile tests from Wonsan in response to trilateral Freedom Edge military exercises conducted by Japan, South Korea, and the United States. (Korea JoongAng Daily) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Cléon derailment
  • French officials investigate if the derailment in Cléon, Seine-Maritime, was caused by sabotage after a fragment of rail was found on the tracks. (AFP via France 24) (BBC News) (RTÉ)
• Several residents are arrested after riots erupted yesterday in Kobani, Syria, over the murder of a Kurdish citizen that was blamed on an Arab man. Some of those arrested starts a prison riot, which results in a fire, killing seven inmates. The violence erupted over plans to transfer some prisoners to another prison in Aleppo. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Protests against Donald Trump
  • Protests against the 2026 Iran war, Gaza war protests, Protests against the second Trump administration
    • Thousands of demonstrators gather in Dublin and Doonbeg, Ireland, against U.S. president Donald Trump's visit to the country and protest against his role in the wars in Iran and Gaza. (Irish Times) (The New York Times)
• 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election
  • Protesters gather in Germany across 20 cities against the Alternative for Germany following its victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2026 US Open
  • In tennis, Elena Rybakina wins the women's singles title at the US Open, her third major title, after defeating two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2. (AFP via France 24)
  • Christian Harrison and Neal Skupski win the men's doubles title at the US Open without dropping a set in the tournament after defeating Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6) in the final. (AFP via France 24)
• 2026 Summer Youth Olympics
  • The Olympic flame arrives in Dakar, Senegal, ahead of the upcoming Youth Olympic Games, which will be the first Olympic Games held in Africa. (AP)

September 11, 2026 (2026-09-11) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • 2026 Yemen offensives
      • In Yemen, the Houthis seize Perim Island in the Strait of Bab al-Mandab after government forces withdrew, completing their takeover of the surrounding area and giving them control of territory overlooking a major sea lane between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. (AFP via France 24)
      • The Houthis announce the end and the success of their offensive, expelling government forces from six districts and seizing major locations. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 East–West Crude Oil Pipeline attack, Saudi Arabia in the 2026 Iran war
      • Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy temporarily closes the East-West Crude Oil Pipeline as a precautionary measure following multiple attacks by drones from Iraq on Thursday. (CNBC)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Ukrainian drone strikes kill two people and injure three others in Tula Oblast, Russia, while a separate strike kills a 37-year-old man in Kursk Oblast, according to regional officials. (Reuters)
  • Kyiv strikes, Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Russian drone strikes hit two petrol stations in Kyiv, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring 12 others. A separate attack on a residential building injures eight people, while another strike kills a woman in Kyiv Oblast. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late Norwegian King Harald V and daughter of Olav V, dies at the age of 94. (Nine.com.au) (Sky News)

Business and economy

• Kyrgyzstan's central bank starts domestically printing banknotes of the Kyrgyz som, the country's currency, for the first time since independence. (24.kg) (Kursiv)

Disasters and accidents

• MV June Aster ship fire
  • The death toll from the MV June Aster ferry fire off Coron, Palawan, Philippines, rises from five to 35 after firefighters boarded the burned vessel and recovered 30 additional bodies. The coast guard continues searching for dozens of missing passengers and crew. (Reuters)
• At least 16 people are killed in a fire in a retirement home near Pitrufquén, Cautín, Chile. Ten people are rescued and hospitalized. (DPA via Yahoo News)
• Thirteen people are killed and eight others are injured when a minibus collided with a car and a logging truck in Kholmogorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters) (Xinhua)

Health and environment

• 2026 Ebola epidemic
  • A case of Ebola is reported in the Sud-Ubangi province, making it the seventh province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the outbreak has spread to. (The Independent)
• 2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares an end to the cyclosporiasis food poisoning outbreak, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis and linked to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, in the United States. (CNBC) (Reuters)
• Endangerment of orangutans, India–Indonesia relations
  • Indonesia works with Indian authorities to repatriate five baby orangutans found in an Odisha forest after suspected trafficking. Odisha Police and India's Wildlife Crime Control Bureau examine how the apes, which are native to Borneo and Sumatra, reached India. (AFP via France 24)

International relations

• Nigeria–South Africa relations, Xenophobia in South Africa
  • Nigeria's National Assembly suspends all official visits and virtual engagements with South Africa in protest over repeated anti-migrant attacks there, including violence against Nigerians. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–United Kingdom relations
  • In retaliation to British sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements earlier this week, the Israeli government orders a team of British soldiers who train and advise Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank to leave the country. (The Telegraph)

