Somali Civil War Al-Shabaab raids Yeed and Aato in Bakool, Somalia, near the Ethiopian border. Fourteen Ethiopian police officers and three civilians are killed. (Reuters) (VOA)
Al-Shabaab raids Yeed and Aato in Bakool, Somalia, near the Ethiopian border. Fourteen Ethiopian police officers and three civilians are killed. (Reuters) (VOA)
The Ministry of Justice of Russia opens a court case to close the Jewish Agency for Israel, the main agency allowing the aliyah of Jews to Israel. Israel condemns the court case, claiming it is a response to Israel's stance on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. (BBC News)
Rohingya genocide case The International Court of Justice rejects the Myanmar military junta’s challenge of the case against the country for its role in the Rohingya genocide. (AP)
The International Court of Justice rejects the Myanmar military junta’s challenge of the case against the country for its role in the Rohingya genocide. (AP)
The main border crossing between Argentina and Chile reopens after several days of closure due to heavy snowfall. (Yahoo! News)
Armand Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, clearing .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}6.21 metres (20 ft 4+1⁄2 in). (The Oregonian)
A major incident is declared by Greater Manchester Police after the remains of four people, believed to be Vietnamese migrants, are found at a factory in Oldham, which was destroyed by a fire in May. (The Daily Express)
Mexico says that it has reached an agreement with the United States to give a record 356,000 working visas to Mexican citizens. (Pulso)
A member of the Taliban is killed during clashes with Iranian border guards on the Afghanistan–Iran border. (Reuters)
Afghanistan conflict A member of the Taliban is killed during clashes with Iranian border guards on the Afghanistan–Iran border. (Reuters)
Kosovo Police close two border crossings in North Kosovo after local Serbs blocked roads and fired shots at police to protest an order to switch Serbian car license plates to Kosovan ones within two months. (Reuters)
Kosovo–Serbia relations Kosovo Police close two border crossings in North Kosovo after local Serbs blocked roads and fired shots at police to protest an order to switch Serbian car license plates to Kosovan ones within two months. (Reuters)
2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis Shelling and heavy gunfire is reported near two villages by Artsakh authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The reports are denied by Azerbaijan and Russian forces in the region. (JAM news)
COVID-19 pandemic New Zealand has fully reopened its international borders after two years, becoming the last country in the western world to open for tourists. (BBC News)
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis Shelling and heavy gunfire is reported near two villages by Artsakh authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The reports are denied by Azerbaijan and Russian forces in the region. (JAM news)
New Zealand has fully reopened its international borders after two years, becoming the last country in the western world to open for tourists. (BBC News)
2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment In the first referendum since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Kansas voters reject an amendment in the state constitution that would grant state lawmakers the ability to apply anti-abortion restrictions. (ABC News) (BBC News)
Abortion in Kansas 2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment In the first referendum since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Kansas voters reject an amendment in the state constitution that would grant state lawmakers the ability to apply anti-abortion restrictions. (ABC News) (BBC News)
In the first legal challenge to a state's abortion law since the Supreme Court's June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) files a lawsuit in a federal court against the state of Idaho to block a state law that the DOJ says imposes a "near-absolute ban" on abortion in Idaho. (Reuters)
In the first referendum since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Kansas voters reject an amendment in the state constitution that would grant state lawmakers the ability to apply anti-abortion restrictions. (ABC News) (BBC News)
The Russian Supreme Court declares the Azov Regiment a terrorist organization. (Euractiv)
COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines The Department of Health announces that the Philippines have reported their first two cases of the Omicron BA.2.75 variant in two individuals from Western Visayas. (GMA) (Rappler) COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea South Korea surpasses 20 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the eighth country to do so. (The Chosun Ilbo)
COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines The Department of Health announces that the Philippines have reported their first two cases of the Omicron BA.2.75 variant in two individuals from Western Visayas. (GMA) (Rappler) COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea South Korea surpasses 20 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the eighth country to do so. (The Chosun Ilbo)
COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines The Department of Health announces that the Philippines have reported their first two cases of the Omicron BA.2.75 variant in two individuals from Western Visayas. (GMA) (Rappler)
Fifty-three people are injured after a suspected gas leak in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. (Reuters)