Law and crime

• The Gambia bans protests without official permits after demonstrations over prolonged power outages damaged a police post and utility offices. Police arrest 11 people in connection with the unrest and warn that they will disperse unauthorized gatherings. (Reuters)
• A Hong Kong court sentences pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung to seven years in prison each for inciting subversion under the national security law for leading the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. (AFP) (Reuters)
• The Lebanese Army arrests Suleiman Hilal Al Assad, a cousin of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, along with two other men, on drug trafficking charges. The men are now under the custody of Lebanon's defence ministry. (AP) (Gulf News)
• The Seoul Central District Court acquits former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges that he appointed his defense minister, Lee Jong-sup, as ambassador to Australia to obstruct an investigation into a South Korean marine's drowning during the 2023 floods. (AP)
• South Africa extradites six Nigerian nationals allegedly belonging to Black Axe to the United States, where they face wire fraud and money laundering charges linked to online romance scams that allegedly defrauded more than 100 victims. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• September 11 intelligence before the attacks
  • The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency releases 71 documents warning of a threat from Al Qaeda prior to the September 11 attacks, including presidential daily briefs during the administrations of former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush from 1998 to the day after the attacks. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)

September 10, 2026 (2026-09-10) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Aftermath of the Second Intifada
      • The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas senior leader Farah Hamed, a senior member who was accused of carrying out the 2003 attack that resulted in the killing of Shalom Har-Melech, the late husband of Limor Son Har-Melech, in a airstrike in the Gaza Strip. (Israel National News) (The Times of Israel)
    • Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip kill a family of four. (Reuters)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Israel Katz say that the IDF has destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel in Ali al-Taher. (The Financial Times) (Al Jazeera)
      • The United States Geological Survey reports that a magnitude 4.1 earthquake has been detected after Israel carried out the strike in Ali al-Taher. (Sky News)
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 East–West Crude Oil Pipeline attack, Iraq in the 2026 Iran war, Saudi Arabia in the 2026 Iran war
      • Multiple projectile explosives launched from Iraq strike pumping stations along the East–West Crude Oil Pipeline in Saudi Arabia, causing a fire. (CNN)
  • Yemeni civil war
    • 2026 Yemen offensives
      • Houthis capture the port city of Mokha, as government forces retreat from the districts of Hays and Al Khawkhah. A mass exodus of civilians from the area towards Aden is reported. (AFP via France 24)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Russia drone strikes across Ukraine kill at least 15 people and injure 90 others, including victims in Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Pavlohrad, and Sumy. Ukraine also strikes gas facilities in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Ural, Russia. (Al Jazeera)
  • Foreign fighters in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Amnesty International says that Russia recruited foreign nationals for its war in Ukraine through deception, coercion, and exploitation, including false job offers and threats. The organization concludes that many such cases amount to human trafficking under international law. (The Eastleigh Voice)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
    • Crude oil prices in the United States, including from Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate, reach US$100, the highest since May, amidst the country's renewed tensions with Iran. (CNBC)
    • The European Central Bank raises its three key interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, lifting the deposit rate to 2.50%, as higher energy prices linked to the Iran war increase inflation pressures across the eurozone. (CNBC)
  • The International Monetary Fund reports that the global growth of the global economy is on track to reach 3% in 2026 despite the war in Iran, but also cautioned that risks still remain high. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 20 people are killed and five others are reported missing after a fire breaks out on a cargo ship in Qingdao, Shandong, China. (CNN)
• Five people are killed and 40 others are injured after a bus carrying Dutch tourists crashes between Zernez and Susch, Switzerland. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
  • Seven more children die from suspected measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 1,009. (The Business Standard)
  • Health minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain announces that Bangladesh will resume nationwide vaccinations beginning on September 25 amidst the ongoing measles outbreak. (South Asian Herald)

International relations

• Algeria–United Arab Emirates relations
  • Algeria cuts diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, without specifying a reason. (Reuters)
• Peru–United States relations, War on drugs
  • Peruvian president Keiko Fujimori announces that Peru will join the U.S.-led Shield of the Americas coalition against drug cartels following a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Deportation in the second Trump administration
  • The United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court orders the deportation of permanent resident Nazira Haji Zada to Afghanistan in its first case, after Haji Zada conceded that she supported an Islamic State-inspired mass-shooting plot planned for the 2024 presidential election. (BBC News)
• Hutch Organised Crime Gang
  • An Irish court charges Jason Hutch, a son of alleged crime boss Gerry Hutch, with facilitating a criminal organisation, the same day he was extradited from Spain. (RTÉ)
• Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturns a 2019 presidential pardon granted to Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara and orders him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence for criminally intimidating human rights activist Sandya Eknelygoda. (AFP via France 24)

Science and technology

• The first robotic surgical system in Kyrgyzstan is introduced at the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy. (Azertag) (AKIPress) (Caspian Post)

September 9, 2026 (2026-09-09) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • 2026 Yemen offensive, Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
      • September 2026 Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia
        • Saudi Arabia launches 32 airstrikes in four governorates in Yemen against the Houthis. (UA News)
      • The death toll from the Saudi airstrike against a prison in Al-Jawf Governorate, two days ago, increases to 23 people. (AP)
  • Gaza war
    • Aftermath of the Second Intifada
      • Hamas claims that the Israel Defense Forces has killed Farah Hamed, a senior member who was accused of carrying out the 2003 attack that resulted in the killing of Shalom Har-Melech, the late husband of Limor Son Har-Melech, in a airstrike in the Gaza Strip. (The Jerusalem Post) (Israel National News) (VINnews)
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan
      • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launch missiles at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Azraq, Jordan, reporting damage to maintenance facilities, deployment areas, and hangars. Jordan says its forces have intercepted 18 Iranian missiles, following United States strikes that destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. (AFP via France 24)
• Operation Southern Spear
  • United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
    • The United States Southern Command's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere kills three people in a strike on an alleged narcotrafficking drug boat in the Caribbean Sea. (Stars and Stripes) (SOUTHCOM)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • A Russian drone strike hits a shopping centre in Sumy, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring 20 others. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Death and state funeral of Harald V
  • The state funeral of King Harald V takes place at the Oslo Cathedral in Oslo, Norway. (CNN) (The New York Times)
• The Tooro Kingdom in western Uganda selects Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a television news anchor and editor, as its new monarch following the death of Rukidi IV last month. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• MV June Aster ship fire
  • Five people are killed and 87 others are reported missing when a fire breaks out aboard a passenger ferry off Coron, Palawan, Philippines. The coast guard rescues 42 people from the vessel, which carried 117 passengers and 17 crew members. (AFP via The Straits Times)
• Sokolniki Suche train collision
  • A train collides with a truck at a level crossing in Sokolniki Suche, Poland, killing one person and injuring 20 others. (TVP World) (Xinhua)
• Fourteen people are killed and eleven others are injured in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria. (AP)
• Two people are killed and extensive damage is caused after an explosion at a hydroelectric power station in Piotta, Ticino, Switzerland. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2026 heat waves
  • 2026 European heatwaves
    • Peninsular Spain records its hottest summer since the State Meteorological Agency's measurements began in 1961, with an average temperature of 24.5 °C (76.1 °F) and 61 heatwave days from June through August. (Arab News Pakistan)
  • 2026 North American heat wave
    • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that the United States has experienced its hottest summer on record from June to August with a 23.6 °C (74.5 °F), surpassing the Dust Bowl. (Al Jazeera) (CBS News)
  • The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reports that August 2026 is the hottest month globally since measurements began, with an average temperature of 16.96 °C (62.53 °F), exceeding the previous record set in July 2023. (AP)
• 2026 Indonesia wildfires
  • The C3S reports that wildfires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia, produced more than 19.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions from September 1 to 7, the world's highest total and more than one-third of global fire emissions. (Reuters)
• Sudanese cholera epidemic
  • The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign has been launched in Tawila, North Darfur in a effort to immunize 95,000 people in the area. Additionally, 16 deaths are reported from cholera in Sudan's West Kordofan state. (Sudan Tribune) (Radio Dabanga) (AllAfrica)