The Department of Health announces that the Philippines have reported their first two cases of the Omicron BA.2.75 variant in two individuals from Western Visayas. (GMA) (Rappler)
2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis Reignited clashes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan kill three soldiers and injure fourteen others. (ABC News)
American basketball player Brittney Griner is sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court after being found guilty of bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia. (Reuters)
2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis A High Court Judge is detained following a failed deportation attempt by the Kiribati government. (1 News)
A High Court Judge is detained following a failed deportation attempt by the Kiribati government. (1 News)
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping A Mexican court issues the arrest warrants for 83 suspects, consisting of military personnel, police officers, administrative and judicial authorities, and members of the Guerreros Unidos syndicate, in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Iguala, Guerrero, on September 26, 2014. (CNN)
A Mexican court issues the arrest warrants for 83 suspects, consisting of military personnel, police officers, administrative and judicial authorities, and members of the Guerreros Unidos syndicate, in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Iguala, Guerrero, on September 26, 2014. (CNN)
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau nominates judge Michelle O'Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada. An Abenaki member, O'Bonsawin would be the first Indigenous Canadian to sit on the country's highest court. (Deutsche Welle)
COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announces that Thailand will lift its COVID-19 emergency decree and dissolve the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Additionally, CCSA spokesman Thavisin Visanuyothin announces that the country will shift to an endemic phase of the disease beginning in October. (The Star) (Bankgkok Post)
Islamic State and "Beatles" cell member El Shafee Elsheikh is sentenced to eight life sentences by a United States district court for his role in the kidnapping and deaths of hostages James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig, and Kayla Mueller. (AP)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announces that Thailand will lift its COVID-19 emergency decree and dissolve the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Additionally, CCSA spokesman Thavisin Visanuyothin announces that the country will shift to an endemic phase of the disease beginning in October. (The Star) (Bankgkok Post)
Indictment and arrest of Julian Assange, Censorship in the United States Lawyers for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange file an appeal against his extradition to the U.S., after UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved his extradition from the United Kingdom. (The Guardian) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet meets with Assange’s lawyers and his wife in Geneva, Switzerland. (The Guardian)
Lawyers for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange file an appeal against his extradition to the U.S., after UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved his extradition from the United Kingdom. (The Guardian)
Iran closes its border with Iraq until "further notice" amid the ongoing civil unrest, while Kuwait urges its citizens to leave Iraq. (Mehr News Agency) (Reuters)
The Government of Ethiopia says that the Tigray People's Liberation Front has begun an offensive into the Wag and Welkait regions and is also pushing forward towards the Sudanese border. Tigrayan authorities say that three airstrikes have hit the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle, nearly striking a hospital. (Reuters) (Voice of America)
Tigray War The Government of Ethiopia says that the Tigray People's Liberation Front has begun an offensive into the Wag and Welkait regions and is also pushing forward towards the Sudanese border. Tigrayan authorities say that three airstrikes have hit the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle, nearly striking a hospital. (Reuters) (Voice of America)
European Union foreign ministers agree to suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it more difficult and more expensive for Russian tourists to enter the EU. (Al Arabiya)
International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russia–European Union relations European Union foreign ministers agree to suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it more difficult and more expensive for Russian tourists to enter the EU. (Al Arabiya)
Russia–European Union relations European Union foreign ministers agree to suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it more difficult and more expensive for Russian tourists to enter the EU. (Al Arabiya)
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)
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)
The Supreme Court of Kenya rules that William Ruto is the winner of the presidential election after facing court challenges over the results. (Leadership)
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)
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)
2022 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Bhutan reopens its borders for international tourists following a two-year closure due to the pandemic. (ANINews)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