International relations

• Israel–Slovenia relations
  • Israel opens its first embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia. (AP)
• Syria and weapons of mass destruction
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency ends its investigation into Syria's nuclear activities after the new government granted inspectors access to nuclear sites. Its board terminates a 2011 resolution that found Syria in non-compliance with its nuclear safeguards obligations. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• Reform UK financial allegations
  • The Metropolitan Police launch a criminal investigation into Reform UK over allegations that it broke foreign funding laws in the United Kingdom, following an investigation by Channel 4 News. (AP) (BBC News)
• Brazilian Supreme Court president Edson Fachin suspends conflicting rulings by two justices, allowing Federal Police chief Andrei Rodrigues to remain in office while the court reviews allegations that police monitored justice André Mendonça and other government authorities. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Serbian parliamentary election
  • Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić dissolves the National Assembly and calls a snap parliamentary election for October 25, following a government proposal amid prolonged political tensions. The ruling Serbian Progressive Party nominates Vučić as its lead candidate and candidate for prime minister. (Xinhua)

Science and technology

• 2026 in archosaur paleontology
  • Scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Colorado, U.S., and Liverpool John Moores University in England discover the first adult Tyrannosaurus trackway at Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota, U.S. The study is published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. (Phys.org) (Axios)

September 8, 2026 (2026-09-08) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni civil war
  • 2026 Yemen offensive, Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
    • September 2026 Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia
      • Houthi forces launch ballistic missiles and drones at several locations in Saudi Arabia, injuring 73 people, including civilians, and causing fires that temporarily halt operations at some energy facilities. (Reuters)
    • The confirmed toll of the offensive in western Yemen increases to 500 people killed, including 278 Houthi fighters, 216 soldiers of the Yemeni Armed Forces and 29 civilians. (AFP via LBC Group)
    • The toll from yesterday's Saudi airstrike against a prison in Al-Jawf Governorate increases to 17 people killed and seven more wounded. (Saba News Agency)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Kyiv strikes, Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Russia launches drones and missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine, following a weekend pause in strikes, killing five people and injuring at least 10. The attacks damage civilian infrastructure at at least 16 locations and cause fires in five districts. (The Pioneer) (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • Around 13 people are killed in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a courthouse in Umm Ruwaba, North Kordofan. (Sudan Horizon)
  • Peace talks are held by mediators from the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the Arab League, the European Union and the United Nations, in Khartoum, Sudan, in an effort to end the three-year long civil war, with UN envoy Pekka Haavisto attending the talks. (Arab News)

Business and economy

• Canada–United States relations
  • 2025–2026 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
    • Canada's retaliatory tariffs of 15% to 50% on CA$27.6 billion (US$19.9 billion) of U.S. goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances, agricultural equipment, paper products, and electronics, take effect in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports. (AFP via France 24)
    • In response, the United States announces a ban on the imports of Canadian alcoholic drinks, motorcycles, and dairy products beginning September 29. (Reuters)
• International sanctions against Iran
  • United States sanctions against Iran, Economic D-Day
    • The U.S. treasury department imposes sanctions against 27 Iranian airlines, including flag carrier Iran Air, in an effort to squeeze Iran's economy. (Al-Monitor)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Nepal–Tibet floods
  • The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reports that 13,583 people have been rescued so far since flash floods ravaged Nepal. (The Rising Nepal)
• A MBB Bo 105 helicopter operating for the Flying Doctors of Malaysia crashes near Long Lellang, Sarawak, Malaysia, killing all five onboard. (Reuters) (The Star)
• Indonesia reopens its airport in Jakarta and four others after previously being closed due to ashes from Anak Krakatoa. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• 2026 North American heat wave
  • A third-year student in the marching band at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, U.S., dies after collapsing during extreme heat at the Iowa Hawkeyes season opener at Kinnick Stadium. Temperatures reached 94 °F (34 °C) at the time of the game. (The Guardian) (The Athletic via The New York Times)
• Famine in Sudan
  • A famine is reported across Sudan's Jebel Marra area in the Darfur region, with 20 people dying from hunger and diseases. (Sudan Tribune)
• Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks
  • Mayor Zohran Mamdani says that New York City, U.S., has released over 170,000 documents detailing that city officials knew about the air quality and unsafe conditions at the time of the September 11 attacks including at Ground Zero. (CNN) (The Guardian)
• Indonesia's food agency suspends nearly 2,000 kitchens in its national free meals programme after they fail to register for mandatory sanitation inspections, as the agency strengthens food safety measures following widespread food poisoning cases. (Reuters)

International relations

• Morocco–Spain relations
  • 2026 Ceuta migrant crisis
    • Spain declassifies around 40 intelligence reports concerning the July migrant crisis into Ceuta, during which more than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco, amid scrutiny of whether Moroccan security forces facilitated the crossings and whether Spanish security services had prior warning of the influx. (AFP via RFI)
• Israel–United Kingdom relations, Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Legality of Israeli settlements
  • The United Kingdom announces it will ban imports of all goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, as well as some services, including financing, construction, infrastructure, real estate, and advertising. (Telegraph India)
  • To reciprocate the UK sanctions, Israel announces it will close the UK consulate in East Jerusalem. Israel also forbids the UK from participating in the U.S.-led mission for Gaza, and bans some British officials, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, from entering the country. (The North West Star)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina–Serbia relations
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina declares two Serbian embassy diplomats, military attaché Milan Dulanović and Security Intelligence Agency representative advisor at the embassy Darko Maksimović, as personae non gratae after attending the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade. (Reuters)
• Nicaragua v. Germany, German support for Israel in the Gaza war
  • Nicaragua urges the International Court of Justice to reject Germany's objections to its case, stating that German arms exports to Israel breach the Genocide Convention and international humanitarian law. Germany responds by saying that the court lacks jurisdiction over parts of the case. (AFP via France 24) (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2026 Musée Renoir theft
  • Thieves steal Jeune Femme au puits and Madame Colonna Romano by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France. The works have an estimated value of €9 million. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• AI boom
  • OpenAI says that it has solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem, with the announcement raising questions about plagiarism. (BBC News) (Scientific American)

September 7, 2026 (2026-09-07) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • Oman's navy says that they have rescued 16 crew members from a Saudi Arabia-flagged oil tanker SIDR that was attacked a week ago in the Strait of Hormuz. (MENA via The New Arab)
  • Hezbollah–Israeli conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war, Israeli attacks on the Lebanese health sector during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict
      • Nine people, including two children, are killed, and five others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Kfar Reman, Lebanon. Separately, in the same city, two medics are killed in another airstrike on a vehicle. (Al Jazeera)
• Ecuadorian conflict
  • Operation Southern Spear, United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
    • The United States Southern Command says that they have sunk a vessel allegedly belonging to the Los Choneros. (AP)
• Yemeni civil war
  • 2026 Yemen offensive
    • More than 300 people are killed amid the deadliest fighting in the war since 2022. (AFP via Barron's)
    • Amid the offensive, Saudi Arabia launches an airstrike against a prison in Al-Jawf Governorate, killing seven people, including a child, and trapping 35 more under the rubble. (AP)

Business and economy

• Tourism in Tokyo
  • The government of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, announces plans to prohibit more than half of its vacation rentals in residential areas and near schools after complaints increase over noise, smoking, trespassing, and improper waste disposal. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• The death toll from an explosion at military barracks in Viacha, Bolivia, three days ago, increases to nine people. (Reuters)
• A private Piper PA-34-200T Seneca aircraft goes missing off Andros Island, the Bahamas, with four people on board. A search and rescue operation is ongoing. (NBC News)
• A PAC P-750 XSTOL aircraft operating a passenger flight for Niugini Aviation crashes near Simbai, Madang, Papua New Guinea, during approach. All four people on board are killed. (ASN)

Health and environment

• 2026 East Malaysia haze
  • Malaysia lifts the state of emergency in Serian Division, Sarawak, after air pollution fell below hazardous levels, although several areas remain "very unhealthy" because of smoke from wildfires in Indonesia. (AFP via France 24)

International relations

• Greenland and the European Union
  • European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announces that Greenland and the European Union have reached a €200 million (US$232.5 million) partnership deal. (Reuters)
• North Korea–Russia relations
  • North Korea and Russia opens the Yakov Novichenko Bridge at its border, the first road bridge connecting the two countries. (DW) (The Independent)
• Serbia–European Union relations
  • A military funeral and burial is held for convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade, Serbia, despite objections from the European Union due to concerns that the honors glorify a person convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Flood control projects scandal in the Philippines
  • The Philippine Sandiganbayan appellate court issues an arrest warrant for Leyte's 1st district representative and former House speaker Martin Romualdez after the Office of the Ombudsman filed charges of plunder against him for the alleged ₱7.44 billion (US$118.62 million) worth of kickbacks he received from flood control, infrastructure, and other government projects. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Kenya grants temporary legal status to undocumented East African nationals who registered with their embassies, after president William Ruto ordered the closure of small businesses operated by foreign traders without work permits. (Reuters)

Sports

• In Australian rules football, the Australian Football League introduces limits on contact training from the 2027 preseason to reduce concussion risk, capping weekly contact at 120 minutes initially and 160 minutes later while prohibiting high-intensity sessions on consecutive days. (AFP via France 24)

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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• African Ebola epidemic
• Cuban fuel blockade
• Gaza genocide

Economics

• Global memory supply shortage
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• Iran war fuel crisis

• United States–Canada trade war

Politics and diplomacy

• China–Japan diplomatic crisis
• Ceuta migrant crisis
• Gaza peace plan
• Israel–Lebanon peace negotiations and ceasefire

Protests and strikes

• Albanian anti-government protests

Weather

• 2026–2027 El Niño event
• Canadian wildfires
• European heatwaves
• North American heat wave
• Pacific hurricane season

• Hurricane Lowell

Elections and referendums

Recent

• August

• 29: Iceland, Referendum
• 30: Guinea-Bissau, Constitutional referendum

• September

• 02: Estonia, President0(indirect)

Upcoming

• 13: Sweden, Riksdag
• 18: South Ossetia, President
• 18–20: Russia, State Duma
• 23: Morocco, House of Representatives
• 24: Isle of Man, House of Keys
• 27: France, Senate0(indirect)
• 27: São Tomé and Príncipe, National Assembly
• 27: Switzerland, Referendums

Sports

• Multisport

• 2026 Asian Games

• American football

• 2026 NFL season
• 2026 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• 2026–27 UEFA Champions League
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• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2026–27 Women's Super League
• 2026–27 Liga F
• 2026–27 Première Ligue

• Athletics

• 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship

• Australian rules football

• 2026 AFL season

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• 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
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• Canadian football

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• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship

• Cycling

• 2026 UCI World Tour
• 2026 UCI Women's World Tour
• 2026 Vuelta a España

• Golf

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• Motorsport

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• Rugby league

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• Rugby union

• 2026 Nations Championship

• Softball

• 2027 Women's Softball World Cup

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
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• Volleyball

• EuroVolley Men 2026

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September0/0August

• 11: Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner
• 11: Jeremy Thomas
• 09: Mike McFarland
• 09: Barry Melrose
• 08: Blanche d'Alpuget
• 08: Tung Chee-hwa
• 07: Lucien Smith
• 06: Bill Dundee
• 05: Robin Morgan
• 05: Andy Williams
• 04: Richard O'Sullivan
• 02: David McDermott
• 02: Gloria Steinem
• 01: Cassandra Wilson
• 01: Raif Dizdarević
• 31: Édouard Balladur
• 31: Wendell Berry
• 31: Victor Miller
• 31: Ada Yonath
• 28: Harald V
• 27: Rukidi IV of Tooro
• 27: Ratko Mladić
• 26: Peter Cullen
• 26: Péter Nádas
• 25: Tim Curry
• 25: Dolly Parton
• 24: Billy Boston
• 24: Jaye P. Morgan
• 24: Sliman Mansour
• 23: Klaus-Michael Kühne
• 22: Shelley Fabares
• 22: Siim Kallas
• 21: Nancy Kassebaum
• 21: Zolani Tete
• 20: Nancy Kissinger
• 19: Michele Sensi-Contugi
• 18: Bill Rasmussen
• 17: Frank Beard
• 17: O. J. Brigance
• 16: Hayden Panettiere
• 15: Tommy John
• 14: Yayoi Kusama
• 14: Jason Arday
• 14: Dave Marsh
• 14: Jimmy Rimmer
• 13: Prichard Colón
• 13: Mark Rydell
• 13: Johnny Young

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Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Sahel

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• Chad Basin

• Mali
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Blue Nile campaign

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• War on cartels
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• Colombia

• Mexico

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• Afghanistan

• Republican insurgency

• Afghanistan and Pakistan

• Border war

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russo-Ukrainian war

Middle East

• Israel–Palestine

• Gaza war

• Middle Eastern crisis

• Iran war

• Lebanon war

• Syria

• Israeli invasion of Syria

• Yemen

• Civil war

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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